Connecticut Shoreline Project

[gfisher]

I tried to actually model the clips in Gmax for one manufacturer's rail anchor, but the poly count got way way too high to be of any practical use. My thought was to make a small box without a bottom or one end as they are hidden and then use a top down, an end and a side picture of the clip and see if I could get that to look OK when seen from some feet away. If I also removed the chamfered bevel from the top of the tie which you can hardly see anyway I might be able to keep the polys within reason...and of course use LOD. Just do what you can Mike if you are so inclined and get the chance.


PS When I was a teenager my folks used to rent a house in Point O Woods across from Rocky Neck, and I used to walk down to the mainline to railfan. Used to count cars on the freights which we could see from the porch of our house across the water. No electrification then of course.

 

[NAmenta]

do you have any actual photos of how the track banks? so i can use it to model my layout

 

[Gandalf0444]

It is fairly easy to tell how it banks, Most turns are banked however the very short turns are not for obvious reasons, but the longer drawn out turns are most likely banked.... But since I have track maps coming out of every hole I know pretty much where every MP is, speed limit etc.

 

[Gandalf0444]

Just some of my pictures for your reference...

 

[cascaderailroad]

How's that super high poly track effect your framerates ?

 

[Gandalf0444]

How's that super high poly track effect your framerates ?

Not very much actually....it is the signal bridges that eat the most up:hehe:

 

[tbob]

Damn my cabcar looks gooooood haha

 

[NAmenta]

would u be able to send me that cab car? and the new haven gp if you could. they would be nice in my layout. my email is namenta@gmail.com if you could.

 

[NAmenta]

oh yeah, nice screenies. so how do you go about doing the banks?

 

[NAmenta]

State Street station, New Haven

 

[milkyoreo27]

There should not be a platform next to the Amtrak train.

 

[NAmenta]

yeah, i realized that after finding photos online...it was kinda hard to see from satellite images

 

[milkyoreo27]

If you'd like, I might be able to take a walk down to State Street next Wednesday and take a few pictures of the station?

 

[NAmenta]

thanks mikey, but you don't have to go out of your way to do that. unless you want to get a picture of the structure on the state street side of the tracks opposite the platform.

here's my ct dot spv2000 repaint. just did it messing around. need to fix the orange and make it look better. i'll do a better job when i fix it. they are sitting in the yard across from union station.

 

[milkyoreo27]

For CTDOT, don't forget to change the front black color to red.

Stored MUs at New Haven

 

[NAmenta]

thanks for that..i'll do that tonite. and sorry, i misread your name lol. i thought it said mikeyoreo. got anymore new haven pics around the yard or union station?

 

[NAmenta]

by the way, got the new reskins. nice stuff!

 

[milkyoreo27]

Thanks. Yep, they're some pics of Union Station around... heres a link to one

http://www.trainweb.org/usarail/newhaven.htm

Google earth is pretty good for the yard, too.

 

[NAmenta]

old school amtrak turbotrain at union station...i won't be using this in my route because its for the wrong time period but i repainted it messing around and wanted to take a pic.

 

[milkyoreo27]

I had some time to hang around at State Street for an hour today. As well as taking some videos, I also took a few pictures for you.. I'll post them here in a bit