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RE: Making a model of an real life car
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lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.technic
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Tue, 26 Nov 2002 22:41:50 GMT
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Øyvind Steinnes writes:
> I've never tried this before, so could anyone give me some
> tip about making a scale model in Lego of an actual car?
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> I have pictures, movies, games, and lots of other info about
> the car, but don't know where to start and what I have to
> look for specially...
First, pick which wheels you want to use. Since LEGO has a limited
number of wheels to choose from, the wheels you pick will set the scale
for your model. Next, I try to find an exact side view of the car.
Front, back, and top views also help a lot. By measuring dimensions of
the car compared to the size of the wheels, you should be able to
develop a rough idea of how big the car should be in studs. Sometimes
I'll even pixelate the photo of the car into that number of plate size
studs (using Corel Photopaint, a Photoshop clone). Next, it helps to
pick out a distinguishing feature of the car (in many cases, that's the
front grill and headlights) and try to get that to look right. I
usually build rearward from there.
I've also noticed that the couple of times I've rebuilt a model from
scratch (Beetle and Diablo), the second version is much more accurate,
and uses pieces far more effectively.
--Bram
Bram Lambrecht
bram@cwru.edu
www.bldesign.org
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| (...) I just want to agree. If you can, try to find as much pictures as you can, auto magazines are quite good source, car retailers sometimes offer quite exact sketche (It of course won't help if you're trying to build 1912 bugatti or military (...) (22 years ago, 28-Nov-02, to lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.technic)
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| Hello, I've never tried this before, so could anyone give me some tip about making a scale model in Lego of an actual car? I have pictures, movies, games, and lots of other info about the car, but don't know where to start and what I have to look (...) (22 years ago, 26-Nov-02, to lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.technic)
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