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How to make 3D airplane – 3ds Max tutorial (Part 1 – Modeling)

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How to make 3D airplane – 3ds Max tutorial (Part 1 – Modeling)

3ds max airplane tutorial

In the last 3ds max tutorial requests post (pero_me) asked for an airplane tutorial.

For me actually it’s interesting to do so here it is, a 3ds max tutorial series about how to make a Douglas dc-10 airplane 3D model.

This first part demonstrates how to make the modeling of the plane body, then in the following parts we will continue the modeling then we will do all the material using vRay and try to make it photo realistic.

For me personally it’s a lot of fun, i hope you guys enjoy this as well as i do.

Don’t forget to press the like button if you like it.

Abanoub

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  1. pero_me  June 2, 2011

    Yay! I like it! I do not have facebook so i can’t click on it!
    Hehehe! Thanks a lot, and looking forward to see results!
    Best wishes!

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  2. oman  June 2, 2011

    great tut Abanoub

    where can i find blueprint ?

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    • Abanoub  June 2, 2011

      i said the 3 possible ways to get it in the tutorial.

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      • oman  June 2, 2011

        thanx again ,, i got it by the 2way heheehe

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  3. zak  June 3, 2011

    the best site to find blueprints on it :
    http://the-blueprints.com/

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  4. Mahi  June 3, 2011

    Cool and very nice tutorials. I need the designing the bones and hair effects and its animation tutorial. Regards INDHU MAHI(t)

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  5. oman  June 6, 2011

    hello abanoub ..

    got serious problem with the blueprint

    could you check why it doesn’t align ..

    this is the file >>

    http://www.4shared.com/file/uX1MRdJX/airlplane.html

    thanx Abanoub ..

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    • Abanoub  June 6, 2011

      hi Oman,
      The file is just a .max file and it doesn’t have the blueprints so i see nothing but white planes.
      Make sure you go to File->Archive and send me the compressed file and i’ll be glad to help you out.

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  6. noorulhaque  June 8, 2011

    thank u very much …:)

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  7. Berg  June 12, 2011

    Thanks Abanout for the other great tutorial.

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  8. Jason  June 16, 2011

    Another great 3ds max tutorial!

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  9. dynfo  June 19, 2011

    From 21:00, how did you start the tail ? I can’t do it, it just won’t glide. Help me please.

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    • Abanoub  June 19, 2011

      what do you mean by the tail ?? i haven’t modeled it yet!
      send me a screenshoot of the model please so that i can know where the problem is.
      Thanks

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      • dynfo  June 20, 2011

        ummm what can I say …

        Look at the first part at 21:00, when you start stretching the cylinder to create the rear of the plane. How did you do it ?

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        • Abanoub  June 20, 2011

          If you can’t do it the way i did you can simply use the same method i did with the front, use a sphere then attach it to the back area.

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          • dynfo  June 21, 2011

            Okay then, thank you.
            But isn’t it weird that I can’t stretch the cylinder using only the edge’s points, but with the full face yes ?

  10. Maulik Majmudar  July 23, 2011

    Thank you so much for this….
    Really Enjoyed and learned many new things…

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    • Maulik Majmudar  July 23, 2011

      Hey Abanoub, Thanks for this tutorial series..
      There is one prooblem happening.
      When I click on freeze , to freeze all plane..all the pictures of it not available to see. It was gone.It only shows gray plane…
      Help.

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      • Abanoub  July 23, 2011

        make sure you unfreeze the planes again, select them, right click and shoose properties, then uncheck Show frozen in gray, then freeze again.

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  11. Borislav  August 1, 2011

    Hello, Abanoub, I love your tutorials, they are very detailed. I completed the first part of the airplane for the first time. I can’t make the edged faces to turn black like you have them. I have 3d studio max 2012.

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    • Abanoub  August 1, 2011

      It’s easy, just change the color of the object to black and apply a default material to it.

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      • Borislav  August 1, 2011

        Thank you, that was easy. Now, when I installed 3ds max, the axis was nice and showed 3D-arrows and somewhere along the line it only shows lines for arrow. Even after resetting max I still can’t get the 3D to come back. Here is a picture of what I’m talking about:

        http://members.cox.net/bdelov/tool-icon.jpg

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        • Abanoub  August 1, 2011

          just press the X button for it to come back :)

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          • Borislav  August 1, 2011

            Thank you! It was driving me mad, I considered re-installing MAX for such a silly thing. :)

  12. Marko Angelo Rubete  August 4, 2011

    i wonder if you can do a tutorial for train modeling.

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  13. albashk1000  August 19, 2011

    Thank you very much
    very nice

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  14. ChokoPie  August 19, 2011

    always thank you so much

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  15. Nick Z  October 29, 2011

    Hey, I was looking for accuall airplane models, but I stumbled upon this. I am a 16 year old modeler, and I am pretty damn good at it. This is a f-ing amazing tutorial. Luckily, i’ve been working with alot of tools that you used in this tutorial, so I am powering through the tut. I stopped it just to comment because of how awesome it is. Keep up the good work mate!

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    • Abanoub  October 29, 2011

      Thanks alot, hope you like our other tutorials too :)

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