3d model of dodge charger 69
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RE: 3d model of dodge charger 69
That work is really incredible! When I noticed the steering wheel, I really didn't mean to detract from the quality of the work, but I began to wonder: when did Dodge started using the RAM logo. After seeing your pictures, I started to search the net to see if I could find some pictures of an actual 69 charger to see what the steering wheel really did look like -- I did not find one (like you mentioned, I saw one where the design was not clear -- it could have been a RAM or a pentagon) (I stand corrected on the 3 point star -- I must have been thinking about Daimler, not Chrysler).
The lack of quality pictures of actual 69 Chargers available made me appreciate your work even more!
Your work also made me miss my first car -- a 12 year old '64 ragtop Pontiac Bonneville -- which was completely different than this car -- but there were some similarities.
The lack of quality pictures of actual 69 Chargers available made me appreciate your work even more!
Your work also made me miss my first car -- a 12 year old '64 ragtop Pontiac Bonneville -- which was completely different than this car -- but there were some similarities.
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RE: 3d model of dodge charger 69
hairymoth, here are some of the photos i found that had the ram on the steering wheel:
as i mentioned before, i had no idea that dodge had a ram for a logo. it was not until i was trying to make out of the steering wheel what that was in there, well, it SHOULD be their logo, so i did a google search on dodge logo, saw the ram, and well, it kinda looked triangulated like the logo seen in the above photos, so it had to be that...
it's good when your work is appreciated
interior was a bitch to model. what i couldnt make out of photos was the part where the dashboard connects to the sides, or it was not until i had already finished modeling that i noticed that the leather part of the dashboard that is cut off by the steering wheel is more inwards on the driver's side than the other side. or how the actual dashboard with the organs connects to its upper part. difficult to make out. especially out of crappy reference. spent 5x the time staring at reference than actually modeling...
well, hehe, as a matter of fact, i had no idea about what was written in the 4 organs next to the speedo/rpm meter. i searched everywhere on the internet, and i thought i'd also check ebay, where i searched 'charger dashboard' 'charger panels' 'charger meters' 'charger gauges' charger this with no results. and i kinda made out the word 'alternator' and did a google search 'charger gauges alternator' and came up with the other 4 words in the gauges and when reading the words i verified by 'the looks' of them in the photos! 
let alone i couldnt make out the brake systems, and the such...
another closeup of the interior:
as i mentioned before, i had no idea that dodge had a ram for a logo. it was not until i was trying to make out of the steering wheel what that was in there, well, it SHOULD be their logo, so i did a google search on dodge logo, saw the ram, and well, it kinda looked triangulated like the logo seen in the above photos, so it had to be that...
it's good when your work is appreciated
interior was a bitch to model. what i couldnt make out of photos was the part where the dashboard connects to the sides, or it was not until i had already finished modeling that i noticed that the leather part of the dashboard that is cut off by the steering wheel is more inwards on the driver's side than the other side. or how the actual dashboard with the organs connects to its upper part. difficult to make out. especially out of crappy reference. spent 5x the time staring at reference than actually modeling...well, hehe, as a matter of fact, i had no idea about what was written in the 4 organs next to the speedo/rpm meter. i searched everywhere on the internet, and i thought i'd also check ebay, where i searched 'charger dashboard' 'charger panels' 'charger meters' 'charger gauges' charger this with no results. and i kinda made out the word 'alternator' and did a google search 'charger gauges alternator' and came up with the other 4 words in the gauges
and when reading the words i verified by 'the looks' of them in the photos! let alone i couldnt make out the brake systems, and the such...another closeup of the interior:
