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Some things, I made in the past days in my very little free time.

 

EU bus??

 

Definetly american, by the short front overhang and by looking a lot like an edited Wentward frame

 

American, but maybe with european variants

yes, maybe I will edit the whole thing, when I have the time. It is still not sure, if the thing will get a thread, but maybe, when the Fabia is ready and I have more time (my A level is still pending and eats most of my free time)
But I have some plans...

Btw, what do you think, it is? City or coach bus?

 

Thanks guys!
How will be this branded? Can't wait to see progress!!
Imo, it'll be a coach!

 

It looks like a Coach, but the floor is too low for that. For a reasonable 3 axle coach, the luggage compartment should be, at least, 1.2 m tall, like this:



And that's the most basic 3 axle coach you can get around here in Brazil (that's an older Model).

 

Please don't be too optimistic. I'm currently on a retirement from modding in specific, so this means, that this wont be turn out in a modding project soon. I have not that much free time. I also have another modding project, which I set to on hold, because of that big stress in my life during last school year...
When the Fabia is finished and rady to release, then, I will continue working on this maybe and eventually, when it will get its own thread.

The current state of the model is, that the interior is done, except the dashboard. Frame and suspension are also finished. Everthing modeling related, what is left, will be going with design decisions. I want to take the time for this and not rushing things, so you get to see something nice...

To your other questions, it is a coach bus under the Wentward brand and after a meshslap my second way, to deal with modding. It's a vanilla car edit and because of this, I will keep it under the Wentward brand. If you want, you can suggest a name for it. Something nice please, not like DT40L or something like that. Tomorrow, I will upload the pictures of my last progress, but I'm afraid of not having time to model tomorrow. So please be patient.

Ohnhell no, why I'm writing novels every time, I open the forums...
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Who said, that it's gonna be a basic 3 axle coach

 

I am in the last school year too man! Good luck to us!

 

Well, the expectations are high. Although, if it won't be a basic coach, the floor is WAY too low. If you want to do a Double decker though, it is too high. For a Double decker, you can keep the "low floor" from the vanilla frame, and make a small passenger compartment between the axles.

 

Yes, good luck to us!

Here are the pictures of my latest progress. I will, if I have the time, do a little research about the frame of two deck coach busses. Maybe, I find something helpful.

Yes, seems, that you are correct. I found this, which was a bit an orientation for my work. What do you think. There is luggage compartment under the seats, which is in my model the same. Is it realistic? What do you think?

 

Thore are not luggage compartments. Double decker coaches have notthing but passenger cabin between the axles. Their luggage compartment is over the rear axles. The lower deck's floor on low as you'd find on a Low Entry City bus. It is that way so it doesn't get too tall, although double deckers are 4.2 m tall anyway

 

Okay, thanks, I will try, to lower the frame and the floor drasticially. If you have some reference images or something, post it, it would be very helpful.

 

I couldn't find a interior diagram. But I sketched one that may help

 

Thanks, I luckily managed it, to get some time to model and I made a low floor two deck variant, which is looking much better, thanks to your help and also a single deck variant, which is unfinished here and there, but the concept is visible, I think

 

I literally drove one of these on a trip recently (single deck), and the whole time I was wondering how hard it is to drive something like that lol

 

Did you drive it as a passenger or as a driver? Just asking from curiosity

 

Passenger, it was a school trip (was pretty fun)

 

Damn, how stupid I are, you mentioned in the Autron JSP thread, that you are still student. Sorry for my stupidity...

By the way, cool, that you had a nice school trip. I had one too last week. It was called "study trip" and it was also fun (we traveled to Straßbourg)

 

Eh, no problem.
I mean, it’s only mentioned in a single thread (now 2)

 

By the way, I hope, I will get the current Fabia mod files from @Frav soon, so I maybe work a little bit on it. School is going not that stressful anymore, until in 3 weeks, after holidays, the exam phase number one is rolling in.