So I was enamored with the ground handling of my J-3, and thought to make a car-like vessel just for fun.
A nice basis for a low-poly model (yes, hand-crafted meshes are the order of the day again) is the Volkswagen Thing:
en.wikipedia.org
Yeah, I know, sexy, right? Aside from being easy to mesh, I wanted to use it as a test bed for making driveable surface vehicles in Lua, maybe experiment with an animated soft top convertible, lights, etc..
A nice basis for a low-poly model (yes, hand-crafted meshes are the order of the day again) is the Volkswagen Thing:
![en.wikipedia.org](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/71/Vw_181_v_sst.jpg)
Volkswagen Type 181 - Wikipedia
![800px-Vw_181_v_sst.jpg](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Vw_181_v_sst.jpg/800px-Vw_181_v_sst.jpg)
Yeah, I know, sexy, right? Aside from being easy to mesh, I wanted to use it as a test bed for making driveable surface vehicles in Lua, maybe experiment with an animated soft top convertible, lights, etc..