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Hello everyone, I expect a lot of you have seen this already, but as the Americans would say "it just blew me away"....
I love the noise it makes. I wish I had the time to make one. Cheers, Herr Orgel Fuhrer. |
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Leverkusen Institute of Paleocybernetics
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« Reply #51 on: December 20, 2009, 10:47:15 am » |
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Messing around in SketchUp... straight axle, transverse leafspring and drum brakes, narrow body, single windshield, twin spare tires.. Despite its minuscule cabin width, it ain't a small vehicle though.. to get the proportions right, the wheelbase would probably be around 130 inch or so.. That's the same as an extended wheelbase Land Rover, or a Hummer H1.. If you want to build something steampunk thats vaguely usable on the road and still simple you cant do much better than the model T chassis, funnily enough its design is pretty close to how a coil sprung landrover id set up underneath.   The wheels on that chassis are awesome.. look like wooden spokes??? If that's a vintage "T" then yes, they are. Side note: the "charcoal barbeque briquet" was invented by Henry Ford as a way to sell the sawdust from his coachworks. |
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« Reply #52 on: December 20, 2009, 04:53:40 pm » |
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Well done, Arceye, well done!
Makes me with I had more mechanical aptitude...
I cannot take the credit for the vehicle as it stands, it is a standard KMX Cobra, but I have been collecting bits and pieces to Steampunk the style (old car style mudguards and carriage lanterns) and motorise it. |
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« Reply #53 on: December 20, 2009, 06:19:19 pm » |
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Spidermobile...
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« Reply #54 on: December 21, 2009, 04:01:32 am » |
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This is one of those "What the future (today) did right" type of Steampunk-vehicles. I believe this is called the "Gossamer Albatross", though sometimes seems to be called the "Gossamer Condor", and it is a Human-Powered-Aircraft.... i.e. Bicycle plane. Yes, if I understand right, you pedal it, and it flies. It was flown across the English channel in 1980? Like, what cool! Supergran rode something like that... |
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« Reply #55 on: December 21, 2009, 08:41:02 am » |
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I want to live in a Dieselpunk world reading Steampunk books
I want to see how a nuclear family looks
I want to live in the 40s era
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« Reply #56 on: December 22, 2009, 03:37:31 am » |
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picture is broken pog, also my picture avatar is broken too. I need to fix that...
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« Reply #57 on: December 23, 2009, 02:59:38 pm » |
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picture is broken pog, also my picture avatar is broken too. I need to fix that...
Nothing a spanner or a trusty wrench can't fix! Just use it quickly and efficiently on your hunchbacked assistants head and it should be fixed soon! |
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« Reply #58 on: December 24, 2009, 02:00:02 am » |
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IGOR! THROW THE SWITCH!
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« Reply #59 on: December 24, 2009, 12:48:19 pm » |
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Igor, if you don't throw the switch, I'll throw you at the switch!
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« Reply #60 on: December 29, 2009, 02:16:44 am » |
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Zeppelins! No particular one in particular (Hmm?) but I love them! Admittedly they are more dieselpunk than steam but nevertheless I love them,  Nah, definately both steampunk and dieselpunk.  They were just about Victorian, with a good many Edwardian ones so I reckon they fit in historically just as well. I agree anyway, they are marvellous vehicles. Can I add another airship, Henri Giffard's steam powered/coal gas filled airship of 1852? It could do an amazing 3.m.p.h. How can man survive such speeds?  And of course, ironclads:  -Matt xDDDD wheow so fast! perfect for the schooljourney xDDD i´m sorry for being late but i expected my zeppelin was faster xDD |
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« Reply #61 on: January 01, 2010, 07:23:48 pm » |
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There used to be a great thread here called "What would modern steampunks drive?" but, because it was in Off-topic, it was deleted. I'm gradually retrieving those vehicles and posting them here: http://www.johnnypayphone.net/blog.phpDark Roasted Blend has a lot of cool vehicles, not necessarily labeled as steampunk, but categorized into posts like "Jet engines on trucks": http://www.darkroastedblend.comI'm not going to repost all that stuff here, but I will say that La France did make some bad-ass lookin' vehicles. Here's a fire "appliance" I found in NZ with a massive heat-shield:  P.S. A HUD could be easily projected on glass using the technique of "Pepper's Ghost" |
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« Reply #62 on: January 01, 2010, 07:35:04 pm » |
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There used to be a great thread here called "What would modern steampunks drive?" but, because it was in Off-topic, it was deleted. I'm gradually retrieving those vehicles and posting them here:
At least this thread is alive and well in OT. markf http://brassgoggles.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,8849.0.html |
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« Reply #63 on: January 02, 2010, 05:54:13 pm » |
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Hello everyone, There are always a number of vehicles at the various steam rallies which we attend every year, which fall into this category. This one caught my eye at last year's Bedfordshire steam & country fair (our favourite event of the year, highly recommended; steam, early aircraft, stately home, birds of prey, crafts, fair, junk, displays, market etc, all in a beautiful parkland setting) Particularly as it has it's original paint. The driver had his costume spot on as well. http://www.flickr.com/photos/corrianderman/sets/72157622994396061/Cheers, Herr Orgel Fuhrer. |
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« Reply #64 on: January 04, 2010, 04:21:43 am » |
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Thank you for the link to that thread. This forum moves faster than I can read.
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« Reply #65 on: January 04, 2010, 05:43:44 am » |
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Some ideas of vehicles I would love to steampunk if I could. Ford roadster-cover the engine and add some brass  Old C-Cab delivery- I would love to build one and steampunk it up.  |
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« Reply #66 on: January 05, 2010, 06:22:35 am » |
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I always love the delivery trucks of the early 1900's, another great place to go is Shopy, which has some incredible hi-res photos of early vehicles, including ice-cream delivery trucks and other great cars. |
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« Reply #68 on: January 05, 2010, 10:42:16 pm » |
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I always love the delivery trucks of the early 1900's, another great place to go is Shopy, which has some incredible hi-res photos of early vehicles, including ice-cream delivery trucks and other great cars. Great link! I like this one. http://www.shorpy.com/node/7371?size=_originalDB |
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« Reply #72 on: January 09, 2010, 05:11:45 am » |
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I read this post and it automatically sounded like Jeremy Clarkson in my head. DB |
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