(ON HOLD/Super slow progress) 1982-1994 Alston Maelstrom

[spiral badger]

based

[tough ledge]

it's chronic being gay-ness

[tough ledge]

should I add this aftermarket bumper?

[trail folio]

yes

please add every tuning part you can

[vagrant bough]

yes , make a chav version

[tough ledge]

it looks like it wants to eat pedestrians

[trail folio]

WE NEED A BEAMNG BARRY BOYS

Imagine that

[vagrant bough]

needs speakers in the back with tons of bass to

[trail folio]

Propa whip bruv

Picked up 5 council house slaags last night

[tough ledge]

please help I've created the beamcord Bri'ish centre

[trail folio]

Atleast I'm actually British

[vagrant bough]

so am i

[tough ledge]

yes, most of the people in this chat are Brits

I saw that

[trail folio]

Innit bruv

[tough ledge]

it made no sense but I saw that

[trail folio]

It made a lot of sense

Afk I need a Cornetto

[vagrant bough]

anyway , it aint a early 1990s/2000s car without a chav edition

[trail folio]

covet chav when

[tough ledge]

yes it is

no one would chavify this

[trail folio]

WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT

YUCKY SHIT

The front looks shit the rest looks mint

[tough ledge]

or this

[trail folio]

I would

[tough ledge]

there was a facelift to make it look more boring

[vagrant bough]

This should be a config to

[tough ledge]

I do not consent to creating this

[trail folio]

clean

[vagrant bough]

indeed , vauxhalls have allways looked nice in my opinion , except after 2010

[trail folio]

the 2003 astra was the last good vauxhall

except the vans

[vagrant bough]

I love the 2003 vauxhall astra

[short bison]

holy what is this

[vale garden]

will we be getting maestro wagon?

[tough ledge]

Have covered this

That’s a Montego and will be a seperate mod

[vale garden]

alr

[tough ledge]

It’ll likely get a lot of styling changes because I find the Montego excessively plain

[vale garden]

true, it looks like a slightly more british subaru leone to me

[tough ledge]

Yes, yes it does

[topaz zealot]

Holy smokes it's the Maestro!!!

Oh man! Can't wait to experience British malaise!!!

Austin Rover you sadistic monsters, how could you ever conceive this car and sell it with a clear conscience?

[topaz zealot]

Good heavens

I watched this old documentary once about company car drivers in the UK from the early 1990's

This one guy they interviewed was demoted to a Austin Maestro - diesel.

He (loosely) claimed it ruined his marriage, life and self esteem.

It was a base model.

He kept getting overtaken by trucks

"It's utter crap, for want of a better word"

He's a sales rep and would always take off his tie at rest areas so others wouldn't realize that he was a company car driver so they wouldn't make fun of him

What driving a Maestro does to a man

Depression

[tough ledge]

Tbh massive skill issue

You gotta have the confidence in your shitbox

The diesel was pretty alright though? Unless he got a really thrashed one one

It was the biggest non mg engine

Got amazing fuel economy

[tough ledge]

If it took something as minor as your car to ruin all that it probably was already incredibly fragile

Like that’s bad but if your life can be shredded by driving a bad car I think your life probably wasn’t very great to begin with

[tough ledge]

Actually I went and found the documentary

I’ve changed my mind, it makes an awful lot more sense with the context

It’s less about the car but the company giving it to him which really changes it to me

But also holy shit the snobbery in this documentary

[tough ledge]

Like it’s more him and his wife are devastated because they feel the company insulted him.

I’m rambling lol

I should go do something productive

[vernal wagon]

Did I hear bad words spoken about the legendary Pekins Prima Diesel!

[tough ledge]

if it was the turbo-less version it was probably very gutless

[tough ledge]

updated and improved

[tough ledge]

this angle makes it really look like a landrover

[trail folio]

luv it bro

[trail folio]

i hope someone makes a plate pack like that

ik there are UK plate packs but they're bold

[tough ledge]

I was planning to use the one Theo used for his CCF2

finally got to modelling the indicator lenses

[tough ledge]

I'm renovating the engine bay because the Covet based one was cripplingly bad

[trail folio]

niceee

[topaz zealot]

Right hahahahahahaha

I found it hilarious

[tough ledge]

yea

I do kinda feel for him because he got insulted and intentionally degraded by his company which is not a good atmosphere

[trail folio]

hii

[tough ledge]

hello

[trail folio]

what are you all talking about

[tough ledge]

this (rad)fella was talking about a documentary earlier

[topaz zealot]

Yeah, that is rather sad. Guy expected more. But the overall snobbery and materialistic outlook of all those company car drivers is hilarious

The manager in his base W124 E200 being proud of his Mercedes and barely overtaking a van was also comedy gold

You should do a spec commemorating the company car driver

As an inside-joke kinda

[tough ledge]

it's a standard clubman

might include it in the description

[topaz zealot]

High-five

That'd be radical

[tough ledge]

I'll put it somewhere

[topaz zealot]

May I ask you something?

[tough ledge]

yea sure

[topaz zealot]

What inspired you to do this?

[tough ledge]

chronic mental health issues

[topaz zealot]

The Maestro out of all cars?

Hahahahaha

[tough ledge]

just pure delusion

[topaz zealot]

I guess that's what it takes to like Austin Rover

[tough ledge]

pretty much

[topaz zealot]

Hahahahahaha

I think we're both set to check into a mental asylum then

[tough ledge]

it's one of my favourite cars and is much simplier to model then the others (Saab 9000, CX and Seat Cupra GT are all alot harder)

[topaz zealot]

I see

It's probably on the first message, but I cannot scroll up that much: Are there MG versions planned?

[tough ledge]

yup

[topaz zealot]

With the radical digital dash?

[tough ledge]

yup

both the turbo and standard MGs

[trail folio]

My current fav is the Koenigsegg Agera and 2001 fiesta

[topaz zealot]

You are doing God's work.

[trail folio]

Very different lol

[tough ledge]

odd, the devil came to tell me to do this

[topaz zealot]

Hhahahahahahahaha

I really like the cut of your jib

Was there a Vanden Plas model?

I think there was

[tough ledge]

yea, came with luxury features such as

steel wheels

[topaz zealot]

No pressure of course, but it'd be rad to have

[tough ledge]

sun roof

wood trim

[topaz zealot]

Padded headrests too, no?

[tough ledge]

give me a moment on that one

yes

[topaz zealot]

I remember the Allegro having rear folding tables on the back of the seats...did thr Maestro have those?

[tough ledge]

no, the middle seat does fold down though

might include it as a neat extra

[topaz zealot]

Now that is peak luxury

Rivaling the likes of Mercedes almost!

[tough ledge]

central locking is only for vandan plas buyers

everyone else can get fucked

also the head rests are referred to as restraints lmao

[topaz zealot]

That is the proper class divide

[tough ledge]

yup

[tough ledge]

between lower middle class and the lower class

[vernal wagon]

From the 1983 launch brochure

[tough ledge]

corrosion policy on a maestro :X

[vernal wagon]

From the 1988 brochure

[tough ledge]

need to collect the brochures

[tough ledge]

I still find it funny how even shitboxes got advertised with attractive women

[vernal wagon]

Ikr lol

Finally 1985 brochure

[tough ledge]

80s businessmen trying not to advertise to straight people is impossible

[tough ledge]

look at that lovely fold down seat

[vernal wagon]

Gotta sell the MAESTRO one way or another

[tough ledge]

make them think the old people car will get them the ladies!

[vernal wagon]

LOVELEH

[tough ledge]

so many young bastards have definitely just dropped the seat back on their mates

[vernal wagon]

Can you blame them lol

[tough ledge]

absolutely not, fucking up ya mates kneecaps is a mandatory part of existing

[vernal wagon]

Exactly!

[tough ledge]

all the fun patterns are gonna be great

[topaz zealot]

I mean it's the majority of people, why not pander to them lol

[tough ledge]

was the majority of intended maestro buyers

they tried making a women's maestro

[topaz zealot]

Oh heavens

[tough ledge]

https://www.aronline.co.uk/concepts-and-prototypes/maestro-express-1987/

I do actually quite like the extra storage packs

@vernal wagon seen this before?

[trail folio]

hiii

[tough ledge]

hi again

[vernal wagon]

I have, our museum owns the website

Infact I have direct access to aronline lmao 🤣

[tough ledge]

god

damnit

https://tenor.com/view/god-damn-it-rouxls-kaard-rouxls-kaard-damnit-gif-23440867

no wonder that's where all the decent information is

[topaz zealot]

That is very cool

Well then, Bunbyte. I have performed my inspection. And lemme tell ya, sunshine. Your mod's passed with flying colors

The whole Beamng community will watch with great interest

[tough ledge]

lovely, I'm glad I didn't need to resort to bribery

[topaz zealot]

Darn

I should have thought of that

Oh well

Seriously though, keep up the great work

I can tell you've got passion and energy

You are a very dynamic fellow

[tough ledge]

I'm too thick to properly understand what you mean by that but it sounds good so thank you?

damn you bot!

[topaz zealot]

Basically: Good job. Keep up good job. You seem like good guy. Keep being good guy.

[tough ledge]

cool, thank you!

[tough ledge]

new engine bay

extremely heavily modified bx engine bay

ready for a lovely A+ series Alpha+ 1.3L

[worthy walrus]

👌

[trail folio]

love ittt

[junior crystal]

look at the successor on Wikipedia XD

this picture is good enough to help design though, so its quite good

[junior crystal]

I can definately do something engine wise as a sorta 2nd company production

[tough ledge]

it'd be helpful to have a clearer image/more angles

[junior crystal]

i have so many old photos that i've gotten good at reading into them XD

[tough ledge]

tape generated schizophrenia 😭

[junior crystal]

yup XD

also

This is quite a nice grille

[tough ledge]

that is a rather nice grille

[junior crystal]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6J-pzF4Tbh8 only thing i could find close to crash footage of one

also im def makign the one Top Gear Russia buried as a config

[tough ledge]

bit bloody soggy innit?

[junior crystal]

wait

im stupid

i recorded that race

[junior crystal]

proper weather tho ain't it Guv?

[tough ledge]

yea mate

well I did make a steering wheel but it's garbage

[tough ledge]

fixed it

[topaz zealot]

When have you started working on this?

[tough ledge]

let me check

july 21st last month

[tough ledge]

credit to rommb for teaching me the funky button that unfucks the normals

[topaz zealot]

Wow. You're a pistol

Great progress

[tough ledge]

I have excessive amounts of time

[trail folio]

heyyyyy

[tough ledge]

plus the help of @junior crystal and @vernal wagon it's been easy to get done

[trail folio]

bunbyte can we put a Koenigsegg engine in it

and will we have tuning parts

[tough ledge]

it will have tuning parts

the engines will only be the stock ones and a U8 diesel

[junior crystal]

Suuure...

[tough ledge]

no putting a barstow V8 in the back

[junior crystal]

golf cart electric remember XD

[tough ledge]

if I open the google drive and see like a V16 going through the passenger seat

[tough ledge]

oh yea

[junior crystal]

Im putting like 20 batteries in the boot

[junior crystal]

i actually have a v16... is it a v16?

hang on

yes it is a v16

[tough ledge]

oh god

[junior crystal]

and its a torque plant XD

[tough ledge]

putting that in a maestro would cause critical frame damage

[trail folio]

yeah no I'm gonna learn how to edit and do that

[junior crystal]

texture went funky again

[tough ledge]

is that in a barstow?

[junior crystal]

nop

its the Burnside

[tough ledge]

average malaise era supercharged V12

[junior crystal]

its based on the cadillac V16

[tough ledge]

true power

I'm just working on the rear atm

[tough ledge]

a list has been crafted to check things off on

this should help us keep on track

so y'know

[trail folio]

great

[tough ledge]

currently arguing over crash dynamics

someone Byteguy did the magic and just found shit

science is happening

Byteguy has contacting the people who did the maestro crash testing

we're either learning a lot or nothing from this

hopefully something

[junior crystal]

Just to prove that the Maelstrom has aftermarket Parts

[graceful dome]

batteries

[junior crystal]

Y'all wanted an ev conversion XD

[graceful dome]

can we do this with the batteries?

[junior crystal]

XD

Ophelia Co. Is not responsible for any misuse of their products by the user

[trail folio]

hi

[tough ledge]

We should probably work on logos and badges at some point

[trail folio]

Oh god

this will either end well or fucked

[tough ledge]

Hopefully we’ll just get some more photos of their crash tests or an email politely declining

[trail folio]

you're now reminding me I need to check my emaik

I asked NSERS a few weeks ago about their logo

no reply yet

[vernal wagon]

@tough ledge I can make the logo :D

Well I'll give it a go

If you don't like it then dw just might save us some time

[tough ledge]

sure!

make sure we don't get lawsuits

I don't want to end up in a room with fancy men is suits

[vernal wagon]

No no don't worry I would also not rather deal with fancy men in suits too lol 😆

[tough ledge]

I know I've already posted it but I made small adjustments and am incredibly happy with it

[trail folio]

niceee

[trail folio]

i can't be the only person scared of telling people they didn't do something right or good enough

[vernal wagon]

That's why is said it lol, if it's shit then tell me lol 😆

[tough ledge]

brand new spring only entirely based on the d-series

genuine springs

should make the holes smaller

minor update to the springs

I'll begin working on the bit that mounts on to this

[vernal wagon]

Looking gooood!

Would you like me to measure the distance between wheel arch and center of wheel

So we can get the ground clearance spot on

[tough ledge]

that'd be a decent plan

I also can't find any references for the suspension parts

[trail folio]

you're going full out damn

[tough ledge]

I think I'll use d-series springs because they're closest to maestro ones in appearance

[trail folio]

I luv this project

[topaz zealot]

Austin Rover's been dead for decades lol. I do wonder if anyone holds any rights to it

[tough ledge]

possibly the same people who now own MG

[topaz zealot]

But Austin Rover became the Rover Group by the 1990's

BMW bought them

Then sold them

Under The Rover Group name

Perhaps it did carry over to the Chinese

They're crafty fellows

[tough ledge]

it's owned by Tata Motors apparently

[topaz zealot]

Hmmm

Perhaps a Jag and Range Rover carryover?

[tough ledge]

not sure

[vernal wagon]

SAIC own the rights to Rover Group, Austin Rover, Austin, MG and Rover

[topaz zealot]

Darn those Chinese fellows

[junior crystal]

and LDV

Don't forget LDV XD

[tough ledge]

we love LDV in this house

my grandfather had one

the wheel just flew off one day

[junior crystal]

XD

Convoy My beloved

[trail folio]

LDV was great

Aren't they making vans again

[tough ledge]

yea

[trail folio]

wtf even happened to MG

[tough ledge]

got sold to China

now they make bog standard looking cars for a slightly lower pricer

[tough ledge]

using modified pessima hub for now

The 200bx engine bay is utterly gone by now

Like every vertex has been moved

[junior crystal]

the LDV aspect is gone, its just a facelift of the MAXUS produced by SAIC Motors

[trail folio]

thought so

[junior crystal]

Tbh even though the MAXUS was a cry for help it was the last proper utilitarian van made

[vagrant bough]

Ldv where the best vans , purely made for purpose and easy to fix , you don't need any fancy stuff , just something that does it's job

[vagrant bough]

It's not even MG no more , they are just rebaged BYDs

They only bought them for their name and that's that

[topaz zealot]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/585156138467721254/1270759232094077008/FB_IMG_1723042962469.jpg?ex=66b58702&is=66b43582&hm=0d94df6b70dfe1a9827275ff22457f2b111b813f4b8fd9e6e374a2352d14c25c&

Do you lads feel up to the task?

[tough ledge]

This would probably come as some form of extras pack because I’m want to make the camper stuff properly high quality

[tough ledge]

Yo just wanted to update you guys, currently I’m not making any progress as I’m away from home. By Monday I’ll definitely be back to work

[rough mantle]

[tough ledge]

The green thingy

[ancient crow]

@tough ledge hey just to say, i saw someone trying to help jbeam this and id say this can be easily done with a mk1 pessima jbeam

lots of modders use and modify vanilla jbeams because its easy, and no it wont be a meshslap then since its a custom model you made and you modified the jbeam so

[ancient crow]

even a covet thats been stretched with a row of roof nodes added

and a door tacked on

i get that you want this to be a very great mod and all but why are you guys jbeaming the hard way

[tough ledge]

Would you mind contacting me privately ‘bout it?

[ancient crow]

sure

[tough ledge]

More progress will happen this evening/Monday because I found how to model springs

[topaz zealot]

Terrific

[wide dove]

It’ll be nice to see a proper regular ol British car tbh

[robust hound]

i have returned from teeth fakery land

[tough ledge]

they've been trying to sell that for almost a year now

hasn't budged

(at least I think so)

[tough ledge]

rear wheel arch is being worked on but it's complicated

am getting help with it

try making this shape without desiring the embrace of the beyond

[snow escarp]

car underbodies are like this tbh

same with the engine bay

its complex but a lot seem to be, from what i can see, achieved through normal maps when looking at some of the details

[green crater]

yes

you can do a lot of shell detailing with normals

the metal ridges of the D serie's bed are normal

[tough ledge]

It’s mostly just the weird af shape of the rear wheel arch

It’s not an arch

It’s a deformed and mangled shape

[snow escarp]

still not really tbh

wheel arches arent even normally just round arches

they have extensions for strut towers or otherwise

[tough ledge]

I’ve never seen one shaped like this, it might just be me bemoaning modelling something a bit oddly shaped lol

[tough ledge]

early version of the rear wheel arch

it'll be cleaned up but it's a very early version

[ancient crow]

very lovely topology

put ingame

rea

ngl it shouldne even matter much unless you plan to separately jbeam these

[tough ledge]

I do, since to fit custom rear suspension it needs it

it'll be part of the undercarriage

[tough ledge]

mhm tasty sarcasm

cleaned it up a tad and shaped it a bit more

[tough ledge]

more work

rear suspension will be done laters :3

[vagrant bough]

very noice

[tough ledge]

Left is the new engine bay, right was before
I have modified the 200bx engine bay to look closer to the maestro and to prepare it for engbay_crap

I'm about to get to work creating bottles, pipes, etc

[tough ledge]

I just found beamng cars don't use accurately sized batteries

[stuck hazel]

really great work

[tough ledge]

get batteried

[tough ledge]

thank you :)

[tough ledge]

Found ref pics for the battery tray

I’ll do that

Slow progress because I may have gotten distracted

[tough ledge]

All I did today was minor adjustments (flattened the roof and firewall, made the slam panel curvier, moved the front closer to the fascia, etc)

[empty plaza]

Thank you so much for your work and the constant updates!

[hearty fulcrum]

we got british shitboxes in beamng before gta 6

[tough ledge]

engine bay crap complete!

(except for all the god damn cabling)

[hearty fulcrum]

are you planning on making the LHD variant?

sorry if you answered this question already, I didn't dig through this whole thread

or is that the LHD variant judging by the brake booster location

[tough ledge]

the brake servo and what-have-you is based on age it seems

but yea it'll have a LHD

[tough ledge]

Nah it’s chill it’s a new question for once

[hearty fulcrum]

[tough ledge]

How could I not include the shitbox+ Bulgarian models?

[hearty fulcrum]

yesyesyes apple 2000

[tough ledge]

‘Greatest’ car

[hearty fulcrum]

peak bulgarian engineering

[tough ledge]

It’s literally just a 1.3 with diesel suspension

Should also note, I will not be making the Chinese versions at this time

I’d need to get my mitts on a lot of images for it

Which is hard to find given they’re Chinese

[green crater]

will there be spicy fast versions?

[tough ledge]

Yeas, the mg turbo and the secret one that I already let slip on

[strange nexus]

Does anyone remember the "Chinese Maestro"

[tough ledge]

Yes

[tough ledge]

This was before they used the Montego front too

I’m not making one because I can’t get enough info on one to be satisfied that I’ve met my own standards

[strange nexus]

Yep very early stage when they js bought over the tooling mainly they jammed in the toyota 8a engine from those Chinese made Daihatsu Charade and uh the Nissan dashboard

[strange nexus]

A ic alright it's fine look forward this mod tbh my grandfather used to have one of these missed it

[tough ledge]

Heard a lotta that sorta story lol

[tough ledge]

small update, I've added this area

I'm currently idling until I can get the underside done well or the engine bay

[trail folio]

e nice

[topaz zealot]

You are putting more work and love into this than Austin Rover ever did

[tough ledge]

I think the designers put a lot of effort it but then the budget Y’know, didn’t

Like the concept drawings for this car are pretty cool

[tough ledge]

this is the last part of the unibody I needed to do

it's ready to get tossed in game

[tough ledge]

Hey, small update. Currently half the team is away so progress isn’t happening at the moment. I’m just doing a little side project to keep entertained

[empty plaza]

As usual thanks for the updates

[tough ledge]

finally split up the model (this was a pain and I may have gotten grumpy doing this)

everything has been named, it's getting closer

progress will probably continue crawling as I have college

(also panel gaps look big because I've not added any thickness yet, it's all 4mm)

[graceful dome]

model looks really good

[ancient crow]

show le topo AFennix_Curious

[tough ledge]

There’s images with topology somewhere up. I’ll do it in a few hours. (U’ll never see the boot topology ever)

[tough ledge]

here's your topology

(note I am still adjusting it)

[tough ledge]

I'm doing a little cleanup and the headlights

[tough ledge]

what's this :3

note this is not the proper ingame model but like a demo model

[trail folio]

Lithuanian sounding name (profile) :3

[tough ledge]

what?????????

[tough ledge]

the hell does this mean

[quick cloak]

not sure but i think it means that this guy suggests that you are from Lithuania

[tough ledge]

Damn

I’m kinda not

[tough ledge]

working on the chassis model, you'll be seeing the interior chassis soon

this means it's more accurate to the actual model

I'll now begin on the area the engine bay and a pillar attaches to the door

I'm really getting into like the mood? this is good feeling

[hardy cove]

It's always satisfying when the pieces are coming together right?

[tough ledge]

a puzzle is nice upon completion but the process of piecing it together is where the pain lays

it's looking more and more accurate tho

here's a real photo for you to compare against and then bash me for not accomplishing :D

[tough ledge]

It so clean I feel pretty content

Tomorrow/maybe later I’ll finish the base of the A pillar and do the B pillar

This place is silent af lol
No off topic 😔

[hardy cove]

Not much I can provide besides looking good! and if you ever need references pics or info about the A-series let me know when you get there

[tough ledge]

Reference pics of the a-series for this car would be super helpful

Most a-series pics are from the other Austin’s

[hardy cove]

yeah that engine is not in a Maestro

[tough ledge]

Eh?

The a+ is in the maestro

[hardy cove]

Meant to say I have a Mini, so all I could help with is engine related

[tough ledge]

Yea I think that used a different A-series

Because they came in a dozen different sizes from memory

If it’s the 1.3L A series it’s the same

[hardy cove]

It's not that simple, but not to digress it's a later 1275 and relevant if you need anything. That's why I offered.

[tough ledge]

Ah alright, thank you

[shy juniper]

What car is this based on?

[topaz zealot]

Austin Maestro

[hearty fulcrum]

this says a lot about our society 😔😔

[tough ledge]

Fr guys, please spam random shit about this car it’s getting lonely here

[vale garden]

yea i got you dont worry

so grand tour ended

:(

well i tried

[tough ledge]

Top gear did cover the Austin maestro multiple times

I’ve not watched the grand tour

I might watch the full top gear and grand tour series

[vale garden]

TGT is good, especially the last special

but i wont spoil anything

[tough ledge]

If anyone sends me any grand tour spoilers I’ll find them and [redacted)

[shy juniper]

Austin

[tough ledge]

Alston tho fr 😔

[shy juniper]

Alston

Alston Healey

🤔

[tough ledge]

What does that mean 😭

[topaz zealot]

You said you're also planning a Montego?

Right?

[tough ledge]

As a an extra thing tho

Might mess with the lore of it tho because the Montego looks kinda ugly at the front

I’d prolly change the design to look more maestro-y

This looks better to me ngl

[tough ledge]

Overall, sorta

[topaz zealot]

Fake news

The Montego is handsome

It's got the look that later Rovers would follow

[tough ledge]

Yea but those managed to have some kinda character

The montego just did genericcar.png

[hearty fulcrum]

I like that

Everything looks like it should

or it looks like a Ford Orion at home

[tough ledge]

Wha?

[hearty fulcrum]

Rear glass gives me Orion vibes

[junior crystal]

i see it XD

[short bison]

Ford Onion

[shy juniper]

https://tenor.com/view/forza-horizon-5-austin-healey-sprite-mki-roadster-drift-drifting-gif-17782732313766666939

Hehe

[hearty fulcrum]

Certified onion moment

[graceful dome]

hammond

[slate berry]

what car is this based of?

[junior crystal]

Austin Maestro

[Mostly]

[slate berry]

ohh

i thought it was an old vauxhall

bc of the like boxy body

[junior crystal]

I can see that, trust me, this is waay softer

[topaz zealot]

Only Opel/Vauxhall that looks similar is the Cavalier/Ascona with the Montego

[tough ledge]

How do people still not know what it is it’s in the first post 😭

[junior crystal]

you also need to get the "Ability to read" mod for this to work, it's a hard dependancy XD

[tough ledge]

My favourite cities skylines mod

[junior crystal]

I love it for Teardown too! It's so universal!

[tough ledge]

We need it for beam, now

[junior crystal]

...you probably could make that

[tough ledge]

Nah because beam doesn’t force display required mods

[junior crystal]

No, But That's essentially how a Core mod works when you think about it...

[tough ledge]

Yo buggers I’m gonna make zero model progress let’s go 🗣️

Instead I’m working on my CRT so might not be back (depends if go bang)

Currently just not at home so I don’t have access to the model

[wide dove]

definitely do when ya can lol

[tough ledge]

I just need a shit load of time

[wide dove]

yeahhh, i made it to like season 12 or 13 before i ended up gettin more interested in other stuff

to be fair i was also making a google doc of all the custom cars they made cuz uhhh, idk autism

[tough ledge]

Damn

[tough ledge]

Progress will happen tomorrow tho I’m pretty sure I’m getting ill. Gonna begin on the b pillar

In the mean time look at this maestro pic (not mine). It’s such a beautiful colour I wanna eat it

Looks like those lime flavoured sweets

[wide dove]

unfortunately i dont think that would be very tasty

[tough ledge]

Have you tried it?

[wide dove]

hmm, good point

[tough ledge]

Just so this place doesn’t seem dead as a door nail I’m gonna yap about configs a bit

I’m probably going to include something like this, an odd dealer exclusive thing

Some form of whatever this would be called

And whenever I do a van a scrappy cut up one from a workshop

Probably also something with a single mismatched panel in a bright colour ‘cause it looks good

I’m also considering some export options but then I’d need to translate a lot of stuff and find the other country’s versions of the voice box which I’d rather commit vanish than do :D

I do apologise to you folks for the genuine crawl that this project progresses at but especially with college not just knocking on my door but violently intruding I get a lot less time. I will get on to more modelling but do expect slowed progress

I promise to do model slaving tomorrow 😭

[charred bluff]

Slavery? Where

[tough ledge]

I am enslaved to myself, forcing myself to do things that make me happy

[topaz zealot]

You are enslaved to us, the people that await the mod :)

(Especially me because I am cooler)

[tough ledge]

Yup

I’ve been shackled to my desk…

[tough ledge]

Maybe

[topaz zealot]

(Definitely.)

[tough ledge]

Mayhaps

[topaz zealot]

Do not steer the subject

I am your number one fan

[tough ledge]

How is that determined

[tough ledge]

I am finally modelling

[topaz zealot]

I know it, and you know it.

[trail folio]

😲

[tough ledge]

I keep getting distracted with cleanup

beginning the B pillar! it's gonna be door yay

[topaz zealot]

Sweet

[tough ledge]

yummy progress pic, thank our lord and saviour maestro turbo no.30 for me being able to get refs for this

the reference pic

[tough ledge]

the b pillar is going well

might even get to the rear quaters

[tough ledge]

here! the inside place where the door rests is there

I'd even dare to say my topology is better then some of the game models (the pessima is hell)

[topaz zealot]

Lookin' great

Keep it up, man

[tough ledge]

https://tenor.com/view/ace-attorney-phoenix-wright-objection-capcom-gif-20965907

nah

[topaz zealot]

:(

[tough ledge]

I was gonna say something with that but then I proceeded to not say the aforementioned thing

[wide dove]

Ooh I love that

[tough ledge]

who couldn't, the double spare on the roof is excellency

[wide dove]

Agreed, reminds of smth I saw on an old rally mini

[tough ledge]

I think multiple classic British rally cars did it, dunno why

[coarse lake]

whats wrong with the pessima, i think its pretty clean in the places it actually counts

[tough ledge]

the door jams on the mk2 pessima are just

awful

[wide dove]

Yea, guess just using the available space

[tough ledge]

also prolly British hub quality, need the extras

[wide dove]

That is true

[coarse lake]

theyre just quite simple in their shape, mostly carried by the textures, topology seems fine for what it is

[tough ledge]

I guess but also just how it matches everything else is really annoying

it's much lower poly than it's surroundings

[tough ledge]

done the door jams

gonna go fall over now :D

[trail folio]

Lmao

Looking cool

Good luck w the rest of it

[tough ledge]

thank you :)

[junior crystal]

JBeam update:

• I am going insane, the mesh is no longer showing
  Thank you for reading this JBeam update

[tough ledge]

Maybe the mesh is just a lil shy!

Don’t force them in front of everyone when they don’t want to

[junior crystal]

I just wanna see them myself TwT

[tough ledge]

No comment

I’m gonna do the inside of the C and D pillar. Then I’ll add hinge models/door locks and the model the door insides. This as far as I can think should mean the chassis is complete and just needs mechanics and interiors

Then a shit ton of minor details and the special bit of this mod

The almighty

The famous

Silly talky box

[junior crystal]

i want the italian ver

[tough ledge]

But we’d need to find an Italian with one

[tough ledge]

More modelling (maybe)

[tough ledge]

I'm currently modelling the very uninteresting chassis interior

do note this means you can strip the interior carpeting out

[junior crystal]

[Big Happy]

[tough ledge]

also because the interior chassis floor has a different design to the underside

floor

[topaz zealot]

No way

You're doing great so far, keep it up, man

[tough ledge]

I have COVID and you know what that means! that means more modelling progress

[topaz zealot]

HOT-DIGGITY-DAMN

GREAT

Well, too bad about the Covid

[tough ledge]

Damn 😭

[topaz zealot]

But the rest is great

[tough ledge]

I'm probably not going to do this as it would massively increase the chance of shit going glitchy and wouldn't actually look that good

[graceful dome]

its a shame you caught Covet, hope you’re recovery is swift!

[tough ledge]

it's a big Ibishu conspiracy /s

[topaz zealot]

It's a large Beamgov conspiracy

Big Beam wants us to get rid of the softbody physics

[tough ledge]

😭

currently my motivation is very wack

[topaz zealot]

It's Beamgov satellite navigation doing its mind tricks

[tough ledge]

all I've done today is the other side of the firewall

I cannot find good images of the a-pillar

[untold blade]

this is peak british motoring

[tough ledge]

Facts

Also I still love the image of Clarkson smoking a blunt

Young Clarkson was better

[junior crystal]

STOP THAT

[tough ledge]

Stop what?

[junior crystal]

Stop having Covid

if you die then I have to model too :<

X3

[tough ledge]

I’ll be fineeee

I’ll die once I’m done

With god

I’ll die once I’ve replaced God

I have other projects I wanna do before I pop off

[junior crystal]

https://tenor.com/view/jeremy-clarkson-what-zoom-jeremy-clarksons-farm-what-are-you-talking-about-gif-22246675

[tough ledge]

Most are random shit, many because they have a specific quirk

[junior crystal]

lemmie dm u somt rq

[slate berry]

is this pronounced mail-strum or is it may-el-strom

[tough ledge]

I always pronounce it mail-strum

[slate berry]

yeah same

[trail folio]

yeah, that

[tough ledge]

uhoh that's a cheeky tail ligtht

well the frame

sorta...

[tough ledge]

hey fellas, I'm getting back to work on this! taking a break has made me realise there are some really odd bits with the model so I'm correcting those

I'll also be attempting to finish the rear inside of the chassis but there isn't many reference photos for the inner rear quaters

then I'll be moving on to mechanicals? dunno. just need to get the chassis done and in good order

[topaz zealot]

I hope you recovered

From Covid

And are well rested now

Gospeed

[tough ledge]

yea I got no more COVID, just working on the model at the moment

trying to find stripped rear quaters are hard

[topaz zealot]

:(

Atleast you are healthy again!! :)))

[tough ledge]

here is some of todays progress

it's mostly just details

to about the same level as dev vehivles (except the bracket for the seatbelt, that will actually be modelled because seatbelt)

the model here is wildly off model but it works and working is good enough!

I'll try and model the last part of the quarter panel tomorrow

if my memory isn't shit (it is) that should be the final part of the chassis!

you know what that means

something...

a lot of cleanup needs to be done

like the model isn't bad it's just got patches of iffy

I'll be trying to correct those problems

there's also more odd problems such as the roof needs to be modified to it can rip off

because the roof should rip off

[topaz zealot]

Sweet!!!

[topaz zealot]

Understandable

You'll power through, we all believe in you

[hearty fulcrum]

Car british my beloved

[tough ledge]

more progress my mind is melting I hate the shapes arghhhhhhhh

[worthy walrus]

Can relate. Every time I'm modelling, trying to wrap my brain around how it should work is a pain 😭

[tough ledge]

I've left it for when my brain feels less sizzled

[tough ledge]

I realised just how inaccurate this is, I’ll fix it tomorrow

[topaz zealot]

Okay, sweet

[ancient crow]

poly very :3

[ancient crow]

unwrapping a mesh is pain 😭

[tough ledge]

The high poly parts will be visible in the interior so I graced them with extra detail (tho I will need to cut it down a tad)

Most of the boot is just the chassis

I need to massively modify this section to properly do the tail light slot, lower the poly count and make the boot actually make any fucking sense

[tough ledge]

not like polished but the actual shape of everything is there now

[hearty fulcrum]

i love this

[green crater]

Any chance we might get a ute?

[tough ledge]

… mayhaps…

It’ll be an add on

And it definitely will be a mangled van

[topaz zealot]

Sweet!!!

[green crater]

good enough space for a driven axle

[tough ledge]

Eh?

[green crater]

A possible 4x4

[tough ledge]

Probably not

Would involve a whole new rear axle

[green crater]

Is this thing gonna be early access or paid? Because i might try shoving a live axle and leaf springs if a ute versión happens

[tough ledge]

The Ute specifically?

[tough ledge]

Although I am planning to make a ‘custom’ rear axle for it so could just budge that back

[green crater]

Makes sense, country types need that 4x4

[tough ledge]

It isn’t really a production thing

More home built cut up junker

[green crater]

Here in latam There a car names Ford corcel. A derivate of the Renault 12. This Ford corcel had wagon and ute versions, sometimes the ute named pampa had 4wd

I know because i Saw the locking front hubs

[tough ledge]

That thing looks like a Granada

[tough ledge]

Yea

[green crater]

Notice wheels with 3 lug nuts

Hidden frenchie

[tough ledge]

Pigeon frame

It’s really and Ibishu pigeon

[green crater]

No this car is hefty, i rodé on a coupé version whisky is the most popular

And is originally a Renault 12 under the skin, like an old dacia

[tough ledge]

Yea

But yea it’ll probably be kind of scrappy looking and not like coach builder quality

[livid sail]

Pampa??

best pickup ford ever made in brazil. yes or of course?

[tough ledge]

did a little chassis editting, editted the roof to prepare it for being swappable

[tough ledge]

Ello folks, progress is slow due to colleg getting to me although I just finished my assignment so more progress hopefully. I also saw a Maestro in person at a Starbucks (no photos tho)

[sleek obsidian]

Omg I love this car!! I am so excited! I hope you finish it soon!! ||So you can fucking work on the verditz||

[spiral badger]

Damn

[tough ledge]

You’re so kind Lena (I’m going to send you to the highlands)

[muted pebble]

will you make a china version of this car,as all I know,this car is produced for a very short period in china as jiefang land leopard

[tough ledge]

I probably won't, if I do it'll be in an extra content pack

[tough ledge]

I saw an actual one today!

[topaz zealot]

Oh sweet!!!

Van too!!

[shell abyss]

wow, I remember one of these driving around my hometown. I wonder if an Alston Mini will be coming up...

[timber glacier]

An Alston Micro as I'm dubbing it in the future would be pretty cool

[tough ledge]

My slow ass is no where near that don’t get your hopes up lol

[shell abyss]

im dying for a lorefriendly mini😄

[shell abyss]

dont beat yourself up, modding can be slow and difficult

[timber glacier]

Oh don't worry, you work on your own time no ones rushing you

Also you're getting really good prrgress

[tough ledge]

More just juggling my time very badly to follow random endeavours and then a litany of life

[timber glacier]

Better than a lot of people tbh-

[timber glacier]

Also there is one rather good Automation mod for a lore friendly Mini

[tough ledge]

I’ll probably do some work on the weekend but it might be stuff that isn’t seen (aka getting it in the game work) but that’s something I’ve been needing to do for ages

Over the last few days I was meant to be doing this I was learning to model rims

Hence the existence of this

[timber glacier]

Looks great! Any work is good

[tough ledge]

Yea, I’ll probably use it on the maelstrom in some manner to claim productivity

[tough ledge]

Thank you :)

[oak granite]

Just gonna leave this here

[tough ledge]

seen this quite a bit

[muted pebble]

okay,but can I make extra for it?)

[tough ledge]

I mean I can't stop you, it will take ages to get there tho

[tough ledge]

I may or may not be about to make very lengthy decisions with this mod for quality reasons

[sleek obsidian]

think about your options bunny

you can rush this mod so you can finish the way cooler swiss car

[tough ledge]

yea but then I'm jsut a sham

swiss car is more likely to happen faster anyway as it'll be more complete

but I can make more content and fun stuff for this

[tough ledge]

I may be up to something

the shell is getting redone using a new method

this is no where near a final model but huge progress

there is a fair bit more refinement to be done but jst making sure you folks know I'm alive lol

[tough ledge]

bumpor

it's a lot sharper looking now

[rough cobalt]

dam thats nice!

[tough ledge]

Just coming in to say I did a little bumper cleanup and have a bit more progress on the rear bumper (no photos)

[trail folio]

this has gone a long way

[tough ledge]

1982-1994 Alston Maelstrom (ON HOLD/Super slow progress)

I’m gonna be focusing a lot more on my side project which is a lot further along and going a lot better, don’t worry this will see the light of day it’s just my new side project so won’t get much rapidity in work

[topaz zealot]

:((((((

2025 is off to a shit start

I wish you good luck with the Monteverdi!!!

I hope you open up a thread for it soon!!

You better.

[languid field]

maestro is still worlds epic car

[dark hatch]

whats the progress now?

[clear vessel]

On Hold

[nocturne stirrup]

Hiiii!!! I love this mod!!!!

[pine nova]

scratch made model is already a massive step, already worth 2 bucks

[tough ledge]

not to be rude but why did you revive this deadass thread?

I am working on it but I haven't gotten anything worth publishing qwq

[nocturne stirrup]

I noticed this mod and looks awesome :3

[mighty ridge]

Its dead you dumbass

[pine nova]

it just showed up as one of the first mods in the showcase thread and i liked it

[nocturne stirrup]

Why you are so rude?

[trail folio]

The title is too long to see if you are on mobile. So how was he meant to know

[tough ledge]

it's not you it's the other guy who posted

[pine nova]

exactly, you put ON HOLD, RELEASED, CANCELLED in front of the name, not after

[pine nova]

yeah i noticed

[trail folio]

Probably because he liked the look of it

[tough ledge]

the last message is from several months ago

[nocturne stirrup]

I didn't see all the writing, sorry.

[tough ledge]

Yea I'll edit it

[trail folio]

Oh well. Some active mods get left for a few weeks or months but are still being worked on

[tough ledge]

I mean yea it is still being worked on, just real slow, mostly because I'm back off college so I have free time now

[nocturne stirrup]

Nice

[trail folio]

Thats good

[nocturne stirrup]

Good luck with this mod 🙂

[tough ledge]

(ON HOLD/Super slow progress) 1982-1994 Alston Maelstrom

I won't post anything until I have something genuine to show

uhoh Lena is here

[sleek obsidian]

Nah just make that [wip] bunny

[pine nova]

btw if you decide to make it paid, ill be waiting 🫡 looks promising

[tough ledge]

I don't want to get people's hopes up

[sleek obsidian]

No need to be so sad about it

[pine nova]

and if you plan on custom skins, i know a guy (me)

[sleek obsidian]

Sadly everyone knows how to make skins. Even me

[trail folio]

I dont.

[sleek obsidian]

[tough ledge]

Making the skin is easy, it's making the skin that's hard

[shell abyss]

Willfä? Here in Finland atleast there's a bunch of vacuums and air cleansers with the Wilfa brand

[sleek obsidian]

Ahh i remember you didn't like doing it even though the furry 200bx was kind of alright

[shell abyss]

this should be on a plaque

[trail folio]

Yeah. I googled myself and keep finding 'wilfa air cleaner thing'

[pine nova]

not just the jbeam and mats, i know how to MAKE them, im a graphics designer

[tough ledge]

I feel I did actually like designing the livery I just hated making it work

plastering bunnies over a car is somewhat enjoyable it was the stuff that involved using blender that I didn't like

[sleek obsidian]

My fault

[tough ledge]

it was smart it was just not the best for that application

I wish there was something that'd let me move the images around like most livery designers have

[pine nova]

i made h*ntai TAZ to prank my friend 🤣 still got it somewhere, idk why

its also colorable

[sleek obsidian]

If only there was a decal editor in the game

[pine nova]

if only there were cars in the game

[tough ledge]

I have no fucking clue where it actually is ngl

[pine nova]

garage

i think

idk, never used it

[tough ledge]

ah that makes sense

anyhow, I shall see you folks after I've got something to show for myself, see y'all later