Light at the end of the tunnel
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Incredible bit of modeling.
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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
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Jim, really awesome work. next project the Big Boy?
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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
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hi jim could be its the right what you are looking for.
about Big Boy. i was joking
what render engine youยดre use?
https://www.nwhs.org/archivesdb/selectdocs.php?index=co%26amp;id=69
or this on
on this site i have found only a 4 wheel refrigerator car
some times you can find anything on model rail road pages, too.
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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 youยดre 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
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!
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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.
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Wow. Just wow, LA_RR_Architect.
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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
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Really nice!!
Wish I could do stuff like that.
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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
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Truly top notch modeling.
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