The Jousting Horse
In medieval times, young esquires used wooden contraptions called "jousting horses" in their training to become a knight. In some cases...
Restoration Project & History Repeating
Dad recently was asked by his good mate Pat Allen to build help him build a grotto. When the grotto was finished, Dad offered to restore...
HMS Victory - Foremast Section
HMS Victory is the name of Lord Nelson’s Flagship, on which he was killed at Trafalgar. The battle of Trafalgar was one of the most...
Whetstone
This manually operated whetstone was created by Tex from a discarded millstone and some scrap wood. The frame design is based on pictures...
Blacksmithing Basics
The modern blacksmith trade is vastly different from what it once was. In Tex's shed, tools of the trade vary from the traditional...
Stirling Warwolf Trebuchet - Table Top Model
As part of Tex's involvment in living history reinactment, he was determined to construct a scale model of the Stirling Warwolf trebuchet...
It Depends On How You Look At It
The following series of sketches in one of Tex's old sketchbooks was drawn in approximately 1963, just after he joined the Army. He saw...
Early Artworks
When Tex was a boy, he showed a lot of promise with sketching and art work in general. He was 14 years old when Grandad (Reg Bryson)...
B29 Super Fortress & B36 Strata Fortress, Vietnam 1969
The B29 Super Fortress and the B36 Strata Fortress, both constructed in Vietnam during 1969 at Phan Rang (US Airforce Base). The B29 was...
Dassault Mirage III
Built in 1974. The Dassault Mirage III was a model aircraft designed to take a pulse jet. It was an exact replica of the aircraft that...
