does anyone have front, side, and top schematics of cars/trucks from this era? or perhaps might know of a place where i can get them? im using them for 3D models and its important that i get clearances and measurements correct. thanks!
I'm sure that you know you can get frame dimensions from Wescott. I've found a few side elevations at www.fordbarn.com and www.ahooga.com . Which model year and body style are you looking for? --Matt
Plan9, If your modeling a 28-9 rpu I can save you the time. If your doing a 28-29 roadster I can save you the effort of modeling the cowl. If your doing some other A I would like a file!! Oldtin
thanks for the info duece rails - iam looking for anything in the 1928-1936 range, (any ford roadster, coupe or truck thats popular in the hotrod scene) oldtin - iam probably going to do an A p/u since i have the side view.. but i need the front and top views to keep the proportions correct. if i cant find anything with a top, side, and front ill probably do the top and front myself with photo reference. im starting off stock so i can keep things lined up correctly when i do the mods to it. if you can read .iges, .dxf, .obj i can hook you up, i know these polygon formats can be read into 3D autocad. as an example of what im looking for, i got this side view of a p/u from the HAMB
cool, hey, when you get done with that, could you rapid-prototype me a coupe body and a truck cab and bed?
Crease, Its Unigraphics. Plan9, I can read most of the model exchange formats, my favorite is parasolid format (.X_T) I used to have a image of a 30-31AA that I think had front and rear views, probably lost it when my old computer died. I'll look and see what I can find. Oldtin
Flatheadpete, I'm out by the farmland, I know most crap by odor alone!! You got that speed shop up to speed yet?
Plan9, I searched for the AA drawing, no luck. If you think it will help I will look for a hardcopy and scan it. Might take a while, I'd have to hook the scanner up to the kids computor. Let me know if you want it. Oldtin
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right on oldtin!! i was looking for 36 p/u schematics. what i can probably do if we cant locate good ortho's is take pics of a stocker, then plot curves in 2D which would basically give me a schematic and the shape of the car/truck, from there i can pull the spline cage the width of the vehicle... kinda like how we make creature models in the business. burndup - you are welcome to any of my creations... i just gotta get them modeled/textured/lit thanks for the help folks... im digging around the net for more information... theres gotta be blueprints out there. if i find anything ill post it here this site is mostly late models, but has excellant how to's/blueprints for things other than cars and resources on 3D software http://www.suurland.com/ for those of you interested in learning how to do product design, theres an educational release of one of the top 3D animation tools out there, its a free download and has tons of online tutorials... http://www.alias.com/eng/index_flash.shtml to download the software, go here: http://www.alias.com/eng/products-services/maya/maya_ple/index.shtml
Plan9, I did some digging and found the 30-31AA drawing, got it scanned in, so here it is. I have a group over at yahoo groups to collect drawings and links to drawings. Its not very active, but you may want to check it out. Its at autodataspecs group Oldtin
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