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Posted 1/20/2008 10:45:31 PM |
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3D Max... never tried that b4. I'll see how I go with Rhino. I got Maya here as well.... but you need LOTS of time to work it out..so I'll stick with what I know. I like your hatch doors... a bit more user friendly then climbing through the roof. Also you've giving the driver a bit more vision out the front / side windows. No running down pedestrians in your car
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Posted 1/27/2008 7:17:39 PM |
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BWD, I like your thought of useing tensioner bars to hold the doors open. I'm a big fan of simple mechanical devices on cars. Do you have a picture of those hinges you mentioned. The new cars are nice but if something simple goes wrong It can be an expensive pain in the ass to fix. I really like the old manual kick panel vents. I'm gonna put those in my model. The first spring blast of leaves and dust doesn't bother me ![BigGrin](http://www.chickslovethecar.com/board/Skins/CLTC20/Images/EmotIcons/BigGrin.gif)
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Posted 1/29/2008 5:01:15 PM |
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I fit the frame in the rear quarters to the body which gave a lot of room inside. Also mocked up some seats and put 4- 5'10" (becasuse that how tall I am) people in the car. Looks like I need to increase the rear width of the cabin ![Smile](http://www.chickslovethecar.com/board/Skins/CLTC20/Images/EmotIcons/Smile.gif) ![](http://cltc.co/Images/Uploads/Images/b415b908-b2b8-4e74-a6af-6403.jpg)
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Posted 2/27/2008 12:08:03 AM |
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Doesn't look like much progress but I've worked on a lot of details. I increased the rear cabin width 5" on both sides, added mesh to the gun bay for air to the engine, removed first two wing/flaps and lowered second flaps. I like the sleeker look with the flaps lower and the middle flaps would be the best for down force since they are the biggest of the three. ![](http://cltc.co/Images/Uploads/Images/42455e54-7c2b-4e8f-86b9-5eb4.jpg)
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Wheels and tires would make the model look better.
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Posted 2/27/2008 5:59:00 AM |
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Whose goin 4 a pint???
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That looks like a lot of work there man. Good job.
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Posted 2/27/2008 9:07:46 AM |
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Posted 2/27/2008 9:49:15 AM |
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Bean...dude...nice nice work. Is that gonna be the final config for your chassis? I like how you threw the "model" people in there. I see you're going with the center engine. do you know how wide your CG model is? How long?
...does it come in black?
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Posted 2/27/2008 11:21:58 PM |
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The model is full size but I will be scaleing it to 85% when I build. With the wider front track width I had to Extend the controll arms in order for the wheels turn fully. Anyhow, the model is 9'4" wide and 15"8" long. At 85% its 8' wide and 13'4" long.
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Posted 2/27/2008 11:35:44 PM |
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Oh ,and yes that should be the final config for the chassis. I have a cousin who is a mechanical engineer and he said he could do a stress analysis on the chassis but I would have to weld all the vertices first and I dont think I have it in me to do that.
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Posted 3/3/2008 12:49:09 PM |
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I did a little test this morning. I flattened out a few of the panels to my model and printed them to see how well they would go together. There was a little distortion because the flattening process isn't perfect. But I think they fit pretty good. so I think this is how I will eventually mock up the car. ![](http://cltc.co/Images/Uploads/Images/3e05556a-3706-4f9a-a6ec-70da.jpg)
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