Portfolio by Anthony Perkins

Jet Commander, 30" long. Poplar, Walnut, Hickory, Yellow Osage, American Holly.

This is my most recent project. I am in the process of building a scale model of a jet my dad used to fly. I will be including more info as the project goes along. I have already gotten almost a year on the project, but have been derailed several times due to graduate studies. Here are the drawings which I have done along with some electrical circuitry work.

Compilling the data to draw these Plan Views of the Jet Commander took a long time. There were only a little more than 300 of these planes built back in the late 1960's, and there really wasn't anything special about the airplanes. They were sleek looking and sat low to the ground unlike the Falcon and Lear Jet. But aparently their engines were very fuel inefficient causing the jet to have a very brief corporate life during the troubling gas hysteria of the 1970's.

The jet will be shown taking off from runway 5, so the gear will still be deployed. More photos soon...

Recreation of the MD Logo.

I can remember being at the airport when an old sign painter came out to 'touch-up' the MD logo on the airplane. I was facinated to watch him hand paint the images on the airplane. I'm sure he's long gone... but wished I had gotten the name of the gent who did the work. I've recreated the image (above) in vector format which I'll use to paint on the finished fuselage.

This is a Plan View of Runway 5, which is where N27MD flew out of at Tri-Cities airport back in the 1970's. I will be building a base for the aircraft to reflect this runway... and have plans to light it as well.

Planned Construction: Book-matched Walnut, Oak, American Holly, Yellow Osage.

Harsson-Goyer-Lee House, 19.5" W x 21.5" H.

Faux-Stained Glass, with Memphis harvested Walnut.

Black Lacquer Jewelry Box, Open. Size:

Maple and Brass. Designed and Built by Anthony Perkins.

Black Lacquer Jewelry Box, Closed.Closed. Size:

Maple and Brass.

Heart Trunk, Size:

Pine. Designed and built by Anthony Perkins.

Sewing Box, Size:

Pine. Designed and built by Anthony Perkins.

Hard Head, 16"W x 16" H about 4" thick.

Walnut.

T ' OR'S HAMMER.

Cherry, Walnut and Oak with Acrylics and Gold foil.

Circus Strongman Mallet.

Cherry, Poplar and Walnut.

The Family That Mows Together, Grows Together, 3' W x 3' H.

Faux Stained Glass.

Simmons First National Bank.

Wenge, Poplar and Redwood.

Krazyhorses, 7' long and 200 lbs.

Memphis harvested Pecan.

Holey Holly Hollow Hammer.

American Holly.

Family of Hammers.

Cherry, Walnut, Hickory, and Pine.

Gimmie Back My Bullets, 14" W x 16" H.

Canvas Board, Acrylics, Acrylic Modeling Paste and Balsa.

(Above) Concept drawings for "Not Playing with a Full Deck", Ink on Paper.

(Below) "We're a House of Cards - Not Playing with a Full Deck", Clay, American Holly, Pine.

(L) Concept sketch for Crazy House, Ink on Paper.

(R) Crazy House, Illustration Board, Clay, Cedar, Acrylic and Enamel. 19" H x 16" D x 13" W. Rear view below.

Cleo, 8' W x 4' H.

Oak and Bronze.

Power to da People, Lifesize.

Basswood.

Orpheum, 23.25" W x 19.75" H.

Faux-Stained Glass. Frame made from Memphis harvested Walnut.

Medieval Chess Set, Board 24" square.

The white members of this game are poured pewter into lost wax molds, mounted on white oak. The black side was centrifugally cast bronze mounted onto walnut. The board was made from Sassafras, Poplar, Mahogany, Cherry, Red and White Oak. The corners of the board were made from cast bronze. Two years to complete set. (Image of board coming soon.)

Whirly-gig-1, About 8" long.

This is a scratch-built flying toy made from pine and oak scraps.

Whirly-gig-2, About 8' long.

This is a scratch-built flying toy made from pine scraps and cork.

Stained Glass, 50"" long at bottom.

My first attempt at "stained" glass, but was applied to plexi-glass which will be fitted inside of regular glass.

Taylor Cub & 1911 Wright Flyer, About 26" long each.

These are scratch-built models from memory. Designed and built simultaneously, from cardboard drinking cup boxes and shishkabob sticks.

W-700 Delivery Van, About 3.5" long.

This is a scratch-built model from memory also. Built from card stock printed with a LaserWriter. Art in Adobe Illustrator.

Scratch-built P-51D in process, 6' wingspan.

Detail of unfinished airplane; balsa, plywood, fiberglass, aluminum.

Scratch-built P-51D Retractable Tailwheel.

Balsa, plywood, fiberglass, aluminum, steel.

AR-15, Lifesize.

This is a scratch-built model from a photograph. It is made of solid walnut (except for the trigger and other levers, which came from an old typewriter.

Flintlock .50 cal. Black Power Rifle, About 57" long!

This is built from a kit, although the mount is scratch built from Pecan. I welded through-bolts onto the horseshoes and then coated the inside rim with black silicon to keep from scratching the rifle. The particulars can be read from the placard above which is a paper repro of the brass one on the display.

Allenby Green Signage-1984, Germantown, Tennessee.

This is a sign that I designed back in 1984... and it still exists! The builder/owner took a chance on a college kid. I did not build it; just drew it up on paper. Can't locate the original construction drawings though. Originally, the name area was done with 303 Exterior Siding with the Logo Painted on, however sometime over the past couple decades, it has been replaced with a painted cast concrete emblem.