I realized after mentioning this in another forum that it might appeal to a few folks here.
Anyway, I have a 3 year old who is crazy about Studebakers. He can tell you the names of most models, or if not the names, at least body types (e.g. "bulletnose" or "Loewy Coupe"). He's even doing a pretty good job helping me assemble my Avanti model I picked up last week.
So since he's starting to outgrow his toddler bed, we've been going around to stores looking at twin sized beds for kids. At one store they had a simple race car bed. It was basically two MDF boards cut out in the shape of a sports car. He thought it was the coolest thing ever. I didn't like several things about their design, so we didn't buy it. My son really liked it, but after that trip he told me what he really wanted. "Daddy, can I have a Studebaker bed?" Now, who can resist a question like that?
So I fired up my CAD program and built this model. He was able to instantly recognize what it was, so I imagine it should be pretty obvious for all here, too.
Obviously, the CAD model doesn't have paint, but you get the idea. The front bumper will allow him to step on it to climb into the bed until he gets a little taller. I haven't decided if I want to build a "rear deck lid" or not yet, so I left that off, but the bed will have a "trunk" he can put things into. It's kind of small, but so is the real thing!
With the 3D model done, I have all my dimensions so I will probably start building the bed in the next week or two, depending on work. I'll post some pictures as progress is made.
Anyway, I have a 3 year old who is crazy about Studebakers. He can tell you the names of most models, or if not the names, at least body types (e.g. "bulletnose" or "Loewy Coupe"). He's even doing a pretty good job helping me assemble my Avanti model I picked up last week.
So since he's starting to outgrow his toddler bed, we've been going around to stores looking at twin sized beds for kids. At one store they had a simple race car bed. It was basically two MDF boards cut out in the shape of a sports car. He thought it was the coolest thing ever. I didn't like several things about their design, so we didn't buy it. My son really liked it, but after that trip he told me what he really wanted. "Daddy, can I have a Studebaker bed?" Now, who can resist a question like that?
So I fired up my CAD program and built this model. He was able to instantly recognize what it was, so I imagine it should be pretty obvious for all here, too.
Obviously, the CAD model doesn't have paint, but you get the idea. The front bumper will allow him to step on it to climb into the bed until he gets a little taller. I haven't decided if I want to build a "rear deck lid" or not yet, so I left that off, but the bed will have a "trunk" he can put things into. It's kind of small, but so is the real thing!
With the 3D model done, I have all my dimensions so I will probably start building the bed in the next week or two, depending on work. I'll post some pictures as progress is made.
I love it. 
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