Isdera Imperator.....98% scratch build!

[Eric Macleod]

I would have been very happy with the paper version. The work on that one alone is very impressive. I look forward to seeing what both of you come up with.

Eric

[Dann Tier]

On 3/5/2020 at 1:28 PM, capricorn71 said:

So here are some pictures of the cardboard model. Unfortunately taken then with a Motorola RazrV3, so not that high quality.

The 3D-Modeling is ongoing, it´s quiet difficult to find appropriate pictures of the side, front, back and top view. So it ´s a lot of try and error.

 

WOW!!!....that is pretty sweet, bud!!!!

[Dann Tier]

On 3/6/2020 at 11:35 AM, Eric Macleod said:

I would have been very happy with the paper version. The work on that one alone is very impressive. I look forward to seeing what both of you come up with.

Eric

I think i need to buy more sheet styrene before i get back to this project, lol

[capricorn71]

So this is the actual status of my 3D-Model.

The main surfaces are done, all of the details of the outer shell, the interior and the engine compartment have to be done.

 

[Dann Tier]

22 hours ago, capricorn71 said:

So this is the actual status of my 3D-Model.

The main surfaces are done, all of the details of the outer shell, the interior and the engine compartment have to be done.

 

Too high tech for me, lol, but thats looking FANTASTIC!!!...just before our lock-down, i managed to pick up alot more styrene, so now i can get back to this one!...bad news is that my computer is still broken, so i cant do anything with photos....i will just take them, and post them when i can.

[David G.]

Somehow I missed this one but I'm glad I found it.

Impressive work so far... as always. I'll be watching with great interest.

David G.

[Dann Tier]

42 minutes ago, David G. said:

Somehow I missed this one but I'm glad I found it.

Impressive work so far... as always. I'll be watching with great interest.

David G.

Thanks, Bud!...should have quite a bit of updates to post once my computer is fixed -after this whole virus thing.

[capricorn71]

The front is getting better...

some details are missing, but thats a thing to solve. 

@Dann: could you be so kind and measure the width of the seat? Mine are still burried in a moving box 

 

Edited April 8, 2020 by capricorn71
Picture upload

[Funkychiken]

Hey Dann, just seen this, it's going to be such a cool build! good luck, I guess the same to Erich with his 3D printed version too!

[capricorn71]

Moving forward. The front is almost ready.

There will be seven 3D printed parts. I still wonder how to do the glass parts...

 

[Dann Tier]

On 4/9/2020 at 10:52 AM, Funkychiken said:

Hey Dann, just seen this, it's going to be such a cool build! good luck, I guess the same to Erich with his 3D printed version too!

Thanks, Bud!, i should be back at it shortly!

[Dann Tier]

4 hours ago, capricorn71 said:

Moving forward. The front is almost ready.

There will be seven 3D printed parts. I still wonder how to do the glass parts...

 

First off, this progress is looking GREAT, bud!!!, and secondly, sorry i havent measured those seats for you yet...i will have that for you tomorrow!

[capricorn71]

On 4/16/2020 at 4:54 AM, Dann Tier said:

First off, this progress is looking GREAT, bud!!!, and secondly, sorry i havent measured those seats for you yet...i will have that for you tomorrow!

Thank you! I added more details to the front and started with the chassis. To have all parts ready will take some time, but I‘m confident to get  it done.

[Dann Tier]

On 4/30/2020 at 12:26 PM, capricorn71 said:

Thank you! I added more details to the front and started with the chassis. To have all parts ready will take some time, but I‘m confident to get  it done.

Man that looks Fantastic!!!...WUNDERBAR!!!!!

 

[David G.]

On 4/30/2020 at 9:26 AM, capricorn71 said:

Thank you! I added more details to the front and started with the chassis. To have all parts ready will take some time, but I‘m confident to get  it done.

Yeah, that's way above my skill level!

David G.

[streetmachine11]

very interesting project and car. nice to see something different. fantastic work so far definitely following this one 

[Dann Tier]

20 hours ago, streetmachine11 said:

very interesting project and car. nice to see something different. fantastic work so far definitely following this one 

Thanks, Jason!...looks like there will be two different versions/makes/years....mine is the newer version of the two, and i'm doing mine a VERY old fashioned way, lol!

[capricorn71]

8 hours ago, Dann Tier said:

Thanks, Jason!...looks like there will be two different versions/makes/years....mine is the newer version of the two, and i'm doing mine a VERY old fashioned way, lol!

That is correct. I am doing a model of the first version, which is an evolution of the bb CW311 - a one of unveiled 1979.

picture from Wikipedia of the first Imperator series.

picture from bb Buchmann of the CW311

Both cars were styled and designed by Eberhard Schulz. I met him when he still ran Isdera in Leonberg-Warmbronn around 2005.

[Dann Tier]

It musta been cool meeting him!!....these cars are freaking cool, and timeless looking!.....its also very cool that we are doing different ones....thanks for posting, Bud!!!

[capricorn71]

15 hours ago, Dann Tier said:

It musta been cool meeting him!!....these cars are freaking cool, and timeless looking!.....its also very cool that we are doing different ones....thanks for posting, Bud!!!

Just my thoughts!

I could not resist to start with the hood and the doors before the chassis is finished. But now I can be sure to get all parts done. The CAD system is tricky sometimes. 

[mustang1989]

Wow!!! I dunno what to even SAY here!! 

[Dann Tier]

1 hour ago, capricorn71 said:

Just my thoughts!

I could not resist to start with the hood and the doors before the chassis is finished. But now I can be sure to get all parts done. The CAD system is tricky sometimes. 

This is looking BRILLIANT!!!...i just got ALOT of rough body work done on mine....its gonna start moving along quickly now!

[David G.]

Wow! Just Wow!

David G.

[capricorn71]

2 hours ago, Dann Tier said:

This is looking BRILLIANT!!!...i just got ALOT of rough body work done on mine....its gonna start moving along quickly now!

Cool!! Nice to see the progress. Looks very promising - well done! So while I only have some stupid CAD files, you have a real model. I see it´s going to be really fine model. 

[Dann Tier]

46 minutes ago, capricorn71 said:

Cool!! Nice to see the progress. Looks very promising - well done! So while I only have some stupid CAD files, you have a real model. I see it´s going to be really fine model. 

Thanks, Bud, but i had to redo the angle of the rear cowl...it was too sloped...hence the unrealistic height just above the taillights...its all fixed now.