Australian screenshots

[flathog]

Well a quick 10 minute mod of Branchline2c's Cowarie station resulted in the birth of:

Eirawoc:

A B-set sits in the dock at Eirawoc after having a long nights rest before its journey back to Sydney.

See the Red Rattlers beat ANY electric exc. maybe the 46

Tom
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[Raichase]

Hah, well done Tom. Problem is, your pantograph seems to be tangled up in the wires, so you're not going anywhere for a while

 

[flathog]

Thats just a figment of your imagination...
Nothing stops a Red Rattler, not even an exploding motor

Tom
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[S301]

What about a cliff? Or the scrappers torch
:hehe:
Zec

 

[JAMEZ001]

Great shots Anthony.

I may be getting a little picky with my realism here, but I don't think double Candy 44's ever pulled the Aurora, and I only remember them running Nose>Tail once in the very early days, and that was in the Indian Red colour scheme, soon after they were only ever run Tail>Tail. By the time the Candy colours were released it was pulled by 81's most of the time.

I may be wrong, but I would probably never know for sure unless I point this out and get corrected. :wave:

 

[Natvander]

Jamez, does it really matter if it's not 110% prototypically correct?? Nearly every post I've read from you seems to pick out faults in screenshots. How about just enjoying the screenshots for what they are?

 

[Forest_Runner]

Jamez,

I found as a kid anything was possible during holiday season in the warmer months. Notably Christmas holidays when in those days the railways obliged with extra passenger services and were up to the hilt with grain season and the like. During the early 80's we had some 600's and 830's on loan from the ANR and Victorian locos would occasionally interlope.....pretty much proving shortages at times.

Referring to your particular example....it was December 1985. Not 2, but 3 44 classes thundered through Picton on The Aurora. The first 2 were in Candy livery with the third in "Grey Ghost." I can't recall the exact nose/tail marshalling however. Once around Picton hill and heading in the opposite direction above Picton itself, the 3 Alcos sounded awesome.

Out of interest, we knew full well the Spirit of Progress would be hot on it's tail, so we waited. The Spirit had a VR X class and a candy 421 on it. My first sighting of an X class and my only lifetime sighting of a 421 in Candy, which is why I recall this evening so vividly.

I miss those days

Apologies for off-topic too.

Cheers,
Simon.

 

[0099]

Thankyou Jamez001 i never new that and will not do it again
But i USUALLY just put in a random diesal on any random trains.

 

[Forest_Runner]

Thankyou Jamez001 i never new that and will not do it again
But i USUALLY just put in a random diesal on any random trains.

Anthony.....on the bright side at least you weren't told one (or both) of you numbered locos weren't outshopped in Candy Stripe

(Disclaimer: Just playing.....I really don't know if they were or not!!).

 

[axe1970]

LOL.....

You want prototypical? I'll give ya prototypical.....

Wait to you see my screenshots... oh wait you have already.

I will post some prototypical shots soon.

Regards

 

[ad602000]

Knocked this up while Zec is doing some animation on 3801. Progress shot

cheers
pete

thanks to imageshack for hosting

 

[axe1970]

Awesome. :mop:

 

[0099]

Damm. Please ad602000 Please do EVERYTHING australian you have ever made

 

[S301]

Very nice Peter.
Sorry about the delay on the 38, I'm just finishing some stuff off. And I got distracted


Oh yes, can I made a suggestion with your firebox? Try this: http://www.storage.victrainz.com.au/tutorials/belpair-firebox-tutorial/belpair.html

Makes life just that much easier, since this gives you a section which you can build onwards from Also makes it look a little 'softer'. Thats the only way I can think to put it anyway. This isn't a criticism, just an idea. I know it made my life easier with the K class
Zec

 

[Forest_Runner]

Pete, the D53 (TF) looks awesome.

Wow!!

 

[Ausrail8040]

I'm in love! wow, she's a gorgeous thing...... well done.

Cheers!
Ausrail.

 

[flathog]

That'll look great next to Jim's D50
That is certainly a HUGE improvement over previous locomotives Pete.

Almost paywa....Ummm...Good stuff:hehe: (Don't want to give bad ideas)

Tom
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[ad602000]

Also makes it look a little 'softer'.

just tried that Zec, it certainly gets rid of that pesky little flat surface on the corners if you chamfer and you are right, it does look softer and a more believable curve and its easy once you make one, just save it as a bit and resize as appropriate.

@ Tom, wash your mouth out with soap, you naughty naughty boy, haven't you been told not to use the "p" word in mixed company

cheers
pete

 

[S301]

Glad it helped Peter.
And it most certainly does make a great starting point. My entire K class firebox was made from bits of that, copies to the correct spots then adjusted. Takes a fair bit of time, but it makes a nice even effect and can in a way keep the poly count fairly clean. And now back to my model railway
Zec

 

[Michael_Evans]