UPDATE 13Hi guys!
I got on a roll last night and completed the Goalkeeper, or I should say that I completed the first draft of it. I could have missed something, or done something wrong, or perhaps get pictures to better show a couple of areas that I adlibbed due to lack of good images of them. The grabs on the front and the wing nuts on the side come to mind.
Anyway, here is the rest of the build. It’s quite a long post, so sit back and enjoy.
Here is the way the back looked based on the line drawings I used.
The first thing I noticed is that the barrel was too low, so I moved it up.
The next thing I did was slice the back of the barrel off even with the back edge of the top plate.
Also, the barrel seemed too thin, so I widened it. Well, I didn’t actually widen it, I made a new one with the same height, but wider.
I also sliced off the shaft.
I built the back up in layers, with the exception of the exhaust tube on the upper right, which I drew first, followed by the outline of the first level.
I then extruded the first level…
The upper right corner of the first level follows the outline of the exhaust tube, so I filleted the edge to match.
The first level actually has a notch cut in the bottom right corner, so I cut it out to match the photo.
Next, I traced out the outline of the second level and extruded it. As I was doing this I realized that the exhaust vent was too small so I made it larger.
The lower part of the second level is sloped, so I sliced off the end.
About this time I realized that my layers were too thick, so I sliced them thinner.
The last level was the most difficult to do, but I started by extruding the outline shown below in yellow.
A section on the lower right of the top level slopes down to the second level, so I prepared to do this by drawing a properly sized rectangle at the top of the slope and copied it down to the location of the bottom of the slope…
…Moved the lower one into the lower level and lofted them.
The top level also has a cutout at the top. I created this by drawing a polygon, filleting the corners, extruding the shape…
…And subtracting it.
In the bottom left hand corner, there is a plate that extrudes up from the second level, but not all the way up to the third level. It is sloped like the lower part of the second level. Once I got the coordinate system lined up properly this was easily done by drawing a rectangle on the face of the slope and extruding it up.
I then filleted all of the edges…
…And although I failed to document it, I added the visor on the top.
At this point I colored it all gray and turned my attention to the exhaust vent. I started by drawing a circle 0.1 mm less in diameter than the original, extruding it…
…And subtracting it leaving walls that are 0.05 mm thick.
To make the vent slats, I extruded a 0.05 mm thick rectangle flush with the outside edge of the vent through the pipe.
The slats aren’t straight though, so I rotated it until I thought it looked right.
The picture shows 5 slats so I arrayed them to look like the picture.
Next, I lofted a circle with the ID diameter of the pipe…
…And used the intersect command to remove the parts I didn’t want, leaving a pretty nice vent.
With the back of the barrel completed, I added a block on top to somewhat replicate the picture, although there was enough deviation between the line drawings and what I can decipher from the pictures I have that I can’t match it exactly without a major overhaul, which isn’t really justified by this small detail.
Next, I turned my attention to the variable diameter shaft, starting with the middle one, which I extruded to the left end of the shaft and sliced even with the back face of the barrel frame (at the bottom of the lower level).
This was followed by the left most part of the shaft, which is considerably larger. The extruded circle was sliced even with the top of the second level, and also with the front edge of the barrel support (not shown).
I colored it and the first stage of this journey came to an end.
Stay tuned for more images of the completed Goalkeeper, and a little surprise.
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