What I am trying to do is change a 2-8-2 locomotive into a 4-6-2, but the problem is that the locomotive has the piston end cover whatever it's called built into the driver bogeys, so that when you replace the drivers, it looks funny because the piston covers are missing. So, I am trying to find a set of large 6 wheel driver bogies that have piston covers attached to them. Most other locomotives have the piston covers part of the locomotive mesh, but not the one I'm modifying. I'm trying to change a Canadian 2-8-2 into a 4-6-2 to represent another locomotive that a certain national park in Northeastern PA has. I used the position tag on a set of four wheel leading bogey to move it horizontally to fit behind the cowcatcher instead of sticking out to replace the 2 wheel leading bogey. I am sort of trying to kitbash the loco to represent a similar locomotive that has a different wheel arrangement, but similar body. It will be for my personal use only because it states in the config "No copying, redistribution, or use of this content for any other purposes than which it is intended, without written approval".
help finding replacement driver bogey for steam locomotive
- Thread starter rwk
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hudson i-5 has the piston+valve casing built onto the drivers, looks kinda odd as it's empty in the middle but might not be a problem. could also use the front truck if ya need as well.
ive been using pve attachment maker to position bogeys, what is this position tag you refer to(in the config, ya?)?
ive been using pve attachment maker to position bogeys, what is this position tag you refer to(in the config, ya?)?
It worked! I created a clone of the driver bogey and painted it mostly black since the wheels were white. Here is a screenshot. I am trying to remake it into CP #2317 that is at Steamtown. It was CN #3254 before, and is one of only two large Canadian steam locomotives currently available for Trainz. There is also a CN 0-6-0 (Strasburg 7312) as well. One small problem, though is that it is lacking the panel down the side of the running board that has a place to put the number 2317. So, I guess I will leave the number out from the sides of the locomotive. I don't want to bug the original creator to modify the mesh for me, since he might not even be kosher about someone modifying his model in the first place, it's just for my own personal use (I'm building a Steamtown layout with lines to Delaware Water Gap, Carbondale, Binghamton, NY and maybe Sunbury, PA)
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