My kids absolutely love "diggers" and as a 3D modeler I certainly appreciate them too. All the complex shapes, hard edges, bolts, hydraulics, tire treads, etc. It's a modelers playground and labyrinth rolled into one.
I'm going to start building a digger - a Caterpillar 434E specifically - as accurately and detailed as I can. The name of the game here is organization, perseverance, and efficiency because most of the shapes are not difficult to build. There's just. so. many. of. them. Which gave me an idea...
Why don't we build this thing together? For those interested in following the project, I'm hoping at least a few will participate by modeling certain pieces of the backhoe themselves to be submitted to me for review and incorporation into the final model.
Check out the Collaboration Forum thread for more info!
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| Modeling a Motorcycle | Modeling a Post Apocalyptic Vehicle |
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Have a good day everyone! Good seeing you all again.
Till next time 👋
If i was to start a competitive company for this machine, i would name it DOG
Fantastic stream Kent, thanks! Thanks for joining all of you! Bye for now...
Thank you for the great stream. I look forward to part 2, your next video.
Thanks for the stream Kent
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@theluthier I think for my contribution I want to tackle that convoluted digger mounting assembly. It looks fun!
thanks bye