Marin Mountain Bike (WIP)

As well as everything else that I'm modelling, I have also started modelling this bike:-
Marin Wolf Ridge

I've started with the front hub (Hope XC, 32 Hole Disc)
-Official Image
-Official Image (Exploded View)

My exploded sketchup model (Click for larger images)



Rendered in Kerkythea (Click for larger images)

Next to model will be spokes, rim, and tyre
A long way to go before its finished...

C&C welcome!

DT spokes on one side of hub now attached to DT E540, double wall rim:-

Close up of rim (tyre is a placeholder for now)

@will03 said:

you're going to need one monster of a machine, when that model is all put together! good luck my friend!

I'm planning on using simple placeholder components to reduce the size of the working model

More detail added to wheel now

Almost complete front wheel (click for larger image):



Side view:



Section through tyre:



quick render in KT:

All that is missing from this front wheel is the valve. After that, next to model will be the front forks.

Similar method to this here , although a little bit more complicated, due to the curved tyre profile. If I have time I might explain it in more detail later.

Not really had much time to work on this recently, but here's part of the frame at the moment:

Cross Section:



Close up of logo:



Close up of logo:



Quick render:

another quick update to this...
Trying to create the welded joint between the two sections of the frame, not quite sure if i'm happy with it just yet though...

Thanks for the comments...

@monsterzero said:

I'd love to know your technique for creating those welds. I have some ideas on how to do it, but you seem to have perfected them. I'd love to put some welds on some of my cars models (for close up renders).

Heres a quick (simplified) run through of what I did.
Note: you need SoapSkinBubble installed for this.
(click on the images for a larger view)

I've just used a simple cylinder and a flat plane to show you but the principle should be the same for any shape.

1. create the outer edges of the weld
   
   
   

2. Draw arcs between the outer edges of the weld (you probably only need 6 segments at most for this)
   
   
   
   
   

3. Select the edges of one 'weld' and click the creat skin button (the vcb will control the number of divisions for the skin - i chose 5 or 6)
   
   
   

4. Once the skin has been created, enter the group and soften all the edges.
   
   
   

5. Exit the group and click the Generate soap bubble button - the vcb control the 'pressure' - try out a few different values to see which works best - I chose about 300.
   
   
   

6. Repeat 3-5 until you've gone all the way around the joint. (in this instance the weld could have simply been rotated and copied around the cylinder to complete the weld, but for more complicated shapes this obviously won't work, as each part of the weld could be a different shape)
   
   
   

Another update:



(Click to enlarge)

@unknownuser said:

It would be nice to place this weld tutorial you created over in the SU Tutorials Forum - it's a very good tut you created.

Thanks! Tutorial created in the tutorials forum.