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Originally Posted by Beechy
Alex....great concept....take Chevrolet's Euro theme to it's logical extreme. They should have gone this far back in the day!
One constructive comment from an ex-GM body designer (me) .....NEVER use a straight line nor flat surface on an auto body, they always look negative (hollow).
Case in point is your turn signal housings....they need to be curved across the front face, preferably in both directions. Imagine taking a file and drawing it across the front face while rotating your wrists.....mmmm nice flowing reflections (called highlights).
Also the mesh needs the same treatment, by making a simple press tool from bondo to form the mesh forward from the rear ( gentle pillow shape ).
Use a timber or steel outer frame the same shape as the surround to maintain the mesh flatness where it goes behind the surround.
A little research you will find OEMs NEVER have a flat surface anywhere.
Great project.....more power to you.
Jim.
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The lower turn signal housing are flat like the originals, I'm still playing with the idea of using a different mesh there , perhaps perforated metal of some sort, as for the round upper housings , there's not much I can do to change the shape without modifying the valance. I'll have to have a scotch tonight and stare at it for an hour or so. sometimes when I do that I'll get an inspiration out of it