[Frank Musick]

I've been tweakinbg one of my older repaints. PANTHER was originally a repaint of Jon Davis GENERAL. I repainted my repaint and this is the result.

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/72/34/7b/72347b94b9b4c49848baf823a8404ec4.jpg

[Frank Musick]

Having some fun learning how to operate a steam engine. Before I stsrted actually building models for MSTS, I ran steam on the main with the throttle wide open and never really bothered with how to slow up the train, reverse, stop, and all that good stuff. Been practicing a bit. Positioning is tough. Managed to get the thing positioned on the turntable, coal tower and water. Took forever to back into the engine house but I finally made it

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/af/2d/2f/af2d2fdd37fd0ba4d93f54855576bb87.jpg

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/47/ce/d7/47ced7a8629922b7372f5167a31b736c.jpg

[Frank Musick]

More Tweaks
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/a5/79/fb/a579fb5b0977fbf11045c0a4ebcbb034.jpg


I thought of resizing the textures to 2048x2048 but I don't feel I can just go with larger textures and get what I wanted. I did enlarge the backhead and it looks better after some brushwork. Still, the model is from way back, so there is only so much can be done. A total rebuild is really what's needed to modernize it. I'd prefer a straight boiler too. 3D on those spokes and such would look much better.

[timmuir]

Hi Frank. I know what you mean. As beautiful as Jon's locomotives are, they are made for the early days of MSTS. I too, was compelled to just start from scratch after messing around with Jon's Rogers Inyo. It was good to get out from under the restraints of working around someone else's shapes!

I have had good results by enlarging all the original aces to 2048's and making my own repaints over them. I did so on Jon's 1860's coaches, repainted for USMRR.

I like the purple locomotive, not unheard of: New York Central had deep purple tenders for a time, although with a little more red in it. It looks like you've desaturated it a wee bit.

Can you give us a closeup of what looks like landscape paintings on the cab?

[Frank Musick]

The "artwork" are actually images of wall papers for computer screens. For the longer ones on the cab sides I used wallpapers for dual monitors. The deer on the headlight is borrowed from the camel SUSQUEHANNA

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/d1/52/96/d152960c7c931cb02d777d3d7d1fbc10.jpg


https://i.pinimg.com/originals/58/2d/91/582d91fc59c7f502d337fc7085deaaa3.jpg


https://i.pinimg.com/originals/ac/b3/0c/acb30c36b73ed2e89badc0cbe9e0905d.jpg


At 2048 these wouid look MUCH better.

By the by...Any idea where this (circled in yellow) is on the GENERAL textures? I'm thinking it has to be done with a transparency, It doesn't seem like he would make a shape like that.

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/07/0a/27/070a278562b397acf830384115e21117.jpg

[Frank Musick]

I converted all the texture to 2048x2048 just to see....

512x512
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/ac/b3/0c/acb30c36b73ed2e89badc0cbe9e0905d.jpg


2048x2048
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/69/7f/e6/697fe67ba84e8af3b2c303b35a2f549c.jpg

I did not replace the artwork images, just enlarged the existing textures///So I tried that too....
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/f3/a7/e8/f3a7e80485b74d4e6d5c9ed435d7605a.jpg


https://i.pinimg.com/originals/4f/4b/c4/4f4bc48bd2b095683df6999460f856c5.jpg


https://i.pinimg.com/originals/df/37/ad/df37ade158da9110573f90f962463d2c.jpg

Thought replacing the deer on the headlight with a panther was appropriate, Don't like it....may go with a black panther.


Just for giggles I added those "Twilight Zone" whirlygigs to the driver centers
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/c0/7f/45/c07f4545fcdc1b8a6eb9034e24b0098b.jpg

[Frank Musick]

Went with the black panter and dressed up the headlight lens. The texture must be mapped crooked somehow. I rotated it but nothing happened. Strange
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/95/45/bd/9545bd9459cbcc5a577d19b4d4fb612d.jpg



Changed the gamma on the panther....easier to see now
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/ad/3d/35/ad3d35b3e169a75f503dd0b31beb6cb5.jpg

[Frank Musick]

So proud of myself :-} Only took one try this time...
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/66/3b/1b/663b1b8425ffbd8cb59a1bc8225eea41.jpg


Model Railroading IS fun! Especially in V Scale