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Whitney-Paine
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230 posts
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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
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Frik
11,979 posts
113 months
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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!
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Slyjoe
926 posts
81 months
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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.)
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Whitney-Paine
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65 months
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carl_w
4,186 posts
128 months
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When I first saw the shape I immediately thought Damian McTaggart (Cerbera/Tuscan/Marcos TSO).
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Whitney-Paine
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230 posts
65 months
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As promised, some more pictures just under 4 weeks into the build:   Body, being mated to chassis. SB
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Silverbullet767
7,744 posts
76 months
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Starting to take shape, very nice, and thanks for the update, I almost forgot about it!
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CobolMan
1,029 posts
77 months
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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.
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jayfish
2,253 posts
73 months
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just out of interst are those the wheels for the finally production car or just a placeholder for design?
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gareth.e
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59 months
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Very impressive work! I'm waiting for updates 
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Munter
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111 months
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Looking good! 
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Whitney-Paine
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230 posts
65 months
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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
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Duesey
174 posts
52 months
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Really interesting - great job!
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jagman21
195 posts
94 months
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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
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jaf01uk
1,514 posts
66 months
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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
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jagman21
195 posts
94 months
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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?
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Whitney-Paine
Original Poster
230 posts
65 months
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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
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Whitney-Paine
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Healey73
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154 months
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Wow, that looks amazing. Really looking forward to further updates!!!
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Whitney-Paine
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230 posts
65 months
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Further update - Painting prep started. 
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