landman Posted April 1, 2018 Posted April 1, 2018 35 minutes ago, Eric Macleod said: These are fabulous! X2
Anglia105E Posted April 1, 2018 Posted April 1, 2018 Beautiful motor cars from that period, and even if they are not to everyone's taste, you cannot fail to appreciate their sheer beauty in design. The Bentley Mark VI Drophead Coupe from 1947 by Franay is of the same genre and only available as a diecast. David
PhilX Posted April 1, 2018 Posted April 1, 2018 These two cars are really fantastic indeed ... Thank you for showing.
Pico Posted April 2, 2018 Author Posted April 2, 2018 This is looking better. Also making the headlight housing.
Eric Macleod Posted April 4, 2018 Posted April 4, 2018 I am amazed by the speed you are working. I tend to be much more glacier like.
Ramfins59 Posted April 4, 2018 Posted April 4, 2018 I love this. IMHO the 1939 Delahaye is one of the most beautiful cars ever made. I drool over the blue one that Diana Dors had.
Pico Posted April 4, 2018 Author Posted April 4, 2018 Ramfins- Me too, but I try not to repeat myself too often.
Pico Posted April 19, 2018 Author Posted April 19, 2018 After a considerable amount of eyeball engineering and head scratching, I've decided the rear trunk area is too high, top of the doors are too low, Front fenders are too tall and not long enough. It seems fairly late in the project for this much rework but it wasn't close enough.
Codi Posted April 19, 2018 Posted April 19, 2018 Loving the creativity you're exhibiting here. cheers, tim
geetee66 Posted April 19, 2018 Posted April 19, 2018 Crikey! This is going to look very classy! Beautiful lines and proportions
Pico Posted April 19, 2018 Author Posted April 19, 2018 Creativity is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration.
cobraman Posted April 19, 2018 Posted April 19, 2018 I love how you are not satisfied with close enough. Your finished ones are fantastic !
misterNNL Posted April 20, 2018 Posted April 20, 2018 I am surprised that after using those clever templates the fender profiles made from photos of the real car would be anything less than perfect. I of course trust your eye and judgment but I was wondering how that would be anything less than a perfect method. Just curious.
Eric Macleod Posted April 20, 2018 Posted April 20, 2018 I just cant get enough of this one. It is absolutely fabulous.
Pico Posted May 10, 2018 Author Posted May 10, 2018 After a break due to other projects and a short vacation, I'm back on refining the shape. Shooting black over white primer and then sanding reveals ridges and valleys that need to be filled or sanded down.
ismaelg Posted May 10, 2018 Posted May 10, 2018 Looking good! The shape is starting to reveal nicely!
Pico Posted May 10, 2018 Author Posted May 10, 2018 It is time to think about decals and the raised areas the decals go on. I put an image of the car in Sketchup, sized it to 1/24th, and using the circle, arc and bezier curve tools, drew the decal shapes. Next I will print these, cut them out and fit them on the model, seeing if they need to be adjusted. The rear fender decoration is different from the front and has yet to be drawn.
Pico Posted May 24, 2018 Author Posted May 24, 2018 Side spear on; it's time for the louvers, made from Evergreen lap siding.
Pico Posted May 30, 2018 Author Posted May 30, 2018 Most louvers are now on, so it's time for the interior. Because of the difficulty of making the tuck and roll upholstery, I decided to design it in Sketchup and have it 3d printed. I'm pleased with the door panels and now am working on the seats.
Belugawrx Posted May 31, 2018 Posted May 31, 2018 Extraordinary lines to this one... it looks like it needs more room between the front fenders and the grill ,...IMHO.. (humbled) Wonderful work so far Pico?
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