29/05 – Selldon Photography

Happy Name Day Hillary (29/05)

May 29, 2026Selldon0008 Scale Models, 0600 Gone in 60 Seconds, Selective Coloration1999, 29/05, 30, Gone in 60 Seconds, Hillary, Lexus, LS400, Movie Car, scale model, scale models

Every person’s name has a corresponding name day. As a car and movie fan, I have taken the 2000 movie Gone in 60 seconds, starring Nicolas Cage an inspiration. In…

Hot-Wheels Crack-UPs! – Blind Sider (2026)

May 29, 2026Selldon0008 Scale Models, Selective Coloration2026, 29/05, Blind Sider, Crack ups!, Hot Wheels, scale model, scale models

Two other innovations were introduced briefly in Hot Wheels cars in the 1980s – Thermal Color Change paint, and rotating ‘crash panel’ vehicles (“Crack-Ups”). The former was able to change color on…

First Coke Advert Appears (1886)

May 29, 2026Selldon0008 Scale Models, Selective Coloration1886, 29/05, Advert, Bel Air, Chevrolet, Coca Cola, John Pemberton, scale model, scale models

Originally marketed as a temperance drink and intended as a patent medicine, Coca-Cola was invented in the late 19th century by John Stith Pemberton in Atlanta. In 1888, Pemberton sold the ownership rights to Asa Griggs Candler,…

Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay Reach the Summit of Mount Everest (1953)

May 29, 2025Selldon3001 Mountains, Selective Coloration1953, 29/05, Mount Everest, Sherpa, Sir Edmund Hillary, Summit, Tenzing Norgay

Sir Edmund Hillary (20 July 1919 – 11 January 2008) was a New Zealand mountaineer, explorer, and philanthropist. On 29 May 1953, Hillary and Sherpa mountaineer Tenzing Norgay became the…