RAILWAY DRAWING

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....

From time to time i will post more detailed views of the loco, thanks for the support and encouragement

dolphus

My GE E60 Electric Locomotive with it's first load, a string of 6 reefers

rollin45

Ahhh,,
It's been a while since last I visited. Wonderful work and lots of fun!

Keep on keep'n on.

rollin'

dolphus

Thanks for the kind comment rollin45 still lots more to come

Ultimatez 32

Hi dolf, awesome stuff so far, I noticed you experienced high poly problems. When I see the hidden geometry, such as in this image.

Here are some tips:

Lower segment count a LOT e.g: default 24 to 10 or 12. arc 12 to 4 or 3 (except you want to render)
Use layers to organize the model; works way faster for me
Those steps could be double-coloured single faces; lower the poly a lot

Well, those are just my two cents

dolphus

Thanks for the advice Ultimatez 32 i must admit that i have not seriously tried to master layers yet so this i will attend to but as to the low segment count in curves i am often tempted to go the other way 60 segments to a circle for the sake of "realism" ....... it is a failing that i have also getting rig of unseen geometry is somthing that i am very reluctant to do Example remove the left side of the loco if it is viewed from the right...but thanks i can see that you know my delimma

Durant Hapke

D to the Olf,

Very killer action.

Eat a sandwich.

Keep Jack bird swinging.

Durant "fish on wire" Hapke

dolphus

Durant!! what can I say....
"Eat a sandwich.

Keep Jack bird swinging. "

......if i had any idea of what you mean or are saying i would comment.....so i will limit myself to thanking you for going to the trouble of commenting..thanks