2013 build

[Gakes]

Hi ladies and gents. I've been off the forum for a while due to work travels and new additions to my family. But I'm finally settled in again and have been working on my 2013 project called xO750. Its a middy with steel space frame and double wishbones all around. The basic layout is taken from my xO500 builds with the exception of a slightly shorter wheelbase.

[Gakes]

Some rear shots

[Iwantoneofthose]

I quite like that!
It is difficult to get the scale though.

[slomax]

what program are you using to render? looks suspiciously like Autodesk Showcase to me, but that isn't a standard HDRI map if it is

Background could do with scaling down a bit. Not my personal cup of tea, but i can certainly see where you're coming from. Nice to see something fresh.

[Gakes]

Yes the scale is out a bit, but its just to show the rear design. The body is designed in Rhino3D and rendered in Keyshot(its a NICE program to work with)

Wanted to bring a reventon/raw look to it

[Furyblade_Lee]

I love the design, would like to see it with a proper rear window in?

[Steve_D]

Can't say the design appeals to me but all credit for having a go.

However I keep seeing the same problems with people’s concept designs where they fail to recognise the basic requirements for a road going car.

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Why design something with the wheels sticking out of the body line?

Steve

[slomax]

Steve_D said:

Why design something with the wheels sticking out of the body line?

Because stuff like that can VERY easily be added after you have build up the main body of the car.

In terms of design, these things are the last things you do as well as lights and grilles. The difficult things to change/mock up quickly (and you need to get right first time) are tuck under, Window line, door aperture, shoulder line, front bonnet/arch/wing height for clearing mechanical components, windscreen rake, lean angle of side windows and roof lines/can't rails etc.

Its funny that people think that car design is all about grilles and lights and graphics. These just give a car a face or brand identity. The main factors for vehicle design are proportions, DLO, overhangs and line continuity. You will find that if you look at a good looking modern car, all of the lines come from somewhere, are fed off others or shoot off from grille, arch or light detailing, even if they fade out and re-emerge further down the vehicles body.

One of the best and most obvious examples that illustrates this so well is the Acura NSX concept from a few years back.

http://www.thetorquereport.com/acura_advanced_car_...

[Steve_D]

slomax said:

Steve_D said:

Why design something with the wheels sticking out of the body line?

.........The difficult things to change/mock up quickly ......are tuck under, Window line, door aperture, shoulder line, front bonnet/arch/wing height for clearing mechanical components......

Arch and wing height are what I'm refering too. If the tyre is sticking out then the arch will be wrong to allow for suspension travel.

Steve

[slomax]

Steve_D said:

Arch and wing height are what I'm refering too. If the tyre is sticking out then the arch will be wrong to allow for suspension travel.

Steve

Raising the suspension a bit is very easy though, at most it will be modifying brackets and bump stop. Building out a flat spot on the arch is easy too once you have the initial panel made, thus concealing the tyre, or you could fit wheels with a smaller offset (i.e. less deep rims)

[Gakes]

To clarify, the wheels are just to create an exaggerated expression of the concept. The actual car's wheels will tuck in under the fender. Or else I'd only have either 5mm travel