Aircraft build - Under carrage

Tyres
standard primatives - cone - size using reference planes

Editable poly - edge - loop select both sides - scale - drag inwards

Turbo smooth

Select edge - loop - select second loop - scale in


















Wheels

Cylinder - line up geometry with tyre - hide tyre - [height segments 1] [cap segments 3]

Editable poly - select edge - loop - scale

Select poly - move geometry backwards - FIND OUT DOESNT WORK - REPEAT PROCESS USING CAP SEGMENTS 5

Repeat process - next slide showing intended result with materials + turbo smooth + attached to tyre

Tools - mirror - offset 1.0 - y axis - instance (so changes apply to both)

Cylinder to bridge gap - attach

Tools - mirror - add cylinder to bridge gap

Copy - instance

Extend undercarriage support arm up to fuselage. Select polygon that would intersect. 

Extrude - inset - move polygons back into fuselage leaving square tube.

 Remove front / rear sides of tube. Bridge gaps in remaining tube sections. Extend undercarriage arm up into fuselage


















Reposition rear gears to mimic 747 positions. Begin enhancing appearance. Support leg change from single cylinder to larger diameter on top of smaller diameter cylinder (raise cylinder - select bottom polygon - inset - extrude) - create clones and rescale + position to create more realistic appearance

















Select polygons where undercarriage doors would be - this will allow a reference point when flicking between vertex + polygons because selections are saved

















Manipulate vertex to create more accurate door profile.

Detach - extrude for thickness


















Rotate into position

Aircraft build - Tail fin

Take earlier made centre rudder - highlight - right click - clone
move clone into position

rescale - manipulate - vertex to create new shape

Aircraft build - Fuel Pod

Research pic

http://www.warbirdphotographs.com/Harada/H-Zero-DropTank-35.jpg


Create profile - lathe - cap ends - stretch - scale - turbo smooth -  position - attach

Aircraft build - Wing

Wing
Draw profile using reference planes
turn into edit able poly















Clone poly - move to second position (where wing geometry changes) - bridge

Repeat to end of wing

With this technique however discovered bridge had inverted to end of wing - geometry intersected with self

Upon several attempts unable to rectify - started again

Wing attempt 2

Draw profile - turn into editable poly

Extrude poly and manipulate into shape

Extrude poly and manipulate again

Aircraft build - Engines

Create tube - align with front part of engine - turn into editable poly - shrink front and back to generate smooth curve

Trace profiles from outer engine / back of engine from reference planes - Turn into editable poly - Use lathe technique as before (360') to create pieces to slide together

Move into position and align with reference planes to check for accuracy
Slide into over lapping positions to create engine base

TURBINE

Create tube - thin with hole in middle - take measurements from reference planes - Lots of sections required

Turn into editable poly - Remove all geometry except single segment - Select boundry on open segments and select cap

Twist outside geometry

Select tools - array - change appropriate boxes to produce 30 blades overlapping over 360'

Add cone to centre to give impression of  turbine blades + turbine

Aircraft build - Vertical stabilizer - basic build

Draw basic cube. Add segments to allow for manipulation (6x6x2)

Convert to editable poly
Highlight and remove all internal details. (using drag select will select all points through object)

right click - object properties - see through - select yes
Manipulate edge vertices to align with with reference planes

Remove uneccessary verticies - apply smooth to soften harsh angles

Aircraft build - Fuselage - basic shape

Draw line representing half of profile (top down)
Enter modifier tab - modifier drop down box - select LATHE.

Once in lathe mode - adjust axis position and if necessary direction of rotation to generate fuselage

Move shape into position to align with all three reference planes
Select vertices and manipulate into fuselage shape using different viewpoints

Apply turbo smooth to enhance shape

Aircraft Build - Research + Planning - Skyfleet S570

Researched into plane model - Fictional plane based on decommissioned 747 - 200B with modifications to body shape for new look in film


SKYFLEET S570
http://www.notarealthing.com/2010/09/skyfleet-and-texron

747 - 200














http://www.aviationnews.eu/aircraft-fact-sheets/civil-aircraft-fact-sheetszap16com/boeing-747-200/

Found 747 - 100 2D scaled perspective drawing to use.
Will use these drawings for basic reference then modify design accordingly

http://www.hobby-bench-buddy.ca/BetterFly2/RC_plan_JETS_3view.html


Reference bitmap (jpeg) size
in 3ds max - standard primatives -  plane - changed size of plane to same as bitmap scaled down (eg 1590 = 159.0 etc)

add other 2 perspectives - align - freeze into position (after deselecting turn frozen objects grey in object properties)

Right click to access object properties

Also may need to access top bar - customize - preferences - configure drivers - tick boxes to allow bitmaps to be displayed in high resolution

if does not work initially - save file, exit and reload.