RAILWAY DRAWING

dolphus

Thanks Marcus i will post some progress tomorrow cheers

dolphus

Creating the environment, setting the scene

dolphus

Slow progress (to many distractions) here is the completed nose and tail ends of the loco

my target is to complete the loco by Saturday????????

dolphus

Still working working here is the 80% completed pantograph setup

Swindel

Wow all that stuff on the roof is impressive! How do you know all about it? Do you jump onto trains at night and take photos? Jks. Looking good!

dolphus

Hi Swindle, no I'm not thsat brave but use photos and a lot of artistic license, here is the completed pantograph (note one arm deployed and one in the docked position)

tomislavm

Super, this is what I like, precision and function!

pilou

Very pedagogic!

Marian

Wow, nice work there DOlf.
Man, I would pay to have your patience.

dolphus

Thanks for the kind words chaps (i am blushing) ...
Here is the total progress so far ...11.7 Meg my laptop is groaning at the seams

dolphus

Thought i would be finished by now ...but still some way to go...

liam887

You should bevel some more edges if your laptop can handle it, its always a pain when you want to go further but your computer wont let you!
Those electrical wires on top are great that must have taken forever! You 'HAVE' to render this you know.

dolphus

Hi Liam thanks for the comment but you gotta believe that i would dearly like to detail the drivers cab etc but .......my laptop and i are an item
Getting there not to far to go now

liam887

When I used to use my old PC to model I had the same problem I got around it by making the whole model in about 10 different files then assembled them like a jigsaw to render usually in another app. Its troublesome and takes a long time but it gives good results. Anyway models still look great keep it up!

dolphus

Thanks Lian that is about the method that i am using at the moment but just in SU so my "Assembler File" starts to become rather unwieldy but it is still better than .......a lot of things ha ha
Sunday evening's contribution

dolphus

Getting ever closer to finishing, trouble now is every time I look at the model I see something more to add ....and the poly don't stop growing

dolphus

As finished as it is going to be (gotta draw a line in the sand sometime) only thing that i will still do is "paint" it in some or other railroad's livery
Enjoy....