Here’s the latest on the model. I tweaked the body and added the fan blades and motors. I began work on the undercarriage as you can see I’ve scooped out the landing gear wells. I’ve also applied some initial shaders to give some weight to the model parts.

So I’m learning a new software package and I thought I’d pick a simple project to get familiar with the tool set and techniques. Those of you familiar may remember the Hovercraft in the Mesa Verse desert farm scene. I thought that would be a simple enough model. I have plenty of shots thanks to [Read the Rest...]

Here are two videos by DisneyHD of the soft-opening of the new version of SSE. Bear in mind, the attraction is still being tweaked. I’ll reserve my own IMHO until I can see it up close and personal, but from what I can see in the video, it does look intriguing. Part1: Part 2: