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JohnReid · 15 March 2005, 06:05 PM

I began working again on the tow car that will be used in the diorama.The basic model is a Minicraft 1/16th scale 1928 Mercedes Benz SS.It looks like it would make a very nice model but I am using it only as a basic motor and frame ,to look like a car used by Upside -Down Clyde Pangborn in his famous stunt at a beach near San Diego in 1920.I beleive that he was one of the fiirst to try the car- to- airplane transfer via rope ladder.On this occasion he failed and almost killed himself in the process.
The Mercedes basic car frame had been around for some time, so I think that I am pretty safe in using it for a diorama of the mid 20s.By the time I finish modifying it, I want it to look something like the car Pangborn used.I got the idea from the Time-Life book Barnstormers and Speedkings.(see page 8)
So far I have the frame and engine finished(except for engine wiring)I built a wooden platform on the back for the stuntman to stand on and am now building some of the chassis.The car will be quite beat up with missing parts and well weathered.I plan to put airshow advertising on the doors and panels and it will be quite colorful but in muted tones as to not draw too much attention from the Jenny. to be cont.....

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JohnReid Forum Ace of Aces Contributor Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Montreal,Canada Posts: 4,699	Chase or tow car I began working again on the tow car that will be used in the diorama.The basic model is a Minicraft 1/16th scale 1928 Mercedes Benz SS.It looks like it would make a very nice model but I am using it only as a basic motor and frame ,to look like a car used by Upside -Down Clyde Pangborn in his famous stunt at a beach near San Diego in 1920.I beleive that he was one of the fiirst to try the car- to- airplane transfer via rope ladder.On this occasion he failed and almost killed himself in the process. The Mercedes basic car frame had been around for some time, so I think that I am pretty safe in using it for a diorama of the mid 20s.By the time I finish modifying it, I want it to look something like the car Pangborn used.I got the idea from the Time-Life book Barnstormers and Speedkings.(see page 8) So far I have the frame and engine finished(except for engine wiring)I built a wooden platform on the back for the stuntman to stand on and am now building some of the chassis.The car will be quite beat up with missing parts and well weathered.I plan to put airshow advertising on the doors and panels and it will be quite colorful but in muted tones as to not draw too much attention from the Jenny. to be cont..... __________________ "Once upon a time......." Storyboard dioramas by JohnReid. My photobucket: http://s6.photobucket.com/albums/y250/JohnReid/ Last edited by JohnReid; 15 March 2005 at 06:07 PM.