Steampunk Car

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December 23, 2016
The final result
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December 23, 2016
Initial surgery (as the driving direction had to be rotated by 180°)
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December 23, 2016
The two halves of the Talbot
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December 23, 2016
What's also in the box
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December 23, 2016
Some more stuff that might come in handy
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December 23, 2016
Gears, Steampunk needs gears
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December 23, 2016
Dry fit - yeah, Guv'nor, we can drive backwards
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December 23, 2016
The turbine idea got scrapped later 🙁
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December 23, 2016
marriage of steam engine and car
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December 23, 2016
The Talbot cockpit with some minor surgery
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December 23, 2016
The original wheels from the Heller car are actually quite nice
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December 23, 2016
Steering wheel and controls
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December 23, 2016
The steam engine itself
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December 23, 2016
The firewall
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December 23, 2016
Hope nothing goes wrong on
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December 23, 2016
some more bits to be added later
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December 23, 2016
Looks OK
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December 23, 2016
Looks OKish
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December 23, 2016
Awkward dry fit
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December 23, 2016
The headlights (I like them a lot)
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December 23, 2016
Some random control panel
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December 23, 2016
Main "belt"
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December 23, 2016
Fiddly and skewed (still)
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December 23, 2016
Some more random stuff added
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December 23, 2016
The mechanism was supposed to be "workable"...
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December 23, 2016
...but in order to get a halfway decent fit...
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December 23, 2016
...I had to glue everything into place...
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December 23, 2016
Final result I
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December 23, 2016
Final result II
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December 23, 2016
Final result III
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December 23, 2016
Same as before but some filter added
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December 23, 2016
Same as before but some filter added II
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December 23, 2016
Same as before but some filter added III
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December 23, 2016
Same as before but some filter added IV
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December 27, 2016
Every proper diorama should have a phone booth
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December 27, 2016
These decals are pretty good
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December 27, 2016
Somebody want to weld something
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December 27, 2016
If you'd think this' looking creepy, I'd concur
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December 28, 2016
The pilot was supposed to be an (albeit cheap) 1:24 figure but looks like a child in comparison. My self-made goggles are, erm, also slight out of proportion :-/
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December 31, 2016
The close-up of my 1:24 figures are not really flattering for my painting skills.
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December 31, 2016
Brigitte LaFayette looks good, thoug, which is mainly due to the fantastic molding of this Scale75 figure.
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January 1, 2017
Dress rehearsal (the infamous Professor Catmeister has everything under control from his elevated vantage point on the garden table)
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January 1, 2017
Some of this stuff will be used, some not 🙁
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January 1, 2017
The infamous Professor Catmeister sports a stylish vest and hat as well as goggles and whiskers (from rigging wire)
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January 15, 2017
A little bit of progress (not much - due to lack of time), the base...
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January 15, 2017
...uses some elements from the Doozy Model Works Sets
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January 22, 2017
This 3D printed diorama accessories are quite OK
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January 22, 2017
Final layout (bird's eye)
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January 22, 2017
Prelim arrangement (I am always guilty of the sin of putting-too-much-stuff-into-a-too-small-space)
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January 22, 2017
Main focus
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January 22, 2017
Welder girl
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January 22, 2017
Why the gun(s)?
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January 22, 2017
Hello gorgeous!
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January 22, 2017
Lighting test
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January 22, 2017
Lighting test 2
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January 28, 2017
Steampunk needs gears (these are actually from thingiverse.com and are printed nicely even on my entry level Dremel 3D printer): thingiverse.com/thing:623706/#files and thingiverse.com/thing:684376/#files
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January 29, 2017
Finished (except for the temp backdrop - of course - there will be no Gary Larson cows driving a tractor later!)
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January 29, 2017
Some fun with effects within Photos
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January 29, 2017
The fuel is surprisingly cheap at Claudi's Emporium...
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January 29, 2017
If you charge more than ten bucks, girl, I'll shoot you!
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January 29, 2017
Tough
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January 29, 2017
Jolly
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January 29, 2017
?!
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January 29, 2017
Final lighting test

Comments

8 23 December 2016, 09:50

Andrea Brivio
Very cool style!! 😄 big fan of steampunk... AbneyPark for ever😉

23 December 2016, 10:11

Spitfire21
Saubere Arbeit! Echt mal was anderes.Gefällt mir gut!

23 December 2016, 10:31

Torsten
Yeah, that is😎

23 December 2016, 11:01

Hanno Kleinecke
Wooow, very cool subject, looks fantastic ! Some more pics, per chance....... ? 🙂

23 December 2016, 11:03

Martin R.
Thanks y'all! I added some WIP photos.

23 December 2016, 12:47

gorby
Very odd! But I like it a lot. The blue on the body is a beautiful colour.

23 December 2016, 15:45

wilky
Most interesting

23 December 2016, 17:49

John Thomas
Very cool

26 December 2016, 13:10

MRMLA
Nicely done! Small emerald this one! 👍 But tell me something, what kind of power is this gizmo powered by?? (🙂)

26 December 2016, 14:36

Steve Wilson
Very imaginative Martin, like it a lot, well done... 😄

26 December 2016, 14:48

Bernhard Schrock
I love steampunk models especially steampunk- kitbashing! Excellent!

26 December 2016, 16:11

Tanabe
Wow now that's what I like nice work

27 December 2016, 01:23

Martin R.
@MRMLA: You ask me what kind of power? It is STEAM power! (I wonder if anyone got my weird "Remember The Titans" movie reference...)

27 December 2016, 08:59

Martin R.
Thanks everyone for the kind words!

27 December 2016, 09:00

MRMLA
Is it steam power??

27 December 2016, 15:42

Martin R.
"Doctor Moosemeister, is your car fast?"
"It is too fast!"
"How fast it is?"
"It is TOO FAST!"
(Search for 'Remember the Titans' in YouTube and you know what I mean 🙂)

27 December 2016, 17:37

Ben STONE
Fantastic. I bet the ears get hot while driving with those two boilers either side.

23 January 2017, 07:41

Bart Goesaert
nice build... nothing can beat a well executed steampunk theme...

23 January 2017, 08:25

Choppa Nutta
Love it !! 🙂

28 January 2017, 23:02

Martin R.
Thanks everyone!

There is always stuff to improve but I called it complete today. The kit-bashing of the Talbot with the steam engine was easily the most fun I had in modeling!

Up to the next project (whatever that will be)...

29 January 2017, 13:22

Choppa Nutta
more imaginative kit bashing one hopes😉

29 January 2017, 13:30

Richard
Nice.

29 January 2017, 13:43

Mike Szwarc
Very imaginative, "outside the box" build!! 👍 👍 👍

28 July 2020, 18:09

Gary Dahlström
This project is just a treat to look at. Terrific.

28 July 2020, 20:01

Martin R.
Thanks, mates!

29 July 2020, 05:35

Slavo Hazucha
Great imagination and attention to steampunk detail, good stuff 👍

29 July 2020, 10:59

Neuling
I agree with Slavo.

29 July 2020, 15:21

Album info

"Let me ask you something, Dr. Moosemeister: what kind of power have you got?"

"What kind of question is that? You know what kind of power I got!"

"So what kind of power you got?"

"I got steam power!"

"What kind of power?"

"I got STEAM power!"

"You got steam power?"

"I got STEAM POWER!"

"Doctor Moosemeister, is your car fast?"

"It is too fast!"

"How fast it is?"

"It is TOO FAST!"

Search for 'Remember the Titans' in YouTube (e.g. Youtube Video or rent / buy the whole movie) and you know what I mean...

🙂

Steampunk Car / Claudi's Steampunk Emporium

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75mm Brigitte LaFayette (SCALE75 SSP-013)

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