Engine Casing and Lid

It was my responsibility to create the upper casing for the engine which woud house the main animation. To aid in this I had a series of reference photographs taken at the Museum of Power of an actual 2 stroke engine on display. This engine formed a basis to work from for all the parts of our 3D engine, so as to keep the dimensions the same.

Using these reference photographs and images of outer engine casings from the internet, I attempted to create a low poly model of the casing on our engine. Here is my basic first attempt.

I created this using simple shapes in 3D Studio Max. The shape was correct but further modelling was required to finish the shape. Heres my final model.

In this final model the bolt heads have been added along with the top lid for the casing and refined shape of the entire model. When added to the other section of the engine created by the rest of the group, this casing should fit in well.