Light at the end of the tunnel

[LA_RR_Architect]

Hey everybody, thanks for looking and for the encouragement!

Here are a couple of my first rendering "rushes"

And here's how the B & M 4115 fits into my growing fleet of railroad rolling stock models...

She's definitely the biggest and most complex to date.

I hope you enjoy

Jim

[deaneau]

Jim, really awesome work. next project the Big Boy?

[LA_RR_Architect]

Hi,

Thanks for the comments.

Next project? Too many choices.

I hadn't thought the Big Boy possible, but maybe...

And if that, well, I'm a bit of a Pennsylvania fan... perhaps if I can find drawings a T1 or even a GG1 - that would be a change. Then again perhaps an SP cab forward or a DMIR Yellowstone.

I'm also on the look out for plans for a refrigerator car and a flat car and as always, interesting railroad structures.

Too many choices, too little time.

I'll leave you with a final image for now. This is generally what I build these models for.

Then again, I think my laptop is dying... maybe a new computer first.

Jim

[deaneau]

hi jim could be its the right what you are looking for.

about Big Boy. i was joking

what render engine you´re use?

(www.nwhs.org)

or this on

http://sarplans.steam4me.net/

on this site i have found only a 4 wheel refrigerator car

some times you can find anything on model rail road pages, too.

[LA_RR_Architect]

Hi, thanks for the suggestions...

about Big Boy. i was joking

• I understood that it was a joke, but then I got to thinking. Modeling a Big Boy would be only a bit more complicated than the B&M 4-8-2. Since the Big Boy is a 4-8-8-4, the two gangs of cylinders, rods and driving wheels are copies of each other. The model would be bigger but all I would really need to add is the extra pair of wheels in the trailing truck and a bit more piping. As an added bonus, the centipede tender used on the B&M locomotive is nearly identical to that used on the Big Boy.

what render engine you´re use?

A few years ago I bought AutoCAD and Revit licenses. 3D Max came with them... so that's what I use. Like all AutoDesk products it's too big and bulky but produces pretty good results.

*https://www.nwhs.org/archivesdb/selectd ... x=co&id=69

or this on

http://sarplans.steam4me.net/

on this site i have found only a 4 wheel refrigerator car

some times you can find anything on model rail road pages, too.*

Thanks for the pointers to on-line drawings... Right now my problem is getting on top of the failing graphics card in my lap top. Once that's beaten, I can look at more modeling.

...and by the way, those were two pretty nice water colors!

[deaneau]

i think in generally, that is more complicate to design a steamloco.
it must be very impressed to see an american steam loco in original.
all engines and cars are a little bit bigger than in europe
good look for your next project and i hope you will find the right refrigerator and flate car you need.

here the Big Boy (for all readers doesn't know the Big Boy)

here a photo to see how big the boy is.

[Bryan K]

Wow. Just wow, LA_RR_Architect.

[LA_RR_Architect]

Well good people, thanks for looking in and the comments.

...still no "Big Boy" yet or flatcar for that matter, but I did come up with plans for a "reefer" or iced refrigerator car. Here she is...

That's it for now, enjoy.

Jim

[ntxdave]

Really nice!!

Wish I could do stuff like that.

[LA_RR_Architect]

A couple more progress images...

Still pushing the plumbing and operating hardware largely from front to back, I've also blocked out the cab and tender body.

Beginning to get a feel for the bulk of this heavy weight.

Still a long way to go but perhaps there really is light at the end of the tunnel. In any case, I'm really wanting to see a rendered view of this brute.

As usual, more coming.

Regards

Jim

[Bryan K]

Truly top notch modeling.