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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What's the bucket list?
Yeah it would be inline. It helps the operator as he is driving to know how wide he needs for his turn radius.
There are multiple bucket options
Good bet because you'd want it to be as wide as the wheel base to clear obstacles
[Q] the width of the bucket might be found in the list of dimensions/measurements?
Man, just adding that bucket really added to the look and feel of the model.
Didn't you have a technical document?
[Q] Maybe this will help a little? https://s1.manualzz.com/store/data/048739319_1-75470b1bdc10d797234f0814611c56e5.png
@ritag the thing is, if you "need it" (can make use of it) that's the "best value" (I would know, searched wide to replace the aforementioned Rhino on the budget)...
Great subtitle for the course Karen
this is great