Wow...really nice work!

More progress today!

http://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4514/37...dfb40ae9_h.jpg

Fantastic!

https://www.cgstudio.com/3d-model/porsche-911-engine-10822

This has been around for a while but doesn't look as good

Yes, I saw that. It lacked the detail I wanted (specifically, none of the guts are there) and decided to make my own.

I actually have found weak links in SW's that ACAD Inventor does better and Mechanical.

Guess I'm getting more familiar with it all. They all use the same base coding AFAIK. Mostly GUI differences from understanding?

I'm not familiar with anything from a coding standpoint, I'm completely oblivious haha.

Here's a quick edit you guys might like. I don't have the valves/springs/retainers etc in there yet, but the ports are there.

http://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4456/24...9ca876b2_b.jpg

link to a high res if anyone wants a new desktop background
http://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4456/24116722878_fc87775dc3_o.jpg

Awesome!!!!

A few additions. Worked on getting the components done for the head assembly.

http://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4493/38...8f890cc4_b.jpg

Then moved onto the intakes.

http://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4444/38...015b9545_b.jpg

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I feel like you are working your way towards a full VR model to enable us to practice our engine rebuilding skills without an actual engine! These renders are just awesome.

Hi, Just wanted to join the fan-wagon and say I really enjoy your images and skill, and appreciate the time it takes to measure everything and do this work.
I am old enough to have spent 15 years on the pencil drawing board, doing technical drawings and I find the latest scan, cad, rendering technology amazing, compared to the old school methods of a few decades ago!
Keep the images coming!!! Cheers, Tom

Thanks guys!

Had a chance to start the long journey that is the Zenith carbs, roughed in, needing so many features.

http://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4571/24...4965f08b_h.jpg

Also added the fan pulley.

More!

http://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4537/38...c7afd482_h.jpg

Amazing

I think you'd give Instagram a melt-down if you were to start posting these renderings on there! Seriously impressive. Need these as prints in my workshop. And man-cave. And house. (no, there's no Mrs Spenny_b thankfully :D )

Thank you! They are already on Instagram, I just don't have a ton of followers.

www.instagram.com/autoillustrated

Simply gorgeous.

Incredible! Thank you for your time and dedication to this wonderful effort...much appreciated!

I got some time to start hashing out the Zenith carbs, one side coming along nicely, the other side not started yet.

http://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4572/26...c5827f0c_h.jpg

http://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4558/26...9689ff82_h.jpg

And an all clay rendered version.

http://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4551/37...aaa688e4_h.jpg

If I ever had some free time at work, I could contribute to the "cause".

Is there anything you need modeled?

Wow, amazing detail, great work.

This is certainly the most challenging part so far, took a dive into the first case half.

Long long way to go, but the foundation is there.

http://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4557/24...647f1b0c_b.jpg

That's a great start!

More on the carbs, been really cool to get up close and personal with all of the stuff that you usually just clean and assemble.

http://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4530/37...f91979c9_h.jpg

http://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4576/37...92b20367_h.jpg

http://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4579/24...b1c6d31f_h.jpg

I don't have modeled screw threads on most of the stuff that uses threads, mostly because it takes so much more time to create/export/render. Once the model is done I'll be going back and added the threads as a bump map on the surfaces that need it. For now you get smooth cylinders going into smooth cylinders.

Great stuff, enjoying this. Will this model be able to simulate combustion and heat sources?

It is a parametric 3D model, so parts could be imported into other software systems to simulate that stuff. I have no access to such a software though. And since these aren't 100% accurate down to the 10th or 100th of a millimeter I don't think running these models in such a software setup would gain anyone any usable knowledge.

Making a little progress on the first case half. Guessing maybe a little under halfway there. then I get to do it all over again with the other half...

http://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4569/38...4275c409_b.jpg

I wished I was that good in CAD! I'd love to see the basic foundation on how you started

More work on the carbs, floats are in as well as the lower portion of the airbox. Still some details to add to the airbox
http://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4541/38...2b45bfe3_b.jpg

From above as clay.
http://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4725/38...cbd8fef9_b.jpg

and from the side as clay
https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4692/3...1e9f0147_b.jpg

Added more airbox details, I'll be revisiting the first case half and adding details in a few days.

http://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4647/25...02f72abd_b.jpg

Unreal

Masterful work. Simply amazing.

Thanks guys! Had a bit more time this evening and started on some other bits.

http://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4578/38...f606ef8c_h.jpg

WOW, so awesome, I love the clay!!!!

In my classic for of stirring multiple pots at once, here's a start on the engine air shroud. No rendered image this time, the baby is about to get up so I need to go make a bottle...

http://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4739/39...dfa5347d_b.jpg

I should note, the transmission is just a placeholder for now. I found this model online and popped it in, supposedly a 930 trans? At any rate, I'll be doing my own at some point, but want to finish the engine first.

http://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4601/38...3887bfae_b.jpg

More

Wow, this is amazing, the attention to detail is staggering! I could definitely see 3D printing these and leaving them around the house as art too.

Thank you! Here's the most recent. Little bits of work on it at a time, it takes patience but eventually it'll be complete.

http://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4681/38...92f8eef9_h.jpg

I needed a new desktop background...

http://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4593/25...872053e0_h.jpg

Amazing work. I encourage you to make some sort of art with the model once completed (Poster, 3D print..).