GMax and 3DSMax (And any other modeling program) screenies/renders

I've been playing with the OpenGL render function in Blender...

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edh6 said:
I've been playing with the OpenGL render function in Blender...
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Odd to see a set of drivers in reverse but moving forward, but then I guess the same could be said for drivers in forward going back...Either way, it looks very good, though to avoid trippiness I'd definitely suggest you animate the bogies. :hehe: It may be worth developing further as a brass loco for the Model Railroadz scene.
 
trainboi1 said:
Odd to see a set of drivers in reverse but moving forward, but then I guess the same could be said for drivers in forward going back...Either way, it looks very good, though to avoid trippiness I'd definitely suggest you animate the bogies. :hehe: It may be worth developing further as a brass loco for the Model Railroadz scene.
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Oops, forgot the bogies! The brass effect is acheived using Blender's matcap view and an openGL render, at no point did I set up any brass materials, so will probably only be done as render in brass for now.

When you say the drivers are in reverse but going forward I assume you refer to the position of the radius rod in the expansion link. If so I'm pretty sure that it is in fact correct, as the return crank is offset in the other direction to what seems to be normal...
 
edh6 said:
Oops, forgot the bogies! The brass effect is acheived using Blender's matcap view and an openGL render, at no point did I set up any brass materials, so will probably only be done as render in brass for now.

When you say the drivers are in reverse but going forward I assume you refer to the position of the radius rod in the expansion link. If so I'm pretty sure that it is in fact correct, as the return crank is offset in the other direction to what seems to be normal...
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I've never seen a Walschaerts gear set up where the top is neutral or forward, but a couple photos do seem to bear that out. Don't see any mechanical reason why it would be necessary though.
 
trainboi1 said:
I've never seen a Walschaerts gear set up where the top is neutral or forward, but a couple photos do seem to bear that out. Don't see any mechanical reason why it would be necessary though.
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The only reason I can think of would to be in order to arrange the levers to the reverser in the cab in a more convenient way...

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Ed, that locomotive looks great. The dual chain couplings look rather interesting; was this something Metropolitan Railway used on most of their rolling stock?
 
How would those work in curves? Wouldn't the outside chain tend to snap or were the curves very shallow and the chains not drawn up very tight?
 
The chains seen so far are additional safety chains, there is also a normal coupling hook in the centre, which I haven't modelled as I will use an ACS mesh.
 
Ed,

Well; that is certainly a fine change from the LNER A1/A3; an Hally designed Metropolitan K class the later London Transport L2 and finally ending up with the LNER after 1938.

I so very much look forward to thus model, appearing on the download station.

Regards,

M.Gitsham
 
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