Blueprint Site

[Jay!]

Originally posted by Dr.AK
those blueprints are used by 3d car modellers to build theyr 3dmodells, but they are pretty hard to find so i understand icekids posting.

Ditto that. Having dabbled in some 3D animation myself, I have the utmost respect for the skills it takes. These guys do with vector graphics what we do with plastic. They just don't get to start with "kits," they all start from scratch. Like carving a model car out of soap or something. At the very least they need the blueprints for some kind of guide.

It's a shame you guys don't appreciate it more. It's a facinating meld of our traditional car modeling and the graphic manipulation realm. Besides, with rapid-prototyping machines, their models can be just as tangible as ours...

[flyonthewall]

Originally posted by jay@af
Ditto that. Having dabbled in some 3D animation myself, I have the utmost respect for the skills it takes. These guys do with vector graphics what we do with plastic. They just don't get to start with "kits," they all start from scratch. Like carving a model car out of soap or something. At the very least they need the blueprints for some kind of guide.

It's a shame you guys don't appreciate it more. It's a facinating meld of our traditional car modeling and the graphic manipulation realm. Besides, with rapid-prototyping machines, their models can be just as tangible as ours...

Agreed!

[Chillout]

Hello,

I'm Jille Berends, and I'm a co-admin on the SMCARS blueprint site. I used to be the owner of world's largest automotive blueprint-source on the net, with about 800 different prints. A few months ago, my hosting got lost, and I decided to merge my print-collection with SMcars. The 3d-modelling community was ultra-happy to see this.

As we all know, good and useful reference images of cars are hard to get. Icekid, my friend and collegue, posted this here, not as an advertisement, but as a GIFT or HINT to all of the modellers. So don't bitch against him. He's only trying to help, and that's what the blueprint site has been set up for in the first place: helping modellers by sharing prints.

Registration there is needed, because of "blueprint-stealing" we had in the past. People claimed on other sites they found prints that weren't found by them. Registration is also turned on, because of search-engine indexing (now, we dont get a search-engine hit on each print/topic) and bandwidth-limiting. No banners in your email, no flashing pop-up stuff, no monthly-fees, no creditcard payments or whatever.

Also... what is the definition of "spam"? Spam is every single bit of useless-information. Well, I can tell you for sure that this is no useless info and Icekid's topic should be respected. That's board-rule number one here as well, if I'm correct.

So next time you want to accuse someone of spam or advertising, think twice.

So just visit the site, and if you have a print (or more) we dont have in our database, just post it in the holding-area there.

Regards,
Jille Berends
Professional 3d modeller

[flyonthewall]

Well, I for one am glad the link was posted, i found some interesting stuff on there I wish i could get hold of more bodykit blueprints coz it would make my projects go a bit quicker!

[Vyacheslav]

I usualy buy kits, and take blueprints from the manual. I build the kit and build the same kit in 3d, just like happend with my skyline. Here is an example

[Icekid84]

Thanks Jille, and flyonthewall glad your pleased with the site, umm what kind of veilside kit where you looking for, I might be able to find it, veilside is pretty good about patenting things.

Vyacheslav: wow your good on both sides of the world, what program do you use, I need to learn more programs I just use a gaming modeler ( zmodeler). But thats a cool insight getting to have the real car in your hands and building one in 3d, have you done that other times before? Id love to see some of the other comparisons to the real car.

Ive actually bought prints (in a way) no tamiya because most people dont sale those alone, but some hot car folder type images. About real time modeling I think it woudl be a cool hobby, bit expensive, but I guess it gets addicting to make a car look real like that, thats the only downside to 3d modeling cant hold it in your hands, but I guess 3d modeling can be expensive (3dsmax program price and others, unless you get warez)

[endlesskev86]

if u guys want a good site with car blueprint i suggest www.suurland.com

[clatescivicr]

You just gotta use Maya $16,000 US currency

[Jay!]

Ix-nay on the arez-way.

[Vyacheslav]

Originally posted by Icekid84
Thanks Jille, and flyonthewall glad your pleased with the site, umm what kind of veilside kit where you looking for, I might be able to find it, veilside is pretty good about patenting things.

Vyacheslav: wow your good on both sides of the world, what program do you use, I need to learn more programs I just use a gaming modeler ( zmodeler). But thats a cool insight getting to have the real car in your hands and building one in 3d, have you done that other times before? Id love to see some of the other comparisons to the real car.

Ive actually bought prints (in a way) no tamiya because most people dont sale those alone, but some hot car folder type images. About real time modeling I think it woudl be a cool hobby, bit expensive, but I guess it gets addicting to make a car look real like that, thats the only downside to 3d modeling cant hold it in your hands, but I guess 3d modeling can be expensive (3dsmax program price and others, unless you get warez)

I use zmod too man I am from NFS, was under Orbitronio, Rat Bat Blue, and now Vyacheslav
Jillie knows me.
And i buy kits, build them, than build them in 3d

[Icekid84]

oh lol yeah I know of you jeeze, youve got way to many different names, I had no idea you were Rat bat blue, I knew of the other names too hehe. I guess I never saw that work because nfscheats has been down to long due to racerplanet being down so long from being hacked, of course as I heard the guy who hacked it didnt get very far but theyre trying to fix the place where he got in. errr anyhow back on to topic.

jay@af : hehe sorry, of course I dont have a illegal 3dsmax, dont even know how to use it

[OPM]

3d modeler here,too



i first build the car,than want the model

[SirWelshy]

i might be able to scan a few plan sheets, but it would be later this week more towards next week as i gotta swap pc's to do it, stupid winXP not liking my scanner, there 2 trucks n about 10 ars including a ford model t if they any use

[Dr.AK]

btw. put pman in here

/me = 3dmodeller too




yes, i know the front bumper is a little bit wrong

[COZMO6476]

Thanks Iceman! thats a great resource for car lovers like myself and everyone else here. I too have dabbled in 3D modeling. the civic in my avatar was a model i built of my real car from scratch using a cheap program called TrueSpace. thanks again. if i have some free time. i will take a thorough look at all the site has to offer.