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WW1 Aircraft Modeling => WW1 Vehicles and airfield equipment => Topic started by: Mark on January 09, 2016, 01:10:22 AM

Title: Aviattic Marienfelde Lorry (1:32) Build Log
Post by: Mark on January 09, 2016, 01:10:22 AM: For a detailed look at this exceptional kit, please see Des's fine review here:
http://forum.ww1aircraftmodels.com/index.php?topic=6727.0

Mine arrived in great shape and I can't say enough good things about the kit, its packing, etc. Prior to beginning my build, I did want to share pics of how some of the parts were packaged--taped to foam boards and inserted in plastic bags (not shown):

(http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/ee377/hmgroth/Lorry/Marien%20Bed%20Parts%20800w_zps7yqdvhtu.jpg) (http://s1224.photobucket.com/user/hmgroth/media/Lorry/Marien%20Bed%20Parts%20800w_zps7yqdvhtu.jpg.html)

(http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/ee377/hmgroth/Lorry/Marien%20Chassis%20800w_zpsyhdqvqb6.jpg) (http://s1224.photobucket.com/user/hmgroth/media/Lorry/Marien%20Chassis%20800w_zpsyhdqvqb6.jpg.html)

The top photo shows the components of the truck bed and the bottom the finely-detailed chassis. In all cases, mold plugs are minimal and can simply be snipped-off with the appropriate nippers. Clean-up is minimal and can be done with fingernails and a few swipes with sandpaper.

I plan to begin construction in the next few days. This will be my first resin kit so please bear with me :)

Mark G
Title: Re: Aviattic Marienfelde Lorry (1:32) Build Log
Post by: RAGIII on January 09, 2016, 01:25:37 AM: I am looking forward to seeing this one built! I will follow with interest!
RAGIII
Title: Re: Aviattic Marienfelde Lorry (1:32) Build Log
Post by: uncletony on January 09, 2016, 02:27:37 AM: I know I am biased, but I want people to appreciate the incredible chassis molding which includes rear springs as well as transmission and driveshaft brake (as well as other details) with tons of undercuts yet all molded in one piece. I don't know how the guy did it.
Title: Re: Aviattic Marienfelde Lorry (1:32) Build Log
Post by: Ssasho0 on January 09, 2016, 08:57:50 AM: I'm also looking to this build....and already started drooling ;)

best regards,
Sasho
Title: Re: Aviattic Marienfelde Lorry (1:32) Build Log
Post by: Des on January 09, 2016, 09:16:02 AM: Great to see you have made a start on this kit Mark.

Des.
Title: Re: Aviattic Marienfelde Lorry (1:32) Build Log
Post by: Borsos on March 21, 2016, 06:53:53 AM: Hello,
this may be a silly question: I've seen pics of that model and of the wonderful driver figure from Stevew Warrilow, but: Is it true that this vehicle's got right-hand drive? British kit, ok, but German car...
Title: Re: Aviattic Marienfelde Lorry (1:32) Build Log
Post by: Des on March 21, 2016, 07:06:53 AM: Yes Borsos, the kit does depict this as a right hand drive.

Des.
Title: Re: Aviattic Marienfelde Lorry (1:32) Build Log
Post by: Thumbs up on March 21, 2016, 07:20:20 AM: Gosh! Thing's just get better and better!
Title: Re: Aviattic Marienfelde Lorry (1:32) Build Log
Post by: Borsos on March 21, 2016, 07:24:16 AM: Des, thank you for your fast answer.
Hm, that's strange, I cannot see any reason for this at the moment. It is true that in Austria they drove on the left OR on the right side in some regions till 1935, but not in Germany. Since Napoleon introduced driving on the right they kept driving on the right until today... So a rhd makes no real sense for me in a German car...
Borsos
Title: Re: Aviattic Marienfelde Lorry (1:32) Build Log
Post by: Des on March 21, 2016, 07:28:44 AM: Here is a period photo which shows this truck as being RHD.

Sorry to step in on your topic Mark but Borsos has a point.

Des.

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ru2s8s_KHek/Vu8VO9oQHpI/AAAAAAAAUNU/c1c56xvLPasKLVSDa5TlKXwqooirn86tQCCo/s736-Ic42/7677a34e2e19dc611cb52683e7d8ad7c.jpg)
Title: Re: Aviattic Marienfelde Lorry (1:32) Build Log
Post by: Borsos on March 21, 2016, 07:47:31 AM: I beg your pardon too, Mark!
yes, and I even found more on Printerest. Really strange... It's the first German car I've ever seen with rhd - and I visit car museums all around here since I was a kid...
Sorry again
Borsos
Title: Re: Aviattic Marienfelde Lorry (1:32) Build Log
Post by: Umlaufmotor on March 21, 2016, 08:56:48 AM: No mystery - the German Emperor Kaiser Wilhelm has planned ahead that he will catch first France and then England.
In this case, the german driver sitting on the right side....................... ::) ;D
Title: Re: Aviattic Marienfelde Lorry (1:32) Build Log
Post by: uncletony on March 21, 2016, 02:04:10 PM: It's not a big mystery -- RHD/LHD was simply not standardized like we think of today.
Title: Re: Aviattic Marienfelde Lorry (1:32) Build Log
Post by: Borsos on March 21, 2016, 04:32:38 PM: Quote
No mystery - the German Emperor Kaiser Wilhelm has planned ahead that he will catch first France and then England.
In this case, the german driver sitting on the right side....................... ::) ;D

Or it may have a psychological reason - emperor Willie had a crippled LEFT arm... :)

Sorry again, Marc, RhD/LHD,whatever, it's looking like a brilliant build of a brilliant kit!
Title: Re: Aviattic Marienfelde Lorry (1:32) Build Log
Post by: Des on March 29, 2016, 06:26:05 PM: Are you making any progress with your build Mark.

Des.
Title: Re: Aviattic Marienfelde Lorry (1:32) Build Log
Post by: JamesAPrattIII on March 30, 2016, 10:13:52 AM: There is a picture in a old issue of OTF that shows a German car with RHD

In the discussion of the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand the car he was riding in when he was murdered had RHD. It seems some European luxury car makers made their cars with RHD in the pre WWI period so the driver could get out and open the door for the passengers without having to run around the front of the car.
Title: Re: Aviattic Marienfelde Lorry (1:32) Build Log
Post by: Tony Haycock on March 30, 2016, 08:01:40 PM: My 1915 Peugeot, ex-military, possibly ambulance is RHD - they all were.

I've just come back from France and looked at a 1928 Renault the same as the one I am doing, and that was RHD as well
Title: Re: Aviattic Marienfelde Lorry (1:32) Build Log
Post by: uncletony on March 30, 2016, 10:22:39 PM: The convention that the driver sits closest to the centerline is something that evolved gradually, like the arrangement of floor pedals. Remember that in 1917 motor vehicles were still in their infancy! Things that we take for granted today just were not fully worked out.
Title: Re: Aviattic Marienfelde Lorry (1:32) Build Log
Post by: Captain Slower on February 04, 2017, 12:04:19 AM: My guess is that most brass era vehicles were right hand drive had to do with placement of the gear lever to the right of the transmission.