Yes, that's exactly it.
Piere,
A masterful job of editing. I almost didn't recognize the route - your additions and changes give it a whole new flavor.
Very nicely done!
Heinrich505
Thank you all very much indeed.
Cheers,
Piere.
Show Off Your Routes *Potential For Large Screenshots*
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Yes, that's exactly it.
Thank you all very much indeed.
Cheers,
Piere.
The Blackwell Northern Gateway is a shortline railroad operating on about 35 miles of track from Blackwell, OK to Wellington, KS. The railroad operates on an as-needed basis, connecting the grain elevators of rural Kay and Sumner counties with the outside world (The BNSF interchange in Wellington), and providing car storage for BNSF during the off-season.
I have all 35-some-odd miles of track built, the functional part, but scenery is a different story.
Here's a train crossing Slate Creek, on the south end of Wellington. The only bit of the route that's fit for showing off right now.
Matt
I have all 35-some-odd miles of track built, the functional part, but scenery is a different story.
Here's a train crossing Slate Creek, on the south end of Wellington. The only bit of the route that's fit for showing off right now.
Matt
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Thank you very much indeed Don.
Your roundhouses and turntables are my go-to items for this stuff, and they feature frequently around the route as they are such great looking assets. Thank you very much for creating them and making them available for us.
As an aside; did you ever make any "blank" stubs for them? i.e. the wooden part of the stub tracks without the rails, which would allow a completed circle of wooden boards around the turntable where there are no tracks used?
Thanks again.
Cheers,
Piere.
Thanks Piere. "circle of wooden boards around the turntable" I did notice what you did around the TT. Is that a spline? Would a matching spline or snap on pieces be the easy way.
It's very important the angle that you take your screenshots. It's the difference between great pic and that's a nice start. Don
It's very important the angle that you take your screenshots. It's the difference between great pic and that's a nice start.
DonIt's very important the angle that you take your screenshots. It's the difference between great pic and that's a nice start.
Ha! Absolutely true.
I think snap-on pieces would work better. A spline would "squash" and distort unevenly around such a small radius and very small distances between spline points (the one I used in those images did just that). I think "blank" versions of your stub tracks would maintain a nice, consistent look. It would just be necessary to "place" one (not "snap" it into position) under the power pole, but that's no drama.
Cheers,
Piere.
Heinrich505
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I love it! And, it actually makes sense...
Railwoodman
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Matt
Heinrich505
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Railwoodman,
Really great shots! I especially like the second shot - the viaduct looks so nice.
Heinrich505
Really great shots! I especially like the second shot - the viaduct looks so nice.
Heinrich505
It doesn't look like much right now, but I am in the process of building a representation of the Blackwell Northern Gateway railroad, my first actual attempt at building a real-world railroad.
The BNG runs on a former Santa Fe branch line between Wellington, KS and Blackwell, OK, a distance of around 35 miles.
Trackwork is done for the entire route, now I'm going through with texturing and refining terrain.
What you're looking at here is where the BNG goes under Interstate 35 near Braman, OK. There's not much scenery here yet, but that's pretty close to what it looks like in real life. Just out of frame is the Southwind Casino, a native casino just a mile or so south of the state line, placed strategically to make fun of us Kansans and our state-owned casinos.
Matt
The BNG runs on a former Santa Fe branch line between Wellington, KS and Blackwell, OK, a distance of around 35 miles.
Trackwork is done for the entire route, now I'm going through with texturing and refining terrain.
What you're looking at here is where the BNG goes under Interstate 35 near Braman, OK. There's not much scenery here yet, but that's pretty close to what it looks like in real life. Just out of frame is the Southwind Casino, a native casino just a mile or so south of the state line, placed strategically to make fun of us Kansans and our state-owned casinos.
Matt
borderreiver
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Re: post #2697 - Epa, keep working at it, a good start and if you put in the work you will get it finished. If you are anything like me, even when it is "finished" you might keep revisiting it to do a bit more.
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