Reply To: Collab 2020: Modeling Heavy Equipment (Backhoe)
@ketre and @adrian2301, I was looking at some images and I made some observations that might be relevant to you both:
I caught this on the stream yesterday, but @ketre it seems to be that the visible back corner of bottom of the cab in this photo comes out all the way to almost even with the edge of that top step, maybe not quite. @adrian2301 I also notice that the front edge of the fender – which overlaps that back “wall” of the step section – is exactly even with the bottom of the cab there. And also notice that the outer edge of the fender where the plastic trim starts is also even with edge of the step-wall.
When looking at our models, I noticed this notch on the back of that step wall:
The step section bolts directly to the frame so I think we can assume it’s in the right place and is the correct shape. My suggestion to you both Karen and Adrian is that your cab and fender would ideally make a junction where I’ve drawn the green “T”. I think the front bottom edge of the fender definitely needs to be moved and maybe widened inwards, and the cab could then be adjusted to meet that edge. I GUESSTIMATE that the top “apex” of the fender is PROBABLY in the right place, and that it’s only the front that needs to be shifted; but the outer edge might need to be adjusted too after this is done – you’ll have to experiment.
Karen I also think the front “facet” of that cab is narrower than the middle – at least I’m getting that impression from photos. I see this curve at the top of the cab from this angle:
We know that, Z-wise, the top of the cab should be completely flat. So it seems to me this curve must be purely X-wise. What do you think?