Hey all, I'm in the process of building a 3D model of the 3rd gen and I was wondering about the tails - no pictures seem to show it clearly enough, but how are they set out? Are they normal bulbs etc set behind lots of smoked black glass, or is the glass in the actual bulb smoked and the surroundings just black?



Any help is appreciated. Sorry to sound n00bish (I'm an experienced forum-er on a different site, so I know how annoying some of these threads can be... but hey, maybe this is a kind and receptive community.)



-Dies https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...#>/BURNOUT.gif

they are under a smoked cover, and then there is a coloured part and then the bulb



mike

we're the kind and receptive part of the community https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...IR#>/smile.png and mike said it already



btw if you're making it in zmodeler export it and make it work in gta3 i've been looking for one!



kevin

Im playign with a 3d fd too. Post some pics of what ya got so far.





Once get my new pc built i could put it in gta3 for you tek? https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...#>/biggrin.png

yea put it in gta3, i can promote the **** out of it on http://gta.niteshade.net, you'd become well known and all hahaha...and it'd be the first real gta3 thing i've posted on the site (i quit orking on the site a long time ago, now i just update it when bored)



kevin.

Well its kinda on hold while i work on this jeep for a evo2 mod called web wheelers with some buds but it'll get done sometime.

wow that is pretty much the jeep i used to own lol



btw on jeeps the exhaust is on the passenger side of the truck, for accuracy's sake https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...IR#>/smile.png. Also the muffler is located between the two axles pipe runs straight back over axle out passenger side rear.



i know just about every detail on jeeps by heart, along with their whole history.



kevin.

http://www.bluetorchfab.com/images/DD_YJ/DD9.jpg





see im right https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...#>/biggrin.png

that doesnt count as it doesn't even look to have the original frame.



kevin

Wow, I was actually planning on making it for GTA3 anyway! https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...#>/biggrin.png And I am making it in Zmodeler! Duuude, you guys are psychic or something... :yum:



Anyway, thanks for the info j9. I'll get you guys some screen shots when the main shell is complete.





-Diesel https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...#>/BURNOUT.gif

Aww just gimme some shots of it now

DeiselGT, 'm the former owner of http://gta.niteshade.net if ya want to get some frontpage recognition post it here when it's done and i'll give you like a full page news report, i havent posted anything gta related in a long time lol



kevin.

I'm gonna post it here when I'm done. I'm also posting it on http://www.gtaforums.com .



Don't worry guys, shots are coming up very soon! Sometime tomorrow! btw, the side intake is just... :bigthumg:





-Dies https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...#>/BURNOUT.gif

not that stupid gta network, oi, join the real community:



http://azz.gouranga.com



lol that's where the guys who know something and have the real connections hang out whereas gtaforums.com and that whole network is simply a GameSpy wanna-be designed site which provides no real information.



crap site imho, but who am i to speak might site is never updated anymore....but i still get 50,000+hits a week lol now THAT'S what good advertising and quality content will do for you https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...IR#>/smile.png



kevin.

I visit azz sometimes, but it always seems inactive to me... https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...IR#>/dunno.gif



Who cares about information? The gta network has some of the best modelers around for the game. Anyway, here's y'all pic, like I promised https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...#>/biggrin.png



http://xwid.com/upload/sigs/RX7-4.gif

oh it looks so nice https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...IR#>/boink.gif how long till you think it will be finished?

Hey teknics, do you know how they came up with the name Jeep? I do..

a little conmstructive criticism here, the middle of the front bumper looks a wee bit too pointy but it could be the angle of the pic or something. also the blinkers arent that big but angle may be that again, also it looks like your rear lights go up on the sides a little funny? Otherwise it looks very very nice. What blueprints are you using? Mine is based on a rx7 for nfs by fivespeed.

Heres a pic of what ive redon to my spec so far.... still gotta work on it a lot more.

Nice work on your 7 so far, but IMHO it looks a little flat... try not to rely on textures so much.



Yeah, the front looks pointy becuase of the angle, and the fact that the lights aren't in place yet. It won't look curvy when they're in. Anyway, here's a pic for y'all to be getting on with. (ignore the ugly seam down the middle, I just did a quick mirror so it's easier to recognise in the pic)



-Dies https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...#>/BURNOUT.gif

it depends repu if you want to go by the popular idea that the name "Jeep" came from the little critter in the "thimble theater" comics (with popeye as one of the characters) then yes i know that one.



However there are a few more beliefs:

1) GP, or general purpose, say the two letters blended and you get "jeep"

2) Jeep was a term mechanics gave any new vehicle they tested



However the reason that the popeye character is the best believed reason for the name is because technically the Jeep is not "General Purpose" it's only intended purpose originally was recon. People then say "well Ford used GP in the serial designation when they took over production of the jeep from willys, who bought it from bantam." Well in the Ford designation "G" stood for government and "P" was used to show it is an 80-inch wheelbase.



As for the iot being the term mechanics used for all new vehicles, it was never recorded in writings or anything so peopole doubt it.



Although nowadays people outside of america call pretty much anything off-road capable a jeep. I've heard Nissans, Toyotas, just about everything be called a "Jeep".



So that's your lesson for today, come back now ya here.



told you, i know EVERYTHING about jeeps.



Now here's your question:

Was a V6 ever available in a civilian jeep before they began introducing things like the wagoneer etc? If so who manufactured it?



oh and another one.... What was the name of the first non-truck jeep vehicle? (this one is easy)



kevin.

Yeah im gonna try to redo some of those textured parts into 3d ones still.

<bump>



Sorry for the lack of updates, I nearly forgot about you guys https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...doublebird.gif



Anyway, lots of work has been done. All lights fitted, shell completed, spoiler done, etc. Working on the interior as we speak. Images attached in following posts.

Going chronologically here.

Then, I added the spoiler:

And finally, an in-game test. Right now I'm working on the shifter (carbon fibre momo! https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub... )

did you use a blue FD from maryland off of autotrader as your inspiration? swear to god there was a car on autotrader that looked like that that i was going to purchase before it wound up sold to someone else, deja vu.



kevin.

oh about the Name Jeep.. I was gonna say the #1 belief.. General Purpose.. or GP so soon it became Jeep..

Uh I don't know any of the other damn questions.. But I will say the answer is "Soylent Green"

W3rd. I didn't have any particular inspiration cars actually. Just been loving the 7's for ages and thought we needed one for GTA3. It does look pretty in blue, doesn't it https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...IR#>/boink.gif

well the V6 was available in some later model CJ's, the engine was made by Buick and was named the Buick Dauntless V6, it's the only V6 ever available in the CJ,YJ,TJ etc family of Jeeps, of course most of the other Jeep models have received a V6 for a point in time.



The V6 question has tripped up most "Jeep experts" i've ever met on jeep trips or online etc....probably one of the hardest questions out there.



the only other good one i can thinhk of is about how the CJ had a PTO like a farm tractor...there's a couple questions surrounding that that can trip people up https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...IR#>/smile.png



kevin.

OK, I need some help here - anyone who has a digicam. I need a couple shots of the interior, and whatever's behind the seats... need to know what to put back there. Cheers.



-Dies https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...#>/BURNOUT.gif

http://miscminutiae.com/sig/rx7render.jpg



Here's a render of the undamaged one... finished as ever it's going to be.



And in the attachment is the damaged one.

just to say, exaust on an rx is on the right, not left. the roof line comes down a little bit more on the windshield ( windows are not that big ) but honestly i could never do that myself, it looks great.

I need to work on mine more, actually i should start a new one so its 100% mine. Where do you get your blueprints from DieselGT?

Oh if you wouldnt mind could you post a wireframe pic of it? And send me the spoiler and front lip to look at? leeghoffman@fuse.net https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...#>/biggrin.png

sweet, what game is it for though?

gta3