August 2017 KoolWheelz Release Party!!

[airdave]

so...no Red Baron yet?

I know Rick is working on one, but he's slow as molasses. lol
Anyone else working on it?

My challenge, before I release another KoolWheelz model, is to see a build of the Red Baron.
Anyone?

C'mon...the Porsche 935 is revved up and ready to go!

[rickstef]

Gee, thanks Dave, I have a question regarding a part on facebook for you

but I should be done sometime tonight if you must know

[Amccombs3]

Dangit, Dave. I'm trying really hard to concentrate on my "big" project, the GPM Sherman tank. Stop trying to distract me with the oh-so-tempting Red Baron (that I actually voted for)!

[airdave]

Vee hav vays of makink you buildink da Red Baron.
Ist gut dat you serve de fuhrer-dave.


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[Don Boose]

Ich entschuldige, aber I do not wish to build the Red Baron and will wait patiently for the Audi and look forward to seeing Red Barons built by others.

I will probably build the racing Capri, too, for which, much thanks, Martin. I presume Volker's model is 1/43. I plan to shrink it to the same size as the Koolwheelz Capri, which I think is 1/49 (actual vehicle wheelbase = 2560mm; model wheelbase = 52mm).

The DB5 and Capri were small cars. I have rockpaperscissors's refined version of the late 30s Spanish paper model "Automovile Moderne" under construction. It is 1/47, but provides a rough comparison.

Auf Wiedersehen für jetzt.

Don

[rickstef]

I just finished putting last bits onto my version of the Red Baron.
I printed the kit at default settings only bumping up the print settings.

All red parts were edge colored with a thin red Sharpie, the black parts with thin black, and a sparing touch of the silver Sharpie to retouch the "chrome" parts.

Hope you enjoy the pictures.

Rick

[Don Boose]

Looks good to me, Rick.

Looking forward to the Porsche.

Don

[rickstef]

When the weather is a bit more stable, I will take a picture or two outside.

[Vermin_King]

Yes! We have a Red Baron!

[airdave]

hahahaha das ist gut!!!

I did a bit of reading on the Red Baron when I was creating it...
I tried my best to follow the original Tom Daniel's design
which he had created for Monogram (plastic models)
but I kind of blended the model with the full size car.
I think I made the front wheels a bit too big...they are more like the full size version.



Apparently he used a real WW1 German Daimler straight six engine for the motor inspiration.
Something he found in a local California museum.
And the original artwork for the plastic model box featured a chrome Helmet cab.
(The original model did too!)

Later, when Monogram decided they wanted a full size Red Baron for promotional use,
they went to master builder Chuck Miller
who used a straight six Pontiac racing engine in the car.
I guess working WW1 BiPlane engines are hard to come by?!

Not only did the new motor feature a different Air Breather...a chromed German Soldier's Helmet ,
but the chromed Exhaust Pipes exited on the left side of the car
rather than on the right side as in Tom Daniel's original design.

Another difference with Chuck Miller's 1:1 version was:
the Cabin Helmet was now painted gray instead of being Chromed.

I did use Chuck Miller's Iron Cross wheel covers which were not on Daniel's original version,
instead of the Iron Cross wheels which are harder to see.

Anyway...good job on the build.
Hopefully we'll see some more?

And I will prepare the Porsche 935 for release.