[ivox3]

I'm starting a wip.

I like old transistor radios --- I like simplicity -- I like plain and square.

Here's the photo reference, ... found it on eBay.

Screenshots/renders forthcoming.

Although it's looks to be a simple model, .. My intent is to stay true with all the micro filleting. We'll see -- should have it done sometime tonight.


Model 8R-42 SIX TRANSISTOR

[hyltom]

Very good choice ivox, i like the design a lot (will keep the picture in my design museum folder). I will definitely look further to see more about your WIP.

EDIT: Any idea of the production date of this product?

[ivox3]

hyltom ... thanks for looking. I'm surprised you like it with all the mod stuff you do, .. but I'm glad.

The ebay listing actually had a lot of reference photos and there was this one.

So, .. the handwritten tag says, June 12, 1970. Maybe that's a production date, ..maybe not ... I'll dig a little on my own and try to find out. I already didi a little, ..but came up empty.

ps. The 'insect proof' text has got to be the best part. And of course, ..it's clearly NOT insect proof.

[caryjames]

That is cool Ivox I am looking forward to seeing your model/render! Gotta love particle board backs
Cary

[ivox3]

And finally, .. all layers visible.

I didn't model the back, ... do it later. So, .. all in all -- not too bad. Toughest part was keeping good clearances around the lens with no intersections. No fudging. lol.. Hardest thing was actually getting a good mesh on the tight stuff from Rhino. ....sigh. All modeled on an old machine -- dual Athlon 2.0ghz with 2GB's and a geforce 7300 card.
Not bad ! It'll have to be 8 cores for rendering though ....

Also: obviously, .. all geometry and no displacement/ texture maps.

[caryjames]

That is SICK that you did that so quickly! It would have taken me all day to do that in Rhino . I guess it is time for some upgrading ! nice job Ivox that is seriously nice!!!
Cary

[caryjames]

Did you use a background bitmap? If so, was that just so that you got the angles correct? Thanks for sharing
Cary

[ivox3]

Come on man ... it's nothing but the box command.

[caryjames]

Yeah yeah

[ivox3]

Yeah .. I did. It's the first SS image. And yeah, .. just for proper proportion and placement(knobs/dial text etc..).

[ivox3]

A bigger version...

[Bubbaloo]

Nice model. Let's see if you can render it as fast as you modeled it...

[ivox3]

Easy as taking a photo!

[ivox3]

by the way ....

For stuff like this, ..there is nothing faster than Rhino.

An hour for the rough model and a little less than an hour to tweak it out with fillets and such. That's given you know your way around Rhino, .. but once you do --- it's pretty fast. Now, .. organic stuff, .... well .......

[ivox3]

Alright ....

Renders were around 2 hours per ...

Simple materials:

Plastics done with wizards

Thomas An. acrylic

Hyltom Stainless Steel

The now famous Scratched Chrome.

I never did radial anisotrophy, .. so I had to examine a Tom material for an education. thanks Tom. So the dial is a combination of the scratched chrome/ hyltom Stainless with aniso angle maps.

There's another still burning .....