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slomax Monday 18th 2013

Hi folks-

Ben’s on his University project has inspired me to do a on mine. If you haven’t seen it’s well worth a here (I’m sure he mind me linking his thread)

is a LIVE project and I will be stuff here as I take them out/do sketches+renders

Introduction-

The project was started as a holiday hire/fun vehicle.

a hilarious amount of research I wont bore you with) my criteria effectively revealed

Basically- as narrow as comfortably 4 seats, electric, sturdy, do some MINOR off roading (to the of the beach, pot holes, field decent range, AT LEAST of 50mph.

I played around 30 profile proportion shapes and settled on an amalgamation of 3 different I then spent about 3 playing with occupant positioning and wheel layout track, overhangs). Once I was with these I created a model of the Mechanical and occupant

An initial package animation is to watch here

My initial was slammed pretty hard and I had very harsh comments. One of went along the lines of just drawn a Kubelwagen.

After this interim I was feeling pretty down and for around 3 weeks. I eventually that I needed some if i was to do well and it took a lot of courage to go to my and talk about my problems- one of the decisions I have ever

I have since progressed and come up with a decent as well as making some to my package but I have yet to make a of these. (Torsion bar rear like the new fiat 500 design, the size of the motor (28kW was excessive), moved the motor to the and made it front wheel

Like Ben I am making a 1/4 scale model, only I will not be mine, I will be painting the and creating a 3D interior computer

Final Hand In in T-8 weeks

Monday 18th March

I have quite a few drawings and that need scanning in and so will do that tomorrow. For the here is my 2d orthographic i had printed out at scale to start my model.

ETA: ^^ rake on windscreen has now adjusted to match the image it looks much better

I started the Model on Tuesday the 5th in exactly the same way Ben did (MDF and armature allowing for 20-30mm of I started getting clay on the on Friday the 9th of March. Pics be uploaded tomorrow!

As the front are exposed I have bought goodies off eBay- shown

2 of these off a 1/5th scale RC buggy

6 of these lawnmower wheels the right size)- for the tyres, i be milling and casting my own design of

(they aren’t quite enough so i’m going to cut and them together to make 4)

2 of hubs off a 1/5th scale RC monster truck

some of for the badge on the front- same as on the front orthographic above (i it to be big like the old campers as without a it doesn’t have much of a