Bluebird-Proteus CN7

[chedda]

Thanks for the comment Carloh here's another view.

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[tomislavm]

Nice, Bluebird is a car of My time!

[chedda]

Tomislavm i also have an old connection with this car, it was one of my all time favourites at the National Motor Museum when i was a child. It's still a menacing beast today.

Beaulieu | Home to National Motor Museum | New Forest, Hampshire

Beaulieu, one of South of England's top family days out including National Motor Museum, Palace House and Gardens and Beaulieu Abbey.

Beaulieu (www.beaulieu.co.uk)

[tadema]

Hello Chedda, when you mentioned modeling a car my thoughts were Austin Mini, Ford Escort...
She looks great, what about using a HDRi background and lighting that would really bring it to life.
Next Donald's boat the Bluebird K7! mind I heard that thing was a bloody death trap
John

[Bryan K]

Ohhhh. Nice.

[chedda]

Thanks for the comments guys.It seems you are reading my mind with the hdri suggestion ! I decided to take her out for a spin on Lake Eyre. It's not a regular car, in fact it's hardly a car especially with the tail fin, it's more of a stunted jet aircraft. I was also eyeing up the pink panther car but images are limited.

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[Trogluddite]

Beautiful, chedda. Both the renders, and the superb modelling of those gorgeous curves.
I'm too young to recall its record breaking exploits, but I too remember seeing it at Beaulieu as a lad.

@chedda said:

in fact it's hardly a car especially with the tail fin, it's more of a stunted jet aircraft.

I some senses it was the last of the true 'cars' that held the LSR. The turboshaft engine, while in principle a 'jet engine', did actually drive the wheels - and CN7 was the last such vehicle to hold the absolute world record prior to the rules being changed to allow jet/rocket propulsion.
The North American Eagle, which hopes to set a new record sometime soon, really is more of a 'stunted jet aircraft' - starting out life as a F-104 Starfighter, once flown by Chuck Yeager, the first man to break Mach 1 in flight.

[chedda]

Thanks for the comments Steve i never knew the wheels were driven. I just assumed that the jet engines provided thrust.

[EscapeArtist]

That's a great metallic paint texture, what renderer did you use to create it?

[chedda]

The texture is the "car paint" procedural texture that ships with maxwell i merely adjusted down the metallic part to 0.

[chedda]

Here is a revised view with a maxed out aperture giving some DOF and some simulens effects.

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[Bryan K]

That's the "magazine" shot, right there.

The other images are great as well, but the last one really hits the mark.

[chedda]

Thanks Bryan, time for the next project.

[frodernater]

Looks awesome, is there an stl file or gcode of the cn7 bluebird that I can attempt to 3d print anywhere? I would love to make my own model.

Any help appreciated.

thanks
Mark