Show off your reskins!
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I don't ride Amtrak a lot, is this something newer scheme wise or maybe not found in the West?
ConrailFan76
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Wonder how long they'll last in that scheme.
NWR1Thomas
New member
First (proper) day here on the forums, and I shall bring in some Baltimore & Ohio GP30s.
ConrailFan76
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Very nice. Reminds me I need to go back and redo the numberboards on my KCS ones.
ConrailFan76
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Oh I am all for this.a new project has begun. eventually all of my reskins on the DLS with be updated to my new higher standards and have new versions released.
ConrailFan76
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I've been busy...
Usually I do on an as-needed basis, but sometimes I'll find something cool I really wanna have. I've been working with a friend to bring some of those to life; only a small sliver is shown.
Usually I do on an as-needed basis, but sometimes I'll find something cool I really wanna have. I've been working with a friend to bring some of those to life; only a small sliver is shown.
applegathc
NoT tHe StAtUeS!
Awesome, if only those textures were baked. Back into the oven!!!I've been busy...
Usually I do on an as-needed basis, but sometimes I'll find something cool I really wanna have. I've been working with a friend to bring some of those to life; only a small sliver is shown.
ConrailFan76
Active member
Talking to my modeler, though that might be partially on my end. Admittedly, my texture work is somewhat basic, as I do not know how to do things like weathering or the such. I can do colors, lettering, and the general freight car metal texturing, but that's about it. I'd be happy to learn, however.
ConrailFan76
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Soon... 
applegathc
NoT tHe StAtUeS!
Moo.
BrianPacos
Creator, BMP Trainz
Fresh off her annual inspection and ready for the Arizona Central Railroad's summer excursion schedule, Santa Fe 1316 debuted her new Semisesquicentennial look on National Train Day over the weekend.
Bonus points if you know where the inspiration for the shrouding and paint scheme design came from. She was displayed in Flagstaff all day Saturday along with Santa Fe 5000 (also coming off an annual inspection), Canadian Pacific 5361 (back in her Canadian Pacific look for the year to celebrate a milestone of her own - her 100th birthday), and Southern Pacific 1297 (from the Project 1297 group). 1297 ran excursions back and forth from the Flagstaff platform to Mountainaire all day. Amtrak's display train also spent the day in Flagstaff.
Bonus points if you know where the inspiration for the shrouding and paint scheme design came from. She was displayed in Flagstaff all day Saturday along with Santa Fe 5000 (also coming off an annual inspection), Canadian Pacific 5361 (back in her Canadian Pacific look for the year to celebrate a milestone of her own - her 100th birthday), and Southern Pacific 1297 (from the Project 1297 group). 1297 ran excursions back and forth from the Flagstaff platform to Mountainaire all day. Amtrak's display train also spent the day in Flagstaff.
ConrailFan76
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I don't know how to do it, but tbump textures.
A person on the facebook group posted a link to this youtube video a while ago which I followed and got some nice results.
Some things to note (mentioed in the comments on the video, the method doesn't work on animated objects (doors, bogies, running gear etc). You need to use m.reflect or similar for those.
I don't know how you could do it if the model already uses a bump-map
It can be very time consuming on complex models (like K&L, for example) and takes a lot of trial-and-error.
I'm sure they may be other, better methods from people who actually know what they're doing (not me) but it did allow me to get one thing which I have longed for, for ages, which is a K&L model with a rich, reflective finish. I may eventually do some more.
Hope it helps.
Cheers,
Piere.
NWR1Thomas
New member
Penn Central Business Car #31 'Queen Mary'. Not a locomotive, but still a pretty neat thing.
ConrailFan76
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I love fictionals - 'ere's mine. The Royalanlee & Arkloy Southern.
"Ordered in 1968 to mirror an order by the New York Central (and later Penn Central), the R&AS purchased 25 GP40s to both work in tandem and replace their aging fleet. With over 1,200 built, these venerable locomotives could work all kinds of services, and could be seen nearly all over the country. On the R&AS, they would be put on their higher priority freights, though the issue of cracked frames slowly reared its ugly head. They would be rebuilt to rectify these issues, but this soured the R&AS's opinion of the locomotive. This inspired them to look to GE for their final locomotive order a few years later. Regardless, the R&AS GP40 fleet proved to be long lasting, and they would be merged into the Conrail fleet when R&AS folded itself into Conrail in 1977. They would all be off-roster by 1993, and spun off to various leasers or scrapped."
Also made it a point to reskin a handful of fictional rolling stock, as well. Might share those another time.
"Ordered in 1968 to mirror an order by the New York Central (and later Penn Central), the R&AS purchased 25 GP40s to both work in tandem and replace their aging fleet. With over 1,200 built, these venerable locomotives could work all kinds of services, and could be seen nearly all over the country. On the R&AS, they would be put on their higher priority freights, though the issue of cracked frames slowly reared its ugly head. They would be rebuilt to rectify these issues, but this soured the R&AS's opinion of the locomotive. This inspired them to look to GE for their final locomotive order a few years later. Regardless, the R&AS GP40 fleet proved to be long lasting, and they would be merged into the Conrail fleet when R&AS folded itself into Conrail in 1977. They would all be off-roster by 1993, and spun off to various leasers or scrapped."
Also made it a point to reskin a handful of fictional rolling stock, as well. Might share those another time.