Messin' around with my '56
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Very very nice model!
[off:yicf4lt0]Do you know any good sources for suspensions for old American muscle cars?[/off:yicf4lt0]
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[off:2zled1qq]Just reference photos. Unfortunately I don't have a cur myself.
I just began modelling a '69 Dodge Charger today and I got lots of photo references for the body. But not so much for the suspension - which you can see if you do low camera angles or into the wheel well.
(We can probably take the discussion here: http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=333&t=47691 So I don't completely steal your topic here.[/off:2zled1qq] -
Any plans on rendering this model?
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@thomthom said:
[off:vxr3wmem]Just reference photos. Unfortunately I don't have a cur myself.
I just began modelling a '69 Dodge Charger today and I got lots of photo references for the body. But not so much for the suspension - which you can see if you do low camera angles or into the wheel well.Well, for the '56 I found a lot of good stuff on Ebay (some people include some pretty good photos of the undercarriage, especially the expensive restored cars), and Googled for "56 Chevy restoration" and stuff along those lines (a lot of people like to extensively document their restoration projects). Also if you can find a site that offers a free PDF download of their parts catalogs for your car, they can be very useful. And finally, if you are lucky enuf to find an assembly manual that can be downloaded, that can be extremely useful.
@thomthom said:
(We can probably take the discussion here: http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=333&t=47691 So I don't completely steal your topic here.[/off:vxr3wmem]
Don't worry about it, this thread isn't very active anymore anyhow.
BTW, your charger is looking good
. Looking forward to seeing it's progress. I have yet to find blueprints for most the cars I model (and even if I could I can't seem to get the hang of using them like you're doing)Don't know why this thing is starting to use the tiny type, can't get it to switch back to normal size
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@thomthom said:
Any plans on rendering this model?
Wish I could. Rendering seems to be way beyond my capabilities for some reason
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@hellnbak said:
I have yet to find blueprints for most the cars I model
I found that those little model kits is very nice. Often they include side, top and front perpendicular views. Even if they don't, just having the 1:24 scale plastic model in your hand is a really nice reference. They don't cost more than $20-$30 - and you can give them away as a gift when you're done with them.
My my Charger I used plans for a model kit - only problem is that the drawings isn't that accurate. Worst of all, they are in perspective, so the front and back in particular is inaccurate as the windows and roof are too small due to the perspective. But lots of reference photos make up for it.
@hellnbak said:
Rendering seems to be way beyond my capabilities for some reason
Why not hand it out to a render competition?
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Yeah, I did get some 1/8 scale models of a couple of the cars I was working on. I had high hopes, but for whatever reason I didn't really use them very much at all. Will sell them on Ebay when I get around to it. I hate using Ebay nowadays. It was a lot of fun when it first started out, but now it's just a place for financial predators and thieves, and Ebay will not do anything to make it better.
But I digress. I know what you mean about trying to use a perspective shot. Sometimes I luck out and find a profile photo of a car I'm working on, but it's always a perspective shot and that makes it very difficult to use.
As far as submitting my '56 for a rendering challenge, it will be a long time before it's ready for anything like that. Haven't been working on it lately, for some reason I decided to rethink the first roadster I built. A lot of things I didn't like about it. Gonna post a thread on that to get some opinions about what I've done so far.
Here are some sites I've found that may (or may not) be of help --
A couple of forum sites dedicated to the Charger. I use forums a lot, a bunch of good info and photos.
http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php?PHPSESSID=prdoeh3mi3dsfapuv81t2u2714&
http://www.chargerforumz.com/?gclid=CJzV072hqbICFYio4AodvykARgSome random sites about people restoring their Chargers --
http://www.forbbodiesonly.com/moparforum/showthread.php?t=5643
http://www.cardomain.com/ride/3160504/1969-dodge-charger
http://oregongenerallee.blogspot.com/
http://www.moparmuscle69.com/index.htmlA site with a lot of parts catalogs that you can download (don't know how good they are, some are better than others) --
http://www.classicindustries.com/controller.cfm?type=catalog&action=catalogDownload&catalogId=12And a site with complete specs for the Charger and exterior and interior color chips --
http://www.oldride.com/library/1969_dodge_charger.htmlI save a lot of time by using Bulk Image Downloader. It will reap both regular photos and photos from thumbnails, from as many pages on a site as you specify. Can download hundreds of photos in just a few minutes. It costs about 25 bucks, but for me it was well worth it. Just for your info.
I know, a lot more info than you wanted, but hey, for the most part I'm bored
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Hey, If you ever need photos of specific parts, or diagrams let me know. I have a 56' at home and a pile of maintenance and repair manuals for it. Its not a Nomad like what your modeling, but for the most part their all pretty much the same guts.
Amazing model!
@hellnbak said:
@ely862me said:
The upper A arm could use some rounding on the outside edges !
I still can't believe your degree of patience !!
Yeah, I've worked on that. And the lower control arm. And pretty much everything else. I think I'll just buy a '56 and use it for reference (shouldn't cost too much, after all it's 56 years old, right?)
As for my patience, sometimes I do run short of that. But I remind myself that "There's never time to do it right, but there's always time to do it over"
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@tedvitale said:
Hey, If you ever need photos of specific parts, or diagrams let me know. I have a 56' at home and a pile of maintenance and repair manuals for it. Its not a Nomad like what your modeling, but for the most part their all pretty much the same guts.
Amazing model!
Wow, haven't thought about this model for awhile! Sometimes I bounce around working on my models and forget to bounce back to one
I really appreciate your offer. If and when I attack this thing again I may take you up on it. Right now I'm concentrating on learning how to render and how to use Photoshop (again. I used to be pretty good with PS but stopped for a couple of years and can't seem to remember a dang thing now. Frustrating)
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Insane is less said... astonishing detail on the framework and body. People usually don't pay too much attention when they're making cars as they used to do back in the 50's and 60's. You're the one that still does pay attention to those details, congrats !
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