Australian screenshots

[Ghostryder]

thanks guys

your praise is much appreciated, nice to see you like my work and that of axe.
i made the sections to chill out after cleaning up around my place after the flooding. i am very pleased with the outcome. the section only started to test out the look in 09. its not a long or large section. i may in time add to it and make a SMR based map. seeing as we have the 10 class about and now have the hoppers as well.

cheers

ghosty

 

[Spooney]

has a definite SMR feel to it Ghosty -

That is exactly what I thought as well... that level crossing looks almost like the one at Kearsley which used to be double track but is only single now,.. although as I recall they have now ripped up the second line across the road, but it did look like that for some years

 

[Ghostryder]

Spooney

the test section features inspiration from Caledonia and Neath. the station is based around Caledonia and the crossing was taken from pictures at Neath.

Caledonia
http://www.nswrail.net/locations/photo.php?name=NSW:Caledonia:2&line=NSW:cessnock:0

http://www.nswrail.net/locations/photo.php?name=NSW:Caledonia:3&line=NSW:cessnock:0

Neath
http://www.nswrail.net/locations/photo.php?name=NSW:Neath:7&line=NSW:cessnock:0

the compliments have been much appreciated.

cheers

ghosty

 

[ad602000]

that would be good to make, the Neath pub Ghosty,Stan and Dennis alphabet soup is in the works, plus something else used on the SMR

 

[lenice]

I somehow managed to get this great vantage point.....

ONE FLASH, YOU'RE ASH!!

Seriously, good shot Ausrail. Please, do be careful of that Overhead though.
Glen

 

[3830]

Axe, if it wasn't for those auran textures, i'd swear that was real. Looks fantastic!

 

[NR_121]

Axe, if it wasn't for those auran textures, i'd swear that was real. Looks fantastic!

I concur. Looks absolutely brilliant Axe. Droolworthy:udrool: :udrool:
:mop: :mop:

Regards,
Warren.

 

[nbrettoner]

thanks guys

your praise is much appreciated, nice to see you like my work and that of axe.
i made the sections to chill out after cleaning up around my place after the flooding. i ..snip!.............

cheers

ghosty

Hi Scott,

Glad you survived ok. the water stopped rising here about 30millimetres below the first brick here. ie about 30 mm below the cement floor slab of the flats!

 

[stanb]

that would be good to make, the Neath pub Ghosty,Stan and Dennis alphabet soup is in the works, plus something else used on the SMR

hmmm.... something else used on the SMR... 29 class p'rhaps.. (that wouldn't be hard since its basically a 30 class)... perhaps the tulloch railcars....

or perhaps something simple - a SMR CHG (basically a NSWGR CHG with different lettering)?

or have you gone crazy with non airs and are trying to mimick the endless variety of them ... S's (6 ton), M's (8ton), L's (10ton) & LL's (12ton's) , wooden framed ones..., steel framed ones, ones with brake levers.. ones with brake wheels...even a couple with air brakes (Muswellbrook?) ... dont even start on axle boxes and about 40 or 50 different collieries for the reskinners! ya - you could go mad with them ( I had a friend some years ago who used to work at goninans - would spend his lunchtime's photocopying blue prints - I think we got about 30 different varieties from him .. and that was only one manufacturer! )


anyways am looking forward to the industry enable non airs.. and of course your mystery creation

 

[Spooney]

Well, you asked for it.. Over the last four weeks or so I have been working on this.. it is a ficticious NSW themed route,.. so far it has 5 stations, a coal mine, power station and an oil refinery.

Looking at some of the stuff produced by messors axe and davido they seem to pale in comparison, but here we go anyway!

3813 takes a tourist train from the Cranton Heritage Centre southwards toward Amandavale.

Continuing southwards over Cranton gorge.

Opposite Campbell Hamlet station, a tourist town full of pottery shops and cafes.

Chugging along, about to join the Main Northern line.

Meanwhile a 442 and two 48's haul some petrochemicals through Amandavale yard and on to the oil refinery.

Heading south away from Amandavale crossing over to head to the oil refinery.

Meanwhile another 442 brings the passengers North from the city..

...and 9009 leads another two 90's over a warren truss heading away from Alexander Hills Coal Mine.

The 442 heads north after crossing the Amandavale wetlands.

and rolls into Amandavale station.

Is it just me or are there no cars on my roads? How does one do this??

 

[S301]

K103 sits in the platform with a down pass bound for Leongatha...


With the cylinder drains open, K103 departs Tooradin with the train.


Still with the cylinder drains open, K103 blasts across Tooradin Station Road...

Zec

 

[axe1970]

Thanks for the kind words everyone. It is very inspiring. Keeps me doing a little more on the route.

BTW Spooney...... good to see those screen shots. awesome work.

Regards

Axe

 

[NR_121]

Nice work there Axe.

Keep at it. Looking forward to seeing this one released.

Regards,
Warren.

 

[ad602000]

blueprints, did you say blueprints:mop::mop::mop:. No, you hit it on the head, the 15 class, least thats what it is called in the book I'm reading "coals to new castle". I've often looked at that railmotor, pity there are no drawings or plans around.

cheers
pete

 

[EL3136]

drawing

blueprints, did you say blueprints:mop::mop::mop:. No, you hit it on the head, the 15 class, least thats what it is called in the book I'm reading "coals to new castle". I've often looked at that railmotor, pity there are no drawings or plans around.

cheers
pete

Very nice steam train, but I would like to know how do you use your blue print on Gmax
Matt

 

[ad602000]

you scan it, select the area(crop) you want to use in psp or photoshop or like, then you create a plane in gmax of the right height by length dimensions and then apply the blueprint you prepared to the plane and basically build the object (building, train etc ) around the blueprint, you may have a blueprint or drawing that gives end and top vies as well, so you apply them to different planes as above and place them in the right axis. hope that helps

pete

 

[stanb]

blueprints, did you say blueprints:mop::mop::mop:. No, you hit it on the head, the 15 class, least thats what it is called in the book I'm reading "coals to new castle". I've often looked at that railmotor, pity there are no drawings or plans around.

cheers
pete

my bad - long day yesterday - you are right - it would have been a 15... there were only 3 of them

I have one or two shots of them rusting away at east greta

 

[dreddman]

Nice work everyone but it seems that there is NSW & Vic everywhere and only little ol me left up here north of the border?
Most oher Queenslanders seem to of dissapeared?
Here's a couple of hours fiddeling in Gmax yesterday

 

[comtrain]

Hey dreddy, :wave:

Actually I was wondering something along those lines too How only a few people are actually posting screenies.
It seems like, we have less than a dozen posters since 2009 came out, and very few using 2009. However having said that, the quality of the posts are extraordinary!

I am looking forward to some South Australian content and some West Australian stuff.

Perhaps some of our busy content creators might spend some time building some more encouragement for our "left out States" A small amount of encouragement 5 years ago, from NSW and USA, led to at least another dozen Victorian content creators building stuff for us :hehe:

As I have rebuilt Trainz Planz anyone who has Tasmanian, South Australian or West Australian good drawings should send them to me so I can post them up for others to get enthused about too. (Trainz Planz can be accessed by clicking on the sig. below)
Cheers
Rod

 

[ad602000]

one for the coal crowd

cheers
pete