Since I don't have photshop, nor do I know how to use it anyway, I spend most of my design time with an exacto knife cutting and pasting chopped tops; slammed bodies etc. I'm starting to feel like a grade school kid again even tho I'm 58. So, am I the only one with pasted chopped tops on my desk trying to figure out what I like, or are there are least some of you that does the same thing? Thanks! Gary
You do it the "Traditiional Way" is all. I'm going to mention the the book I got AGAIN per a fellow HAMBers recomendation: "1001 Ways to Restyle Your Car" printed in 1952. Thet suggest your methods and even include several pages with angled shots of popular makes and models for customizing from that period, including an "accessories" page which has a bunch of different grilles and bumpers set at the same angle so you can meticulously cut out the parts with the exacto and arrange them to see how they would look. I don't have the heart to cut up this book like I would a car (it's a mint antique for crying out loud!) but it is kinda funny that they have a VERY similar model to my car AND the bumper/grille montage I was planning on ... I ought to scan them in and play around on photochop - it's a lot easier for me to play with that than to slice my digits up with a razor blade.
making "paper dolls" of cars is a great way to see how things will look. It also works for those tough engineering design jobs, you can cut "parts" out of paper and move them around on a drawing to figure out how to make stuff fit, this makes figuring out moving parts easier.
Kevin: Looks like you are an expert cutter and paster! Is that avitar your Buick? Would love to see more pics! Gary
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