hello
i am currently doing my a level graphics project and i am making a model car out of styrofoam and clay.
i have already started on the styrofoam, and i have bought some wheels to go with the design. the wheels i have no idea how to connect to the model.
can anyone help me??
please

You dont attach them! Its easier to move them into a "cool" looking direction to make them look like its turning a corner etc, if you just leave them free!

Are the RC model wheels? If so they might detract from the rest of the design. Big shiney silver wheels will catch the eye more than a brown/grey car. The wheels are not your design so dont advertise that they arent, if you see what I mean?

At Coventry when we were making clay models, we used round styrofoam or mdf blocks painted black with a photocopy or a photoshop'd wheel design stuck onto them.

Hope this helps?

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thanks for the reply!!
but its supposed to go on display, and i dont want the wheels falling off
i you say you went to COventry Uni.
i am currently in sixth form and i really want to go to Coventry.
is it really hard to get in?

You put the wheels in place, what we did was to use a circular sander and sanded a flat spot on the tyres, that stopped them from rolling away and kept them in place.

Depends how good your work is! I didnt have enough to show at the interview, so the 2 tutors that interviewed me suggested I do an art foundation course at cov, if you pass that your guaranteed a place on your preferred degree course. I loved the course, but hated cov! 5 years there is a very long time!

My fiance lives just outside brentwood!

thank you so much for the help!
when you said you didnt have enough to show at the interview, how much work was that??

I onlly had maybe 3 or 4 A2 Boards, the rest of my stuff was sent away by the school to the exam board so I never did get that stuff back!

They like design work, sketches of cars and the usual piece or 2 of fine art.

how is 3 or 4 boards not enough work!!
you must be joking!
how many pieces do you reccommend and how did you take all that stuff upto Coventry?

My 2nd portfolio review between foundation and the degree i had a full A1 folio, bursting at the zip

I took the train down from home with an A1 portfolio

when you say A1 folio, do you mean its made up of a lot of small sketches and not just one massive sketch?
it must have been quite something carrying that on the train!

i did some sketches and got accept too college creative studies. i did made a clay model too. but i guest im good enough to get in, got some scholarship. but if you have trouble to putting a wheel in, you probably need to do more studies to able to get in any design school