WIP '06-'18 ETK Marathon

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  1. Red cobra

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    Makes sense tbh: Dodge irl did rebadge Sprinters and still does it with
    For fun? Plus it's not unrealistic for this van
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    This should have a Discord thread
     
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  2. juhomez

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    a work van config would be nice with slight amounts of rust and greying plastic
     
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  3. Blue Bird Gaming

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    Interesting to read other people’s head canon, mine is mostly similar except that Wentward is still an independent company that kinda just…exists (as many bus manufacturers and specialized companies do IRL). In my head they now only make buses and specialty equipment (ambulance bodies, fire apparatus etc. but prior to the early 2000s also made commercial trucks, source powertrains and sometimes chassis from mainstream manufacturers, and in some cases just rebadged existing trucks under license, such as the Cherrier Potent (mod) which also comes as a Wentard for the Australian market.

    Going off of that, it’s possible that an ambulance version of the Marathon could carry Wentward branded (as they still make ambulances and I imagine them being the maker of the vanilla ambulance upfit as well.)
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    And yellowed and foggy headlights, plus a skin with sun bleached paint and peeling clear coat
     
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  4. Forza5026

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    And yellowed and foggy headlights, plus a skin with sun bleached paint and peeling clear coat[/QUOTE]
    With a dented rear door
     
  5. ronin54

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    Now this is something new finally, a new European van
     
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  6. piddi

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    not much going on in terms of actually getting the van ingame yet, i'm very new to jbeaming so this will probably take quite a while.
    for now i only have the shell, suspension and wheels ingame, the latter of which i made some textures for as a little substance painter practice:
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    they aren't perfect, but for a start i think it's not too bad..

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    i'm still working on the jbeam of the main body so this is a bit of an older version (for example the bumper supports have since been seperated and will be their own parts like on vanilla vehicles)
    sorry for the relatively small update but something is better than nothing i guess :rolleyes:
    if you're interested in smaller progress updates like this, i'll make a thread in the beamng discord soon
     
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  7. mimolli

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    can we get a crash pic please
    looks great btw
     
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  8. piddi

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    not yet
     
  9. 2014sunboost

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    A sprinter van that’s cool :D
     
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  10. Shelbyiris

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    will there be a shortdong tire as a budget option

    or perhaps a mediumdong for the midspec

    jokes aside, nice to see the mod in-game. hopefully the rest of the modding will go smoothly :)
    oh my god. its got hubcaps. OEM ones at that. i can't compete with such luxury.

    WHAT DO YOU MEAN "ROAD TOUCHER 5"
     
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  11. Baggylobster

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    Top Tier Studios could make some pretty sweet skins for this.
     
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  12. Tofli

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    Fast progress :eek:
     
  13. LanciaDelta04

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    Was just about to say "nobody's gonna adress the elephant in the room, huh". You beat me to it :(
     
  14. frks3864

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    Long-Dong tires lollll:cool::cool::cool:
     
  15. Red cobra

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    Can we have a discord thread?
     
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  16. destroyeer6511

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    unrelated question but since when did you start modeling? i am genuinely so impressed at the level of detail this model has
     
  17. RedSmokeFZW YT

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    Being the vehicle it's based on, are you gonna experiment with rebadges for this?
     
  18. Eetu3097

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    Rebadges can be fun:rolleyes: Besides, once again, if the Sprinter was sold as the Sprinter everywhere doesn't mean that the Marathon was
     
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  19. RedSmokeFZW YT

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    That's true
     
  20. idk_2401

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    Was the Freightliner called Sprinter as well?
     
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