UK Screenshots for Pre BR Blue. High resolution warning.

[spitfire98462]

We just received some bad news. Crovans gate works is now closed down and the site will be gone in a few weeks to a month.

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It's sad as this is the only site to get the famous Tywyn wharf. So grab it while you can peeps.

 

[PortLineParker]

Wimblebury on the 'Knotty' train, consisting of ex-NSR 4 and 6 wheelers (though as we don't have any NSR carriages Midland Railway will have to do!) pauses at Dilhorne Park prior to running around ready for the return journey to Caverswall Road.

Cheers,

PLP

 

[spitfire98462]

(though as we don't have any NSR carriages

Yet hehe.


Keep up the goo work m8, I hope one day someone will do the Ecclesbourne Valley Railway.

 

[mick1960]

WIP: Kent & East Sussex Railway Rolvenden Station

 

[KotangaGirl]

I can get lost on Tristyn in Winter on a fine Winter's day so whose bright idea was it to run trains in a snowstorm.

 

[PortLineParker]

A rather lengthy goods train for the Foxfield, skilfully managed by Wimblebury:

Cheers,

PLP

 

[mick1960]

MV_Kent - East Sussex Railway Rolvenden Station HT
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Kent & East Sussex Railway Rolvenden Station
2048*2048 texture maps
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Kent & East Sussex Railway Bahnhof Rolvenden
2048*2048 Texture Maps
Polygone Lod0 6.013 Lod1 2.450 Lod2 469

 

[robd]

Great pics of Foxfield Railway in post #6906 by PLP.

The real Foxfield Railway isn't far from where I live, about 35 miles, but I've never visited! I'll have to go there some time this summer methinks, probably take some of the grandkids!

Nice K&ESR buildings shown in post #6907 by mick1960.

I've visited the K&ESR, many years ago, back in the 1970's. At the time I was under training in the RN at HMS Collingwood in Fareham and my class had a spare week so we arranged to go the K&ESR and do some maintenance for them (one of the classmates was a K&ESR member at the time). I remember that we stayed in a lineside hut somewhere near Rolvenden for a few days. There wasn't much maintenance done, we spent most of the time in the pubs of Tenterden!

Rob.

 

[LoustarJogger]

We just received some bad news. Crovans gate works is now closed down and the site will be gone in a few weeks to a month.

Home | crovansgateworks

crovansgateworks.wixsite.com

It's sad as this is the only site to get the famous Tywyn wharf. So grab it while you can peeps.

Western has clarified he isn't shutting down the site, just the server, and there will be no more updates to the site.

 

[spitfire98462]

Western has clarified he isn't shutting down the site, just the server, and there will be no more updates to the site.

Yea I forgot to add this as I was away mostly from this site. But it did sounded like he was shutting down the site though tbh.

 

[spitfire98462]

After some debating I finally asked and brought all of Camscotts LNER A4's through email. Since he wasn't taking anymore orders through his website.

 

[neville_hill]

A wise purchase spitfire98462 - the longer I have camscott's locos the more I appreciate them.

 

[spitfire98462]

A wise purchase spitfire98462 - the longer I have camscott's locos the more I appreciate them.

Yea now I've gotten over the fear of a purchases through email I may get more of his stuff in future

 

[PortLineParker]

A post showing some of the new sheds made for Foxfield; as opposed to some of my earlier Sketchup endeavours, these use much higher resolution textures instead of simple solid colours. I think they look much better for it. These have all been shown in some capacity or another but with the removal of rolling stock hopefully these give a better idea of the models themselves.

Cheers,

PLP

 

[spitfire98462]

A post showing some of the new sheds made for Foxfield; as opposed to some of my earlier Sketchup endeavours, these use much higher resolution textures instead of simple solid colours. I think they look much better for it. These have all been shown in some capacity or another but with the removal of rolling stock hopefully these give a better idea of the models themselves.

Cheers,

PLP

Brill m8 even though the railway is about an hour away sadly I don't have the transports to go there.
But with your route this dream can happen in trainz : D

(If I don't throw my PC against the wall that is lol)

 

[neville_hill]

Beautiful brickwork PLP.

 

[PortLineParker]

Thanks neville_hill, it's a nice texture and I feel it adds depth - my days of solid colour blocks are behind me so hopefully those who have been hesitant to use Sketchup models in the past may be tempted to look at them now and see that actually they aren't all bad.

Cheers,

PLP

 

[KotangaGirl]

Thanks neville_hill, it's a nice texture and I feel it adds depth - my days of solid colour blocks are behind me so hopefully those who have been hesitant to use Sketchup models in the past may be tempted to look at them now and see that actually they aren't all bad.

Cheers,

PLP

For far too long Sketchup has been portrayed as this terrible bogeyman 3D modelling software that will cripple Trainz and drag even the most powerful computers to an absolute standstill. Used correctly it's no worse than any other 3D software and Blender models are by no means immune to being resource hogs if they are poorly made.
The whole guiding principle behind Sketchup was that it should be 3D software simple enough to use that even children should be able to use it successfully. I've tried and failed to understand Blender, but I can use Sketchup with reasonable success so for that reason I applaud what you're achieving PLP.

 

[PortLineParker]

Thanks Annie, you've hit the nail on the head - for so long it's been taboo but hopefully these models, as well as the recent work of others such as George, show what can be achieved. Thank you for your comments, I'm sure there will be plenty more to come for both Foxfield and the S&D.

Cheers,

PLP

 

[spitfire98462]

S&D.

I assume that means Somerset and Dorset right ?