I am building my own shortline based on a map by Fishlipsatwork from Durant, OK to Valliant, OK. More on that in another thread at a later date. One of the main industries is he International Paper Mill in Valliant, OK. Originally my plan was to toss some existing buildings together and call it good. But I decided to venture into the world of content creation.
I used Google Earth to get building measurements and locations. Afterwards, I used Google Sketchup to create one big group of blocks to represent the main buildings of the mill. Needless to say the Tiger Lines for the mill were a bit off. Now that I know where the buildings go, I can put the tracks in the proper place.
Each building will be individually modeled. Once it is done I will 'knock down' the block version and replace it. Each building's footprint and location is correct based on measurements from Google Earth, however the height will be a guesstimation. I also don't plan on this being a dead on accurate model, mostly due to the lack of material. So I am going to build a good representation of the facility that would be believable.
Below is the blocked locations of the main building, to get an idea of the size of the structure, those are 5 of JR's 50' High Cube boxcars along side it.
More updates to come as I make progress. I am new to this, so any suggestions or advice would be helpful.
Chris
I used Google Earth to get building measurements and locations. Afterwards, I used Google Sketchup to create one big group of blocks to represent the main buildings of the mill. Needless to say the Tiger Lines for the mill were a bit off. Now that I know where the buildings go, I can put the tracks in the proper place.
Each building will be individually modeled. Once it is done I will 'knock down' the block version and replace it. Each building's footprint and location is correct based on measurements from Google Earth, however the height will be a guesstimation. I also don't plan on this being a dead on accurate model, mostly due to the lack of material. So I am going to build a good representation of the facility that would be believable.
Below is the blocked locations of the main building, to get an idea of the size of the structure, those are 5 of JR's 50' High Cube boxcars along side it.
More updates to come as I make progress. I am new to this, so any suggestions or advice would be helpful.
Chris