Hi Guys,
Never thought that my simple request to John
Whelan to produce a "proper Narrow boat" would have gained so much interest especially after being told time and time again this is a
Trainz game not canals. I trust the moderator who repeatedly replied to me in that vein will take note.
I'm currently working up a route based around 1930's from Tyseley junction to Birmingham Snow hill possibly Woverhampton.
Any body who knows this route will have seen many parts of the canal system and possibly knows that part of the BCN (Birmingham Canal Network) passes right under the station.
As many of the railway surveyors followed the surveys already laid out for the canals, canals to my mind, do play a part in the general scenery, and if they can work so much the better.
The comment on water is an easy fix. Canal water can vary from putrid green to almost black, Brownish grey mostly.
Set the colour in the water table, place water at whatever height, bring the ground up to the water table level -0.02
Example: CANAL WATER LEVEL -5.60
CANAL BED -5.62 Use black or dark brown ground cover
BOAT TRACK LEVEL -2.60
TOWPATH HEIGHT -4.65 variable to whatever bank side you use. A third of a meter or one foot higher than water table level would be about right.[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif]
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Vulcan stretched his lock for me to pass a 72' boat and [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif]
John Whelan now has some great boats, loadable with various cargo, whilst I'm trying to painting them up in traditional canal colours. [/FONT]
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Snow Hill, has new resplendent signals from the hands of Chris Whiting,
but still very much short on station buildings should anybody wish to give them a go.[/FONT]
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Should put a folder up in the cloud for interested parties to view, but never seem to get around to it.[/FONT]
Grateful thanks to all these guys who have and still are working with me to produce Snow Hill 1935.
Cheers guys Thanks.
John
P.