Post by Jean B. on May 27, 2022 11:17:48 GMT -5
To prevent rumours I'd sit on the couch and turning thumbs (German for doing nothing 
), I'd like to post some steps of work I'm doing right now for my next projects. As you know, I started with the "small" Horch 830, which was the first V8 engine of Horch and which was supplied with standardized - smaller - coachwork compared to the big 853/A. Almost all luxury brands were forced to present smaller variations of their standard cars after 1930, following the "Black Friday": Hispano equipped the monumental J12 chassis with the halved engine as K6, Maybach presented the SW38 with - also - only six cylinders instead of the big "Zeppelin" V12, and even the legendary Bugatti T57 was smaller and slimmer than the previous Bugatti were.
), I'd like to post some steps of work I'm doing right now for my next projects. As you know, I started with the "small" Horch 830, which was the first V8 engine of Horch and which was supplied with standardized - smaller - coachwork compared to the big 853/A. Almost all luxury brands were forced to present smaller variations of their standard cars after 1930, following the "Black Friday": Hispano equipped the monumental J12 chassis with the halved engine as K6, Maybach presented the SW38 with - also - only six cylinders instead of the big "Zeppelin" V12, and even the legendary Bugatti T57 was smaller and slimmer than the previous Bugatti were.As I always prefer the "big ones" 
, it's now time to start my Horch line with some of the most magnificent 853/A roadsters. Horch in the 1930s was the biggest manufacturer of V8 chassis in Germany, also concerning quality and technical features far ahead Mercedes, who became more popular mainly because they simply had better "connections" to the Third Reich leaders, who subsequently sponsored Mercedes, causing considerable marketing effects.
, it's now time to start my Horch line with some of the most magnificent 853/A roadsters. Horch in the 1930s was the biggest manufacturer of V8 chassis in Germany, also concerning quality and technical features far ahead Mercedes, who became more popular mainly because they simply had better "connections" to the Third Reich leaders, who subsequently sponsored Mercedes, causing considerable marketing effects.However, I am going to build some Horch models, and of course they are from different manufacturers. To achieve a uniform look of all, I want to build a completely new radiator and new wheels for all.
Here we can see the line of original radiator shells of the models:
The dimensions of all radiator shells differ extremely from each other 
It's difficult to find measurements which will fit to all models and show proper proportions and dimensions over all.
It's difficult to find measurements which will fit to all models and show proper proportions and dimensions over all.
Much of this planning can be done via screen, but finally I have to make some templates to be overdone again and again until everything fits.
The difficulty with this radiator is that it is inclined and V-shaped! First I arrange a bottom plate with some distance elements...
...and glueing the top plate above.
(will be continued later 
)
)Switching to the wheels:
Lots of p/e parts...
Reverse wheel parts are build up layer by layer.
Front wheel halves need a special ring with a top-cutout for taking the spokes.
Here you can see the ring and the ready-made spokes, fitting exactly into the ring.
37 items made (guess how many Horchs I'm going to build )
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A lathed resin master is casted in metal.
This metal tyre equipped with a resin profile tread and casted again...
I need one set of wheels with separate outline profiles for making white-wall tyres. The tyre will be painted white, and afterwards the black-painted profile rings will be glued onto the tyre for a proper look.
Then the same master receives the same profile rings for casting the black tyres.
I was badly surprised that the rear spoke layer got almost invisible... However, I hope this will contribute to a proper line of magnificent Horch roadsters.
