I swear I'm not starting new threads just for the sake of it, I genuinely believe after viewing some of the things in the 3D Printed thread that there could be interest yet for something of this nature.

This is a thread for people to show off what they're 3D modelling, to ask for questions and help or just to lurk like many of us do from time to time.

I'll start by posting some of the better things I have 3D modelled in the past as well as some of my projects to get people interested, so to speak.

I used to use Google Sketchup a lot when I first started into this way back in 2011 I think it was, thought now I mostly use Blender. Both are free, both have ups and downs and so I do still use both as the needs vary. For example, I generally use Sketchup for things to be 3D printed or where measurements are important to me, whereas Blender I use for flowing shapes such as cars and planes. I haven't successfully finished a train in Blender yet but I have gotten close.

Warning: Picture heavy!

A hopper based on the ones used on private coal railways in NSW.

Something I was making for a 3D printed model train competition which I gave up on. It's an overscale version of the NSWGR x10 crane tanks designed to fit around a Hornby 0-4-0 chassis, but the chassis and motor made the proportions of the squat loco difficult hence why I stopped.

3D version of a train from a 1936 colour cartoon called 'Play Safe'. It's available to view on Youtube for those interested.

Recreated a scene from the TUGS episode 'Pirate' using models I had on my hard drive from 3 years ago with some extra bits re-used from a school project because why not.

An E2 in BR Ultramarine depicting if Sodor was a region of BR I suppose. I did a version of this with the BR markings and numbers too but I let this one render longer so it looks better. Wheels were copied and pasted from my J50 because I was lazy.

This is literally the best I have ever done modelling wise and ever since then I've never finished a train project. I took an older version of this I did and gradually remade almost all the parts over a 2 week period (my school holidays which i should have actually used to study because i nearly failed) to produce a trigger's broom type thing.

An absolutely awful character trait of mine is being spiteful or jealous from time to time over minor things. Someone was taking several days to make a locomotive shed of subpar quality and posting a picture in a discord server pretty much every time he added a vertice. This bothered both myself and nearly everybody else to the point I said I would make a better shed in 12 hours and did so. If this makes you think less of me then I don't blame you, because it makes me think less of myself as well.

Rendered the shed with two of the j50s and a lorry i made for a friend a bit earlier.

Now, onto the hard stuff :cool: my Blender models.

3D version of the iconic Thomas face used on most pre-1984 merchandise packaging.

I like my movie cars as much as the next guy, and given how obscure it appears (probably due to the generic film title) I decided to try my hand at making the car from 'The Car', a simply awful movie with some good stuntwork and a sick car.

An LNER Thompson A2/3 because I find something likeable where nobody else apparently does. Highly unpopular because of design choices like the cylinders being between the 2nd and 3rd axles (between the second small wheel and first big wheel) and even more unpopular because of their designer but trust me he was just misunderstood.

Something for the Australians of us here, even more so the New South Welshmen (and Welshwomen, equal rights) it's a C32 because I love my NSWGR trains and miss them dearly since moving to the horribly underdeveloped state that is South Australia. No offence to anyone else that has to live here but I genuinely dislike it.

Spitfire Mk 1 because my friend said he wanted to learn how to make planes in Blender so I started a screenshare call over discord with him. I got pretty far into it before he decided he was going to make a VW beetle instead so I don't know that I will finish this given how generic the Spitfire is (don't get me wrong, I do love it, especially the Vb/trop) and how common 3D renditions of it are.

People probably saw this in the 3D Printing chat but I made this to test out my new Resin printer and I was surprised that it actually worked given how little effort I actually put into making it printer friendly.

Another one for the Australians on here, an XG falcon ute because I have one and it's been a solid car since I left high school and didn't have to care what people thought any more. Mine isn't blue though, it's white.

Another one for the Australians on here, an XA falcon ute because I have one and it's been rusting since I bought it in 2015. I can't afford to fix it at the moment but I'm saving up for repair panels and this model will be to get an idea for what I want the finished one to look like. that and they are a popular car (the XA-XB-XC falcons) and so I could turn it into little keyrings or hot wheels sized toys for people that own them. My actual one is a mix of brown, white, old tyres and a fat 302 V8 which just sounds so good.

So yeah, lots of stuff from the past and present and I hope to see other people posting their 3D modelling escapades in here or even asking questions etc.

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