Creating a few Tom Swift Jr. crafts - 3D first paper second

[TheHawk]

I have started creating a few 3D obj files from the Tom Swift Jr. books.

Once done I will try to convert them over to paper models
If you would like to download my OBJ file they are here @ About TheHawk59 - Thingiverse


Please few free to review
Maybe get a copy if you like.

Link to some picture of book cover crafts https://www.google.com/search?q=tom....qoCFUQ_AUIBygC


I will probably need some help when the time comes to converting them to .PDO file.
But until then I want to get the 3d mesh files correct.

[TheHawk]

Better Book cover link: https://www.google.com/search?q=tom+...uaBT0Q_AUIBygC

[TheHawk]

Well I have about 10 of the 33+ crafts now (with a few I may need to rework)

[NevadaBlue]

Very interesting. What scale are they?

[TheHawk]

Right now they are just 3D mesh drawing so scale is open.

I am thinking 1/72 for the larger craft 1/48 maybe 1/32 for the small stuff.

I am open at this point.

[NevadaBlue]

If the quality is there in the final image, the 1/48 models could be enlarged for 1/24... I hope.

[jmuhlba329]

It's so great to see an alternative to the never ending slew of TV rockets. You really got my imagination on fire!

[Diderick A. den Bakker]

Was the Tom Swift illustrator inspired by this type of fire alarm which I came across in a small town in Northern France this summer?! I think there is a paper model of this somewhere.

[cblf49]

Originally Posted by Diderick A. den Bakker

Was the Tom Swift illustrator inspired by this type of fire alarm which I came across in a small town in Northern France this summer?! I think there is a paper model of this somewhere.

Here it is:
Mike Hungerford: Outpost in Space Model

[bradford46]

Many thanks for this. I read Tom Swift and his Outpost in Space when I was a boy, and the book cover--and now your model--bring back great memories. Nice work--thanks.