Thursday 6 June 2019

GP4: 1996 Tyrrell 024 walkaround part 2

This part 2 of my walkaround as we begin to look at some of the details of the 1996 Tyrrell 024 shaped by me, mapped by Soulbringer and painted by Kedy89.

The model post can be found here: https://fongugp4.blogspot.com/2019/03/143-model-review-1996-tyrrell-024-yamaha.html


The front wing endplate is quite a standard version on the 1996 grid. The front wing supports are the widest ones on the grid. After pioneering the high nose, the Tyrrell team had returned to a low nose solution for several years, but they developed this nicely sleek nose and monocoque for 1996.


There's a slight bump on the top of the monocoque where the nose cone joins to the main chassis. The team started the season with a normal barge board just in front of the sidepods, but developed a smaller version just behind the front wing to work in conjunction with the upper suspension housing.


Here is a wireframe shot of the front of this car. The underside of the monocoque narrows as it reaches the floor.


Here is a shot of the cockpit from the drivers point of view. Kedy89 has done a nice job with the textures, highlighting some of the 3D details of the cockpit. I wonder why they put the aerial off centre, I don't know if that is more distracting or less distracting than if it was central.


I managed to find this conversion to Automoblista. At least for this one, putting on the early season suspension they amended the textures and removed the shadow. But there are things that you can tell are signs that it's my car with some updates, like my low-poly aerials and mirrors from the cockpit view.