[Erick_Cantu]

Although I'll probably take flak for not spending all my time finishing the default replacements, I stumbled upon a car I never finished today:

 bvke bvksue jkds4.JPG (147.31K)
Number of downloads: 6

Taken aback at the horrid 2004-era trucks, couplers, textures, and everything else, I've been doing a bit of rework, here it is as it stands so far:

 dfhdtmdkjdtmk.JPG (33.25K)
Number of downloads: 6

When it's done, it'll ride on these:

 vrewjivu34bng8f4.JPG (49.37K)
Number of downloads: 3

I am not sure of the car class, but I do know that it is starkly different from the bunker reefers currently available. Perhaps it is a rebuild? I do not know.

[captain_bazza]

The author is always the judge of when a model is ready to release....go with your instincts.

Cheers Bazza

[Coonskin]

Absolutely what the Cap'n said. Your model, your hobby time. Seems some of the freebie end users don't understand that... but just overlook it and pursue your MSTS/Sim fun where you find it.

Now, having said that...

A really nice looking model shaping up there Erick. Love the photo textures you've used.

As for a "model I never seem to finish": For me it's routes.

I have scads of routes with track partially laid residing on my hard drive or archived. Routes that I've looked at building then discarded or lost interest for a variety of factors. This is one of THE main reasons I stopped committing myself as a commercial developer and now consider myself a "hobbiest" again. I now do this for fun... and after struggling with "MSTS commmitments" for several years... the fun has returned.

Just enjoy what you do and don't let'em get to 'ya!

[captain_bazza]

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Seems some of the freebie end users don't understand that...

Yeah, Herb is the exception to the rule, of course.....he's way too subtle for that.

He knows what Bazza likes modeling. Heh, heh!

Cheers Bazza

[Erick_Cantu]

I'm aware of this, I'm just poking fun at a certain few who seem to follow every post I make with "when are you finishing the rest of the default replacements?"

Those textures aren't actually photos! I couldn't find any photos that would work, much less get permission for them, so I had to draw them by hand:

 49g9nhienit.JPG (42.29K)
Number of downloads: 0

Here is the car as it stands now:

 gh8gbvibw3i.JPG (65.15K)
Number of downloads: 3

[Coonskin]

Erick:

Whoa! Seriously nice texture work going on there. Had me fooled into thinking it was a photo!

Cap'n:

Ah, yes. Our boy Herbie gets a free pass on my generalization. After all... if it weren't for Herbie goading you... we wouldn't have all this neat NG equipment to play with!! (Ducking and running for cover!)

[Erick_Cantu]

I think the textures are OK. When/if I finish this car there will be some serious refinement work to do.

I have a textureless test export for general inspection work. It still needs walkways and other minor details, then the 'fun' part begins.

 23hrjjnrt54.JPG (54.52K)
Number of downloads: 2

The class is Rr-49, I guess, somewhat similar to Tim's Rr-35, but quite different, the most noticeable difference being the sliding doors. I'm nearly convinced it is a rebuild. I'm basing it on a photograph of SFRD 21335, and this car seems to differ from others in its class in terms of the number of ribs at the end, 9 versus 6, 7, or 8.

Poly count will be on the order of 10K. For 2009, I think this is acceptable.

[geode]

Coonskin, on 25 December 2009 - 08:21 AM, said:

Absolutely what the Cap'n said. Your model, your hobby time. Seems some of the freebie end users don't understand that... but just overlook it and pursue your MSTS/Sim fun where you find it.

Now, having said that...

A really nice looking model shaping up there Erick. Love the photo textures you've used.

As for a "model I never seem to finish": For me it's routes.

I have scads of routes with track partially laid residing on my hard drive or archived. Routes that I've looked at building then discarded or lost interest for a variety of factors. This is one of THE main reasons I stopped committing myself as a commercial developer and now consider myself a "hobbiest" again. I now do this for fun... and after struggling with "MSTS commmitments" for several years... the fun has returned.

Just enjoy what you do and don't let'em get to 'ya!

Ya know Andre I find it pretty amazing that the similarities of market stimulation and mfgr. response are at work here, as well as in the MRR hobby world. Yeah we're dealing with a sort of inside out version of that marketplace, but market dynamics still reign supreme. Think about it, that even though money doesn't change hands doesn't mean that market dynamics aren't at work. If someone puts up his cherished model, ignoring authenticity issues because the offender can't spell or construct sentences, and gets 3 downloads in the first year, what's the dynamic say to the artist? If, in the case of some MSTS model artists, the artist openly asks for public comments of the percieved authenticity of the model before publication, something rarely seen in MRR and MSTS, but entirely succesful in both worlds, given download stats. Gee, I suppose one shouldn't shrug off the input, if one cant spel t.

George

[atsf37l]

captain_bazza, on 25 December 2009 - 03:18 PM, said:

Yeah, Herb is the exception to the rule, of course.....he's way too subtle for that.

He knows what Bazza likes modeling. Heh, heh!

Cheers Bazza

I resemble that remark!

[captain_bazza]

If I might offer one (important) observation: never use a white background texture, better to use black, or very dark gray. Sometimes you get bleeding around the edge of a shape and the white sticks out like Father Christmas in a Miami heatwave.

Cheers Bazza