Awesome! After the last basecamp in 2018, I watched this exact car rip around Laguna Seca at Rennsport Reunion.
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Union Jack and different paint shop on the sides of the rear hood added.
Now back to the internal work - adding tubes and pipes…
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More details added on the engine: spark plugs, nuts and bolts to fix the cam shaft boxes on the pistons…
Piston redrawed according to new details pics.
Cheers
Torsten
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Starting with wires - first wires for the spark plugs build with some guide-lines, BZ-Toolbar for bezier curves and followMe for the final wire geometry.
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my workflow to “draw” wires
8 wires per cylinder bank - porsche uses 2 sparks per cylinder for a better performance.
I did it also for the exhaust pipes…
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What does the BZ-Toolbar provide in this situation beyond what native Follow-Me could produce? I’m just curious; I’m not familiar with BZ-Toolbar.
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Its Fredos BezierSpline Plugin - it helps to draw different bezier curves and you can adjust the curves.
Then the FollowMe-Tool make the wire from a circle.
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Ahh, I see. Thanks for the explanation. I have used the Bezier extension provided by SketchUp (as I recall it’s origin), which has been useful despite its limited capabilities.
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Hi there! just wanted to thank you for sharing the project, is really amazing.
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A work of love. Great results!
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Thanks for the comments, much appreciated.
I’m not thinking to go away from sketchup as long as sketchup 2017 make is working.
I made the shock absorber and the spring:
The spring is made according to some examples presented here in the forum.
Most of the parts already quads:
Regards
Torsten
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50 years ago: Porsche wins the first time the 24h race at lemans with the incredible Porsche 917k. Air-cooled 12 cylinders with 4,5 liters capacity and 560 horse power.
I did the design of the body according to some drawings from a book about the 917, it shows a large range of cuts through the body shape and i could made the main work with curviloft. I use a model kit to adjust the shape and details. Tyres taken from my 908 design.
No interior details done yet.
Wrap-R is used for UV.Mapping - its a great tool for texture sketchup models.
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Still straightforward and pur sketchup…
Rear tyre thread done, made with components.
Body work adjusted and thickness for 3d printing added.
Tyre is made with 120 segments, each segment is a component and has a component for the tyre shape (2x), a component for the thread (6x) and a component for the small thread on the outside (2x). I need only to subd the components of one segement and get the whole tyre subd in faster time instead to subd the complete tyre mesh.
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Progress so far,
The front and rear supension system is done and fitted into the frame.
General views
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Render shots from the engine…
Some detail render shots:
Crankcase with air cooled pistons
Fan, Fanhousing and belt drive for the air cooling of the engine
Mechanical fuel injection pump
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I can’t imagine how you put all this together, combining the accurate information with your modeling skills. And the renderings look great as well. KUDOS!
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Generator design done and “mounted” on the engine. Only the belt drive is left 
The generator is made like the fuel pump according to a drawing found on the internet.
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Some more progress - lots of details made according reference pics - like hood lock on the bonnett, cockpit instruments and lights,…
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Thank you for sharing the in-progress updates. It is fun to see the car gradually come together.
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