Asset modification- chewin' the fat so to speak

[rick1958]

I wasn't sure where to put this, so I thought I'd throw it up here.
Rich Blake made a drivable Model A Ford. pretty basic and the wheels aren't even animated.
But... the car does have attachment points front and back for pulling or pushing a cart, wagon etc... and it does have a "cab mode"
Would it be possible to eliminate those wheels by making them transparent
Then making an invisible 3ft gauge car with small spoked wheels to fit UNDER Rich's Model A. The shop built prototypes often used speeder wheels.
Basically turning it into a Model A 3ft railcar.
...or... would all this be more work then just making a new asset.
Like the prototype West Side, I use it a lot to "inspect the line", but it's a little rough with those rubber tires riding on the ties...LOL.

 

[martinvk]

If it is only to "inspect" the line you don't really need a bogey since you'll never see it unless you get out and look back at the vehicle. As a bit of whimsy, it could be a magic carpet that floats just above the rails. The bogey in Trainz is just eye candy and doesn't really support the car, rather it is suspended from the car.

 

[rick1958]

If it is only to "inspect" the line you don't really need a bogey since you'll never see it unless you get out and look back at the vehicle. As a bit of whimsy, it could be a magic carpet that floats just above the rails. The bogey in Trainz is just eye candy and doesn't really support the car, rather it is suspended from the car.

I do use the cab and outside mode, so I guess it should have been a two-part question. Actually, from in the cab, even the existing wheels doesn't matter. I suppose the entire inquiry is eye candy.

 

[wreeder]

RGS No.1 is out there somewhere. I have it but I'd have to look for it.

https://www.bing.com/images/search?view=detailV2&ccid=BVD/QDMl&id=92EA71E3F0D77A012E92446E67AD6AFEB7C3A608&thid=OIP.BVD_QDMl6pvKqOMNUg-wbQAAAA&mediaurl=https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/rio-grande-southern/images/d/d3/DCB5C01C-4016-4EFD-82D7-8CA2BDF1B02C.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/1200?cb=20201215210444&cdnurl=https://th.bing.com/th/id/R.0550ff403325ea9bcaa8e30d520fb06d?rik=CKbDt%2f5qrWduRA&pid=ImgRaw&r=0&exph=632&expw=474&q=rio+grande+southern+inspection+car&simid=608034204563831467&FORM=IRPRST&ck=3EBEF219EFFABA3B7742552577900156&selectedIndex=0&itb=0&idpp=overlayview&ajaxhist=0&ajaxserp=0

 

[p-dehnert]

<kuid2:58422:12:1> RGS No1
<kuid2:58422:13:1> SGRGS No1
Both are available at the DLS

Peter

 

[wreeder]

Thanks, Peter.

 

[rick1958]

<kuid2:58422:12:1> RGS No1
<kuid2:58422:13:1> SGRGS No1
Both are available at the DLS

Peter

Perfect... Thanks a lot!!

 

[rick1958]

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West Side Railcar