Over the past few weeks I’ve re-discovered a web-site I once frequent much more regularly.
For some inexplicable reason it fell off my radar for the past few months or so.
Anyone who can pull off the title of “The” must know what they are on about & anyone in the SolidWorks community know that when it comes to rendering (in SolidWorks) then Rob is “The” person. I was a avid follower of the Render Contest & although I had never submitted an entry I was fascinated at what was & could be created.
Then in February 2009 Rob announced that he could not continue with the Contest but introduced Chris Thorn (@rendercontest) who would introduce a new site and continued the monthly contests. Having re-discovered the site earlier this month I saw that this months (#64 June 2011) model was that of a Meccano Bicycle.
As a child of the “60’s” I grew up with Meccano. Arguably the best Engineering construction toy ever created!
I know today it is not the same product as first envisaged by Frank Hornby but it looks to have continued with many of the same principles. I seem to have gotten a little sidetracked! Anyway once I saw the model I thought it was about time I submitted a model.
My original thought was to produce a model based in the original colour scheme (red & green) with an appropriate desk/ room.
However I couldn’t find an image on-line that I wanted to use as well I realised that the components were of modern manufacture & materials! I settled for a plain (timber) background & thought most others would display the bike vertical, so too be different I set it laid down in “construction mode” The 1600 x 1200 format was different to what I would normally set up for (I’m much more of a 16:9 ratio type of guy!)
I started playing with 24mm style of look but ended up more with a zoom 70mm style.
Here is the full collection:
I’m a little saddened that entry numbers appears to be declining.
I for one will definitely be back in the following months……come on give me some competition!
Michael Lord 
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