Comments on: Model of Rome Took Thirty Years to Build (Jun, 1934)

By: Torgo

Torgo — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 01:58:16 +0000

I love this kind of thing. If I had one in my basement I would never need TV again.

By: nlpnt

nlpnt — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 23:23:43 +0000

I think it’s a Mercedes 170H- there’s a rear view of one on the Wikipedia page “Rear engine Mercedes” (this site won’t let me post the link, sorry); it’s identical except that car is a sedan and this is a cabrio-limousine.

By: Mike Gutman

Mike Gutman — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 23:40:48 +0000

Re the rear engine mystery auto: “In order to permit of(sic) more streamlining…(?)” How’d that ever get by the editors? I suspect that the engine was actually over the rear axle ala VW and Porche, not just behind the front seats as it looks like there were rear seats.

By: Toronto

Toronto — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 05:09:53 +0000

Steve: *groan*

By: Steve

Steve — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 02:24:43 +0000

Well, you know the old saying… “(model of) Rome wasn’t built in a day.

By: gianfranco D.

gianfranco D. — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 17:06:27 +0000

The plaster is now at the University of Caen (France).

http://www.unicaen.fr/services.....r=histoire

By: Tom

Tom — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 13:07:53 +0000

Toronto:

I saw that too. I wondered if it was a Zuendapp, but that had covered rear wheel wells. I think it is a prototype.

By: Marc B.

Marc B. — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 10:10:12 +0000

This model is probably very similar to the one in the Museum of Roman Civilization in Rome[1], as they show the city in the same time frame. The article here does not give the source on which the artist his model, but the one in the museum is based upon the “Forma Urbis Romae”.[2]

1: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M.....vilization
2: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forma_Urbis_Romae

By: Toronto

Toronto — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 05:38:07 +0000

Never mind the model, did you notice the proto-VW on the next page? KDF-Wagen, wasn’t it?

By: StanFlouride

StanFlouride — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 05:23:49 +0000

I wonder whether this was the basis for this one which is 66′x66′ (20mx20m)
The wikipedia description says that it was built from 1935 to 1971, a year after the one shown here.
A very cool model (at least it looks the same as the one in the Museum of Roman Civilization)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wi.....G_5151.JPG
I visited 3 or 4 times, bringing a modern map to compare. Many of the streets and avenues still exist as do the ruins from that era.
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