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    Syd Mead's VEX (model progression)

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    • BoxB
      Box
      last edited by

      Looking good Bryan.

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      • Bryan KB
        Bryan K
        last edited by

        Thanks Box and Pilou, but I have to remake the tread. After experimenting with it last night, it's wrong.

        See my portfolio at https://delphiscousin.blogspot.com/

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        • Bryan KB
          Bryan K
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          What. A. Pain! πŸ˜†

          I had to free float the arcs for the tread springs and that only took a few hours to get aligned, then used the "Follow Me" tool to draw square tube along the arc and that took a few more hours.

          So don't look to close because it still needs tweaking at the rim knuckle joints.

          But more or less, this is it.


          VEX wheel 8.jpg


          VEX wheel 9.jpg


          VEX wheel 10.jpg

          See my portfolio at https://delphiscousin.blogspot.com/

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          • iichiversiiI
            iichiversii
            last edited by

            Great work on the wheel Bryan πŸ‘

            Bring on the Rain...

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            • Bryan KB
              Bryan K
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              @iichiversii said:

              Great work on the wheel Bryan πŸ‘

              Thank you iichiversii. I still feel kind of stupid because the result it not what I was looking for, but I only have two pictures to use as references.

              I will be refining the wheels until next week.

              Until I get tired of it. πŸ˜‰

              Just two more things... just two more... πŸ˜†

              See my portfolio at https://delphiscousin.blogspot.com/

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              • Bryan KB
                Bryan K
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                x-ray


                VEX wheel 11.jpg

                See my portfolio at https://delphiscousin.blogspot.com/

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                • Mike AmosM
                  Mike Amos
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                  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.

                  Absentia mortis praesentiam vitae probat, vita autem est argumentum constantiae.

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                  • Bryan KB
                    Bryan K
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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.

                    πŸ‘ πŸ˜†

                    See my portfolio at https://delphiscousin.blogspot.com/

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                    • Bryan KB
                      Bryan K
                      last edited by

                      It's done. On to the main vehicle.


                      VEX wheel 12.jpg


                      VEX wheel 13.jpg

                      See my portfolio at https://delphiscousin.blogspot.com/

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                      • Bryan KB
                        Bryan K
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                        Right now it's just a dog. And what do dogs say?

                        Rough, rough. πŸ˜†

                        I can see this one is going to take about a month as well.


                        VEX 1.jpg

                        See my portfolio at https://delphiscousin.blogspot.com/

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                        • Bryan KB
                          Bryan K
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                          Update


                          VEX 2.jpg

                          See my portfolio at https://delphiscousin.blogspot.com/

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                          • ely862meE
                            ely862me
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                            I am watchin' you ! πŸ€“

                            Elisei (sketchupper)


                            Before no life was done on Earth it was THE LIFE ITSELF...GOD
                            Come and See EliseiDesign

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                            • tademaT
                              tadema
                              last edited by

                              Looking good Bryan πŸ‘

                              No pressure at all when the Crème de la crème of the car modeling world writes
                              "I am watchin' you !" πŸ˜†

                              John

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                              • Rafferty94R
                                Rafferty94
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                                Looks really good Bryan! Looking forward to the updates..

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                                • Bryan KB
                                  Bryan K
                                  last edited by

                                  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 πŸ˜‰ )


                                  VEX 3.jpg


                                  VEX 4.jpg

                                  See my portfolio at https://delphiscousin.blogspot.com/

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                                  • Bryan KB
                                    Bryan K
                                    last edited by

                                    Thanks guys, then I will move ahead with this shape. πŸ‘

                                    See my portfolio at https://delphiscousin.blogspot.com/

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                                    • Bryan KB
                                      Bryan K
                                      last edited by

                                      Update


                                      VEX 5.jpg

                                      See my portfolio at https://delphiscousin.blogspot.com/

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                                      • iichiversiiI
                                        iichiversii
                                        last edited by

                                        coming along nicely πŸ‘

                                        Bring on the Rain...

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                                        • ely862meE
                                          ely862me
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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 ?

                                          Elisei (sketchupper)


                                          Before no life was done on Earth it was THE LIFE ITSELF...GOD
                                          Come and See EliseiDesign

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                                          • Bryan KB
                                            Bryan K
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                                            @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.

                                            See my portfolio at https://delphiscousin.blogspot.com/

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