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Re: Willmodels goes digital
« Reply #30 on: May 26, 2015, 07:35:36 PM »
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This Eddie character is from the movie 'Christmas Vacation'. He and his family lives in an old crappy camper van, a Winnebago...
That film is hilarious!
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097958/?ref_=nv_sr_1

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I hate to burst your bubbles, fans of Eddie Johnson, but his motorhome was not a Winnebago. It still exists in the Castle Noel Museum in Molina, Ohio. I'm still trying to figure out exactly what it is, but as far as I can ascertain it appears to be a newer model RV rebuilt by the film studio into the crappy piece of art that it is today. There's not much info available about it. I checked out the museum's website and there is no mention of it.
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Re: Willmodels goes digital
« Reply #31 on: May 26, 2015, 09:55:53 PM »
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So what you are saying is... back to the RTS bus?  :D
There's a shyness found in reason
Apprehensive influence swallow away
You seem to feel abysmal take it
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Kinda like the way you keep looking away

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Re: Willmodels goes digital
« Reply #32 on: May 26, 2015, 10:12:28 PM »
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So what you are saying is... back to the RTS bus?  :D

I have no idea of which one it is Daniel. Before I can even consider taking on a task like this, I have to see it.
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Re: Willmodels goes digital
« Reply #33 on: May 26, 2015, 10:16:41 PM »
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Links at the end of page 2...
There's a shyness found in reason
Apprehensive influence swallow away
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Re: Willmodels goes digital
« Reply #34 on: May 26, 2015, 11:21:41 PM »
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I must have missed them. Looks like a lot of compound curves. I'm told that TinkerCAD is a surface modeling program and is limited in the kinds of shapes it is capable of. So far, all the models I have made have been low in their compounds but still a challenge. I'm not saying "not possible" but challenging--especially the ends. The main body is a basic extrusion but the end caps are going to require some fancy dancing.

Do you have access to drawings? I saw several full color patterns (looked like paper models) in a Google image search, I wonder if those would help.
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Re: Willmodels goes digital
« Reply #35 on: May 27, 2015, 12:32:17 AM »
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I hate to burst your bubbles, fans of Eddie Johnson, but his motorhome was not a Winnebago. It still exists in the Castle Noel Museum in Molina, Ohio. I'm still trying to figure out exactly what it is, but as far as I can ascertain it appears to be a newer model RV rebuilt by the film studio into the crappy piece of art that it is today. There's not much info available about it. I checked out the museum's website and there is no mention of it.

I believe it's a Condor.


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Re: Willmodels goes digital
« Reply #36 on: May 27, 2015, 12:58:25 AM »
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I believe it's a Condor.


Jason

That's what I was seeing--talk about a re-styling job.
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