Wallis Rigby was the guru of "punch-out" books. He designed hundreds of paper models designed to be punched out and built. The Book of Model Space Ships is a great example of his work. Rather than show pages of unbuilt silver paper models, I choose the back cover that shows how you could fly your ships (while wearing your helmet and ray-gun!)
I think this 1951 book was also Wallis Rigby's work, although I have never seen (or been able to afford) one.
What a wonderful-looking book! I'd imagine Tom Corbett is credited somewhere inside, right? Judging from the cover, it could almost be a Tom Corbett tie-in.
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Nope, Tom Corbett is not credited although you can see that is where a lot of the design ideas came from. After all it was just children's books, few cared as long as something sold.
ReplyDeleteI imagine they cared over at Rockhill Productions, though! Well, perhaps they had some deal worked out between them, despite the lack of credits.
ReplyDelete-- Michael S.
Go to rigbypapermodels.com to order a PDF of this and many other WWII era "punch out" paper model books!
ReplyDeletecool blog friend!
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