shep
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Post by shep on Dec 9, 2019 14:40:37 GMT -9
However, Musk is also a businessman. And who would buy large quantities of vehivcles with this description, especially for use in barren to desert-like terrain with much sun, where you could fuel an electric car with raw solar power??!?
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Post by Vermin King on Dec 9, 2019 14:46:04 GMT -9
I have yet to see the curb weight of these. Heavy vehicles and sand are usually not a good mix
But, I just remembered an idea I had last week. The tires on these stick out from the body. Not as much as on the Snake Truck and the Buggies, but they do protrude. What would be wrong with making 3d wheels that glue into a semi-circular cut-out in the wheel well?
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Post by chiefasaur on Dec 11, 2019 14:43:34 GMT -9
Fold Up Toys knocked one of these out LINK
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Post by Vermin King on Dec 11, 2019 16:33:41 GMT -9
They did a better on some, but totally wrong on others, and I have yet to see anyone get the front trapezoid right. I need to stop complaining about no one actually looking at what they are trying to model And what's with all the dashed lines?! I do like many of his toys, folduptoys.com/papertoys/free/ , but I wish he would have looked at it better before releasing this <= Shutting up now
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Post by mesper on Dec 11, 2019 16:51:21 GMT -9
Err... wait, what?, c'mon... Just watch this video - Russians will do (assemble/recreate?) Cybertruck earlier than Elon!!! (Yup, copy-paste - but still... kinda fully functional - firstly traditional gasoline, then electric) Собираем Tesla CyberTruck в Воронеже...Oh, those Russians...Boney M. (original setup with Bobby Farrell) - Poland, Sopot Festival 1979
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Post by shep on Dec 12, 2019 4:58:44 GMT -9
Nah, the best Tesla pick-up is "Truckla"!!?! Simone Giertz has beaten Elon Musk by half a year...
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Post by Vermin King on Dec 13, 2019 10:16:25 GMT -9
From the Resilience.org article posted earlier Now follow that up with this article ww.electrek.co/2019/12/12/tesla-cybertruck-coolest-mods-attachments/Then look at all these models that aren't correct. Maybe they aren't trying to model the vehicle, but making their idea of what it should be, using the vehicle as a canvas. Not a model, but this is what my brain says is what I would like to see passing me on the highway There are folks who are going to think my Cyberpunk version is sacrilegious, but I fully acknowledge up front that my version is just that ... my version of what could be done
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Post by Vermin King on Dec 14, 2019 11:38:47 GMT -9
I'm reasonably certain AirDave isn't going to be doing a model...
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Post by cowboyleland on Dec 14, 2019 12:45:09 GMT -9
What the author of the resiliance article doesn't realise is that the cybertruck's form follows its functions. Tesla decided that what people want most from a truck is durability. So they decided to make the body panels of the truck out of a very durable material: stainless steel. The thing is it is hard to stamp or press stainless steel economically and that is how you get curves in metal, so straight lines it is. They then realised that the stainless steel was strong enough it didn't need a traditional frame. It could support itself so, as I understand it, the outside dimensions are actually a bit smaller than an F- 150 (most common pick-up on the road) while the interior is a bit bigger.
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Post by Vermin King on Dec 14, 2019 20:30:18 GMT -9
Will we ever really know what Musk was thinking?
There is also the shock factor. It looks nothing like any of the other Tesla vehicles. It is also a truck that looks like no other truck. Remember when the Cadillac CTS came out, with styling that was not seen on other vehicles and saved the Brand? I think he was trying to shock people by re-imagining the truck.
And he successfully came up with a medium-duty truck without having a frame under it. U.S. regulations on the auto industry are pushing trucks to being unibody eventually. Does the Ridgeline even qualify to be light-duty? The Rabbit pickup, or the El Camino, or the Ranchero were hardly more than cars with the rear seat removed to allow for a larger open trunk.
And electric to boot.
Going back to the Resilience article, what he doesn't realize is that this beast does inspire thought. Besides the various models out there, for only being revealed so recently, it has all these people doing memes, photoshopping and CGI mods. They even are designing campers and houses to go with this. And some of the after-market folks are already working on ways to kitbash your cybertruck that isn't even available, yet.
It definitely does not fit into the idea of a traditional vehicle. And folks should consider that last statement to be evidence of it being inspiring.
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When I first saw this, I was reminded of one of our Sci Fi Hoards when I was attempting to make an El Camino/Ranchero/Ute out of a Delorean/ Lambo/ Star Car.
I still am envisioning this fellow with Lambo or Ferrari styling cues
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Post by Punkrabbitt on Dec 16, 2019 19:51:11 GMT -9
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Post by oldschooldm on Dec 17, 2019 7:06:32 GMT -9
I'm long in TSLA stock. It's the only stock I personally purchase and track (I have others, but they aren't passion purchases - nor do I "day trade" or any of that.)
I'm invested in how Elon/TSLA have changed the conversation. And I'm very happy with my stock performance. :-)
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Post by Vermin King on Dec 17, 2019 7:41:25 GMT -9
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Post by glennwilliams on Dec 17, 2019 13:23:15 GMT -9
Strip off the tires. Hang it under the Stratolaunch, and...bada bing, bada boom, instant hypersonic weapons if you release high enough.
OK, in all seriousness, it's like a modern take on the El Camino.
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Post by Vermin King on Dec 19, 2019 6:04:31 GMT -9
Yeah, but the El Camino was never designed to be more than a light-duty utility vehicle. This has a body like a tank (the bullet proof glass needs work), acceleration and power, and a spacious interior. I know that if I had one, I would go through tires at least annually... This actually seems like it would be an excellent candidate to learn a 3d modelling program. BTW, the FoldUpToys and Wongday versions pointed out to me something I had missed on the front glass, and that is the shadow under the glass. The edges of the shadow don't go straight up. Now that I know to look for it, I see it in varying degrees in the images I collected. I still think that if you are going to model a real thing, you need to really look at it before you issue a model.
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Post by Vermin King on Dec 22, 2019 10:46:01 GMT -9
Well, in the spirit of the holidays, after church this AM, someone decided to poison everyone with some sort of apple-cinnamon fragrance. Even the policeman/detective who just happens to be the greeter propped all the doors open. Thank goodness I carry benedryl on me at all times or I would have likely had to go to the ER or at least urgent care. I just don't think I will be accomplishing much thought this afternoon. 57 Chevy is off the schedule, but I think I can do a little work on this fellow. Not the redesign work, but I should be able to get some work done on the re-paint portion. Thus far, I've lost the 'Cybertruck' graffiti from the side and back, and took the taillights from this photo. The back bumper has headlights shining on it, so I can't really use it. That photo really shows how the geometry of the bumper and rear undercarriage are best handled by the FoldUpToys model, in spite of its other drawbacks.
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Post by Vermin King on May 5, 2020 16:59:29 GMT -9
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