Reply To: Collab 2020: Modeling Heavy Equipment (Backhoe)

@jakeblended looks like a perfect fit. My changes to the height of the rails are not included in my submission either, I think it may be a bit late now to be included. But at least we are making progress, I’m sure @theluthier will be aware of the progress being made by everyone.

@ketre found an image that may help with the cab as far as height in relation to the fenders.

As you can see the base of the cab lines up with the bottom of the fenders. The front edge of the fender is lower than the rear as you would be able to see from my model of the fenders, this weeks submission will be part of the next updated file and will probably help you more. As far as we can tell from this image the Cab is the same length as the fenders, maybe slightly bigger at the front, but I think the Cab curves in a bit at the bottom. The metal frame at the bottom is probably custom made for transportation of this part and not actually part of the cab.

Here’s the LINK to the site where I found this image, maybe useful for other parts, but I haven’t searched the site so may not find anything of use.

There actually based in AUS, so if @waylow is not to busy and wants to join our project, a tape measure could be useful. 

Just an Idea, but maybe Dixy can give a lesson on rigging and animating this DOG at a later stage, as it has been mentioned previously with the pistons, with constraints and bones and empties and rigs and rotation and everything else. I’m confident in @theluthier skills, but @waylow knows his stuff when it comes to animating. I have been on the Animation Bootcamp course recently, and I have learnt a great deal from Dixy, and realise how hard animating is. Bootcamp is probably an understatement, but it is a fantastic course.

I for one am really into this collaboration project and think we can take it further and have a whole fleet of construction toys all rigged and animated, is it showing that I don’t want it to end. ha ha.