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PostPosted: Mon Dec 30, 2019 8:12 pm    Post subject: Re: Mels dune buggy sketches Reply with quote

Very nice work Mel. I wish I had some of that talent. My stick men don't even look good. Happy new year!
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 06, 2020 2:59 pm    Post subject: Re: Mels dune buggy sketches Reply with quote

Another group of sketches for March.. These are for an 80 inch wheelbase belly pan..


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PostPosted: Wed May 06, 2020 1:53 pm    Post subject: Re: Mels dune buggy sketches Reply with quote

Some more for this month.. A couple could be good for a dune buggy, The others for a kit car.. These are for a 80 inch WB..VW belly pan..

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PostPosted: Mon Aug 17, 2020 5:42 pm    Post subject: Re: Mels dune buggy sketches Reply with quote

The last post was from May 6,,So I thought it was time to repost..4 of these would be good for a dune buggy and the other 4 for a kit car..These are all for a 80 inch Wheelbase VW belly pan..

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PostPosted: Tue Nov 10, 2020 9:46 pm    Post subject: Re: Mels dune buggy sketches Reply with quote

Mels dune buggy sketches
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It has been a few months since I posted a sketch,, So I thought I would post one now.. A couple would be OK for a dune buggy.. These are all for an 80 inch wheelbase VW belly pan..


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PostPosted: Sat Dec 26, 2020 10:11 pm    Post subject: Re: Mels dune buggy sketches Reply with quote

The months seem to roll by so fast. I want to post another round of sketches for December.. A couple of these would be for a dune buggy and the others for a kit car ..They are all for a VW pan shortened to an 80 inch WB.. I put one without a sketch so you can get an idea of how they were done. Some of the designs are not all that great. If I really liked one. I would make a model of it in 1/12 scale to work out more of the details. I am pleased to see that there are more than 20,000 views..

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PostPosted: Tue Jan 19, 2021 9:22 pm    Post subject: Re: Mels dune buggy sketches Reply with quote

Some more sketches for the new year.. these are all for an 80 inch wheelbase VW belly pan..


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PostPosted: Sun Feb 28, 2021 12:02 am    Post subject: Re: Mels dune buggy sketches Reply with quote

Some more for this month.. These are all for a 80 inch wheel base VW belly pan..


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PostPosted: Sun Feb 28, 2021 6:08 am    Post subject: Re: Mels dune buggy sketches Reply with quote

Some pretty cool designs in there.
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 29, 2021 3:38 pm    Post subject: Re: Mels dune buggy sketches Reply with quote

Some more sketches for this month.. Some would be good for a Kit car and some would be good for a dune buggy. They are all for an 80 inch wheel base VW pan..

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PostPosted: Sat May 08, 2021 2:30 pm    Post subject: Re: Mels dune buggy sketches Reply with quote

It's that time again for me to post some more sketches.. Most of these would be for a dune buggy to go on a VW belly pan shortened to 80 inches..

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PostPosted: Thu Jul 01, 2021 1:55 pm    Post subject: Re: Mels dune buggy sketches Reply with quote

Some more for July,, These are all for an 80 inch VW belly pan

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PostPosted: Thu Oct 07, 2021 12:32 pm    Post subject: Re: Mels dune buggy sketches Reply with quote

It's been a couple of months now ,So I wanted to post another group of eight. All of these are for an 80 inch wheelbase VW belly pan. I started back on March 21st 1991 wanting to design a fresh new design that you could replace your Manx clone bodies with.. Since I live in South west Louisiana were it rains a lot I wanted to design a body that you would be able to drive year round.. These sketches are just quick thumbnails that just took a few seconds to do, of course some of the designs are not to good.
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 07, 2021 4:58 pm    Post subject: Re: Mels dune buggy sketches Reply with quote

I think I would have to go with top left, the first one. It looks balanced front to back to me.
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 28, 2021 3:13 pm    Post subject: Re: Mels dune buggy sketches Reply with quote

More for November...Excuse the coffee stains. These are all for a VW belly pan shortened to 80 inch Wheelbase. Some of these would be good for a dune buggy and some are for a kit car. These were all a quick thumbnail sketches. That took about 60 seconds to do. As you can see these were all done in 1995.
At that time I was 65 years old. I am 91 years old now so it will be up to one of you younger guys to come up with a new buggy design.


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PostPosted: Mon Jan 31, 2022 2:23 pm    Post subject: Re: Mels dune buggy sketches Reply with quote

Another group of eight sketches for the month of January..Some would be good for a dune buggy the others for a Kit car all have an 80 inch wheelbase.


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PostPosted: Tue May 03, 2022 4:00 pm    Post subject: Re: Mels dune buggy sketches Reply with quote

It's past time to add some more sketches to my gallery

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PostPosted: Wed May 04, 2022 9:05 am    Post subject: Re: Mels dune buggy sketches Reply with quote

I enjoy them. Thanks
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 04, 2022 2:49 pm    Post subject: Re: Mels dune buggy sketches Reply with quote

Mels dune buggy sketches

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It's been a few months since I posted. So I figured it's time again.


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PostPosted: Sun Nov 13, 2022 10:45 am    Post subject: Re: Mels dune buggy sketches Reply with quote

Here is another group of sketches for this month. As you can see these go way back to 1991. That's when I had the bright idea to come up with a new design, but I was 61 years old then, now I'm 92. So I'm going to leave it up to someone younger..



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