Awesome talent you possess

Hey guys, finally some more 914 stuff worth sharing.

I made a new Fuchs model.



So I put them on a narrow body 914



The color is called Yellow Ochre, not a factory color.

Speechless, awesome work !
How long would it take to get to this level of work from just starting to learn 3D modelling?

It all depends on your ability to pick up new software and which software or modeling style you're doing. For a truly gifted individual it could be a matter of months, for someone else it could be years and years. It also depends on your learning style, some people can watch a tutorial for something and pick up all the key points, or someone like me just has to mess around with the software to slowly uncover new capabilities.

There are some shortcuts so start making some decent looking stuff. A program called Blender is a good first step for someone who has no background. It's free, pretty capable, and there are a lot of tutorials online. Bonus is that there are models available that you can purchase to give you something to play around with that doesn't require you to model an entire car for your first experience. I don't use bender, but I've seen beginners have good luck with it.

Thx for the feed back Glen, may be there is hope. I played with SilidWorks a bit and modelled a brake rotor and some other simple stuff. I tried building a tube airframe but was not successful and kind of gave up. I even thought of taking a night class at a local tech college but can't justify the cost since this is just a hobby thing. May be I'll try the software you mentioned.

yeah, Solidworks is an engineering type software (as is my main software, Creo) which definitely has advantages in some areas, but big disadvantages in others if you're not actually building models that are to be used in engineering or production. They call these "nurbs" models.

Blender is a polygon model program, the process is quicker in many ways if you're just looking to make cool things and create pictures of them.

Thx Glen, will definitely look up Blender

Outstanding work.

At last, the 2.0 Fuchs are done.

Just noticed something ... missing the rear valance

haha, yeah. The item I dislike most about the 914. You couldn't pay me to put on on.



Well, you could. it'd just be a lot.

Tough crowd around here...but not as tough as our sessions!

Funny about the valance thing. I only like flared cars without the rear valance, narrow cars need them to my eyes for some reason I can't put my finger on.

I can't count how many times I've redone the CAD for my flared 914 model. Each time getting a bit closer. Here's my latest version, fronts are looking pretty good here, rears still need some massaging but it's coming along.

Astounding

That looks so damn real its annoying....

haha, thanks guys.

Had a chance to work on the rear flares some more as well as a few other details.

progress on the Brumos car

No doubt, the best 3D representation og the 914 ever! Devil is in the details .
Only thing not looking 100% realistic is the panel gaps especially around the pop up lights.. they are far to perfect .

Haha, the gaps around the lights was brought up before at one point, I even purposely misaligned the pop-up covers a little to make it more realistic. Maybe I need to misalign them a bit more.

I think its fine. Something for us real life builders to strive for

More updates!







And yes, I don't think the Porsche letters are on the engine lids of the real life counterparts of these cars. It's just my absolute favorite design element of the 914 and I refuse* to show one without them.



*unless it's for a client and they're giving me money, haha.

Awesome as ever.
I'd lose a bunch of money betting that these were real photos.
They're that realistic.
Amazing....

Wow....

Absolutely Amazing.

I started working up a model after the #40 car, coincidentally news of it's new ownership broke the day after I posted this on my Instagram account.



Details on mine aren't right on, wheel size/offsets for one, but I feel like it gets 90% there.

I also revisited my engine model and wrapped up the oil pump as well as a few other components. Still a lot to go if I want it to be complete...

I like the hover-board effect

Requesting a 914 version of the Ferrari Monza SP2

haha, I don't do Ferrari often, here's my last. Hope you guys can pick up on the reference.



I reworked some of the materials on the engine model. Trying to get a worn finish on the case specifically, but also just some texture on other parts to increase realism.





I think it looks pretty cool, but it looks like a scale model. (coincidentally, I bought a 3D printer and am going to print off a 1/4 scale engine)

The crowd I run with in 3D rendering are phenomenal, making things that look 100% real, even to the trained professional eye. I'm still nowhere near that level yet, and part of me doesn't want to pursue it at all.

Jack up the back of the car, put it in reverse, start the car and watch the miles roll off of the odometer. Nice one Ferris.

Just in case anyone is looking for a new desktop background.



extra large version here.
http://live.staticflickr.com/65535/4994428...5bf9ecd8_4k.jpg

Looking great, sell them on Turbo Squid !

Posting again because the last one got clipped on the previous page.

Just in case anyone is looking for a new desktop background.



extra large version here.
http://live.staticflickr.com/65535/4994428...5bf9ecd8_4k.jpg

The realism is mind blowing....

You are truly incredible, thank you so much for the inspiration.

Time to get back to my project, makes my Zenith's look really cool.

I also think the trailing roof spoiler/wing has some definite merit. A little extension on the Single Cab VW roofline would also be cool!

Keep the idea's flowing!!!!


Thanks again for sharing!

Vysoc

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Glen, I was not sure where to post these for the most viewers, but I finally got these framed. Thanks again for the great artwork!
I will really enjoy them.

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Just discovered this thread. Breathtaking!

As usual. Spectacular.

It's been a few years, but I'm still hammering away at it.

I did a set of rendered images for last year's WCR, this view in a number of 914 colors



I'm still working up some custom bits for my own car



The molds for these flares are in my garage, waiting for warmer weather.



And I've also made some headway on developing a 914 3D configurator!! (link in my signature) Currently beta testing, but it's been something I've been working towards for quite some time. No intention of stepping on any toes for the visualizer that's out there.



All my latest here

A while back I had modeled up the chassis dolly detailed on Pbase.com here
A few edits on the details, and hardware/wheels downloaded from McMaster.

So I decided to run off a couple of views of it.

I'll need to do some chassis work on my real car eventually, but I think I'll probably go for a rotisserie...

Such ridiculously great work. I could look at it all day.