Sorry for bin so long away, but I have really much to do.

I thought about that:
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dswavely wrote…
3 months ago

I never realized until you asked and I did a little research that the car only had 52 hp! It was slow, but not that slow. :)

When my wife drove it (not very often), she wondered why people were staring at the car %u2013 then she remembered the flame job! We all had fun with it. And you%u2019re right, we never had trouble finding it in a parking lot!

Yes, diesels, with proper maintenance, should go quite a long distance, but I think Mazda%u2019s engine just wasn%u2019t up to the job. I was happy to sell it when everything was working.

I have fond memories of that car and am glad that manufacturers have started making some really great diesel cars %u2013 at last!
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and I really have to say your right ! Such things can make driving around even more interesting also if you have more or less hp :))
So the subjective feeling of the engine can really from the real number of hp differ :D

So what do you think about my newest model above? :)

I like it! The deep burgundy color suits it well and I like the extra big side windows. The passengers will get a great view. Many great auto designers have placed the engine in the rear. Pebble Beach this year showed a one-of-a-kind 1935 Hoffman X-8 with the engine in the rear ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reIezdG9IsM ). Your car has a much more up-to-date interior though! :)

Congratulations! Your model is included as one of today’s "Featured Content: Staff Picks" on the home page – www.3dvia.com/

LFD Design is always coming out with new and innovative designs. This burgundy beauty is technically advanced as well. Very nice! :)

Thank you very much for including :)
I like the colour, too :)
What do you think about the front, does it look too sad for a sporty car, or just individual?

Wow, that car has a really great design. I can not believe that it should be the last of its kind. The engine is really unusual for a car – I only remember that it were used in airplanes, or? Should have great power :)

My personal favorite is a ’61 Chevrolet corvette like that one: http://www.motorera.com/corvette/1960/1961/61red2.jpg

It has a great and unique design and also a nice red colour and much real chrome ;)

Nice car, looks a little thin though, you might want a little more space left to right, but that’s just my opinion.

You’re welcome! :)

tomy makes a good point – it could be wider and that would also help the front look more aggressive.

The Hoffman X-8 is just one of many one-offs that brilliant (and not so brilliant) engineers have come up with over the years. 1935 was a tough time for whole world and lot of projects ended up without much to show. It’s great that this example still exists!

You’re right about the X engines being mainly used in airplanes – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_engine – I never realized that the X-configuration was tried by so many people!

Thank you :)

Yes, I think tomy is right. I wanted that the car’s width get to the back bigger, so I started with a less width front, but in fact that was too small and makes the car less aggressive. Thank you for mentioning that point – I do not realized that at first :)

Yes, in this time many projects got lost, also because of the upcoming war.
I think it is very good that some examples of that one-of-a-kind still exist.

Yeah, I think they used it often because they get more power by building two v12 to a x24 engine and this was also cheaper I think ;)
Have the Hoffman a x24 engine or what does it have?

The Hoffman has an X-8. As they pointed out in the wiki article, the X-configuration was also used in aircraft because it was smaller. It’s interesting that Honda even experimented with them for F1 racing. That would have been something to hear!

Congratulations sieslu! Your model is one of two Featured Models this week on the 3DVIA Shape page – www.3dvia.com/products/3dvia-shape/ ! Great job!

Oh, my mind failed me again! Of course its a X8, why else should it named Hoffman X-8 ;))

Yes that should be very intersting – I would like too see one of these Hondas in the F1 in future :)

Thank you very much for including this model to "Featured Models of the week" :)
I feel very proud that you like it. :) – next time I’ll make the front perhaps a bit wider ;)

You’re welcome. It is still a handsome and well-detailed model! You may just be ahead of everyone. Nissan powers a delta-shaped race car that is making people notice it – http://www.deltawingracing.com/news/2012/6/16/nissan-deltawing-thrills-le-mans-fans-despite-early-finish.html – so a narrow front is not a bad idea. :)