Designed a car body that went into manufacture today.

[Whitney-Paine]

Well, I would like to think a lot of it was down to the skill of the operator!

Cost - lots even after haggling. Yearly fee costly also.

Would like to have a go with Catia at some point. Have heard a lot of good things about it.

SB

[Frik]

Some fantastic surfaces there on CAD. Hope your man with the hammer is good so you get a fair representation of them in real life.

I never got as far as surfacing with SolidWorks but I can tell you one thing, it's bloody hard work in Pro/Engineer!

[Slyjoe]

WOW - just looked through your website - awesome...
Is this just the hobby or your main job? - If this is what pays the bills each month you must wake up smiling each morning. (for the rest of you, its a CAD monkey thing)
I would like to hope that all the historic racers find a need to have thier cars re-created on 3d cad just for the hell of it. (Give me a call.. if they do.)

[Whitney-Paine]

As requested, further pictures showing progress at the end of week two:

[carl_w]

When I first saw the shape I immediately thought Damian McTaggart (Cerbera/Tuscan/Marcos TSO).

[Whitney-Paine]

As promised, some more pictures just under 4 weeks into the build:





Body, being mated to chassis.

SB

[Silverbullet767]

Starting to take shape, very nice, and thanks for the update, I almost forgot about it!

[CobolMan]

There's just something about the shapes of '50s and '60s sports racers that makes me go weak at the knees. A stunning piece of work OP, well done sir.

[jayfish]

just out of interst are those the wheels for the finally production car or just a placeholder for design?

[gareth.e]

Very impressive work!

I'm waiting for updates

[Munter]

Looking good!

[Whitney-Paine]

jayfish said:

just out of interst are those the wheels for the finally production car or just a placeholder for design?

.....the wheels to be used are being debated at present.

Thanks for all the positive comments!

SB

[Duesey]

Really interesting - great job!

[jagman21]

great design work and great craftsmanship, its fantastic that the drive and amibition exists for a projects like this, and more importantly that the skills to execute them still are alive and kicking.

well done
keep us updated

[jaf01uk]

jagman21 said:

great design work and great craftsmanship, its fantastic that the drive and amibition exists for a projects like this, and more importantly that the skills to execute them still are alive and kicking.

well done
keep us updated

Ditto the above, I envy your skill and have been watching this develop with great interest, these skills are too important to be lost,
Gary

[jagman21]

any chance of a picture of the chassis, preferably as a rolling chassis, i love all the oily bits!

I also just wanted to ask how you intended to attach the body to the chassis, I know you get an electrolytic corrosion when the two metals meet, how will you solve this or is this a relatively minor problem?

The Aston Martin works e-coat thier chassis that come in for restoration, are you doing something similar perhaps?

[Whitney-Paine]

jagman21 said:

any chance of a picture of the chassis, preferably as a rolling chassis, i love all the oily bits!

I also just wanted to ask how you intended to attach the body to the chassis, I know you get an electrolytic corrosion when the two metals meet, how will you solve this or is this a relatively minor problem?

The Aston Martin works e-coat thier chassis that come in for restoration, are you doing something similar perhaps?

Body underframe being created:


Tubular chassis had already been created, so I reverse engineered the design into Solidworks to make sure the body fitted perfectly....which thankfully it did. Picture below:




Not sure what paint process they are using, but as painting is the firm's speciality my guess is it will be top notch.

SB

[Whitney-Paine]

Further update:

[Healey73]

Wow, that looks amazing. Really looking forward to further updates!!!

[Whitney-Paine]

Further update - Painting prep started.