180 HP Mercedes Aero Engine

[Martin]

In the manufacture of German aircraft profiles from the period 1914-1918, a handy tool, here a left side view of a 180HP Mercedes engine. I also posted the engine in another perspective. Are you curious for more images of the engine go to my youtube video >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=afm0VAq8ZrI <<.
Als reverentie heb ik gebruik gemaakt van de WindSock datafile over dit onderwerp

Martin

[javo]

Excelent!!!

Javo

[Mangas]

Way! That's amazing details!
The only think I suggest is to use some (or another if there's any) metal texture... That'd help it to look photorealistic.

P.S.: Just a guess: do you do any ww2 stuff?

[Martin]

Mangas,

Generally, only planes from the WW1 period, the technique of those aircraft they are for me to comprehend. The last project was working out the Sopwith Camel F1 now I'm working on a Fokker D VII. But every now and then sometimes planes of WW II.
Here is an illustration of the Camel, In the same way I will workout the Fokker.
But it seems to me a challenge, to make a WW II fighter in this way, but is a very complicated job, and very difficult to find the right (and affordable) reference materials.

Martin

[Espenlaub]

perfekt!

Gruß
Hans-Jürgen

[inkworm]

I hate it when such wonderful 3d work is posted up, it just reminds me I've not had time to learn a package yet!

Great stuff as always.

[Ugo Crisponi]

Wow! Great! A bit too clean but very nice. Hey Blowhard are you there? Wish to hear of you on this one

[BLOWHARD]

OOOOOHHHH OOOOOHHH OOOOHHHH!!!
Looks KILLER Martin! (Yep, I'm here Ugo )
I agree about the clean thing, or maybe the polish. The photos of them new at the factory aren't so shiny looking. But I think this is a mater of taste and for 3D stuff, dazzling shiny polished surfaces are a big attention getter
Great details too. I'm sure you had the same trouble most people who do a Merc 180 have, finding photos or drawings or more than one engine with identical details! Lots of difference depending on when they were made and how they were fitted to planes and especially what mechanics did to them in the field!
Someday I'll need to finish mine, the lower middle to rear of it isn't complete.

It also has a few details that don't fit quite right either but that would require a major rework. Since most all of my profiles only show the very tops of the valve gear and cylinders I let those problems go.

Your Camel is also AMAZING! Where can we see more of it?

[BLOWHARD]

One more thing...

I hate it when such wonderful 3d work is posted up, it just reminds me I've not had time to learn a package yet!

I feel that way too sometimes but for me I feel the hard work I do and the bit of talent I have is in making flat stuff look 3D. It just always seems like it's SO far removed from what I've spent so much time working on that it would be like giving on on 2D art.
I LOVE 3D stuff and I love building plastic models and all that, but for me the real trick and thrills (cheap though they are) is to wring out a three dimensional piece on a two dimensional surface. Once I've looked at the 2D vs 3D problem rationally, I always come to the same conclusion, I'm a static 2D guy and I'll leave the amazingly cool and flexible 3D stuff to those who are good at it

[Martin]

Blowhard, your profiles are so good that it looks as it should be a 3D model. Especially the Albatros project of yours GREAT ! And it is indeed difficult to make a good presentation of the Mercedes engine, good reference material is hard to find. But creating art you do your best to obtain the most feasible and sometimes you have to do concessions. The Sopwith Camel project I completed over a year ago I have made a e-book of this, see my site (mb koopman, introduction of the sopwith camel f1 stripped 3d project).