Build yourself a Westfield (another build thread) but with a difference

[Mark (smokey mow)]

I blame marcusb for providing the inspiration with his lego Westfield build... I confess that when i started this is was intended to simply kill a bit of time over the weekend, but like all things I got slightly carried away

The Essex members have already had a sneak preview on Facebook last night, but for the rest of you what am I talking about? Well err this

So what does it take to design a make a 1:25 scale Westfield from a single sheet of paper? except for a lot of time? And a cold weekend Read on to find out.........

[Graham0127]

Nice wheels Mark...TSW Evo ? and that fantastic angular exhaust,perhaps inspired by Honda Civic.

[Mark (smokey mow)]

Nice wheels Mark...TSW Evo ? and that fantastic angular exhaust,perhaps inspired by Honda Civic.

Team Dynamics Pro Race 1.2's but err the spokes came out a little bit wider

[Graham0127]

Prefer them in BlLACK mate        

[Mark (smokey mow)]

Prefer them in BlLACK mate        

Don't get ahead of yourself just yet other colours can be arranged keep watching...

[FILFAN]

very cool. cane we have a yellow one 

[Graham0127]

BILACK is similar to BLACK but I prefer it !!!!!!

[Mark (smokey mow)]

very cool. cane we have a yellow one 

Yes and they'll be an aeroscreen version too

[Mark (smokey mow)]

Ok To begin I first needed some fairly accurate measurements of a car. Those of you following my Narrow rebuild thread will know that I already have some taken some pretty accurate drawings and dimensions from that.

So the next step was to translate all those dimensions into a shape that could easily be folded from paper. As usual I'm using SolidWorks to create a 3D model and in this case a simple line mesh to sketch the basic shape.

[Andy Banks]

Fantastic. You must now send your 3d  CAD off to get 3D printed 

[Mark (smokey mow)]

Fantastic. You must now send your 3d  CAD off to get 3D printed 

Thanks Andy, we always used stereolithography during my time in engineering as it gave better tollerances and surfaces to take direct castings from, although 3D printing has come quite a long way since then.

[Mark (smokey mow)]

Once happy with the overall shape of the mesh, surfaces were added to create each of the separate flat parts, in this case the interior panels and arches.

This process was then continued for all the other parts until the virtual model was completed.

[Marcus Barlow - Show and Events Co-ordinator]

I blame marcusb 

 

Ime innocent honest 

[SootySport]

Don't forget to make a wide and narrow tunnel version.

[Mark (smokey mow)]

Don't forget to make a wide and narrow tunnel version.

Sorry Bernie, but this one's a narrow body with a live axle