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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That dude driving the cat just became blender famous and he doesnt even know it
I'm still kind of suprised that there is daylight at kent's office while it's dark outside my place
Karen, I read page 3, the bit about machine theft. Here in Ireland, diggers get stolen A LOT and thieves use to pull ATM machines out of banks and grocery stores. If you type "ATM theft in Ireland" in Google Image, you'd be astonished by the scales of damages to buildings.
I have had once checking the lego model manual (of a car specifically) solving some structures that I could not figure out from other sources... so, just if we ever get to that, for the record, a pdf of 434 Lego model shold be obtainable here:
https://www.lego.com/en-sg/service/buildinginstructions/search?initialsearch=8069#?text=8069
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Bye cool
the stabilizers are to take the load instead off the suspension, that would make the machine wooble, and make it more stable
Yes that is correct Kent. It makes it so you can excavate on either end.
Ill have to go too, feeling icky. Have a good night guys and girls. Catch you in part 2.
[Q] Wouldn't SHIFT + H work the same?