Hello guys,
I would like to share with you a new miniature sculpted by Andrei Bleskin.
Size: 75mm
Material: resin

And here is his Petroleum Reitwagen, 1885

The figure is available in 1/24 scale (75mm)

However, the Reitwagen is produced in two scales 1/12 and 1/24.



For any inquiries, please contact us at info@castleminiatures.com

That's a lovely vignette. Master Bleskin working his magic again.

Fascinating subject. Shame his invention didn't catch on....

He looks like Dr Watson. Where's Sherlock Holmes?

Mike

This is Daimler's experimental workshop, where he constructed the Reitrad,



and a replica of said contraption (the original was destroyed in a fire in 1903)


Karl

So far so good...



... but it's also a pity that Wilhelm Maybach is embezzled...





... who had at least as much share as Daimler in the creation of the first fire chair!

On August 29, 1885, Daimler applied for a patent for this first vehicle with a combustion engine. Daimler called this "vehicle with gas or petroleum engine".

Maybach further developed the patent model, he invented direct steering via a steering head, Daimler had only designed an indirect belt steering, with which the thing could hardly have been steered!

The Maybach improvements cannot yet be seen on the original drawing for the patent application! There you can still see the indirect steering and only one pulley...:



Maybach also improved the drive by using two pulleys of different sizes. It could be driven at either 6 or 12 km/h.



It was Maybach who did all the test drives...



... to constantly improve the design and make it drivable. Only then, on November 10, 1885, did Paul Daimler make the twelve-kilometer maiden voyage from Daimler's workshop in Cannstatt, Taubenheimstrasse 13...



... to Untertürkheim and back.


For non-technicians:
Without Wilhelm Maybach it would not have been possible to steer the thing (or only "indirectly") and without the two-stage transmission of the drive it would not have been possible to climb a mountain, not even a hill, of which there are plenty in Daimler's (and Maybach's) homeland !

That's why a Maybach figure should be added!


Cheers

As 30 mm flats:

Daimler and Maybach im trouble with policeman...



Maybach driving prototype...




Daimler and Maybach during official presntation...

Great subject. Bet the seat was uncomfortable.

Malc