K got a few glitches, with cars the detail makes a big difference, now i know why a lot of people say theyre hard to do

started to test the body in mental ray, some good areas some not so good, just got to keep rebuilding those panels, this is where i normaly give up......but not this time

Heres the dirty stuff, im rebuilding the roof and windows as one piece against the existing stuff, then i will estract the different bits out of it and stich back onto the original ( if theres anything left of it) that way i get continuity across the whole shape.

ok this may go wrong...but thats what WIP is right...?

Decided if this doesnt workout im still gonna post it, mistakes are wha we learn from anyway

this is coming along great check out young lions studio lighting tut

Yeah, looks good. Your HDRI image is over powering your paint shader. If you decide to follow a studio lighting tut (like Lion's) you probably won't need to use an HDRI probe.

Nice work.

am a bit happier with the rear panels....then guess what?

school boy error! i deleted the history of my smoothed panel so now i need to build it again!!!:headbang:

"Incremental save" should have been told on (under save options)- never mind

Looking good model wise - so work needed on the lighting (cant believe I`m saying that mind you)

Yeah lighting is rubbish at mo..just wanted lots of reflections to get a gist of the surface continuity, well i am experimenting with a quick rebuild as single mesh, then break it apart at the panels.

Still getting the new shell back to where i originaly abandoned it, so for fun i decided i liked the spoiler from the roadster better

very, I mean very nice man. You have a clean looking mesh there, that would have been difficult. Im too scared myself to touch a car at the moment. Well done mate, looking good cant wait to see it finished.

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Nearly there i think with the rebuilt panels, got a lot of glitch where the door meets the front wheel arch, not too bad from this angle though, but i will go over it tommorrow.

not bad at all mate, dig the colour too!! Keep it up man

Am now happy with the front wheel arch - bumper..