{"id":37847,"date":"2018-06-15T10:02:12","date_gmt":"2018-06-15T14:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/?p=37847"},"modified":"2021-07-16T16:24:08","modified_gmt":"2021-07-16T20:24:08","slug":"keep-on-monster-truckin-the-reveal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/2018\/06\/keep-on-monster-truckin-the-reveal.html","title":{"rendered":"Keep On (Monster) Truckin’: The Reveal"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Jonah in his costume<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Update 10\/29\/18:\u00a0 Listen to our latest Solidworks Podcast on the Monster Truck Magic Wheelchair<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It was a beautiful day in Foxboro on Saturday, June 9, and monster trucks were abound. In a parking lot next to Gillette Stadium, fourteen trucks and their drivers were getting ready for the Monster Jam<\/a> Pit Party to begin, the mammoth machines shining in the sunlight. Among the trucks was Max-D<\/a>, sitting massive and proud next to its trailer. And next to Max-D, at a 42.42% scale, sat the mini-Max-D, waiting to be revealed.<\/p>\n

After six long weeks, after untold hours working late into the night, the SOLIDWORKS Magic Wheelchair<\/a>\u00a0build team reached their deadline and had one heck of a product to show for it. Jonah\u2019s mini-Max-D was perfectly painted, with massive wheels, acrylic flames lit by fiery LEDs, a color-changing LED trim shining along the bottom, a sponsor panel featuring actual sponsors (including, of course, Jonah\u2019s Monster Jamer Youtube Channel<\/a>), and hyper-realistic spikes and rivets.<\/p>\n

In fact, as the team pulled their cars into the monster truck parking lot and started constructing the costume at noon, they realized the mini-Max-D was beyond realistic. When finally faced with the real life Max-D, the build team discovered that some of the details they\u2019d put into the costume were, well, too detailed.<\/p>\n

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Tire size comparison<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cStickers?\u201d cried Annie Cheung, staring at the \u201crivets\u201d on the real Max-D. \u201cWe could have used stickers?\u201d Indeed, the 3D rivets she\u2019d worked so hard to produce, that she designed, 3D printed, and attached to the body individually, were, in fact, stickers pasted to the sides of the real Max-D. So were the BKT letters on the monster truck\u2019s tires. Albert Hernandez, who\u2019d spent countless hours iterating the wheels for the mini-Max-D, just laughed. The protruding foam JTS\u2019s (Jonah\u2019s initials) he\u2019d designed, cut, painted, and pasted onto the costume\u2019s tires could have been stickers the whole time. The team\u2019s attention to actual size, scale, and detail is a testament to their passion and excitement for the project, and for making Jonah the happiest boy in the world.<\/p>\n