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

      "Politicians are just like diapers -- they need to be changed often, and for the same reason"

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      • unigamiU Offline
        unigami
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        @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!!!!!

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        • numbthumbN Offline
          numbthumb
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          Nice avatar, hellnbak πŸ˜‰ (now thatΒ΄s really OT)

          And before I forget - congratulations, unigami! πŸ‘

          Comfortably numb...

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          • hellnbakH Offline
            hellnbak
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            @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? πŸ˜† ). I believe in giving credit where credit is due. So there.

            @numbthumb said:

            Nice avatar, hellnbak πŸ˜‰ (now thatΒ΄s really OT)

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

            "Politicians are just like diapers -- they need to be changed often, and for the same reason"

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            • S Offline
              SketchUpNoobie
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              @numbthumb said:

              The best five bucks youΒ΄ll ever spend πŸ˜„
              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: the complete noob in all things SketchUp.

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              • S Offline
                SketchUpNoobie
                last edited by

                @numbthumb said:

                I was only joking πŸ˜’

                My bad. πŸ˜„

                --

                SketchUpNoobie: the complete noob in all things SketchUp.

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                • soloS Offline
                  solo
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                  Sharing model? πŸ˜„

                  Great stuff mate, and good render.

                  http://www.solos-art.com

                  If you see a toilet in your dreams do not use it.

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                  • unigamiU Offline
                    unigami
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                    @solo said:

                    Sharing model? πŸ˜„

                    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:

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                    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

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                    • Bryan KB Offline
                      Bryan K
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                      Wow!

                      I have question though: is the mountain background a flat pic or an HDRI?

                      See my portfolio at https://delphiscousin.blogspot.com/

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                      • hellnbakH Offline
                        hellnbak
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                        Thanks for sharing your fantastic model! Don't know if you're concerned about file size, but I played with parts of your model and the results are shown below. And I only worked with the tires and the drive cog, I could easily get it down even further. Like I said, I don't know if file size concerns you that much, just thought I'd throw it out there.


                        a.jpg

                        "Politicians are just like diapers -- they need to be changed often, and for the same reason"

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                        • unigamiU Offline
                          unigami
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                          @bryan k said:

                          Wow!

                          I have question though: is the mountain background a flat pic or an HDRI?

                          I used an HDRI probe to illuminate the model, but masked it out.
                          The background you see is a flat pic added in PS.

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                          • unigamiU Offline
                            unigami
                            last edited by

                            @hellnbak said:

                            Thanks for sharing your fantastic model! Don't know if you're concerned about file size, but I played with parts of your model and the results are shown below. And I only worked with the tires and the drive cog, I could easily get it down even further. Like I said, I don't know if file size concerns you that much, just thought I'd throw it out there.

                            Thanks...I wasn't too worried about it because I have a pretty good PC and it was orbiting fine with the shadows off.
                            I'm sure that a lot of the arcs are much higher resolution than they needed to be...I'm still learning how much I can get away with in rendering before seeing facets.

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                            • hellnbakH Offline
                              hellnbak
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                              @unigami said:

                              I'm sure that a lot of the arcs are much higher resolution than they needed to be...

                              I didn't change any of the arcs, just broke down the wheels and cog into smaller components. I like a lot of detail in my models and I'm always fighting to keep the file size down, so I've been teaching myself every trick in the book. I sometimes download large models from the warehouse just to see how much I can knock down the file size, for practice. I just naturally started doing this with your model out of habit I suppose πŸ˜†

                              "Politicians are just like diapers -- they need to be changed often, and for the same reason"

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                              • Bryan KB Offline
                                Bryan K
                                last edited by

                                @unigami said:

                                @bryan k said:

                                Wow!

                                I have question though: is the mountain background a flat pic or an HDRI?

                                I used an HDRI probe to illuminate the model, but masked it out.
                                The background you see is a flat pic added in PS.

                                Nice!

                                See my portfolio at https://delphiscousin.blogspot.com/

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                                • Bryan KB Offline
                                  Bryan K
                                  last edited by

                                  @hellnbak said:

                                  @unigami said:

                                  I'm sure that a lot of the arcs are much higher resolution than they needed to be...

                                  I didn't change any of the arcs, just broke down the wheels and cog into smaller components.

                                  This is what I've learned as well over the last year.

                                  See my portfolio at https://delphiscousin.blogspot.com/

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                                  • marked001M Offline
                                    marked001
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                                    I constantly forget this sub-forum exists... glad i remembered today! really superb stuff here.. impressed with everything..modelling/rendering/trivia πŸ˜„

                                    http://www.revision21vis.com

                                    instagram: revi21on

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                                    • unigamiU Offline
                                      unigami
                                      last edited by

                                      @marked001 said:

                                      I constantly forget this sub-forum exists... glad i remembered today! really superb stuff here.. impressed with everything..modelling/rendering/trivia πŸ˜„

                                      Thanks, glad you enjoyed it!

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                                      • P Offline
                                        phillast
                                        last edited by

                                        @unigami said:

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

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                                        Hello,
                                        I just discovered this thread, very good work! πŸ‘

                                        I want to scratchbuild a 1:48 scale Snow-Trac model but can't find any good plan or blueprint, only bad drawings in original manuals 😞

                                        Do you still have your original sources used for building this sketchup model?
                                        Or please could you share it again (your file is no longer available after 8 years...), it would be better for seeing all the details you put in it?

                                        Many thanks in advance, keep up the good work!
                                        Phil

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