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The European Circuit Course

European aviation pioneers compete to claim the prize

Roles
Modeling · Unwrapping · Texturing · Rendering
Softwares
SubstanceSubstance
ModoModo
Association
FLS Shosho B.V.
Credits

- Project owned by Museum of Aviation
- Texturing by: Puck de Haan

Description

During my internship at Shosho, we were tasked with visualizing the first military avian airport/base in The Netherlands that hosted a flight competition for ambitious handyman. After the success of the Dare to Discover VR experience, created for the Scheepvaartmuseum in Amsterdam, the Shosho team started working on creating a concept VR Experience for the National Military Museum, Which once started as a commercial air base hosting flight shows for the public. In honor to that history, in this VR environment visitors would experience aviation in its earliest days.

We were recreating a specific flight event that happened at the Soesterberg airbase in 1911, The European Circuit Course. A course around Europe was set out using white arrows of 21 meters long. 42 Aviators would fly from city to city, racing against one another in order to win the prize money and to test which plane was the best.

My part for the project was to model the various planes (as well as a few buildings) that are known to have flown at this location. These models are entirely modeled in Modo, a modeling tool that is preferred within the company's workflow.

Bleriot

The Blériot XI is a French aircraft from the pioneer era of aviation. The first example was used by Louis Blériot to make the first flight across the English Channel in a heavier-than-air aircraft, on 25 July 1909.
This is one of the most famous accomplishments of the pioneer era of aviation, and not only won Blériot a lasting place in history but also assured the future of his aircraft manufacturing business.

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The Brik

The Brik is a relatively unknown in compared to its counterparts, but was present in the competition.

Brik render 1
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Spin

The Fokker Spin was the first airplane built by Dutch aviation pioneer Anthony Fokker.
The many bracing wires used to strengthen the aircraft made it resemble a giant spider, hence its name Spin, Dutch for "spider".

Brik render 1
Brik render 2
Brik render 2
Nieuport

Charles Weymann, flying a Nieuport, came in third.

Nieuport render 1
Nieuport render 2
Farman

The Voisin-Farman I was also the first biplane in Europe to fly a circular circuit of 1 kilometre, over a predetermined course, on 13 January 1908.
This again occurred at Issy-les-Moulineaux, France, and won Farman the 50,000 franc Grand Prix d'Aviation offered by Henri Deutsch de la Meurthe.

Farman render 1
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