Truck Build

http://www.airliners.net/aviation-forums/trip_reports/read.main/107843/

http://www.istockphoto.com/file_closeup/objects-equipment/560847-airport-fuel-truck.php?id=560847







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

Simple objects - cylinder

Select polygons around base of shaft - delete

Edge ''tool / selector'' - hold shift - drag outwards horizontally - repeat vertically - repeat for base

Select top + bottom edge of flat side - connect - connect options (side box) - slide + pinch 2 segments

Repeat for opposite side + to add shown below geometry

Select polygon - inset

inset again then move backwards to create indent - curves created by manipulating earlier added resolution / geometry

Remove top to polygons along shaft - cap - select capped polygon surface

Extrude vertically

Select end polygon + extrude

Select cylindrer + newly created bar - detach

Select all other geometry (rear base) - mirror / symmetry - create mirrored entity

Place apprpriately

Select opposite edges as shown below - bridge

Re-attach all geometry together - target weld loose vertex to remove gaps / overlaps

select cylinder end polygon - extrude - select end border + cap to create back face

CAB ATTEMPT 1

Create box - many segments

Manipulate vertex to create truck front shape as shown below

Extrude to half width of cab

CAB ATTEMPT 2

Create tube - select outside edge vertex - move backwards to create sloped angle - remove unwanted segments to create arch

Select - boarder - cap bottom of arch

Select back edge - hold shift - move vertically - adjust vertex positions to create bonnet shape - hold shift pull horizontally

Select vertical edge to pull out door base - separately select bonnet edge and pull out (hold shift + move) to create windscreen and roof

To create boarder for side window loose geometry needs to be tied together to form closed boarder to be capped. Target weld vertex together below is a before shot

After shot

Polygon select all geometry as shown below - detach

Select front - turbo smooth

Mirror / symmetry to create full front cab - attach new segment to orginial

Remove two segments creating windscreen - target weld geometry to create boarder

Cap boarders

Wheels

Create tube (many segments) - manipulate vertex to give rounded, softer appearance

Create cylinder with minimum 5 cap segments

Manipulate segment radii to allow narrow wide narrow config - select wide section ring using polygon select - move backwards to create indent

Clone wheel and tyre to create back wheel - mirror / symmetry both wheels too create wheels for otherside

Create three cylinders, two sizes - configure as shown below - put together to create exhaust- align with side of vehicle 

Underside of vehicle has no geometry - select front edge + back edge - bridge

Result of bridge

Basic render check

Wide angle mirror - create cone - on large cap select polygon - inset - move geometry inwards 

Create cube - select one shaft side - polygon - inset - move polygon inwards

Position accordingly

Create cube - many segments - select modifier bend - set angle

Move into position to create illusion of support

Attach and bridge to mirror - ad straight supports to long mirror - use simple cuboids

Materials

Create colour bitmaps + logo bitmaps + metals + rubber

Use raytrace maps on reflect + refract to create glass

Select all cylinder geometry - detatch

Select top edge of side + bottom - connect - 2 segments - pinch

Select polygons as shown

Apply bitmap/material logo to section - scale + move until desired outcome.

Apply mirrored + reversed logo to opposite side (with placement manipulation rotation may be required)

Apply all other materials