Factory Five design contest thread

Javelin wrote: Damn that first one is killer!

I kinda disagree, as it pertains to this contest. It s a little too ZOMFG...speed racer style. I understand its a conceptual drawing, and those are almost always watered waaaay down when they go into production. I guess Im just hoping the new design ends up VERY minimalist and subdued. A no frills, racecar killing, unassuming roadster thats all about bringing a gun disguised as a knife to a knifefight. I appreciate the talent it takes to draw something like that, and I even agree,its a cool looking concept. Its just not a car Id ever want to own, regardless of its capability as a racer. Like I said, my dream cars are Datsun 510s, AE86s, 914/6s, Lotus 7s, Cortinas, TE 72s and 60s skylines. Clean, straight, and minimalist designs with straight lines and a purposeful design. Thats where Id like to see this new cars shape headed.

4cylndrfury wrote:

Javelin wrote: Damn that first one is killer!

I kinda disagree, as it pertains to this contest. It s a little too ZOMFG...speed racer style. I understand its a conceptual drawing, and those are almost always watered waaaay down when they go into production. I guess Im just hoping the new design ends up VERY minimalist and subdued. A no frills, racecar killing, unassuming roadster thats all about bringing a gun disguised as a knife to a knifefight. I appreciate the talent it takes to draw something like that, and I even agree,its a cool looking concept. Its just not a car Id ever want to own, regardless of its capability as a racer. Like I said, my dream cars are Datsun 510s, AE86s, 914/6s, Lotus 7s, Cortinas, TE 72s and 60s skylines. Clean, straight, and minimalist designs with straight lines and a purposeful design. Thats where Id like to see this new cars shape headed.

I agree with you, way over the top for my tastes. I'd never buy one. One that looked like Stavros' though, I would definitely start saving for.

Justen wrote: Do you mean the GTM?

Oops :) yes, my bad

Stavros, I like the 2nd one you posted. It makes me think of a mid-engined FD Rx-7. I also like the Carrera GT inspired one.

Weekly winner, looks like it came from the Speed Racer set to me. Not a big fan of that one, but it is still light years beyond my pencil drawings here on my desk.

Is the driver going to be sitting on top of the fuel tank maybe? Trying to understand why he is so high up from the floor. It's as though he is sitting in the donor vehicle still.

Maybe y'all will like mine then. This is my first submission:

It uses the Bugeye headlights and Euro-spec C5 Corvette taillights.

Javelin wrote: Maybe y'all will like mine then. This is my first submission: It uses the Bugeye headlights and Euro-spec C5 Corvette taillights.

I really do, all except for the rear end. I don't like the mesh there, personally, but it's your car, not mine!

Forgive a stupid question, but where is the iso template some of you guys are using? I downloaded all of the templates shown, but don't see the iso version.

tuna55 wrote:

Javelin wrote: Maybe y'all will like mine then. This is my first submission: It uses the Bugeye headlights and Euro-spec C5 Corvette taillights.

I really do, all except for the rear end. I don't like the mesh there, personally, but it's your car, not mine!

I was figuring that part could be molded solid and it would be up to the builder if they want to cut out vents, louvers, or mesh it. I tried to make a design that was "clean" with no scoops, so it would probably need the heat evacuation.

Javelin wrote:

tuna55 wrote:

Javelin wrote: Maybe y'all will like mine then. This is my first submission: It uses the Bugeye headlights and Euro-spec C5 Corvette taillights.

I really do, all except for the rear end. I don't like the mesh there, personally, but it's your car, not mine!

I was figuring that part could be molded solid and it would be up to the builder if they want to cut out vents, louvers, or mesh it. I tried to make a design that was "clean" with no scoops, so it would probably need the heat evacuation.

Good points. Not sure what I would do there...

I don't know if this needs to be incorporated, but I just remembered that there are bumper height requirements for cars...

I just read that it needs a bumper at 22" off the ground, but I certainly could be wrong.

I sincerely hope they won't pick a smooth design sketch that is entirely out of proportion or not easily moulded, and then "squish" it & cut it to make it work around the body-clamshell+frame+wheels constraints afterword. That's exactly the reason why most non-historical kit cars go unpurchased. The Pontiac Aztec looked amazing on paper.

It's also important to keep in mind this car represents CHEAP RADNESS. Trying to give a swoopy luxury body to a Subaru powered race car is unwise. It simply won't translate.

The wheelbase and height guarantee the final result will be a "stubby" car. Any attempt to make it into a swoopy Ferrari for $15k will fail miserably.

If this contest does not result in a Group B rally car, it will have been a travesty to all mankind.

In reply to tuna55:

All the entries will be reviewed for final judging. Just because you did/didn't win a weekly entry doesn't affect your standing in the final round.

The first week had a small sample pool, but the winner had a novel, well-presented concept. Future weekly winners may or may not look anything like it.

And now I'm putting my phone down to eat a taco. Yum!

+1 on everything Savros is doing - great work!

surfacemonkey wrote: I sincerely hope they won't pick a smooth design sketch that is entirely out of proportion or not easily moulded, and then "squish" it & cut it to make it work around the body-clamshell+frame+wheels constraints afterword. That's exactly the reason why most non-historical kit cars go unpurchased. The Pontiac Aztec looked amazing on paper. It's also important to keep in mind this car represents CHEAP RADNESS. Trying to give a swoopy luxury body to a Subaru powered race car is unwise. It simply won't translate. The wheelbase and height guarantee the final result will be a "stubby" car. Any attempt to make it into a swoopy Ferrari for $15k will fail miserably. If this contest does not result in a Group B rally car, it will have been a travesty to all mankind.

I couldn't agree more!

Tom Heath wrote: And now I'm putting my phone down to eat a taco. Yum!

add some green Tabasco sauce...you wont be disappointed!

Tom do we only get to see the weekly winner or can we see a sampling of the weekly submissions? Overall I think this weeks winner is a bit hard and edgy for my tastes but I do like some of the design elements. The headlight treatment is good. It would be easy to produce that design with projector lamps. Profile is nice, like the scoops, like the rear cowl. DP

This is one of the many sketches I have done, in this one I tryed to use the original lamps of the donor car (2006 Subaru Impreza I think..) this way the cost to build it is reduced as this part is reused on the kit car. Hope you like it! and tell me if you have any suggestions. I may also upload some of the other sketches i have done...

xabier wrote: This is one of the many sketches I have done, in this one I tryed to use the original lamps of the donor car (2006 Subaru Impreza I think..) this way the cost to build it is reduced as this part is reused on the kit car. Hope you like it! and tell me if you have any suggestions. I may also upload some of the other sketches i have done...

Those lights look WAY nicer on yours than they ever did on the Subaru.

xabier wrote: This is one of the many sketches I have done, in this one I tryed to use the original lamps of the donor car (2006 Subaru Impreza I think..) this way the cost to build it is reduced as this part is reused on the kit car. Hope you like it! and tell me if you have any suggestions. I may also upload some of the other sketches i have done...

WANT!

WANT! times infinity if also could be had in non-speedster form, real roof please!

Xabier, I like the sketch, very lotus like. The idea of reusing the Subaru lights is good except they kept changing them every couple of years. So if you didn't have the right year of donor you have to search for lights.

In reply to 05xtsy:

And on this second post? is it ok? How do other people attach an image?

I would recomed just attaching a link, it seems as though you have a coroflot account. I would just copy and paste the link. You can also use photobucket.com, flikr or many other photo hosting sites. I use photobucket and it works really well.

The URL in the second post works, but not for an image link. Flickr has some tricky link habits depending on how your privacy settings/copyright information for your albums are set. (I prefer photobucket, but that's just me.)

Once you have a solid URL for the hosted image, just click the camera looking icon
v ^ and put the URL in the space provided.

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