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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Karen, inside of tractor looks cosy in brochure link you gave. No wonder, men love working with big vehicles.
Whatever will we do without Shawn's engineering expertise?
Bye Shawn
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See ya, Shawn!
Dang guys. I gotta go. Lunch break it over. I'll have to catch the rest when the recording hits.. Cya!
That V is an arrow downwards
still sounds cool Shawn haha
Kent here's a view of the inside http://s7d2.scene7.com/is/content/Caterpillar/C740874