Looking for a racing car.

CDF · Post by **CDF** » October 17th, 2003, 4:53 pm

Hi,

I'm looking for a model of a racing car. For now all I've found is a beetle and a toy car but I would something more like a formula 1 car... I'll paint it red of course!

Thanx!

CDF

thevoid · Post by **thevoid** » October 18th, 2003, 7:35 pm

did you mean something like this?

Click here for image

ask saj - i think he knows where to find diagrams - i think its from the bos convention 03..

CDF · Post by **CDF** » October 19th, 2003, 2:59 am

No, I didn't mean something like this, I meant this!

But who did it and do you know where I can find the diagram, it's a really nice one!!

CDF

thevoid · Post by **thevoid** » October 19th, 2003, 9:32 am

CDF wrote:....But who did it and do you know where I can find the diagram, it's a really nice one!

i think saj knows it - if not, i will search it!

Post by **saj** » October 19th, 2003, 1:46 pm

hi thevoid and CDF,

If I remember correctly, that racing car is modular and is made of 7 sheets of paper. It was designed by Max Hulme in response to some commercial work offered by the Financial Times newspaper.

Diagrams don't exist I think, which is a shame since the model is so realistic. I think at some stage the pieces were glued, but this is understandable considering that the model was commissioned.

I think there is a nice racing car model in either Tanteidan 7 or 8.

saj

CDF · Post by **CDF** » October 19th, 2003, 4:56 pm

thanks very much for your both answers!

I don't how to get these Tanteidan issues but, well, I don't have nor the skill or the experience to try models such as the one I would like to do!

But I'm improving myself everyday and yesterday I finally decided to buy what I needed to cut the paper so I bought nice paper with nice colours and textures which a lot nicer to fold!

and now I'm gonna try to fold a model found on the Internet, it doesn't matter which one, the challenge is to fold without being helped by the pictures!

CDF

thevoid · Post by **thevoid** » October 19th, 2003, 5:34 pm

hi again

i found the car! it is in tanteidan convention book vol 8 - from page 154-156

it is called "special car"

CDF · Post by **CDF** » October 19th, 2003, 6:11 pm

Do you know how I can order this book over the Internet?

I'm really a rookie and don't know anything about the conventions and stuffs like that but I'm curious!

CDF

thevoid · Post by **thevoid** » October 19th, 2003, 9:48 pm

yes!

the publisher is origami-house http://www.origamihouse.jp

if you click this link, it takes you directly to the book!

http://www.origamihouse.jp/book/origina ... syu_8.html

hope could help

CDF · Post by **CDF** » October 20th, 2003, 6:33 pm

Thanks very much!!!

I think I'm gonna order it as soon as I get some money!

CDF

JMcK · Post by **JMcK** » October 25th, 2003, 11:38 pm

The special car in Tanteidan 8 doesn't look like a formula one car, though. I've a feeling that it's maybe meant to be a model of the Batmobile (only it hasn't been called that for copyright reasons).

thevoid · Post by **thevoid** » October 26th, 2003, 9:27 am

yes, true.. doesnt look like a formula 1 car..
but i think this looks like a awsome racing car - someday i will try to fold it...

CDF · Post by **CDF** » October 28th, 2003, 6:34 pm

Yes, of course it doesn't exactly look like a formula 1 but I extend the challenge to fold something more realistic, including steering wheel and the aerodynamic stuffs everywhere!

Nobody interested?!

Anyway, it looks more like a formula 3 or 3000 or maybe more like an Indy car...

Anyway great enough for me!

CDF

GiladOrigami · Post by **GiladOrigami** » October 29th, 2003, 1:38 pm

Fumiaki Kawahata designed a Formula-1 car, and the diagrams
are in this year's "special addtion" diagram booklet for Tanteidan
members (not for magazine subscribers), like the Icarus was last year.
I haven't seen the model yet, but I guess it must be pretty good!
I'm not sure if it was already distributed, or not yet.

thevoid · Post by **thevoid** » October 30th, 2003, 9:59 am

do you mean that there is a extre-sheet with the diagrams for the f1-car in
tanteidan 9 ?