Victorian Vehicle No.2 - Project: OJOS (One Jet Open Sleigh)

[tigrazor]

Hi folks...

due to a mishap, I had to cancel the Tarawa project. What a pity... So I looked in the stash again and again, searching for a realizable project.

You know what? Some months ago I was at this point with another project, namely the Aerosan. Its skis broke and somehow I wasnt in the mood to correct this. The engine istn installed, but why cant there be something different?

The idea is to recreate the Aerosan - Victorian style of course. Co-starring is a gentleman from the French brand "MK35" - those figures are really - excuse me in advance, dear friends - BADA** quality. *cough cough*

Ah yes, the base. Selfmade of course with loads of artificial snow.

Thats the state of ideas so far...

Now everybody sing:

JINGLE BELLS, JINGLE BELLS
JINGLE ALL THE WAY

OH WHAT FUN IT IS TO CRASH
IN A ONE JET OPEN SLEIGH...

[Deleted]

Interesting concept Lucas......How about a Carousel type horse attached to the front somehow,and if it's gonna be a jet powered,surely you've got to use the 'pulse' jet from a V1?

[tigrazor]

V1 engine? Now thats really brilliant! Thanks for the hint, Ill Keep that in mind.

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As you know,Tamiya do a 1/48 V1,but I don't know if it has any engine detail.You wouldn't need a large pulse engine to propel the sleigh?

[tigrazor]

Nope. I guess 1000 Hp is enough...

[tigrazor]

Hehehe...

[tigrazor]

First comes the smaller - and imho more fun-to-build stuff: the figures and the base.

The base was, like so often,built from styrofoam and wet hankies. Loads of hairspray followed, birdsand, hairspray, hairspray, bird sand, hair spray... oh did I mention the hairspray?!






Another passenger for the sleigh - the drivers (grand?)daughter.




Thanks for watching!

[tigrazor]

Lets make this Project a bit interactive:

Pinstripes on the suit - Yes or No?





The base so far with ist first colors:

[tigrazor]

How did the sleigh crash again?! Simple: There was a pole besides the road showing a speed sign (50). Mr. Drive-A-Holic was a bit too fast and landed just there.

Heres a little story for you, and I swear, it really happened some months ago in my hometown:

Once upon a time in the evening hours I just went shopping when I recognized a massive crashing sound nearby. What happened was this: A young guy (classic!) sitting in a slightly tuned BMW 1 series was way too fast in the middle of the city, and hadnt his car under control anymore. So the car sled backwards (!) into a lantern pole and caused it to fall down. Lucky him, this one was the only one on the road with a plastic mantlet - the other ones were made from concrete.

One of the witnesses said to me:

"Well... Im living on the first floor just here. And the light from this lantern pole always shone into my living room at night. It was about the m+++++f++++++ TIME that it was removed!"



Hehehe... Thats stories only life can tell.

Heres a short SBS how I did the lantern ehm road sign post:

















Cheers

Lucas.

[Deleted]

Totally inspired project, I love the HG Wells , Jules Verne feel to this 

[tigrazor]

Hehehe... right Steve, that stuff is really cool

Well then. We go for pinstripes on the figure, yes?!

The base had been natriumhydrogenecarbonated, i.e. it snowed a bit

[tigrazor]

Thanks Dicky... It depends from time to time, but yes - the "normal" way is to do the model itself first. In this case, I have to adjust the sleigh a bit, and that works best on a completed base.



BTW: ...the girl is complete and is placed on the base:

[Deleted]

Pinstripe? Yup that's Victorian enough for me 

[tigrazor]

Incoming!!! Just working on that

[tigrazor]

Well then. We go for pinstripes!


EDIT:

Pinstriping done.






It may look a bit rough - but please keep in mind that this figure is 1/35 scale. With a view from 20-30 cm away it looks like it should. The stripes were done with a 3/0 red marten brush and veeeeeery thin light blue color from Vallejo (Azure 70902). Some highlights with the same color, this time a bit thicker because of the higher covering power.

Im quite happy with the result. Just did a Scottisch pattern before for the "Großer Hund" diorama. Scottish pattern, beast, do you hear this?! This figure was a partially scrathed punker:











BTW... Pinstripes are sexy

[wbill76]

Very cool! Love where this one's headed Lucas.

[tigrazor]

Welcome aboard, Bill!

[tigrazor]

Just found out that "ojos" also stands for the Spanish word "eyes". Hmm. I planned to put some decals on the sleigh. A face maybe? Or something similar... Mr. van Houten is slightly depressed - oh yeah, the SWMBO will freak out when shes told that their sleigh, bought on the never-never, just ended up in a rock!













Question No. 2:

Whats Mr. van Houten supposed to hold in his hand?!

A: booze bottle
B: pocket watch



 

[Deleted]

Moving on a pace here , pinstripe looks good to me buddy 

[tigrazor]

Thanks Steve. Just needed a good brush, a "third hand"* and three pots of coffee. Lol.



*http://www.conrad.de/ce/de/product/588221/?insert_kz=VQ&hk=SEM&WT.srch=1&WT.mc_id=google_pla&gclid=COvEx4byqboCFbLHtAodXwQAHQ

[deafpanzer]

SORRY I am late to the party! Loving it already! I would say the guy is holding a grenade which will be thrown at the punk... maybe I watch too much violence movies when I was a child?

[tigrazor]

Hehehe... No, the punker is not part of the OJOS vignette, hes one of the crowd from here:





modelerssocialclub.proboards.com/thread/4741/completed-grosser-hund-tokyo-military


He was the last figure I added there

[wbill76]

I'd say go for a pocket watch...that would be very 'victorian' IMHO!

[tigrazor]

Poll will close on friday - then Im home again

Just ordered the engine for the sleigh. If they fit, maybe some 1/32 P-38 Lightning parts will be added - thats again a very spontaneous thing.

Stay tuned.

[tigrazor]

Poll No. 3:

What engine?!

A: Jumo 004
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jumo_004_Stretch.jpg

B:
F-100-PW-22/220
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pratt_&_Whitney_F100#F100-PW-220.2F220E

C: Saturn AL-31
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn_AL-31

[Mence]

Love this to bits, great fun.

Personally, the Jumo has more of the period feel for me.

[tigrazor]

Prof, is that YOU?! Im slightly confused

Thats why I asked, Im really not sure about this. The Pratt&Whitney is cool too, because of its dovetail imho. So many possibilities, so little time to recreate them all

[Mence]

It's me mate, for once using my proper Christian name, odd that it is!

Your call on the motor buddy, I guess much of the decision will lie with how well it fits to what you have built so far, I just think that German stuff seems to fit the sort of Steampunk type thing rather well.

[tigrazor]

Yeah, thats maybe true that. The German SciFi Modelling Forum "Phoxim.com" just created an X-Mas GB, and I hope I can entry this there. Not because of the prices or something, but it was planned like that from the beginning so to say.

Another spontaneous idea: We have a toy shop here, they sell small wooden bowls. Put three of them together upwards, two smaller ones left and right, white paint and we haaaaaave:

a SNOWMAN!



EDIT:

Yeah, its IN!

www.phoxim.de/forum/index.php?board=81.0

[tigrazor]

Heres the "Pimp-My-Sleigh" material:


15 tubes of glue (special offer! 5 for the price of 1€). You can never ever have enough of them!






Snowman bowls






and a tiny pinch of resine parts:






Those are the following parts:

[1] Junkers Ju87 D-5N Night Exhaust

[2] Me262A seat with belts

[3] Bf 109F early seat with belts

[4] Ju87 D/G control sticks

[5] and of course the Jumo 004 engine




Isnt that engine sweet?!





...and some side pipes borrowed from a night fighter Stuka:






All come from Quickboost.