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  Still looking for the beach - Space pick-up
 
Here is a small space pick-up I made after finishing the Barchetta : (URL) Folder post moderation : (URL) PLMKWYT! JP. (21 years ago, 11-Feb-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)  
 
  Re: Still looking for the beach - Space pick-up
 
(...) This is a fun model, and the front/grill construction that mirrors Chev's new sport camino....it's just plain good. Cheers, -G (21 years ago, 11-Feb-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
 
  Re: Still looking for the beach - Space pick-up
 
(...) Sport Camino? Do you mean the SSR?(1) That's what I was reminded of (and I agree, it's a nifty model. I like the way the jetski integrates in with the model's lines) 1 - (URL) 40K bills for a pickup??? (21 years ago, 11-Feb-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
 
  Re: Still looking for the beach - Space pick-up
 
(...) Yep...that's the overpriced, mid-life crisis I was thinking of ;) (21 years ago, 11-Feb-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
 
  Re: Still looking for the beach - Space pick-up
 
(...) I was thinking "speeding ticket just waiting to happen" but ya. (21 years ago, 11-Feb-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
 
  Re: Still looking for the beach - Space pick-up
 
Thanks Gil! I went to see the link Larry posted. Actually I wanted this pick-up to have a retro look, inspired by 50's / 60's pick-up. At first I used the canopy from the Santa Fe train engine, but it wasn't that smooth..... Cheers, JP. (21 years ago, 13-Feb-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
 
  Re: Still looking for the beach - Space pick-up
 
(...) Well done JP. I like the sightly Christmas-y colour scheme. It definitely has the clunky-but-curvy feel of an old truck, which is the same point of reference used by the designers of that Chev Sport Truck some folks mentioned. That vertical (...) (21 years ago, 13-Feb-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
 
  Re: Still looking for the beach - Space pick-up
 
Thanks Prof! I definitly find more inspiration in 40's and 50's cars and trucks than in recent designs. It also seems to be what's working in most of design studios, particulary with that kind of revival trend we see in concept cars and prototypes. (...) (21 years ago, 16-Feb-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)

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