Berg's Build Log

[Berg]

Thanks guys, much appreciated! This is just for fun, the plan is to be able to render this out and composite it into a photo and you wont' be able to tell the difference. (in theory anyway, we will see how this goes).

tcrist, the software you are using is definitely a different beast. In my package, it is made so that everything "looks" pretty. You wouldn't use this date to produce an actual car. Your tolerances have to be tight, mine, they only need to look tight, a huge difference as I'm sure you are very aware.

GlyNeek, thanks for the encouragement.

Seriously, if you guys see something that I'm missing and getting wrong, speak up please. I have long ago learned to separate myself from my work and accept stiff criticism. I would definitely not decided to start posting this stuff on this forum unless I was looking for your guy's expert eyes on this.

[Berg]

running into some big discrepancies... the flared fender appears to have a bit of a wider outside radius then what I have, but the big issue iis the panel under the turn signal. Very obviously flat on this reference image, I big inward curve toward the bottom edge on mine.



I'm not sure how best to handle it with the brake vent there (this would require scrapping a lot of the front end and remodeling... a daunting task with the detail I have already put in.) Even if I were to do that, without solid blueprints or an actual car to base this off of, as I try and correct for that, I risk distorting other parts of the car.... Something I will sleep on and figure out a game plan tomorrow.

At this point I am completely overwhelmed at the idea of pounding out these parts in aluminum by hand... how did AC do it and now Kirkham? Insanity!

The headlight needs a bit more massaging at this point but feels to me about right. You can see how there is only half a body. I model just one half then mirror and weld when I get everything sorted. It's a nice way to insure perfect symmetry (which doesn't mean it will be correct, just symmetrical ).