Syd Mead's VEX (model progression)
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@mike amos said:
Cool kit but, sod mars and other off world jaunts, this would be MUCH better for the weekly shopping trip to tesco/asda et al.
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It's done. On to the main vehicle.
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Right now it's just a dog. And what do dogs say?
Rough, rough.
I can see this one is going to take about a month as well.
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Update
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I am watchin' you !
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Looking good Bryan
No pressure at all when the Crème de la crème of the car modeling world writes
"I am watchin' you !"John
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Looks really good Bryan! Looking forward to the updates..
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If no one has any major objections or comments, this is the overall shape I'm proceeding with.
In other words, this is the frame I will finish detailing.
(never post hung over
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Thanks guys, then I will move ahead with this shape.
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Update
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coming along nicely
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Forgive me ,I have not watched carefully the pictures and the model, but i believe the side back panel is not broken like you did. I think it is one plane.
Care to send the model by pm or here if ok and I will try to adjust a bit ? -
@ely862me said:
Forgive me ,I have not watched carefully the pictures and the model, but i believe the side back panel is not broken like you did. I think it is one plane.
Care to send the model by pm or here if ok and I will try to adjust a bit ?The problem is two-fold: Syd's drawings are forced perspectives as I found out doing a photo-match and neither exactly matches the other and the actual clarity of details leaves a lot to be desired. The best I could get from the photo-match was general dimensions.
The second part is the sides are actually warped trapezoids, so the only way SU can complete the surface is to divide it into a polygon. I tried several different ways to manually create the polygons and this was the best compromise I could get as I had the same issue with the front side panels.
It will have to do.
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Update.
On Elisei's suggestions, I tried to tweak the rear side panel a little more. I like the new results, but still have the problem of it being a warped trapezoid. However, I do like the improvement. I also had the rear face too small, and enlarging it helped.
Other details added.
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Much better .
For me , the upper edge and the lower edge look parallel .
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Thanks again for the heads up Elisei. I was able to find a solution that resolved the warped trapezoid problem and now it looks right.
Various detailing roughed in.
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No problem ! Nicely done !
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Updates.
Once again, I am rebuilding some previous things as the proportions become more evident.
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Speaking of which... proportion adjustments.
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Thanks for the help Elisei. It will take me a few days to dissect your model and incorporate it.
Thanks again.
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