German guy here - time for a German Lesson. The English word "light" has 2 meanings (as in weight and illumination). Whereas in German it is 2 separate words, Licht (Noun - as in Illumination) and leicht (Adjective, as in weight). So the term would be Superleicht (as in weight), not Superlicht (no such thing). Sorry couldn't resist 😉.
Yes but what is your word for the general feeling of anxiety after knowing you have eaten too much ice cream but it hasn't quite hit yet. Also, it is pistachio ice cream if it makes a difference.
For cohesiveness one sculptor for that scale is the right approach. Not saying there can’t be input from others. I’ve worked on clay models and at that scale in particular the old saying “too many chefs in the kitchen” most definitely applies. That said, I’m loving this channel! Keep up the great work gents👏
What you're doing, was my dream as a kid, wanted to design and build cars, so yeah, im living vicariously through you guys lol. Love the content, specially the restomods and your attention to detail.
The most important thing about car design is to create something that has distinctive body lines and which can be identifiable in silhouette. The reason why so many classic cars are considered classics are because they have cohesive designs with body lines both within the panels of the car, like with shoulder creases, but which also use the hood and rear deck as body lines and the canopy as a continuation of these. I would suggest adding a crease to the door that begins at the nose of the car as a continuation of the front leading edge, fades out of existence at the front wheel arch swell, comes back afterward and becomes increasingly prominent at the door, then disappears into the rear fender swell before reappearing afterward to blend into the arch over the rear tail lights and the rear wing. By drawing this line at an angle you can make the car appear dynamic even when it is sitting still and smoothly join the front and rear designs together. Also, I would consider sharpening the crease on the rear of the car that divides the rear from the rear quarter, similarly to how the McLaren F1 has it. Also, if you're going to use that style of ducted radiator vent for your front heat exchangers, you'll probably want to move it back a bit to allow more space behind the crash structure to install a thick radiator, AC condenser, oil cooler, transmission cooler, etc. Also, that style of vent should be much deeper to allow more unimpeded airflow through your radiator and other heat exchangers. Personally, I'd also avoid the round headlight design and instead opt for stealing some headlights from a car with a similar front-end design that integrates better. Maybe steal the headlights from a Porsche 718 Cayman or something and mildly rework the front end design to accept them. Or, if you want to make the front end more pointed, consider stealing the headlights from a C7 Corvette.
Just know it’s easy to support a channel with talent and you guys have that in spades. Easily one of my favorite channels in 2024. Just keep doing what you do and let the masses bring your dreams into reality.
Most people don't know that the spelling of Aluminium as "Aluminum" was officially recognized 1925 by the American Chemical Society. Kind of silly if you think about it chemically....
Fantastic my friend. I am starting a RU-vid channel eventually with a build of a Brooklands style combination 1928 Morgan 3 wheeler with 4 wheels called a special . I have been sourcing machines for my own machine shop so that I will be able to make any parts or tools as you are. I am casting my own tools and parts out of aluminum or aluminum bronze if super strength is needed. You can print your tools and then carve it out of styrofoam and then bury it in sand and pour molten metal into it to get an actual part or tool that will not break as easily as plastic. I would make one for you if you need . I am about a half hour from you guys.
Many years ago I did similar work in the automotive world and built a CMM machine to build full size car bodies and pretty much any large objects from CAD. Found it easier than dealing with sections and more accurate .The wooden 'Splinter' car build used a simple CMM but effective version. This work is not easy so a 👍for all the hard work.
It’s shaping up guys! Looking sweet Ryan, if that print artifact happens at the same height everytime, check your z screw. It might have an issue with the thread at that height. Definitely fasten your rollers and clean/re lube your z screw if you don’t find anything wrong with it/it happens inconsistently
Yeah its super inconsistent, my thought process was about same as yours here. So glad to see my thoughts verified haha. Rollers for sure and relubing is definitely coming up next.
Great content as usual gentlemen! Hey, where is the Dark Thumbvader? I just can’t help but envisioning a low profile scoop on the roof, probably not aerodynamically efficient with your current setup, but would look interesting IMHO. Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us!
Really appreciate the tips on Fusion 360. I'm just about to dive into it and need all the real world advice I can get. It's cool you are paying the Grind Hard crew a visit, that's how I found your channel, looking forward to seeing what you guys are up to!
I was totally getting J. K. Simmons vibes from Tony's voice at the end of this video, I was half expecting him to start complaining about Spider-Man. 😋😂
Hey Tony, it's not so much the British way but the correct way. Anyway, with the great content you guys put out, I suppose we can let that slide. Happy Birthday from 🇿🇦. PS, perhaps you could include short updates on the other cars at the end of the videos, would love to see how the 928 is going.
Most people don't know that the spelling of Aluminium as "Aluminum" was officially recognized 1925 by the American Chemical Society. Kind of silly if you think about it chemically....
when your printer is jamming layers it means the axis is jamming, loosen off the rollers/bearings and it should raise up more freely, I had this issues for ages, looser is better
bambu lab printer would change your life. The missed layers are from missed steps. as it is a dual z leadscrews are usually driven by the same driver, verify the lead crews are level side to side, sometimes they get very slightly out of level causing binding.also driver settings can be an issue. Little issues like this are the things that make you run your head into a wall with 3d printers. Bambu Labs? just works.
Figured you'd use 3d scanner on that model, but honestly it is really lacking in details, and I've also noticed the Runge car bodies lack details too, it gives a certain look that is not oem like at all in my opinion. Forming a full size body in foam that you can shape I think is better, you can give fine details and then make a fiberglass mold from it.
You could have also used AI to create many iterations until you found one to put into clay. It's can be very useful to discover thing you didn't know you might like. I know it seems it is random process with little control, but with stable diffusion implementations on various sites (I use Playground AI) you take a picture of the model and use the control trait features to detect the contour and depth of the car and generate with those constrains as closely or loosely as you like. Anyway awesome work.
Man, you gotta set times around the property track for everything running at Grind Hard, for ONE (even in the snow). Definitely anything you do with the 6x6 Ranger/Kei truck would be cool... Try to ride the new bike Ethan is building (and tell us how bad all the weight on one side really is lol)? Edit: I have also been campaigning for JUST THIS EVENT on both of your channels lol. I'm glad it's happening again!!!!! I found them around the time of the Camaro and came here because you guys worked with them!
I think you gys need to bubble the roof more to match the fenders and add more Weight (thickness ) to the rear of the roof... It looks like a reverse wedge
If you increased the front and especially rear overhangs, it would make the roof look lower. The proportion of the side glass looks too tall at the moment.
It's time to upgrade your printer. Looks like you need better cooling a magnetic build plate and a touch probe. My print quality improved so much my printer's usefulness came online big-time.
Looks alittle bit (about 99.9%) like a mid 1960s Porsche 904 and a Ferrari Dino 206 had a baby. When you run your Aerodynamic / Cd analysis, betting it will want a little longer sharper tail...
Just in case don't forget the part of the model that was taped for the half cut. So it's not going to be to narrow. Since it happend once on one of the previous prints😁
"Aluminium" also Australian..... only you yanks call it Aluminum...... And lets not start on the pronunciation of "SoLdering".... love the build and channel guys. G'day from Australia.
so many potential, and then make it look like an old vw beetle based kit car with a porsche look to it. what you guys are doing is fantastic and impressive, but what a waste of opportunity, sorry.
It's not the British way, of saying aluminum it's just plain English 😂, that's actually how it's spelt and pronounced, it's a word many Americans and Canadians get wrong by following what they heard growing up rather than how it's actually pronounced, unfortunately it's just bad grammar, all you have to do is look at the spelling. But bravo, keep pronouncing it right until it becomes natural 👏🏾
