Snow-Trac (WIP)

Marian · 9 Oct 2011, 16:00

Fantastic

hellnbak · 9 Oct 2011, 16:31

Wow, this is looking better all the time! Your skills are impressive, to say the least.

My next step is to find a good background

Here's an idea....Dave's driveway
(or better yet, mine. Another Michigan winter getting ready to dump all over my parade )

swagen · 10 Oct 2011, 14:59

simply perfect!!! stunning modeling technique!

solo · 10 Oct 2011, 15:04

Nice model Rick, clean modeling, the way I like it.

I'd love to get a chance to render it if possible.

unigami · 16 Oct 2011, 12:51

Here's the final image...Kerkythea render and Photoshop.

Last couple bits of trivia for you about these...info I found on a forum from a guy named Lyndon that collected them...

"Snow Trac's were built in "Batches". The factory made all the parts and "Stockpiled" them in a warehouse. The sales Division would request assembly of a "Batch" which would then be assembled from parts. Batches were generally 10,25, or 35. Their biggest single sale was in 1961/62 when the Canadian Phone company ordered roughly 100 machines. If you look at the production chart it's the only year that sales exceeded 200 machines."

"When VW discontinued the Beetle they figured that they wouldn't be able to get engines and discontinued the line. Later on it was indicated that had they known that VW production was going to continue in Mexico that they might have continued. The story is that the entire last year and a half of production was made from 'Spare Parts'."

Dave R · 16 Oct 2011, 14:47

Extremely cool! Perfect!

I want a real one even more, now.

SketchUpNoobie · 16 Oct 2011, 16:39

Excellent! The snow on the tracks is PERFECT!

pbacot · 16 Oct 2011, 16:48

Beautiful. How did you put the snow on the tracks? (and tracks in the snow?)

unigami · 16 Oct 2011, 22:24

@pbacot said:

Beautiful. How did you put the snow on the tracks? (and tracks in the snow?)

Thanks! I used the clone brush in Photoshop to clone snow from the ground onto the tracks, varying it with density, brush size, and shading.

For the tracks in the snow, I used some ski tracks that were already in the scene and moved them behind the crawler, and then used the clone brush to cover up the spot where they originally were.

hellnbak · 16 Oct 2011, 22:36

This is amazing! Well beyond my meager capabilities. I'll give you five bucks to teach me your methods (not all at once of course, we'll have to work out a payment plan)

numbthumb · 17 Oct 2011, 09:32

The best five bucks you´ll ever spend
Oh, and BTW, how much would you charge for your roadster?

numbthumb · 17 Oct 2011, 15:28

I was only joking

@unknownuser said:

That's a bit OT but Hellbnak has posted his roadster model on the 3D Warehouse.

I know that - it wasn´t about getting his model for free. I was merely reffering to this part:

@hellnbak said:

I'll give you five bucks to teach me your methods

And sorry if it was misunderstood.

hellnbak · 17 Oct 2011, 19:43

I knew numbthumb was only joking -- you gotta have a sense of humor nowadays (especially nowadays)

unigami · 17 Oct 2011, 20:39

@hellnbak said:

This is amazing! Well beyond my meager capabilities. I'll give you five bucks to teach me your methods (not all at once of course, we'll have to work out a payment plan)

You've got to be kidding...that Roadster is waaay better than anything I've ever done!!!!!

numbthumb · 17 Oct 2011, 20:50

Nice avatar, hellnbak (now that´s really OT)

And before I forget - congratulations, unigami!

hellnbak · 17 Oct 2011, 21:01

@unigami said:

You've got to be kidding...that Roadster is waaay better than anything I've ever done!!!!!

Thanks, but your Snow-Trac is so clean, so perfect in every detail...my models are ok, but I have not been able to achieve that level of amazingness (is that a word? ). I believe in giving credit where credit is due. So there.

@numbthumb said:

Nice avatar, hellnbak (now that´s really OT)

Thanks. I don't normally smoke a pipe, but decided I'd go for it

SketchUpNoobie · 18 Oct 2011, 01:47

@numbthumb said:

The best five bucks you´ll ever spend
Oh, and BTW, how much would you charge for your roadster?

That's a bit OT but Hellnbak has posted his roadster model on the 3D Warehouse.

SketchUpNoobie · 18 Oct 2011, 01:49

@numbthumb said:

I was only joking

My bad.

solo · 18 Oct 2011, 02:11

Sharing model?

Great stuff mate, and good render.

unigami · 18 Oct 2011, 10:12

@solo said:

Sharing model?

Great stuff mate, and good render.

Thanks! I'm happy to share it...I put a copy of the .skp in my public Dropbox folder. You can download it here:

Dropbox - 404

(dl.dropbox.com)

For anyone not familiar with Dropbox, it is a way to store files of any type and size in the cloud and sync them between multiple computers. I use it all the time, even with SU files. It is free to sign up and you'll get 2GB of storage space.

If you use this link to sign up, you get both of us will get an extra 250MB of storage space:
http://db.tt/Wj5fyuW