New locomotive Project OR K37 The fabulous K37; or the prince in frogs togs.
#12
Posted 23 March 2010 - 02:18 AM
Herb, one of Nick's photos shows a marker lamp side on......a BLUE glass lens colour is quite discernable, thus supporting my contention that blue + yellow bulb or flame = green light.
Cheers Bazza
#13
Posted 23 March 2010 - 11:46 AM
#14 Inactive_NickF_*
Posted 24 March 2010 - 07:09 AM
#15
Posted 24 March 2010 - 01:22 PM
NickF, on 24 March 2010 - 07:09 AM, said:
Nick
Thanks Nick, but no need.....there's a marker in one of the photos that's suitable for an example; may I crop this and post to show Herb?
Cheers Bazza
#17 Inactive_NickF_*
Posted 25 March 2010 - 06:13 AM
#18
Posted 05 April 2010 - 08:21 PM
The odd shapes in the picture are place holder guides, so I can setup the various parts of the locomotive. They are removed later. The wheelset textures do not please me, so they will go through several changes, as usual.
Cheers Bazza
#19
Posted 12 April 2010 - 12:56 PM
At this early stage of the project, I have no idea of how the graphic artwork will fit on any particular texture, which is par for the course for me. A week of family matters has taken a very pleasant priority over modelling.
The next objects I'm going to model are the steamchest and cylinders. While I can take the measurements off the plan drawing, but it's inevitable that minor tweaking will be required to get the correct alignment of the cylinders in relation to the motion and valve gear. Walchaerts is always "fun" to setup and there's a nice feeling of achievement when you get it running smoothly. Currently, only the center section of the frames are in place, minus fittings. The lead and trailing bogies will be added once I make the front and rear sections of the frames. Unfortunately, the plans don't show a top down view of the chassis, nor a front view, showing the distance out from the centerline to each part, so I'll just have to tinker until it's right. This is no big deal, it just adds to that "fun" I mentioned earlier.
The cab will be built as a half model, cloned as a opposite and checked for reversed normals, then welded together into a single object. The cab probably won't include any internal details at this stage. The K37 has two turrent type objects, on top of the boiler, with a mass of details (hence more polys).
While I plan a single K37 model it can be cloned to give other road numbers....mixed heading can be done with the OR K27, or if you're brave, another K37.
Cheers Bazza
This post has been edited by captain_bazza: 12 April 2010 - 12:57 PM
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#20
Posted 13 April 2010 - 10:41 PM
Cheers Bazza