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    Hi EMU,
    Got around to it. Here's what I could come up with. If you're still interested in either the method or file, I'll post them.
    Cab1.jpgCab2.jpgCab3.jpgCab4.jpg
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    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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    Quote Originally Posted by old man emu View Post
    C'est mangnifique, mon ami.
    Old Man Emu
    Thank you.
    Step 1 : Create the outlay
    Cab5.jpg
    Step 2 : Create sections along the profile.
    Cab6.jpg
    Step 3 : Connect all the loose ends of the sections to create a second guide.
    Cab2.jpg
    Step 4 : Multi section surface
    Cab7.jpg
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    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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    Step 9 : Do a revolution on the profile of step 8
    Cab12.jpg
    Step 10 : Do a pocket for the rear view mirror
    Cab13.jpg
    Step 11 : Do the profiles for the wheel cover
    Cab14.jpg
    Step12 : Do a sweep
    Cab15.jpg
    Step 13 : Do a thick shell
    Cab16.jpg
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    Et voilÃ*. Design uploaded here :
    https://www.youmagine.com/designs/tricycle-cabby

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    I can't thank you enough for doing this for me. It is amazing to see that the files have been downloaded 8 times (as at 0:0Hrs UTC 28/12/14)

    The car was a frequent element in the newspaper cartoons of Emile Mercier, published in Sydney, Austrlia in the 1950s and 60s. Emile was born in French Polynesia, so there is a connection to the Tri-color. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emile_Mercier_(cartoonist) Apart from being topical at the time of publication, his cartoons record the Common Man in Sydney in the 1950s before massive intakes of European migrants changed the culture, and as such form a useful historical record.

    The car was probably created in response to the many micro-cars that were produced just after World War ll. The make of the car was never given, but a favorite letter group that Mercier used was "ETAOIN". I think I'll use that because there are cartoons depicting the "Shrldu Special", 'shrldu' being another of his letter groups (see Wiki entry for an explanation of these letter groups).

    The car had a number of variations, mainly around the front of the engine and the tyres. In this cartoon,

    Profs car.jpg

    the car is being driven by the character "Argylle. There doesn't see to be a name for his lovely passenger.

    Here is another model:

    front.jpg
    which show some design changes.

    These types: gravypie rhs.jpg Profs car quarter view.jpg show how the car was depicted in the background of many cartoons.

    At one time in the early 1960s, a full-sized car was made and a novelty item and driven around the site of an international trade exhibition in Sydney.

    What I would dearly like to do is make a good print of the car and visit Emile's grave and place the car on it.

    Old Man Emu
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    Glad to help, it was a nice project. Might do it again if it's of use and interesting.

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    very cool - I particularly love the way he makes the design process look easy.
    Yeah right !
    lol

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    This is as far as I have gone. I cannot figure out how to create the curved sections that will allow me to make the solid. I'm using Rhino 5.


    So far so good.jpg

    QUESTION: When I finally make this shape solid, how thick should the solid be? I was thinking 2mm.

    OME

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