1969 Cox Advert

Ivanhoe wrote:
Translated into modern £, for those who are too young to remember
Pee Wee £3.99
TD .049 £7.12
Babe Bee £3.40
TD .010 £7.12

And from the 1969 Cox Catalog the recommended prices in USD were:
Pee Wee $4.98
TD .049 $9.98
Babe Bee $4.98
TD .010 $8.98

Which in today's money (accounting for inflation) in USD is:
Pee Wee $29.28
TD .049 $58.67
Babe Bee $29.28
TD .010 $52.79

And yes, excellent detail in those old drawings...

Though it is an earlier piece, I have always liked this one as well:

http://www.exmodelengines.com/SBADMANAUG52.pdf

I love that!
It is like jetpack's from RCU.

Those drawings are beautiful.

For those of you that have inked plans and drawings, can you imagine being 95% done and having a run-under.

andrew wrote:For those of you that have inked plans and drawings, can you imagine being 95% done and having a run-under.

Been there, done that, torn up the Teeshirt!

Wilf

They did once call it a Baby Bee. I thought they had always called it a Babe Bee. I wrongly corrected someone on a forum about that.

RknRusty wrote:They did once call it a Baby Bee. I thought they had always called it a Babe Bee. I wrongly corrected someone on a forum about that.

Yes interesting point. What did Leroy Cox actually call it? Did he call it a "Baby" Bee or a "Babe" Bee. And if he intended it to be Baby Bee then why not just call it Baby Bee?

Here in Australia we have always called them Baby Bees but we write Babe Bee...

nitroairplane wrote:I love that!
It is like jetpack's from RCU.

Yes, I love those drawings. I took mechanical drawing all through junior and senior high school and within the courses we were required to use nibs on some of our drawings. You had to be very skillfull not to mess up, and the nibs needed maintenance all their own such as cleaning and sharpening.

jetpack wrote:

nitroairplane wrote:I love that!
It is like jetpack's from RCU.

Yes, I love those drawings. I took mechanical drawing all through junior and senior high school and within the courses we were required to use nibs on some of our drawings. You had to be very skillfull not to mess up, and the nibs needed maintenance all their own such as cleaning and sharpening.

We used things called "Ruling pens" they gave an adjustable thickness of line, but if you either opened them too much, or used the wrong ink, all the ink fell out onto your drawing! Ah, the "Good" Old Days (Pre-computers)
"cleaning and sharpening? Only pens I ever knew of needed sharpening were quills, and I'm sure you're not THAT old!

Wilf

warrenlead wrote:

RknRusty wrote:They did once call it a Baby Bee. I thought they had always called it a Babe Bee. I wrongly corrected someone on a forum about that.

Yes interesting point. What did Leroy Cox actually call it? Did he call it a "Baby" Bee or a "Babe" Bee. And if he intended it to be Baby Bee then why not just call it Baby Bee?

Here in Australia we have always called them Baby Bees but we write Babe Bee...

I've always called them "Babe" like the little pig in the films!

Wilf

Yep, sharpening. Ruling pens were called nibs by our instructor so thats what I have always refered to them as. Depending on the quality of the nib, sharpening would prevent a bleed under because the more you use the nib, the duller the "cutting edge" of the fingers became that formed the trough which would help form the fence for the ink to stay in. Hand pressure and sharpness was the key. There's a skill to maintain the nib, just as how you roll a pencil as your drawing a line to keep the line weight the same when using standard lead pencils. All kinds of hidden techniques to mechanical drawing that doesnt come in books.

jetpack wrote:Yep, sharpening. Ruling pens were called nibs by our instructor so thats what I have always refered to them as. Depending on the quality of the nib, sharpening would prevent a bleed under because the more you use the nib, the duller the "cutting edge" of the fingers became that formed the trough which would help form the fence for the ink to stay in. Hand pressure and sharpness was the key. There's a skill to maintain the nib, just as how you roll a pencil as your drawing a line to keep the line weight the same when using standard lead pencils. All kinds of hidden techniques to mechanical drawing that doesnt come in books.

Ah, yes, I have vague recollections of something like this, it's a LONG time ago, 1959, to be precise, after training in Technical Illustration I never worked in the trade, went into printing instead!

Wilf