@charles-rockett here is another one you should add ......... there should be one in 1/43 scale. Excellent movie by the way and the real car is impressive.
Not watching modern fantasy movies, I've never come across your spectacular car and can only wonder at its cross of Gothic, Hindu and - as you point-out - 1930s 'salon' elements. So much to think about, thank-you.
I posted this because it seems a distant cousin to the Ghazi Mercedes. I am looking forward to see the Opel you will get soon. Any pictures of the 1:1?
@nickies The moment it arrives, I shall do a post on the two cars. A smaller Mercedes-Benz and the Opel were on the same Erdmann & Rossi stand and when King Ghazi took a liking to the Mercedes, he was offered a larger 540K that was made for him as a gift from Hitler. I shall have to check all details when I post so please do not take this as proof positive: for now, that is the basic story.
Personally I think it bears relation to Figoni Et Falaschi's 1936 Paris salon Delahaye and read just a single sentance once that said Figoni had designed the Erdmann & Rossi cars but have never found corroborative backup.
@charles-rockett Setting aside the fantasy of Nemo's pontoon fenders, Amos Northup was not the only car designer in America at the same time dreaming of them. Gordon M. Buehrig also register a patent in 1935 for what will become the most astonishing pontoon fenders to make up to production on the 1937 Cord. The fender mock up is in the ACD Museum.
Rolling Sculpture, A Designer And His Work, Gordon M. Buehrig With William S. Jackson, ACD Museum, 1975, P 90 - 91.
@nickiesAgain this is astonishing news. Prior to your present thread, I had no idea that either Buehrig nor Northup had filed patent requests for these important developments. Given the 810 Cord and 'Spirit Of Motion' Graham did not reach the market for further 1 and 3 years respectively, it is valuable to have these documents as evidential proof of the revolutionary work being done in America. What a pity Graham-Page were so slow off the mark - it would have been fun to park our 1/43 scale Sharknoses alongside our Airflows and Coffin-nosed Cords!
Here is the Ghazi M-B 540K by Kess. The mascot went missing immediately when my hand merely grazed the model. The sad part is it's not a 3-point star, but a sword in a circle. Where will I find one of those?
