My project update:

[Snuffy]

Still no right answers on where this is ... but anyhow, here some updates.

http://i640.photobucket.com/albums/uu123/Snuffys_bucket/point.jpg

http://i640.photobucket.com/albums/uu123/Snuffys_bucket/2dsofar.jpg

http://i640.photobucket.com/albums/uu123/Snuffys_bucket/sometrackandaloco.jpg

http://i640.photobucket.com/albums/uu123/Snuffys_bucket/starttheclimb.jpg

http://i640.photobucket.com/albums/uu123/Snuffys_bucket/lookingback.jpg

http://i640.photobucket.com/albums/uu123/Snuffys_bucket/Kindabare.jpg

http://i640.photobucket.com/albums/uu123/Snuffys_bucket/hospital.jpg

[Gramps]

Nope, don't have a clue as to where it's at, but it is startin to take shape a look real good

[Lionheart]

Looking good Snuffy. Making pure terrain must be a real bear... So much to do and add and all..



Bill

[Snuffy]

Update.
Overall at this time
8831

Close up of the main yard.
8832
All those blue dots as you know are switches, most of them are built on a 1.6 gradient. Talk about a b*tch!

[Henry]

Talk about a b*tch!
whats my wife have to do with it?
LOL
H

[warchild]

Looking good Snuffy. Making pure terrain must be a real bear... So much to do and add and all..



Bill

Hardest parts are switches, tunnels and platfiorms.. Switches are actually easy, but the program has a habit of making you pay for every switch you add with countless numbers of rejoining track together..

[Snuffy]

Welp I've laid off laying track for obvious reasons:

http://i640.photobucket.com/albums/uu123/Snuffys_bucket/truck.jpg

[Snuffy]

I've been off the track for a bit ...

http://i640.photobucket.com/albums/uu123/Snuffys_bucket/3dslatest.jpg

[Lionheart]

Looking good Snuffy!

Those wheels are pretty sophisticated on the insides. Shows some good modelling technique there. In the old days, we would have used Graphics to coat that side and replicate all those curved fins.


Bill

[Snuffy]

Compair this one ... to the very first one.

http://i640.photobucket.com/albums/uu123/Snuffys_bucket/latestpointrail.jpg

[warchild]

Lomg Island from the jersey side???
Everything your doing is looking incredible :) :) :) .. I'm loving watching this grow..
Pam

[Snuffy]

No, Sorry Pam, Not Jersey Shore ... yer too far north, but certainly on the right side of the country. ;)

Thanks for the interest in what's happening with my mess I'm making.

Some of you may be wondering what makes all that gear work ... Well I threw together the boiler for it yesterday.

Here's an update.

http://i640.photobucket.com/albums/uu123/Snuffys_bucket/cleanassy.jpg

[warchild]

::chuckles:; it it aint jersey, then its the Chesapeake bay:LOL::... About a half mile from where the confederate iron clad was sunk i'd say..

[Snuffy]

::chuckles:; it it aint jersey, then its the Chesapeake bay:LOL::... About a half mile from where the confederate iron clad was sunk i'd say..

You're getting a lot warmer ... it is off the Chesapeake but not the bay proper ... and you've nailed the era of the model. It is the ACW.

Here's an update or two:

http://i640.photobucket.com/albums/uu123/Snuffys_bucket/cylinders.jpg

http://i640.photobucket.com/albums/uu123/Snuffys_bucket/feedend.jpg

[Snuffy]

http://i640.photobucket.com/albums/uu123/Snuffys_bucket/underside.jpg

http://i640.photobucket.com/albums/uu123/Snuffys_bucket/boilerface.jpg

[Cloud9Gal]

Wow Snuffy! Impressive! I didn't know you liked trains as well.

Good Stuff! Thanks for sharing your project with us!

[Snuffy]

Thanks C9G ...

Trains are after all machinery. :) And I am as you know, a Mechanical Engineer, who works in the boiler industry ... and oddly this engine I'm working on is a boiler.

Here's an update shot:

http://i640.photobucket.com/albums/uu123/Snuffys_bucket/newcow.jpg

[Snuffy]

Just the latest ...

http://i640.photobucket.com/albums/uu123/Snuffys_bucket/partialcab.jpg

[CrashnBurns]

Snuffy,

OK, that's GOTTA be the City Point RR.

Crash

[Snuffy]

Snuffy,

OK, that's GOTTA be the City Point RR.

Crash

And we finally have a winner!!

Yup, its the City Point landing in 1863/64 When the Union Army was at its peake during the siege of Petersburg.

I plan to eventually expand my railroads from this point and cover more of the other inter connecting rail systems from Petersburg, like the RFP, Weldon, Danville, and P&N.

[CrashnBurns]

Snuffy,

My favorite stretch of track! Thought I recognized the engine house in the other thread. Been collecting documentation and parts for some time to make an N-scale layout of that line from Petersburg to City Point. Didn't know this was possible in MSTS! I'll have to dig out my old copy see if I can get it to run on my current PC. Inspirational!

Crash

[Snuffy]

Hey Crash,

Yeah, I've always wanted to model it as well only in H-O scale, problem was always money and space. To do the layout justice you know.

Well its quite doable in virtual reality. I got all the DEM info, did some KLM with google and things are going along swell.

MSTS will provide you with much more period equipment rolling stock wise, unfortunately there doesn't seem to be an interest in generating steam era stuff for the U.S. with the RW group.

If I could just get a handle on how to go from modeling to in game, I could provide what the RW sim world is missing. Oh well.

I have a pretty decent map of City Point that's about 3/4"=100' with all the main buildings, the track, and the entire encampment layout. I've been building from that.


Here's an update on the beach yard.

http://i640.photobucket.com/albums/uu123/Snuffys_bucket/MainYardInfo.jpg

And here's an overall of what I've got so far ...

http://i640.photobucket.com/albums/uu123/Snuffys_bucket/710102doverall.jpg

[crashaz]

WoW! Impressive work there Snuffy! Did not know you modeled.:wavey:

[Snuffy]

WoW! Impressive work there Snuffy! Did not know you modeled.:wavey:

That's not an entirely true statement Crashaz ... ;)

I just can't get my models from the model state and into any game/sim as I know nothing of that phaze of the process ...

[crashaz]

I know some members of the TS community. Talon is at sea right now... but I can find some others.


Still muttering under my breath about Aces closing and losing TS2... we got a sneak peek @ SimCon and I could not wait to see it in action. Wanted to see the Great Northern and Santa Fe routes in action. Also a fan of Southern Pacific.



That's not an entirely true statement Crashaz ... ;)

I just can't get my models from the model state and into any game/sim as I know nothing of that phaze of the process ...

[Snuffy]

Remember now ... I'm not doing MSTS ... I'm in Railworks. ;)

[Henry]

Remember now ... I'm not doing MSTS ... I'm in Railworks. ;)
me too

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b327/henrybaker/mossie/210/Screenshot_LNER_5138668--236664_10-.png

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b327/henrybaker/mossie/210/Screenshot_LNER_5138501--236679_10-.png

this scenery stuff takes a long while:173go1:
H

[Matt Wynn]

love that first shot H, must be before Beeching got his hands on the railways... the golden age of steam summarised there and a windmill.... must be Norfolk... it's definately flat enough to be :ernae:

[Henry]

love that first shot H, must be before Beeching got his hands on the railways... the golden age of steam summarised there and a windmill.... must be Norfolk... it's definately flat enough to be :ernae:
ya mean there is another county?

[Snuffy]

No, H, you really need to look into this ... http://www.3dtrains.com/products/rs1/scalerail.shtml

[Henry]

why got it already:wiggle:
sadly i have not touched a joystick in months
i post more on trainsim sites than i do here
i have more payware in the last 6 months than the last 5 years from flightsims
and have made a bunch of friends
darn im hooked
H

[Henry]

i do love England but i also am working on a KCS route also
England while i remember and KCS as i see it now
H

[Snuffy]

Wuz just sayin ... yer track looks a little flat ...

I'm gonna spring the 7 bucks and buy the newly released hi rez track this weekend.