60s Contest - "1963 Marcos 1800 GT"

[Gillou]

Nice work Tom, I don't really know that car even if I saw one at an oldtimers meeting two weeks ago. The marcos you're modeling seems to be older than the one I saw.

The tail lights look a bit different but I suppose this is normal.
About the wheel arches, on my pic, they looks a bit more extruded, don't know if they are less extruded on a 1963 model.

[Butch]

Is the blueprint wrong ? I didn't recognize the car and I compared it with a pic:
http://forum.rscnet.org/attachment.p...9&d=1177953265

That's why I didn't start to modelize is for GT Legend. I've got the same trouble with the DB4GT Zagato blueprint.

[tom120934]

Thanks for comments, people.

Thanks Janusz. I hope I'll be able to keep it like this until the end

Thanks pedro. I'm glad you like.

Thanks tiberius. I agree with you, the yellow is pretty ugly. I think the car looks better with warmer tones like red and orange I used.

Thanks Erik_S. When I said "all parts still WIP", I meant every parts on the rear, not the whole car. I think I'm done with the front and sides.

Thanks Gillou. Especially for the refpic. You're right about the stuff on the car, like headlights or door handles or side mirrors or... But I think I'm just wrong with the rear fenders, as the shape of the car didn't change that much in the 60's. I'll double check it. By the way, have you other good refpic like the one you posted ?

Thanks Butch. You're right, maybe the blueprints is off, because blueprints are usually off. That's the reason I never trust prints for the dimenstions of the car. I used tech specs available on the internet (for example : 1964 Marcos 1800 GT technical specifications - Carfolio.com car specifications pages or 1966 Marcos 1800 GT) Have a look to my blueprint setup tutorial on my website. Setting it up that way put it to correct dimension, by stretching the print if needed. But the picture you posted is slighty taken from above, so the perspective add a bit of height.

No update so far except for a bigger and cleaner render. Stay tuned

[Gillou]

Here is what I got, sorry only two pics... :roll:

[Gillou]

Well, it seems to be to sale but it is the 1600 GT version :

http://www.motorlegend.com/occasion-...ure-32359.html

Another version :

http://www.motorlegend.com/occasion-...ure-35319.html

[tom120934]

Thanks for the pics. They will be useful, no doubt about it. I'm pretty sure I gonna make the interior on the car (first time ever for me for a car with a roof) and I consider doing the engine and chassis.

The blue one is for sale, too. Current owner is french, he created a website dedicated to the sale of the car : http://www.marcos1600gt.fr

[P A L A T]

Vraiment superbe!

Only nitpick regards the vent dividing bar which should be independent from the window frame. Just a nitpick really (-:

[Icekid84]

This is really a nice car your doing. Its especially enlightening to see someone who actually cares about how the real car looks instead of relying on prints to tell him what he thinks it does

[tom120934]

Thanks for comments. I've been busy and away from CG the last days.

Thanks Palat, you're completely right about that bar. I fixed it. And no problem with pitnicking, I wasn't expecting less from someone as talented as you.

Icekid84, thanks, but I've to confess I've learnt almost everything I know in car modeling (except Blender usage) from SMC members : NightEye, Johnas, you, PALAT, SWIPS and others. So all credits go to SMC.

Here's an update. I've redone the whole side windows and parts around it.

[Erik_S]

Great work on those. It really is an improvement and ia have to say they look flawless, no critics except i want to see more keep it up!