Brian - Where did you find that? I tried www.elsontanoloco.com but the site doesn't appear to exist.

The model would make a great Lektor, the McGuffin of From Russia with Love.

Alan Turing was very much involved in developing an enigma for the allies during WWII and in, in turn, figuring out how similar axis devices functioned; he's the subject of an award-winning play, Breaking the Code