PROCESS
TER: First, you need reference images. I started with archival photos, blueprints, and lists of factory equipment, and then supplemented these with technical manuals and industrial journals from digital databases. You then take these two to three reference images and put them on a coordinate plane. So for instance, here we have an X,Y, and Z axis. [Fig 5] Each of these gray panels would have an image from my archive mapped over and then I can build out for example, these wheels, the undergirding of the chassis, the windshield and so on. And then once I have something roughly approximating the original, I start getting more detailed, adding animations and so on.

Fig 5. REBUILDING A JEEP. Reference image planes guide basic geometric modeling. Image by Author.
Cross-sections, particle systems and animations help viewers quickly understand the technical processes involved, which helps me to reach a wider audience. At the same time, the virtual nature of the museum allows me to include a wide variety of digitized versions of my sources, so viewers can examine these in a way that would be impossible in print format. [Fig 6]