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Old 09-01-2009, 11:16 AM
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What scale are you aiming for? 1:6?

Would I be correct to assume that 1:6 is small enough to retain sanity?
I'm going to have to wave my hands a bit and say I'm planning for "about" 1:5. I don't know the exact length of this bike (I can't find the numbers). I would say its about 7 feet long. I want the actual model to come out around 18 inches (yeah, that big) so that would make it "about" 1:5. I'm not being a real stickler for exact scale here.

The other constraint here is fitting it on 8.5 x 11 paper (which is all I have in stock). I will shrink the model until it fits this form factor if necessary--so who knows it might end up being closer to 1:6. I might even make an A3 or A4 version if anyone is interested (not sure which one is preferred).

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Old 09-01-2009, 04:35 PM
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I'm not certain about it but I have heard rumours that the MTO model was around that scale and the details are quite satisfactory.
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Old 09-01-2009, 05:25 PM
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Yeah the big Yamaha has a scale of 1:5.5 or so
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you're going to turn that into a paper model, I'm very interested, keep up the good work
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Old 09-02-2009, 02:25 PM
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Unfolding has begun. I'll start with the rear end of the bike. After some adjustments to scaling, it appears that the scale is about 1:5.5. So I guess this is on par with the MT-01. I think I'll release these unfolded parts and some rough instructions in case anyone wants to try out a white alpha build with me. Feedback is, of course, welcome.




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The only thing I can think of at this time is polygonal vs nurb modeling for final model output. What I am getting at is flowing shapes vs segmented ones that one typically sees with a polygonal model.

This advice is a little late though as you have already designed the digital model and are about to flatten it for pattern.

Not to throw you off track, I would have to reserve comments to a vanilla build.

Keep up the good work though.
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Unfolding has begun. I'll start with the rear end of the bike. After some adjustments to scaling, it appears that the scale is about 1:5.5. So I guess this is on par with the MT-01. I think I'll release these unfolded parts and some rough instructions in case anyone wants to try out a white alpha build with me. Feedback is, of course, welcome.
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You're well on your way!:D Looking great! (Professional opinion). The only hold back to whether or not I'll build it (when finished design is available) will be size of parts ( I prefer larger, easier to handle - this also opens the way to more and better detail). Everything so far appears to be in my 'comfort zone'. Those who love em' small-tiny-miniscule-microscopic can always find a way to scale it down themselves.
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Old 09-03-2009, 11:29 AM
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The only thing I can think of at this time is polygonal vs nurb modeling for final model output. What I am getting at is flowing shapes vs segmented ones that one typically sees with a polygonal model.

This advice is a little late though as you have already designed the digital model and are about to flatten it for pattern.

Not to throw you off track, I would have to reserve comments to a vanilla build.

Keep up the good work though.
When I hear nurb modeling my eyes glaze over a bit. Seems to complex for me at my level. I'm not even really sure what it is and how it can be employed for papermodels. Do you have some examples I can look at? Also what tools are required for nurb modeling? From what I can tell it seems like it is well suited to organic modeling like people and animals.

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You're well on your way! Looking great! (Professional opinion). The only hold back to whether or not I'll build it (when finished design is available) will be size of parts ( I prefer larger, easier to handle - this also opens the way to more and better detail). Everything so far appears to be in my 'comfort zone'. Those who love em' small-tiny-miniscule-microscopic can always find a way to scale it down themselves.
Thanks! Well, I won't lie to you--there are some small parts that might require the aid of a toothpick to build. These small details I couldn't leave out because I feared it would make the model a little flatter than I wanted. Of course, one could easily omit some of the smaller details and no one would really be the wiser. I'll leave that up to you if you choose to build it.

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Old 09-03-2009, 11:50 AM
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Rhino is best known for NURB modeling. I would have to agree with you on the comfort level. Do what you feel is most comfortable after all, you have completed the model to this point as a polygonal model.

Again, I think your vanilla will be the best avenue for comments. The digital looks great from here. My comment on Nurbs was mostly geared towards a result that gives you smooth curves. You can get a similar result with hi-poly model parts but I have found them hard to work with in pepakura (not sure what the new version is capable of).
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Old 09-19-2009, 02:13 AM
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Any progress on this model? Can't wait to get my hands on this one.
Yeah i know... i got little patience

I love big models with lots of detail and this Mille Miglia looks like it's gonna be a fantastic craft! Thx for creating this.

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