After some discussion with my client, we have decided to base Big Bertha's cab interior on the 2-8-0 7F. There are many similarities with Big Bertha and the 7F so this seems a reasonable way to go.
Unfortunately this means discarding some of the controls I was going to use and starting over.
So the new controls will be based on the photos at http://www.flickr.com/photos/railsimulator/sets/72157621796286006/with/3752663789/
Rebuilding the regulator was quite easy as all I had to do was add an extra "arm" and an extra handle. This is what the revised regulator looks like in Blender. Note all the pictures show a "solid" view rather than the textured view as the texture in Blender looks nothing like the result in Trainz. The regulator is animated so you can also see the b.r.main lattice, the regulator lattices (which rotates) and the collision box attachment point. Given the regulator has two handles, the collision box attachment point may need to be adjusted.
The first new mesh I had to build is the combined (steam) injector and clack valve housing (manifold). There are two of these in the cab and the one on the left side of the 7F appears to supply steam to the train brake. Since Big Bertha is a right hand drive this means that the train brake will have to be to the left of this housing. I think!
Some of the dimensions of this housing are a guess since the photo site above mostly had shots of the front or just off the front. If anyone has a better photo I'd appreciate the advice. I was rather pleased how this turned out.
This is the left side showing the flange that will mate with the trainbrakelever.
The right side:
The lever is a separate mesh which I cannot post at this time as PhotoBucket has a problem.
This is what the housing looks like on the 7F. http://www.flickr.com/photos/railsimulator/3752663789/in/set-72157621796286006
Unfortunately this means discarding some of the controls I was going to use and starting over.
So the new controls will be based on the photos at http://www.flickr.com/photos/railsimulator/sets/72157621796286006/with/3752663789/
Rebuilding the regulator was quite easy as all I had to do was add an extra "arm" and an extra handle. This is what the revised regulator looks like in Blender. Note all the pictures show a "solid" view rather than the textured view as the texture in Blender looks nothing like the result in Trainz. The regulator is animated so you can also see the b.r.main lattice, the regulator lattices (which rotates) and the collision box attachment point. Given the regulator has two handles, the collision box attachment point may need to be adjusted.
The first new mesh I had to build is the combined (steam) injector and clack valve housing (manifold). There are two of these in the cab and the one on the left side of the 7F appears to supply steam to the train brake. Since Big Bertha is a right hand drive this means that the train brake will have to be to the left of this housing. I think!
Some of the dimensions of this housing are a guess since the photo site above mostly had shots of the front or just off the front. If anyone has a better photo I'd appreciate the advice. I was rather pleased how this turned out.
This is the left side showing the flange that will mate with the trainbrakelever.
The right side:
The lever is a separate mesh which I cannot post at this time as PhotoBucket has a problem.
This is what the housing looks like on the 7F. http://www.flickr.com/photos/railsimulator/3752663789/in/set-72157621796286006