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As I go along, I am trying to find challenges to teach myself to model better and better. I'm not sure if it's the best thing to work on more than one project at once, but I seem to have passed a plateau and am picking things up a little easier as the modeling goes. I want to get beyond 'how do you do this' stage and get into some serious modeling that tests me.

So tonight I wanted to see how far I could go with the one piece fuselage and am kind of happy with my results. There's more I can do with it, but for now it'll do.

Laird Solution...

I extruded the wing struts from the top and bottom wing, then welded the two parts of the strut together, which seems really simple now that I write it...
onepiece.jpg


This was also good practice for mirroring sides...
onepiece2.jpg


Toss on a Meshsmooth...
onepiece3.jpg


See Bill, I do take your advice. Exporting early and often. Still a problem with the scale thing and it's backwards again.
onepiece4.jpg


Kevin
 
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Scale is easy to solve. Set the default in Max/GMax to "1 unit = 1 meter"...

Direction is likewise easy to solve. When viewing the model in the Left Viewport, make sure the nose of the aircraft is facing to the left! :D
 
n4gix said:
Direction is likewise easy to solve. When viewing the model in the Left Viewport, make sure the nose of the aircraft is facing to the left! :D
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Or you look at the Top-View and the nose of the Aircraft look to the top.

eaco_p-2.jpg
 
Yeah, I figured out the direction thing. It just seems easier to model pointing down, is all. :D
 
It's a lot easier to use Meshsmooth if you model with it in mind from the start. If you keep a Meshsmooth modifier on top of the stack, you can turn it on and off as you go to check you work too. Just remember, model as low poly as you can because MS automatically doubles the number of polys you have.
 
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