Playing around with Sketchup

[RyanShort]

Now I'm trying to decide just how far to take this. It could get really complicated to build! I might have to do something bigger than my favorite 1/72 scale. I guess that's what happens when you're bored and sick at home for two days with a sinus infection.

BTW, does anyone know of an M18 nearby to them that they could get some pictures for me of the inside of the turret?

Ryan

[mabrown]

Hi Ryan,

I think it looks great as it stands. Add your tracks and essentials and then unfold. I really want to see how this comes out on paper!

That said, I also have trouble knowing when too much detail is way too much detail, so I'm not the one to give advice on that score!

[RyanShort]

I guess I really do need to unfold some of it, rescale it to 1/72, and then find out how difficult the rest will be. I haven't yet decided what to do about the tracks, but I'm leaning towards them being a single piece.

Ryan

[cgutzmer]

Coming along nicely!
Chris

[RyanShort]

Uhoh! I just found some references for the turret! Yay, I think.

Ryan

[RyanShort]

Well, this project is officially shelved for about a month. No, it's not too difficult and I'm not having trouble with it, but I'm going to try and finish up another project on a much bigger scale (Flight Instructor) and I've just set myself a deadline, so that has to come first. Will be studying quite a bit more and probably dropping off the online radar except for an occasional lurk. Hopefully the M18 will be back full blast afterwords.

Ryan

[mabrown]

Good luck with the real life flying Ryan!

[RyanShort]

Well, I'm working on it again...


Trying to find a way to make the bogies and tracks look real but not too complicated to build. I'd like to find a compromise that would make it easy to use for wargaming, but also attractive to more advanced or serious builders.

Ryan

[mabrown]

Excellent. I'm really pleased to see this one pop up again.

[RyanShort]

It's going somewhat slowly, but part of that is I'm testing every part's unfolding capabilities before I move on to the next one. I'm hoping that once I unfold it, it will be a relatively trouble-free initial build.

Ryan