New updates for: T-34, Tiger I, F4U Corsair and B-29 Superfortress (new project) - August 19, 2023
Hello everyone. It's me Antony, back with another blog in 2023. We are now on August 29 - past the half of 2023. Now that I'm working and my 7th semester has started, my time for Blogs decreased to some occasions. At least it is good to be back at work.
I'm still waiting for any news related to the new civil service exam of this year - with some to the education and health departments; and the subscriptions to be open in case I plan to apply for another public job. Like I said before, I may give it a shot, but it will be the same thing as before - Reserve my days and my spare-time for study. If I fail, it would be another civil service performed, with my money being spent for nothing.
For the calling process to work as a teacher, I definitely gave up due to the lack/low number of vacancies for mathematics teachers. My mom said for December they might re-open the subscriptions. However, I'm not sure I plan to do that in case I'm going to wait for too long until they reach to my position and then I announce my interest for that vacancy.
Enough of that, let's go for the important. For this Blog, I'm going to show you the new renders of the T-34, the Tiger I Ausf. E and the F4U-1A Corsair.
T-34-76 model 1941:
At last, the tracks for the T-34 were made. My brother helped me with them by adjusting it on the Edit Mode to get a little distant from the origin point. It was the main reason why they were out of place in relation to the Bezier Curve. Although they look solid and straight instead of curved, the track pieces look nice. I may adjust it, but I need to test it first before making it official.
After these renders, I made more components and minor adjustments on the T-34-76.
The T-34 received a new periscope and access hatch for the commander and gunner / loader, a new antenna, four boxes and a small piece for the top plate on the chassis. Minor changes were made on the F-34 gun's muzzle and the turret. At least this Soviet medium tank is looking good.
The next components to make are the sight for the chassis hatch, adjustments on the gun mantlet, the piece from the top plate, the suspension system for the rear wheel and the turret.
Panzer VI Ausf. E Tiger I:
The Tiger I received minor changes on the Bezier Curves for the tracks, additional dome on the turret and the hatch for expelling spent cartridges; a new forward light, more pieces for the chassis and cables. In addition, I appended the handcrank and the barbed wire cutter from the Panzer IV for the Tiger I. Some times I find curious after watching some videos of WW2 era tanks being started via handcrank while few vehicles were started via button instead of a starting key - similar to modern era cars, bus and trucks (except the newer vehicles in Europe, Asia, America and in the USA).
The next components to add are: an external MG42, the working tools, the towing hooks, more components to the chassis and turret, a nice texture and rigging it. I plan to make the H1 version of the Tiger I.
Vought F4U-1A Corsair:
Although I kinda left the F4U frozen, I made some changes on its wings, fuselage and landing gear. I made the fairings and the doors from a piece I extracted from the wings. As usual, to make those components and adjust the vertices from the wings without relying too much in excessive subdivisions is quite painful. At least it paid off.
Other components made were the ailerons and the flaps from the wings - also, one of the challenges I always met when I make planes; the belly antenna and the hook. I still need to conclude the landing gear from the Corsair's tail and make the doors to its interior.
Other components to make are: the cockpit's internal components, the landing lights, the engine exhaustion outlets, a nice texture and rigging this naval fighter.
Before concluding this Blog, one last thing. Again, my habit of starting new projects while I have 'thousands' of undergoing projects to conclude is quite interesting. For the new project, I decided to start the Boeing B-29 Superfortress - the famous heavy bomber developed and built by Boeing Company during WW2 at the closing of the conflict. While the B-17 was developed to be the main strategic bomber, Boeing began developing a new pressurized aircraft that could carry more bombs than its predecessor and could reach an altitude that no aircraft could intercept it, funding its development as a private company venture in response to the Air Corps' lack of necessary funds to aid in the development of the B-29. Aside from Boeing, Consolidated presented its prototype - which would be designated as the B-32 Dominator as a backup in case the B-29 would backfire. In 1939, two prototypes - the XB-29 - were built by Boeing for testing, with one of them experiencing an engine fire and crash, killing the pilot test, the crewmen and the workers. Yet the program continued with few modifications before receiving full production in 1943. The B-29 - nicknamed as the 'Superfortress' was by far the most expensive plane ever built during WW2, requiring several companies and plants to build its parts and components for assembly. Entirely built in metal and counted with the advanced control-remote turrets, a greenhouse-type cabin and a tubular section for the crewmen to crawl into the cabin as the plane's middle section was used to store a large payload in bombs. Being a pressurized aircraft, the crewmen could operate without suffering from weather conditions that forced the crew to wear oxygen masks, jackets and gloves to protect them from the frostbites. The bomber was powered by four Wright R-3350 Duplex-Cyclone - the most powerful radial engine the United States could produce, however problems with its engines in the early models forced the bombers to drop altitude or to abort bombing missions in order to receive repairs. This issue would be solved with the installation of the more powerful Pratt & Whitney R-4360 Wasp Major engines after WW2. The B-29 was extensively used in the Pacific Theater as most of the bombers could perform bombing attacks over Japan at higher altitudes, making the American bombers untouchable for Japanese fighters and anti-air guns, despite few units being lost due to mechanical issues and enemy fire. The most known operation carried out by the B-29 was the atomic bombardment over Hiroshima on August 6, 1945; and Nagasaki on August 9, 1945 - forcing Japan to surrender in 1945. These were designated as Silverplate - modified versions of the B-29 that had their remote guns removed and their bomb bay retrofitted to carry the Mark I and Mark III atomic bombs. After WW2, the B-29 became the main strategic bomber during the Cold War until production ended in 1946. In the Korean War (1950 - 1953), the B-29 continued its role as bomber, but the arrival of the Soviet MiG 15 inflicted high casualties among the bombers and pilots. After the introduction of the gigantic Convair B-36, the B-29 was redesignated as a medium bomber and was relegated to auxiliary roles such as air-sea rescue, electronic intelligence gathering, air-to-air refueling, and weather reconnaissance until retiring in 1960. A total of 3,970 B-29s were built. Interesting fact about the B-29: Four planes that carried out the bombing attacks on Japan were forced to land in the Soviet Union for repair. However, Stalin saw a great interest in the B-29 since the Soviets couldn't receive any heavy bomber like the B-17 or B-24 as part of the Lend-Lease program and the B-29 was out of the question. Still, he ordered his engineers at the Tupolev plant to design a heavy bomber based on the B-29, with few units being reverse engineered, copying the components according to the International Metric System to match or approach the values used by the Imperial Metric System - used in the United States and few other countries. The new plane received the designation Tupolev Tu-4, serving the Soviet Union Air Force in 1947 to the mid-1960s until its replacement by the jet bomber Tupolev Tu-16.
Here's the images of the B-29:
The first components consisted in the iconic greenhouse cabin, along the wings, the engines, the glass for the astrodome / gunner viewport and the turrets. It looks good, although I had to use the Solidify modifier for the greenhouse cabin's framing. Then I decided to duplicate the fuselage for a backup in case I would modify the main object. Same thing for the engines.
After the initial renders, I made a great update on the B-29.
The tail-fin and the tail-horizontal were made with a portion from these two components being extracted to make the rudder and the elevator. The barrel from the Browning machine guns, the propeller blades and its base were appended to the B-29's engines. The engine housing was modified to have its air intake and a projection at the end of the wings. I will not include the radial engine since it would make the project a bit heavier.
The original fuselage had its Solidify modifier applied, having some extruded faces to make the wall that separates the cabin from the bomb bay with a hole for the tube from where the crewmen crawl from the tail to the cabin.
Other components made were the radio antenna and the rear turret. The bomb bay doors were also made from an extracted piece from the fuselage's mesh. But I have to pay a special attention on the bomb bay since the Subdivision Surface can make some undesirable results.
The next components are the windows on top of the cabin, the landing gear, the flaps and the ailerons; the 20 mm Hispano cannon with two Browning machine guns, the details on the engines, the decals and rigging the plane. In case I plan to reuse the B-29's model for the Tupolev Tu-4 (the Soviet unlicensed copy from the American bomber), I'll include the Soviet VVS roundels as well.
Well, that's it for now my friends. I hope you like this Blog. In case I have some spare time to enjoy, I'll be working on other things aside from Blender projects and my personal things. Until the time comes, you will be surprised to see them. See you next time.
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