RallyDarkstrike RedBubble Art Dash/Gauges Thing #3 - COMPLETE!

"RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars" (rallydarkstrike) 06/12/2020 at 20:40 • Filed to: Inkscape, Trabant, Art, Gauges, Dash, Trabi, Trabant P601

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BIZAM! Here be #3 !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! !

Continuing the theme of going with classic cars with simplistic gauges for my first few, I went with the legendary Trabant P601! But not just ANY Trabant, I went with the P601S....S for “Sonderwunsch”, i.e. Special! The ‘S’ c ame with such advanced features as front FOG LIGHTS, an ODOMETER, or an LED Fuel Economy meter thinger (on the right)! SUCH LUXURY!

I think I need to find a better font for the model / nickname, but I can’t find any similar at all to the original Trabant branding script...

I’m done this one, but it sortof feels incomplete to me...the Trabant gauges sortof stretch over a section of the dash unlike the 500 or 2CV where they were sortof more..concentrated? I could put some sort of background behind them, I guess, but I do kindof like them ‘floating’ there as they are what you would be focused on when driving the car anyway. :)

Reference image:

2 more to go...not sure what I’ll do next!

Jb boin > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 06/12/2020 at 20:54

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For the next one, you can try something different :

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 06/12/2020 at 21:19

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Once again, I recommend the Anglia. You might also try some Citroens like the Ami or maybe the SM. I like Citroens. 

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 06/12/2020 at 21:48

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I’ll likely try the Anglia or other Citroens at some point! Not yet though, I don’t think...as I need 5 art ‘pieces’ to ‘open’ the store, I’ve been going with classic cars that sortof are popular/have a cult following as RedBubble is, after all, a store and I’m putting things on there to see if I can sell any at all :)

Other Citroens are popular too, like the DS and SM...and the Ami! But the 2CV is by far the most popular I think. As for the Anglia, I don’t know much about them, so no idea at all how popular they are, haha! I’ll focus on different ones eventually once I have the first 5 up as then I can sortof start focusing on things I just feel like doing :P

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > Jb boin 06/12/2020 at 21:49

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Hmmm....that would be awesome, might be a bit tricky, but who knows! :D

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 06/12/2020 at 22:23

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Yes, it wouldn't be worth your time to do something too obscure, especially to begin with. Lots of those quirky old cars with quirky old gauge clusters do have cult followings, fortunately. 

Jb boin > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 06/12/2020 at 22:49

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You can find some ideas here (the cluster category for a shop selling classic cars parts) .

I like the Mehari one :

Or on a different theme, from a Peugeot 102 mopped :

The DS after 69 might be too complex :

A Simca Rallye 2 might be a solution :

An Austin Mini :

A R5 GT Turbo :

A R5 Turbo 2 :

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > Jb boin 06/13/2020 at 11:45

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I had thought about doing a classic Mini cluster...i.e. the old center-dash-mounted type!

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 06/13/2020 at 11:48

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Once I have enough I’ll likely branch into whatever I want, but for the first few I’ll go with ones that people would like! Still not sure what my next one will be...the classic Mini cluster might be a good option (that I listed as a reply to Jb boin above)