Ok guys.....opinion time...
Discussion
IMHO...
Front profile looks nice.
Rear profile looks OK.
Side profile... I really don't like the profile of the front wheel arches, or the join between them and the rest of the body. Looks all out of proportion. It makes the whole front of the car look like its been glued on.
Edited to score it as 6/10... I was probably a little harsh before
>> Edited by Size Nine Elm on Tuesday 3rd June 17:08
Front profile looks nice.
Rear profile looks OK.
Side profile... I really don't like the profile of the front wheel arches, or the join between them and the rest of the body. Looks all out of proportion. It makes the whole front of the car look like its been glued on.
Edited to score it as 6/10... I was probably a little harsh before
>> Edited by Size Nine Elm on Tuesday 3rd June 17:08
altogether very nice.
my only point would be with the front wheelarches. visually they look a little high and heavy. IMO, obviously. Can you soften the sharp edges, and reduce the height above the wheel perhaps. have a look at the Audi R8 for inspiration maybe?
www.audi.com/com/en/experience/motorsport/background/infineon_r8/infineon_r8.jsp
obviously you will need room for more articulation than the Audi, but useful for inspiration perhaps?
Altogether very attractive though, nice low to high waistline looks excellent.
my only point would be with the front wheelarches. visually they look a little high and heavy. IMO, obviously. Can you soften the sharp edges, and reduce the height above the wheel perhaps. have a look at the Audi R8 for inspiration maybe?
www.audi.com/com/en/experience/motorsport/background/infineon_r8/infineon_r8.jsp
obviously you will need room for more articulation than the Audi, but useful for inspiration perhaps?
Altogether very attractive though, nice low to high waistline looks excellent.
My comments pretty well follow what's gone before, i like it apart from the height of the front wheel arches. Looking at where the cut-outs are for the lights, could you lower the wheel arch and have the lights standing slightly proud to achieve legal height? Might mess up the aerodynamics though.
8/10.
8/10.
meerkat said: Cheers Mikey, I like the Audi too...very nice....biggest issue is keeping the headlights at a legal height.......Oh BTW, what was your mark out of ten?
Thanks for the feedback.
just remembered what it reminds me of. from the front two feet back, it looks to me like the late, great, tommy kaira. especially the rear deck.
7/10, and thats being harsh on the front arches - everthing else is VERY nice. i'd echo the above though, and look at either standing the lights slightly proud, or glassing/perspexing over the very top-front of the arch and mounting small lamps (tuscan-style) high behind them.
meeerkat,
just looking again and i think the visual 'weight' of the front arches could be reduced by cutting the front arch at the bottom out towards the front of the car rather than having it curl slightly underneath the wheel as it does at present.
alternatively, perhaps introducing louvres to that flat panel infront of the wheel might reduce its 'bluffness'. loath though i am to use this car for styling examples - look at the front corner of a 1999V vectra GSi for the treatment on the front corners. (easily visible on silver cars) theres several on autotrader.
HTH
just looking again and i think the visual 'weight' of the front arches could be reduced by cutting the front arch at the bottom out towards the front of the car rather than having it curl slightly underneath the wheel as it does at present.
alternatively, perhaps introducing louvres to that flat panel infront of the wheel might reduce its 'bluffness'. loath though i am to use this car for styling examples - look at the front corner of a 1999V vectra GSi for the treatment on the front corners. (easily visible on silver cars) theres several on autotrader.
HTH
8/10 for looks, 10/10 for effort. I've seen your site and understand how much time you've put into it.
I think the other peoples comments are right, where the front wheel arch joins the rest of the body it is too low against the side. I personally would keep it in line with the rest of the body and smooth out some of the straight edges. (i know this would make it more difficult to get in/out of, but looks generally sell a car)
Good idea to get opinions, we may be future customers!
I think the other peoples comments are right, where the front wheel arch joins the rest of the body it is too low against the side. I personally would keep it in line with the rest of the body and smooth out some of the straight edges. (i know this would make it more difficult to get in/out of, but looks generally sell a car)
Good idea to get opinions, we may be future customers!
Superflid said: I also have a problem with the front wheelarch/side panel join. It does tend to make it look a little weak.
Bloody good job overall though, at least a 7/10.
As if it could snap kind of weak....I know what you mean....and the multi colours in that area don't help either...
All good stuff...thanks guys....
annodomini2 said: 8/10 for looks, 10/10 for effort. I've seen your site and understand how much time you've put into it.
I think the other peoples comments are right, where the front wheel arch joins the rest of the body it is too low against the side. I personally would keep it in line with the rest of the body and smooth out some of the straight edges. (i know this would make it more difficult to get in/out of, but looks generally sell a car)
Good idea to get opinions, we may be future customers!
Thanks, I wish I could cash in the effort points...
trouble is in reality effort counts for nothing...only looks....once I get people interested in the looks the rest is "fairly" easy by comparison...you are dead right these opinions DO matter....just have to get enough of them, then if 90% pick on some feature to change it would be very foolish to ignore them....
mrsd said:
mikeylad said:...late, great, tommy kaira. especially the rear deck.
It's not entirely 'late' - it lives on as the Leading Edge RT something or other IIRC.
I might have a view on the car (as with so much else)...but I can't see the pictures
If you look at the bottom of...
www.desicodesign.com/meerkat/Bodywork%202.htm
the pics are there too....cheers
If you look at the bottom of...
www.desicodesign.com/meerkat/Bodywork%202.htm
the pics are there too....cheers
Doesn’t seem to be working either.
Ok here's my opinion:
Front - Very very good. Like it a lot. Its got a hint of VX220, a bit of Radical and a bit of Elise
Side - Looks OK, I dont like the bit where it drops down between the A-pillar and the front wheel arch. It looks too low
Back - Like the lights but the bottom of the rear end looks to flat and fat. It could do with maybe a rear splitter or a few exhaust pipes! To be honest, I reckon it would be OK once the registration plate is in place, it just looks a bit bland at the moment.
8/10
Front - Very very good. Like it a lot. Its got a hint of VX220, a bit of Radical and a bit of Elise
Side - Looks OK, I dont like the bit where it drops down between the A-pillar and the front wheel arch. It looks too low
Back - Like the lights but the bottom of the rear end looks to flat and fat. It could do with maybe a rear splitter or a few exhaust pipes! To be honest, I reckon it would be OK once the registration plate is in place, it just looks a bit bland at the moment.
8/10
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