No_Bull. I think there WERE a few people who offered constructive criticism. Although I don't think they were getting what I was asking of them, I never had a problem with those people. Anyone would have a problem with the people I had a problem with, providing you're on the receiving end of the frenzy. I'd have to double check but I don't think I ever replied to any of the comments I had a problem with. I am not a believer in reasoning with human beings who act like wild animals. I either avoid them without a word or do something to stop them.
How was the "front engine look" solved? What are you going to do about it to make it look right?
There are several different things I put together. In the end, I bought a scale model of a Camaro and experimented with them.
The first and probably biggest is simply avoiding carkitinc.com's scissor door rig as it involves a hefty bar over the top of the car which is a HUGE contributor to the "pregnant" front end look. I actually have a pretty straight-forward and simple plan for dealing with the scissor door issue.
Second, the basic design of the Aventador it's self is more compatible with the Camaro and helps mask the front engine all by it's self. 3rd, I tried this both on the model and in full scale. Simply scooting the windshield forward about 3 inches has an effect you'd have to see to believe (and photoshopping doesn't translate half as well as hands on experiments do. Finally, enlarging the wheel well a little and reshaping the fender help allot. I am still experimenting with this one and will be until the shell is done, but experiments so far (both in small scale and full scale) have been very promising. I don't think any one of those is going to help that much by it's self. It's when you bring it all together that things get interesting.
PICTURE TIME!!!
OK, I am just guessing some of you think I'd actually be dumb enough to sand down what's in the photos, paint them and call it done. So a little explanation is needed. Since I don't have the resources to be making a mold (and it probably wouldn't be a good idea anyway) I am forced to build this the same way you'd scratch build a scale model. Building the basic structure, caking on allot of fiberglass and sculpting it down to what is needed. This is necessary for a variety of reasons, which include the fact that; to make it work on a Camaro, there's allot of need to carefully adjust and fine tune it.
What you see in these photos are just part of the initial skeletal structure. Mostly made out of an old boat I cut up. These pictures are about a month old and the project is much further along but to be quite frank, this forum has not earned my trust to the point that I'd be willing to share pictures of it at it's current stage.
Anyway, the first picture is a MS paint example of the 3 stage process. For a hands-on look, I used basically the same process in this rifle stock making tutorial. In the tutorial, the equivalent to what you see in the car project photos is the original wood rifle stock.
The rest of the pictures speak for themselves.
