Love it or Hate it! Wide body concept design...

bullitt5897 · 03-22-2010, 10:28 PM

Ok, So I know some of you like my work as far as designing stuff for the Z... Well this one takes the CAKE!!! I just started the initial drawing today after work and I think this is going to be one heck of a design. This is the most excited I have been on any of my designs!!!

Now some of you are going to hate it and some will love it... That being said this kit design is not for the faint of heart!!!

I am actually considering having this one made for the Z. This is a bold kit and you better have the A$$ to back it up! I will be posting on the design progress as I really want to see this kit made and I have already called and talked to several shops to make this kit. Some of the shops make le-mans car body parts and some of them worked for Panoz... Price is what is killing me right now but who knows I have several call backs remaining from several shops...

So without further Ado here is the initial drawing:

m4a1mustang · 03-22-2010, 10:29 PM

Gaudy as hell.

Jjaden · 03-22-2010, 10:30 PM

Let me be the first to say, I LIKE IT!
Hard to judge things just from a drawing but I really like the lines.
I'm not crazy about the hood but I like what you've done with the front end.

frost · 03-22-2010, 10:30 PM

I like wide body, but subtle.

import111 · 03-22-2010, 10:33 PM

I think it looks pretty good. A little over the top but like you said, it is bold.

nogoodname · 03-22-2010, 10:36 PM

Hood looks similar to the VIS design.... Other than that, not liking the rest.

bullitt5897 · 03-22-2010, 10:36 PM

The whole point of the kit is to stand out and say BAM!

I took a few hints from tech art... some from JGTC... Some from Amuse (s2k) and some from Tamon design...

bullitt5897 · 03-22-2010, 10:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jjaden

Let me be the first to say, I LIKE IT!
Hard to judge things just from a drawing but I really like the lines.
I'm not crazy about the hood but I like what you've done with the front end.

Well,

The lines come straight from a stock 370z... Well sort of lol

I take a picture of a 370z then I stare at it in photoshop for a good 15min and let my imagination go with lines... I kid you not I stare at the picture for 15-20min straight hehe

So after I am done staring I use the line tool in PS and start continuing the lines of the car. by the time I am done it looks like a grid of lines on the picture with curves.

Then I look at complimentary lines and draw them in a separate color.

I then start deleting lines and curves until I find the best combo of complimenting lines.

Once I get done with that I draw the basic car shape in a rough sketch and begin to draw some ideas on paper. (the eraser is my friend

)

After this is all done I will clean up the design (next on the list) and make a finalized drawing. ( I may go through 6-7 or more changes to the design before I get to this point)

nogoodname · 03-22-2010, 10:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bullitt5897

The whole point of the kit is to stand out and say BAM!

I took a few hints from tech art... some from JGTC... Some from Amuse (s2k) and some from Tamon design...

Definitely agree if it's for a show car only.

mayesj101 · 03-22-2010, 11:05 PM

I like this!

bullitt5897 · 03-22-2010, 11:05 PM

this is mainly for show purposes... but I am sending the designs over to some guys who worked for Panoz and their wind tunnel testing team to give me the yay or nay on design cues.... these guys have 20+yrs experience with building and designing race cars and they are going to approve my final design and possibly build it in CAD for me.

bullitt5897 · 03-22-2010, 11:06 PM

on a side note it will be DD'd

hehehe

Jamaica · 03-22-2010, 11:09 PM

i like it. take it to ait. maybe they can do something with that.

Brazilbro · 03-22-2010, 11:14 PM

looks like a GT500 car

u155282 · 03-22-2010, 11:16 PM

I say go for it man. If your wallet can handle it and bold is your thing, then why not? You only live once.

03-22-2010, 10:28 PM	#1 (permalink)
bullitt5897 Premium Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: North GA Posts: 6,831 Drives: Twin Turbo Z34 Rep Power: 3682	Love it or Hate it! Wide body concept design... Ok, So I know some of you like my work as far as designing stuff for the Z... Well this one takes the CAKE!!! I just started the initial drawing today after work and I think this is going to be one heck of a design. This is the most excited I have been on any of my designs!!! Now some of you are going to hate it and some will love it... That being said this kit design is not for the faint of heart!!! I am actually considering having this one made for the Z. This is a bold kit and you better have the A$$ to back it up! I will be posting on the design progress as I really want to see this kit made and I have already called and talked to several shops to make this kit. Some of the shops make le-mans car body parts and some of them worked for Panoz... Price is what is killing me right now but who knows I have several call backs remaining from several shops... So without further Ado here is the initial drawing: __________________ *Shop Cars: 2013 318whp Nismo VspecII 370z SOLD, 2009 1000hp+ 93oct 4.0L TT 370z Fast Intentions STAGE 4 #054*

03-22-2010, 10:29 PM	#2 (permalink)
m4a1mustang A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Northern VA Posts: 55,385 Drives: on two wheels Rep Power: 6962	Gaudy as hell. __________________ - Steve Zs & Coffee - Saturdays at 10AM in Fairfax, VA and Columbia, MD (Click the banner!) LIKE us on Facebook!

03-22-2010, 10:36 PM	#7 (permalink)
bullitt5897 Premium Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: North GA Posts: 6,831 Drives: Twin Turbo Z34 Rep Power: 3682	The whole point of the kit is to stand out and say BAM! I took a few hints from tech art... some from JGTC... Some from Amuse (s2k) and some from Tamon design... __________________ *Shop Cars: 2013 318whp Nismo VspecII 370z SOLD, 2009 1000hp+ 93oct 4.0L TT 370z Fast Intentions STAGE 4 #054*

03-22-2010, 11:05 PM	#11 (permalink)
bullitt5897 Premium Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: North GA Posts: 6,831 Drives: Twin Turbo Z34 Rep Power: 3682	this is mainly for show purposes... but I am sending the designs over to some guys who worked for Panoz and their wind tunnel testing team to give me the yay or nay on design cues.... these guys have 20+yrs experience with building and designing race cars and they are going to approve my final design and possibly build it in CAD for me. __________________ *Shop Cars: 2013 318whp Nismo VspecII 370z SOLD, 2009 1000hp+ 93oct 4.0L TT 370z Fast Intentions STAGE 4 #054*

03-22-2010, 11:06 PM	#12 (permalink)
bullitt5897 Premium Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: North GA Posts: 6,831 Drives: Twin Turbo Z34 Rep Power: 3682	on a side note it will be DD'd hehehe __________________ *Shop Cars: 2013 318whp Nismo VspecII 370z SOLD, 2009 1000hp+ 93oct 4.0L TT 370z Fast Intentions STAGE 4 #054*

03-22-2010, 10:30 PM	#3 (permalink)
Jjaden Track Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Ontario Posts: 821 Drives: 370Z/MAT SILVER/6MT Rep Power: 17	Let me be the first to say, I LIKE IT! Hard to judge things just from a drawing but I really like the lines. I'm not crazy about the hood but I like what you've done with the front end.

03-22-2010, 10:30 PM	#4 (permalink)
frost Retired admin Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Winterfell Posts: 106,613 Drives: Your Wife Crazy Rep Power: 0	I like wide body, but subtle.

03-22-2010, 10:33 PM	#5 (permalink)
import111 Track Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Tucson, AZ. Posts: 622 Drives: 09 Nissan 370Z Rep Power: 191	I think it looks pretty good. A little over the top but like you said, it is bold.

03-22-2010, 10:36 PM	#6 (permalink)
nogoodname Lifetime Premium Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Montreal Posts: 22,357 Drives: E46 M3 Rep Power: 1764	Hood looks similar to the VIS design.... Other than that, not liking the rest.

03-22-2010, 11:05 PM	#10 (permalink)
mayesj101 Base Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Williamsburg, VA Posts: 25 Drives: 88 Nissan 300ZX-T M5 Rep Power: 15	I like this!

03-22-2010, 11:09 PM	#13 (permalink)
Jamaica A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: SoCal Posts: 15,362 Drives: Under boost Rep Power: 73	i like it. take it to ait. maybe they can do something with that.

03-22-2010, 11:14 PM	#14 (permalink)
Brazilbro A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Indianapolis, IN Posts: 1,131 Drives: Juke/240Z Rep Power: 848	looks like a GT500 car __________________ Juke AWD/240Z SR20 08 Evo 10(Stage 2) SOLD Fastest Sport 6spd 370Z 11.8 @126.5SOLD

03-22-2010, 11:16 PM	#15 (permalink)
u155282 Banned Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Enid, OK Posts: 136 Drives: stanglangling Rep Power: 0	I say go for it man. If your wallet can handle it and bold is your thing, then why not? You only live once.

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