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Old 02-26-2012, 07:16 PM   #68 (permalink)
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kach22i -

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Originally Posted by kach22i View Post
The yellow car is some form of "artwork", not a drawing and not a photo but an artist composition mixing both.

However it is more accurate than photos posted which have been over, under and at angles to what we want; an elevation profile of the roof.

In the end, moving the template zero point +6" or aft 6" has little effect on this car. With the apparent rear end changes between the two models posing a far greater change.
I do think there is an implication that the "factory spoiler" on the yellow Firebird had an MPG component to it. This also makes sense for the 1980's MPG/aero era.

The yellow Firebird is from Tirerack. Here is how I do it :

http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...tml#post218155

I like Tirerack because I think it minimizes perspective distortion and encourages the picture to have a horizontal wheel-to-wheel relationship.

PS - The center of roof camber is always important. I made that mistake when I made the template "meet the end" of my mini wagon :



When the center of roof camber is obeyed, you see the end of my wagon "breaks the template" :



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