Military transport vehicle patterns

[dehrlich]

I have an order for what i'm thinking may be a difficult plaque. It's for a veteran I met at the reunion this weekend, who has lost part of his sight, not to mention part of one leg to service. He was a heavy equipment transport (HET) driver. He wants the plaque to have the two different vehicles he drove, old and new with appropriate tanks. I don't know a lot about these trucks so maybe someone out there can help me. Here's what I need:

The old 911 HET with a M60 tank on the trailer
The new HET (designation?) with M1 tank on trailer

Can anyone help me out with information and/or patterns? Thanks in advance.

[zan29]

Would that be the new HET??? If you could as your customer for some pictures maybe it would help also. Patterns are going to be hard to find I'm afraid. I did a search on google and didn't get a lot of results.

[oscarl48]

Suzanne,

The new HET seems to be the M1070. I've found a creative commons copyrighted 3d version of the vehicle. So that should cover half the patterns. I have not been able to find any M911. The M1070 model is pretty complex so playing with it to see what kind of pattern I can get out of it.

Dehrlich,

What kind of time schedule crunch are you in? I can make the M911 and M60 tank but it would take me about a week or two of afternoons to finish it. I would have to build the 3d models and then make patterns from them.

Regards,
Oscar

[oscarl48]

This pattern was built with a 3d model created by drew147 under the creative commons attribution license. Please give him all credit for the art and model.

It is pretty amazing. There are some creative, generous people still in the world.

http://www.blendswap.com/blends/view/54564

[zan29]

Good job Oscar!

[oscarl48]

Suzanne,

I wish I could take some credit but it was all drew147's amazing model. He said it took him 100 hours to build. It shows. I've started working again so not much free time except for weekends and an hour or two after work. I wish I could quit but I have too many hobbies to pay for.

[dehrlich]

Wow thank you so much! Not in a super hurry to get it done but don't have forever either. Will do some searching to see what I can find too, surly doesn't have to be made from scratch... will see if I can find a good pic to use. Really appreciate your help!

This pattern was built with a 3d model created by drew147 under the creative commons attribution license. Please give him all credit for the art and model.

It is pretty amazing. There are some creative, generous people still in the world.

http://www.blendswap.com/blends/view/54564

[dehrlich]

Found this pic, will see if it will make a decent pattern..

[oscarl48]

dehrlich,

Your call. I am going to proceed and do the pattern anyway so you have an option. After about two hours last night I have this to show for it. I'll work on it some more tonight and I think I should have it done by this weekend. Unfortunately I am completely useless at making patterns from 2d pictures and this is the only way I can make even half decent patterns.

Oscar

[CNC Carver]

Oscar that looks great nice work.
Jeff