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!
| Modeling Heavy Equipment: Backhoe (Part 2) | Fundamentals of 3D Mesh Modeling in Blender |
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| Modeling a Motorcycle | Modeling a Post Apocalyptic Vehicle |
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[Q] If you are driving one day and you see one of these on your way home, will you het off your car and ask for permission to take a bunch of photos?
Excactly....
looks like that central bar is for holding the piston
That might be why the two images are diferent....
Maybe the one in the image has some disassembled parts?
What I have learned in engineering is you get an engineering drawing that is a Master version. But then you are faced with "reality" and not all things conform to the drawings. You gotta roll with the punches. Hence: real images win over drawings most days on complex geometry in my experience
[Q] Kent there's another perspective of this component on Page 8 here: http://s7d2.scene7.com/is/content/Caterpillar/C741034
Maybe they used different pieces from the different models in this orthographic