The Nadesico A
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Rear engines shaping up somewhat.
Just a reminder that everything to date is still just blocking out. Even the front nacelles. I just did a little extra on those to give me an idea of what I need to do once the blocking was done, but even they need more attention. Once the mass shapes are good, I will go back and smooth everything out with more faces. So there are many more stages to go after the block-outs are done.
Months I tell you!
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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.
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Want one. Hasda be would never be the same but, I could live with that very easily.......
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@mike amos said:
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Want one. Hasda be would never be the same but, I could live with that very easily.......
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Excellent progress
Funny side note…. when I see the title of your post my brain says Nabisco and I start looking for the cookies -
Thanks tuna!
LOL, yeah I had the same problem when I started watching the show.
More engine pod updates.
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Correctly positioned the engine pods. Made basic pod struts as component, then used strut for equal placement.
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Geometry clean up to make the surface flat for the side pod thing to come.
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Looks like good progress
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Overview time again!
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Rear engine pod rough-in (block out) almost done.
Note the other geometry changes again on pods.
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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.
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Very sharp mate, looking forward to some renders.
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Thanks as always Mike!
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2 more views.
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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.
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Nice
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@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. -
Damn. I am really excited about this model. I want to keep working on it non-stop.
Nope. Got to call it a night.
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Epic Bryan, I know about not being able to put it down
Have you saved it to an external thumb drive?
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