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12-14-2014, 11:30 PM #1
Another design assistance request.
BACKGROUND:
From the 1940s to 1960s there was a cartoonist whose work was published in the Sydney, Australia tabloid newspapers. One of the recurring items in his cartoons was this three-wheeled motor car:
Profs car.jpg
I'd love to make a print of this, but need some help in creating the body. It is hard to describe, and the closest thing I can come up with is this balloon chair:
balloon chair.jpg
Another thing that is similar is a child's toy car like this:
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I was thinking of making this in at least three parts: printing the body as one unit, then making everything forward of the firewall, and finally the tailwheel. If I can get an insight on how to make the body, I might be successful.
OME
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12-14-2014, 11:31 PM #2
A few more images for reference:
gravypie.jpg
Gravy pie rhs.jpg
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12-26-2014, 11:42 PM #3
C'est mangnifique, mon ami.
What program did you use to create it?
Please post all the details and the file.
Old Man Emu
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12-27-2014, 03:22 AM #4
Last edited by LambdaFF; 12-27-2014 at 04:47 AM.
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12-27-2014, 03:29 AM #5
Step 5 : Redo most steps for engine cover. Be careful to ensure tangency at the seam for aesthetic purpose.
Cab8.jpg
Step 6 : Use mirror function (though for printing I think it would be a nice place to divide the model)
Cab9.jpg
Step 7 : Do a thick shell
Cab10.jpg
Step 8 : Prepare the front lights with a profile
Cab11.jpg
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12-27-2014, 03:35 AM #6
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01-03-2015, 04:14 PM #7
I wish LambdFF would get back here. All I've got at the moment is a 2D shape for the body in one plane. I need to know how to make the curves to make surfaces in 3 planes.
OME
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01-01-2015, 08:26 PM #8
Can't model and scan - I don't have a scanner. Besides, creating the object with CAD is half the fun of making an actual object.
That's a good idea about using a zero-turn mower if one ever made a person-carrying vehicle, but, unfortunately, Mercier is unknown to most people because he was working in the 50s & 60s and the adults of those times are mainly plucking harps.The significance would be lost on Gen Y. I remember him because I was introduced to his work when I was a child, and I'm a nostalgiaphile.
OME
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12-16-2014, 05:50 AM #9
easiest way - for me - would be to use HULL to get the basic shape. And then difference a rescaled version. Doesn't look too difficult.
But I don't have time at the moment to do it.
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12-16-2014, 05:54 AM #10
Please explain to me how to...
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