dykins Posted March 2, 2014 Report Share Posted March 2, 2014 No doubt some of the more technically minded on here can advise on how accurate the film is, but it looks pretty impressive to me! Regards Peter Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mike Collins Posted March 2, 2014 Report Share Posted March 2, 2014 I do like that, looks like his alternator has failed though, ammeter still showing discharge after start. Mike. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
graeme Posted March 2, 2014 Report Share Posted March 2, 2014 Brilliant stuff. Thanks for the link Peter, looks like you have been in there with the polish. Cheers Graeme Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Peter Cobbold Posted March 2, 2014 Report Share Posted March 2, 2014 Did I miss the thrust washers going in? Its fast - anyone know how youtubes can be played back frame by frame? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jersey Royal Posted March 2, 2014 Report Share Posted March 2, 2014 Nice one. Cheers Guy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TR NIALL Posted March 2, 2014 Report Share Posted March 2, 2014 But where is the Throtle Linkage. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ianhoward Posted March 2, 2014 Report Share Posted March 2, 2014 Very entertaining! Cheers Ian Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Spit_2.5PI Posted March 2, 2014 Report Share Posted March 2, 2014 Excellent! Did I miss the thrust washers going in?Its fast - anyone know how youtubes can be played back frame by frame? Peter, get a copy of the video on your PC using one of those (terribly naughty) YouTube video downloader addons for FireFox, then play it back using VLC. VLC has a variable speed facility (>Playback >Speed) - it's the only player I know which does. Richard Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Peter Cobbold Posted March 2, 2014 Report Share Posted March 2, 2014 Excellent! Peter, get a copy of the video on your PC using one of those (terribly naughty) YouTube video downloader addons for FireFox, then play it back using VLC. VLC has a variable speed facility (>Playback >Speed) - it's the only player I know which does. Richard Richard, Many thanks, it gives much better playback control. And they did leave out the thrust washers! cheers Peter Quote Link to post Share on other sites
foster461 Posted March 3, 2014 Report Share Posted March 3, 2014 Very nicely done. I think they left out the timing chain tensioner also. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Don H. Posted March 3, 2014 Report Share Posted March 3, 2014 (edited) Did I miss the thrust washers going in? Its fast - anyone know how youtubes can be played back frame by frame? Having thrust washers didn't seem to make a lot of difference to the crankshaft end float on my first car, a clapped-out TR250... But I didn't see any go in on that engine. One can review youtube videos frame-by-frame (I think -- certainly few-by-few) on a PC by pausing the video and manually moving the slider -- it gives a preview of the frame one is on. Edited March 3, 2014 by Don H. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Steves_TR6 Posted March 3, 2014 Report Share Posted March 3, 2014 Very entertaining, until it 'Blue Screen of Death'ed my laptop ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AlanT Posted March 3, 2014 Report Share Posted March 3, 2014 There are a lot of these engine-animation videos. They seem to start with the detail drawings. I've seen modern engines done and they probably started with CAD images. But to do a TR6 it means someone has re-modelled the detailed parts from the paper drawings. There is a lot of work in this. Even doing it approximately. There then must be an animation tool that does most of the work. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lebro Posted March 3, 2014 Report Share Posted March 3, 2014 Playback on my (old) PC was a bit jerky, but when the engine started it sounded just like most 6's I have heard ! Very good animation must have taken weeks ! Bob. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Peter Cobbold Posted March 3, 2014 Report Share Posted March 3, 2014 Yes, I wondered how much time it took. The starting viewpoint for many of the sequences seems to have been derived from the parts catalogue. So that gives them a digitised version of each image. But the parts drawings are 3D representations so there must be manual input of the three axes needed get from 3D to 2D. Then the 2D side views and front views are like 'blueprints' and could be re-scaled and stitched together, along abutting edges - manually? - to give a solid that can be rotated in space by animation software. I'd like to see the PI metering unit animated! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AlanT Posted March 3, 2014 Report Share Posted March 3, 2014 3D modelling tools have become easier to use in recent times. There is a package called Solidworks that quickly goes from a 2D outline drawing to a 3D shape. Having sid that there are lots of bits in this. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Don H. Posted March 3, 2014 Report Share Posted March 3, 2014 Yes, I wondered how much time it took.... Some folks over here on the team.net Triumphs list have estimated 400+ hours for someone well-versed with Solidworks. Building the little parts would be the main part -- the animation goes pretty quickly when all the bits are ready. And it brings to mind this analog version of the same kind of project. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chris59 Posted March 3, 2014 Report Share Posted March 3, 2014 Thanks for the link, Peter, it's nice to see our favorite six pots "in motion". Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RobinTR6 Posted March 5, 2014 Report Share Posted March 5, 2014 Very good, wish we could assemble an engine as quickly..... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
oldtuckunder Posted March 5, 2014 Report Share Posted March 5, 2014 Some folks over here on the team.net Triumphs list have estimated 400+ hours for someone well-versed with Solidworks. Building the little parts would be the main part -- the animation goes pretty quickly when all the bits are ready. A little bit of investigation reveals that Williams Illustration is Arthur Williams. Check out the German entries on the Overseas Section of the TR-REGISTER web-site. So I have cheakily emailed him to ask, although it may be that asking an artist "how long" is not the done thing! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Peter Cobbold Posted March 5, 2014 Report Share Posted March 5, 2014 A little bit of investigation reveals that Williams Illustration is Arthur Williams. Check out the German entries on the Overseas Section of the TR-REGISTER web-site. So I have cheakily emailed him to ask, although it may be that asking an artist "how long" is not the done thing!His email address leads us to his company website:http://www.williams-illustration.de/index_en.html Quote Link to post Share on other sites
oldtuckunder Posted March 5, 2014 Report Share Posted March 5, 2014 So I have cheakily emailed him to ask, although it may be that asking an artist "how long" is not the done thing! The official answer is "A Lot" :-) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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