Big Wheel and Helter Skelter Background Models

One of the scenes props is the big wheel. As the model is going to be in the background and never close to the camera, as long as it looks good from a distance I could build the model with less detail.

I also created the main body and slide for the helter skelter with Dan R completing the top ,as we were having to balance jobs as time was running out according to our schedule. Making the slide wrap all the way around the ride with the top faces always facing upwards instead of rotating when following a curve was challenging. A way to resolve that would be to use that as a template and manually extrude a slide around the ride. However, as the extrusion up the curve had resulted in a few successful loops, I simply cut out the appropriate faces, duplicated and scaled them up the ride.

Please note the top of the ride is not what will be in the final scene. Please see Dan R’s blog.