The Chrysler Norseman emerges from the depths...of my resin vat.

[Pico]

[kensar]

Interesting subject.  Did you do the design yourself?  If so, did you work from drawings, or photos?

[chris chabre]

oh man, that was such an awesome car!!! Ill be watching

[Andria H]

From the Andria Doria to 1/25 scale

[Pico]

Priming and some filling. Lines as that are typical of 3D printing. 

[absmiami]

nice, Pico

what's your current go-to printer ??

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Pico]

Tamiya Fine Surface Primer (L).

[Mark C.]

Very cool.  Would love to know more about how this came about.  Did you design the print yourself?

The Norseman was a very cool show car until it met its salty match.

[Pico]

19 hours ago, absmiami said:

nice, Pico

what's your current go-to printer ??

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pardon me, misread your question. My printer is an Anycubic Photon Mono M7. 

[Pico]

The Chrysler Norseman was designed in the mid 50's under the direction of Virgil Exner. At the time they were using Ghia, of Turin, Italy to build their concept cars. Ghia completed the Norseman in mid 1956 and put it on an ocean liner to be transported to the US. The ocean liner was the SS Andria Doria, which collided with the MS Stockholm on July 25, 1956 off of Nantucket. The collision killed 51, the Andria Doria sank, taking the Norseman with it. This was a very big news story at the time, and I remember it well. It seems to have faded from history because of that disaster and because it was never exhibited. Only two photos were taken on it, front and rear, one which I have posted a colorized version of here, and only three of the interior. I can't remember when I became aware of the Norseman, maybe only in the last 10 years. I decide to make the model a year ago and found that there is a file of the car available, but it was unacceptable. Fortunately, there is an excellent 4 view drawing by Brazilian digital artist Dan Palatnik. With it, I contacted Fiverr, a freelance site and commissioned Akris Studio, an Indonesian digital designer, to make the file of the body of the car. I modified that file for 3D printing and designed the interior, wheels and tires for the car. The interior design was quite challenging due to poor resolution of the photos but if I got a few things wrong, who will know? With the increasing availability of 3D printers, difficult projects as this have become doable, not easy, but at least doable.

[Geno]

Oh man, this is gonna be so cool. I love this car and the history behind it. I'm surprised a custom shop somewhere has never tried to recreate this legendary beauty. 🤑😎

[Pico]

Interior panel fit. It's coming together. 

[Mark C.]

Fascinating!  It will be fun to watch this come together!

[Pico]

Interior with windshield fitting. No "A" pillar. 

[johnyrotten]

4 minutes ago, Pico said:

Interior with windshield fitting. No "A" pillar. 

One of the coolest features of this car. Too bad the fate history had for it. 

[PhilX]

And another stuning project from you ... 😀

[Pico]

25 minutes ago, PhilX said:

And another stuning project from you ... 😀

Welcome, PhilX!

[Pico]

I designed a shelf under the dashboard and a groove in the roof to snap the windshield into. The dash will sit on the shelf. I assumed the original car had a small rod to support the roof, acting as an A pillar. Instead, I found the roof was secured by a cable, pulling it down so it would not move while being driven; or move due to thermal expansion or contraction. 

[Pico]

Grille!

[Pico]

Progress every day. 

[absmiami]

Wow - no A pillar !  
thats definitely unique - 

can’t imagine how expensive that little production feature was !

[Spex84]

Very cool. I remember having an idea for a custom '50s Ford Thunderbird with the headlights filled and converted into conical shapes with a wide, toothed grille underneath, kind of like the shape of a Goblin shark's head and toothy maw.
I'd forgotten about the Norseman--they totally beat me to it!
It's fun to see these ambitious one-off projects...not too many models of this car floating (haha) around.
 

[thebavarian]

That is a very interesting car with a special story. I heard the first time of it. I like the body. Great built.

[Pico]

On 7/4/2025 at 7:56 PM, absmiami said:

Wow - no A pillar !  
thats definitely unique - 

can’t imagine how expensive that little production feature was !

Taken from a bean counters point of view, eliminating the A pillar was a great saving!

[Pico]

Interior!