Bluebird-Proteus CN7

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.

http://www.beaulieu.co.uk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqvpcX4HoCg

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.

Bluebird 3.jpg

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.

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