Factory Five design contest thread

NXXN wrote: Another 3/4 and a sketch.....

mmmh...too much long wheelbase or very small rims? Make your rear wings more wider as in your sketch. Nice neverless.

In reply to NXXN:

Looks great! However, it's too much of a front engine design rather than a mid-engine. your dash to axil need to be shorter IMO.

To NXXN,

I agree with the others. The proportions just don't seem quite right, but I think if you made some tweaks it looks like a pretty nice design!

Thanks guys, made a few modifications based on your advice

NXXN wrote: Thanks guys, made a few modifications based on your advice

Better...your reflection of your surfaces is a little strange. It's a distract from you design. IMO the reflection want to flow nicely with your fenders/shoulders. Look at your reflection on the right hood fender. That's nice. Getting better though. I would move your dash to axel more IMO. Don't mind me, this is just nit picking.

NXXN wrote: Thanks guys, made a few modifications based on your advice

NXXN, I really like this design. Could you make a change for me? I would like to see it with a full height windshield. I actually would like to see the final design with a bolt-on windshield, so I could run that on the street, and then on track days put on a shorter wind deflector like you have shown.

Hey guys. I started a little late but I'll try to catch the deadline. It is still work in progress and some parts are not finished yet, but You can see what I am aiming for. Do you like it? What should I change? is this direction good? Thanks

sharp! love the front vent ducting over the fenders and the subdued haunches. i think you're moving in the right direction.

My 818 design... http://m1119.photobucket.com/albumview/albums/leephi65/FFR-818-8.jpg.html?src=www&action=view&current=FFR-818-8.jpg

ScottyB- that design looks perfect to me it is what i had envisioned that the 818 should look like i really hope that your design wins i would love to own that car.

Cr8tr wrote:

NXXN wrote: Thanks guys, made a few modifications based on your advice

Better...your reflection of your surfaces is a little strange. It's a distract from you design. IMO the reflection want to flow nicely with your fenders/shoulders. Look at your reflection on the right hood fender. That's nice. Getting better though. I would move your dash to axel more IMO. Don't mind me, this is just nit picking.

Great design! What software did you use?

This is my FFR 818 design. The design is inspired by the Ferrari F40, Lancia Statos, and Suzuki Escudo. Please let me know what you guys think.

I like it, especially the short overhangs. I would never get in it without first putting on my helmet with a lexan face shield . . . & probably a neck and chest protector. I'd hate to mount up and my first trip be to the ER for stitches. i.e. sharp a pillar and rear roof section would be a major hazard.

It looks like a shortened Vector W2 - which holds a dear place in my heart next to Farah Fawcet posters and old Clash albums! It could use some smoothing, but it has a pleasing aggresive rawness and makes an interesting counterpoint to Nxxn's teardrop design.

Looking at all these great concepts - and honestly there are a number that I'd love to see made; It makes me with that there was a rapid prototype company who'd get involved. Imagine if FF made a fully functional platform - sans lights, and you could buy four or five very different bodys to put on it.? The mind reels a the posibilities.

In reply to Graefin10: Thank you! Yes the car does have some sharp edges. I wanted it to have a stealth fighter look. It does have a removable targa-top, so there would most likely be some rubber weather stripping along the A-pilar edge. No ER...

In reply to leephi:

Yea, I was just making a funny, although I did put a sizable knot and cut on my head getting into a Ferarri 308 w/removable roof.

Lee Philips: Your design makes me think that a pretty great car could be made with no compound curves. Usually when you see it done, it's amateurish, but yours is almost all planes a la oregami or this car, which I've always liked:

In reply to kreb: Thank you! I love the Vector and the Clash too. Yeah I'd like to smooth the front section a little, but the software is limiting...

In reply to Thank you!

In reply to kreb: I agree. There are so many great designs in this contest. Let's make the all!

In reply to Graefin10: I did the same think getting out of a Lotus Elise... :D

I'm all over NXXN's concept. The simplicity, proportions, and agressiveness is just what the 818 chassis needs wrapped over it. I enjoy the headrest/intake detail. Can't wait to see that fleshed out more. Also digging your direction, Goran. Very tidy and balanced design. I especially like what appears to be a hood spoiler just above the headlights, and how the character line runs all the way through the a-pillar.

Here are two of three of my submissions. I would have liked to put the Grapnel on a diet, but there is little time left for me next week to rework it. Super fun project!

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In reply to leephi: Maya and Photoshop