seek 1950's cars

NansHoosvat · Post by **NansHoosvat** » Sun Jan 30, 2005 5:31 pm

Hi there all!

For a MSTS railway line of the 1950'2 I need some English cars of the era, like old Morris, Austin, Fordson. I need these more than lorries, of which I already have some. Does anybody know where to get these, if they are made at all?

Regards from the Netherlands,

Hoosvat

ianm42 · Post by **ianm42** » Sun Jan 30, 2005 7:04 pm

Not much available from that period. The shapes for that period tend to be pretty complex, and good photos and drawings scarce. I have been trying to attend some vintage car rallies to get some photos, but not got around to making models yet, sorry.

There are a few period vehicles that come with commercial routes like SVR and Cambrian Coast, notably the Morris 1000.

qzdcg8 · Post by **qzdcg8** » Sun Jan 30, 2005 8:51 pm

ianm42 wrote:Not much available from that period. The shapes for that period tend to be pretty complex, and good photos and drawings scarce. I have been trying to attend some vintage car rallies to get some photos, but not got around to making models yet, sorry.

There are a few period vehicles that come with commercial routes like SVR and Cambrian Coast, notably the Morris 1000.

Tell me about it!

sp762 · Post by **sp762** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 10:53 pm

I have a bunch of photos - courtesy of saddletank - but time is an issue for me.

With his permission, I'm happy to share the photos... I need this type of car too!

dwv1968 · Post by **dwv1968** » Tue Feb 01, 2005 9:26 pm

I've just stumbled across the following website -

http://www.smcars.net/forum/index.php

There's quite a few blueprints and drawings of 1950s cars, and a lot more besides. Well worth a look in my opinion.

Anybody for a Morris Minor??

Regards,

David Varley

qzdcg8 · Post by **qzdcg8** » Tue Feb 01, 2005 11:54 pm

dwv1968 wrote:I've just stumbled across the following website -

http://www.smcars.net/forum/index.php

There's quite a few blueprints and drawings of 1950s cars, and a lot more besides. Well worth a look in my opinion.

Anybody for a Morris Minor??

Regards,

David Varley

Mega site!

sp762 · Post by **sp762** » Wed Feb 02, 2005 12:56 am

Sweet

NansHoosvat · Post by **NansHoosvat** » Wed Feb 02, 2005 1:21 am

dwv1968 wrote:I've just stumbled across the following website -

http://www.smcars.net/forum/index.php

There's quite a few blueprints and drawings of 1950s cars, and a lot more besides. Well worth a look in my opinion.

Anybody for a Morris Minor??

Regards,

David Varley

Pleez!

Hoosvat

dwv1968 · Post by **dwv1968** » Wed Feb 02, 2005 10:11 pm

A couple of very early work in progress shots of a 1950 Morris Minor Saloon ...

Click the image to zoom in

Click the image to zoom in

Regards,

David Varley

qzdcg8 · Post by **qzdcg8** » Thu Feb 03, 2005 8:05 am

dwv1968 wrote:A couple of very early work in progress shots of a 1950 Morris Minor Saloon ...

Click the image to zoom in

Click the image to zoom in

Regards,

David Varley

I have to say that looks like a rather high poly vehicle just for scenery - 100-200 polys using 256x256 texture maps is the max I'm going to for vehicles.

sp762 · Post by **sp762** » Thu Feb 03, 2005 9:19 am

The trouble with '50's vehicles is that they are very curvy. I find it hard to reproduce the curves in a flat - which is why a lot of my vehicles are high poly... I like the look fo it...

NansHoosvat · Post by **NansHoosvat** » Thu Feb 03, 2005 9:47 am

Looking good already... Never mind ppolys necessary, better have a thing of beauty I think.

success!
Hoosvat

dwv1968 · Post by **dwv1968** » Thu Mar 03, 2005 10:04 pm

I've had to go back to the drawing board on this, but I think I'm getting back on track again now ...

The poly count at the moment is 404.

Regards,

David Varley