The Nadesico A

Bryan K · 14 May 2022, 07:47

Forgot to mention I will be using Curviloft for final cleanup and smoothing.

I will be sure to show how I use it. I've already tested it and it's going to work beautifully.

But I have to finish the block-out shapes first. So it will be some time before I get to that stage.

Mike Amos · 14 May 2022, 10:56

Want one. Hasda be would never be the same but, I could live with that very easily.......

Bryan K · 14 May 2022, 21:37

@mike amos said:

:thumb:

Want one. Hasda be would never be the same but, I could live with that very easily.......

tuna1957 · 14 May 2022, 21:54

Excellent progress Funny side note…. when I see the title of your post my brain says Nabisco and I start looking for the cookies

Bryan K · 15 May 2022, 00:49

Thanks tuna!

LOL, yeah I had the same problem when I started watching the show.

More engine pod updates.

Bryan K · 15 May 2022, 01:14

Correctly positioned the engine pods. Made basic pod struts as component, then used strut for equal placement.

Bryan K · 19 May 2022, 01:00

Geometry clean up to make the surface flat for the side pod thing to come.

tuna1957 · 19 May 2022, 01:54

Looks like good progress

Bryan K · 19 May 2022, 02:18

Overview time again!

Bryan K · 19 May 2022, 02:37

Rear engine pod rough-in (block out) almost done.

Note the other geometry changes again on pods.

Bryan K · 19 May 2022, 02:39

Rear engine side pods created. Pure fiddly work here. Had to create the faces line by line. I stared with the inner face on the engine pod itself and worked my way out. After many false starts.

Then made into component and copied, then flipped for the other side.

Again, note the very slight geometry changes on the rest of the pod.

Mike Amos · 19 May 2022, 09:31

Very sharp mate, looking forward to some renders.

Bryan K · 19 May 2022, 20:36

Thanks as always Mike!

Bryan K · 20 May 2022, 01:53

2 more views.

Bryan K · 20 May 2022, 02:03

Rear engine pods block-out completed. Also testing smoothing using Erase+ctrl on lines. Did not change geometry at this stage.

Not committed to this smoothing just yet. Just testing. It might be good for some places where Curviloft might not be needed.

Man did I have to fiddle with those rear hook things. Total different shape than the front ones.

tuna1957 · 20 May 2022, 02:43

Nice now I’ll go quietly wait in my corner for the renders

Bryan K · 20 May 2022, 02:51

@tuna1957 said:

Nice now I’ll go quietly wait in my corner for the renders

Thanks!

...but your children may be grown by the time I finish this one.

I was doing some other preliminary smoothing tests and, man, have I got trouble. Curviloft worked great on the nose of the front nacelles, but another section toward the rear of the front nacelles are going to require complete rebuilds.

No problem though. I'm really learning new things on this one. It's also the cleanest complex build I've done to date. Minimal stray line to hunt down and erase, that sort of thing.

Bryan K · 20 May 2022, 06:46

Damn. I am really excited about this model. I want to keep working on it non-stop.

Nope. Got to call it a night.

L i am · 20 May 2022, 11:48

Epic Bryan, I know about not being able to put it down Have you saved it to an external thumb drive?

Bryan K · 20 May 2022, 18:15

Thanks L i am.

I do indeed have an external backup store on my desk. I also used Google Drive.