1914 Minerva

[jknaus]

Love it. Gorgeous job,
James

 

[Brokeneagle]

great work - love the paint scheme.

 

[Tim A.]

Love it. Gorgeous job,
James

Thanks James

 

[Tim A.]

great work - love the paint scheme.

Thanks Ian.

 

[iambrb]

Oh wow that’s neat! Really excellent job!

 

[Tim A.]

Oh wow that’s neat! Really excellent job!

Thanks iambrb

 

[Tim A.]

I have the Minerva up on it's wheels.

 

[moon puppy]

Spoked wheels on an armored car. Love it!

 

[errains]

This is really coming out great! All it needs is some white walls.

 

[Tim A.]

This is really coming out great! All it needs is some white walls.

I googled the origin of the white wall tire. Turns out it wasn't for looks at all.
The natural off white rubber wore out quickly due to UV rays. Carbon, which turned the rubber black, was added to give the rubber strength but only to the tread portion to keep costs down...lol.

 

[Tim A.]

Spoked wheels on an armored car. Love it!

Styl'n

 

[errains]

I googled the origin of the white wall tire. Turns out it wasn't for looks at all.
The natural off white rubber wore out quickly due to UV rays. Carbon, which turned the rubber black, was added to give the rubber strength but only to the tread portion to keep costs down...lol.

I never knew that!! "Look mom I learned something today!"

 

[Tim A.]

Moving on with this build I dove into my parts box and cobbled together a carbide generator box. They powered the big acetylene head lamp. The kit doesn't supply one but they are clearly seen mounted on the left stowage box in period photos. It appears there were a few different styles used.

 

[jknaus]

She's looking awesome. Very good catch on the generator. I'll have to remember when I start mine.
James

 

[jknaus]

Way cool. While looking this up to figure it out I found ithis very cool nugget.

Carbide Willson was a great Canadian inventor | Wat On Earth

By John Motz

uwaterloo.ca

James

 

[Tim A.]

She's looking awesome. Very good catch on the generator. I'll have to remember when I start mine.
James

Thanks James. My building method may seem unorthodox. Just when it looks like I've finished up with paint and all I start adding more stuff...lol. I still have to make an instrument panel and some ammo boxes.

 

[Tim A.]

Way cool. While looking this up to figure it out I found ithis very cool nugget.

Carbide Willson was a great Canadian inventor | Wat On Earth

By John Motz

uwaterloo.ca

James

I love this stuff. Interesting story

 

[jknaus]

Thanks James. My building method may seem unorthodox. Just when it looks like I've finished up with paint and all I start adding more stuff...lol. I still have to make an instrument panel and some ammo boxes

Whatever works best for you is all that matters. What did you use for the Generator and do you have any dimensions?
James

 

[Tim A.]

Whatever works best for you is all that matters. What did you use for the Generator and do you have any dimensions?
James

I made mine from what looked like a radio transmitter from a tank model with bits of styrene and stretched sprue. I'm going to remove the wing nuts though. They're nice but to large. I didn't do a proper search to build a replica of one so mine is more of just a reasonable hint of a generator. It looks about the right size is as close to measuring as I went...lol

 

[jknaus]

I made mine from what looked like a radio transmitter from a tank model with bits of styrene and stretched sprue. I'm going to remove the wing nuts though. They're nice but to large. I didn't do a proper search to build a replica of one so mine is more of just a reasonable hint of a generator. It looks about the right size is as close to measuring as I went...lol

Gotcha. Thanks. Still love the looks of it.
James