Once again cheers chaps.
Tim ,
I knew you'd sculpted it . But I couldn't remember your username.
The kink has nothing to do with your work . It's the next bloke down the assembly line. Who's dropped a clanger.
Besides I allow a little asymmetry in the vehicle's I sculpt simply to complement the figures I sculpt and give a continuity of styling. So I'm happy to live it. The gold colour every now and then ,at the right angle just make the kink glaringly obvious.
I'm genuinely glad you like the way it turned out.I was slightly apprehensive about posting it. I didn't want it a fun lockdown project, to be seen as anything other that it is. A bit of fun evolving my youngest in something I do to relax.
The driver is his Idea of Tin tin as an 'old man' of 50. He had to have a bigger nose and ears .Than the Tin tin I made him a couple of years ago.Because he'd read that as you get older your ears and nose keep growing .and fifty is old
(I told him it's not it just feels it trying to get out of bed at six in the morning.)I'm also in trouble for not putting an anchor on his tatty old jumper a it was left to him by Captain Haddock.I really really hoped I'd got away without it. But apparently it needs to be put right by morning, and he'll check when he gets up.
Together we did do a little reading up on it . As such three image's really captured the whole Idea.
Unfortunately two are copyrighted .The first is by the automotive artist Paul Dove called 'Golden Arrow' his work has a real Pulp flavour to it. His work is definitely worth looking at for inspiration on painting vehicles.
The second is an Alamy photo no.GAJC4N sort of sums up the issues I'd have had if I'd left it full size on my table.
The one below I think is probably the best one to give you a real sence of just how big the real thing is.( to be fair these will all come up with a google image search for -golden arrow car
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I thought I might just add a little info that might interest you on the actual tweaking .(Appart from the obvious bits)
The radiator wing's on my version are cut down to 36.5mm from lower tip to tip. The tail fin was shortened by 6mm and the nose by 7mm.You made it so you'll know how much I chopped out of the middle.(coz I don't it went straight in the bin!
)The model is at its original height .But by curving the the lower edges under the model rather than the straight 90° edge of the casting. It appears to be higher off the ground especially with the additional curves to the underside of both the nose and the tail fin.Once I'd shortened the fin It need the side panels shorting by 2mm and a curve reduced into the original square ended panel to restore the proportions of model. As I wanted to keep as near to the original design as possible and compliment it not kitbash it out of existence.