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Dale - 10/12/04 at 01:07 PM

While going over different drawings on changing the rear of my build I have built up a scale modle of my chassis with a skin on it , the front is very rough as its hard to do complex curves in flat paper, and I have not done the rear wings yet, I plan to build a couple of different styles and try them on it this weekend. I will post a couple of pics of them for comparison and comments- good or bad are both welcome.
Dale

Dale - 10/12/04 at 01:08 PM

maybe this time
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Dale - 10/12/04 at 01:10 PM

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nick205 - 10/12/04 at 02:50 PM

I like the split screen styling!

Cita - 10/12/04 at 05:15 PM

Except for the nose (as you pointed out yourself) i think it's a CRACKER!!!!
Lovely shape and me likey split windscreen to!Lovely arse also!!!
GO FOR IT......NOW!

scotlad - 10/12/04 at 05:27 PM

The cat seems to like it too!!

Cita - 10/12/04 at 05:38 PM

The ugliest thing i ever saw

white130d - 10/12/04 at 11:37 PM

some clamshell fronts and teardrop rears and you've got a pretty cool looking "classic" design. I like it!

David.

Mark Allanson - 11/12/04 at 09:44 AM

I think the nose is fine, you just have to imagine it with a curved chrome grille

Cita - 11/12/04 at 10:09 AM

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Originally posted by Mark Allanson
I think the nose is fine, you just have to imagine it with a curved chrome grille

Perhaps if the grill is placed straight vertical....perhaps.
Two curves meeting under an angle other than 90° (if you know what i mean)will allways look a bit strange.

[Edited on 11/12/04 by Cita]

Dale - 11/12/04 at 04:51 PM

I am stuck between two looks for the front -first is like the marlin sportster aka detroit 1930's hotrod rad shroud and the second is the masarati front style of their lemans racers of the 40s
- added a rear wing to show the ass a bit better --its roughly done but gives a visual--outside of the wing should be curved into a drop of about 3 scale inches to round things off a bit.
Dale
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Dale - 11/12/04 at 04:51 PM

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Mark Allanson - 11/12/04 at 07:01 PM

Dale, as soon as I saw the model, I thought of this, it just seemed to match hand and glove

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Dale - 11/12/04 at 07:23 PM

Thats one of my picks as well-- this is the most beautiful car I think I have seen and I have taken some styling from it--as well as the wheelbase, track and power to weight if I work it right. Maserati 8ctf 1939 indy 500 winner. Unfortunatly a single seater and I require 2, but it has a very nice front.
Dale
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Mark Allanson - 11/12/04 at 07:37 PM

or a variant on the theme.. (I took these shots myself at Coys Historic 1999)
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Rorty - 13/12/04 at 03:56 AM

Very nice looking. Very Blue Peter.
I like the grill and screen especially.

Dale - 13/12/04 at 05:24 PM

Rorty, being from Canada I have never heard the term "Very Blue Peter" I am guessing its good but have never heard it before.
Dale

Cita - 13/12/04 at 05:29 PM

Blue Peter-children's program?

ned - 13/12/04 at 05:31 PM

here's one i made earlier:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/bluepeter/

even better:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/ilove/tv/bluepeter/valpetejohn/trivia.shtml

[Edited on 13/12/04 by ned]

Peteff - 13/12/04 at 05:39 PM

Are you using paper for the bodywork then? It looks like a quick alternative. I like the shape of the old cars like the Bugatis and the old Formula 1 like Vanwall etc but I think they look better in single rather than 2 seater configuration.

Rorty - 13/12/04 at 08:48 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Dale
Rorty, being from Canada I have never heard the term "Very Blue Peter" I am guessing its good but have never heard it before.
Dale

Sorry, I forgot not everyone on here has grown up watching Blue Peter. It's a British institution; a kids program where the hosts would often make everyday items from bits of card, toilet roll tubes and egg cartons etc. Excellent stuff.
I believe they also coined the phrase "here's one I prepared earlier".

krlthms - 14/12/04 at 06:17 AM

Making the grille a bit more vertical would give you a nice Bugatti look. Otherwise, I like the look of the twin narrow grilles of the original (pre war?) BMW 320.
Cheers
KT

drmike54 - 14/12/04 at 06:04 PM

Very nice design. I don't think I could come anywhere near that in paper, or anything else for that matter.