@L-i-am I think type 1. I take Metformin and Jardiance for it. Doesn't seem to make me feel better.

@L-i-am Thanks! Getting the boot from this place + freelance work drying out + health problems like this = nightmare. I figure the alternatives to not reaching out like this is better than the alternative. Social services are slow. It's complicated. Affordable housing units are on a 2 years waiting period. I'd last 4 hour being homeless in my state.

I left out the high blood pressure and diabetes.

I never liked the idea of creating a gofundme for myself but I recently find myself in a very serious bind.

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I have a brand new Corsair K100 RGB Optical-Mechanical Wired Gaming Keyboard for 100 bucks but you have to be in Denver, Colorado.

@Mike-Amos Squid looks interesting. Only problem is converting the SU models to anything like max, obj or blender.

Craigslist, Bluesky and Instagram isn't working.

@Rich-O-Brien Maybe $120 for one locomotive. I've never done this before. The native model is Sketchup. Do I need maybe like a Blender file and could it's just be a base model without materials? What's the commission for selling over Sketchucation? Can I sell a Sketchup model over CGTrader et al?

@Rich-O-Brien How much do you think my EMD SD45 is worth?

@Rich-O-Brien I look at that Contrail SD45 smoking a splif and thing "WTF that's magnificent.

@Rich-O-Brien I think "real estate" has been taken over by capitalist vultures that just don't care for rendering and it's all boiler plate venture capitalist trends. Mostly burning money.

I was looking at some of my recent renderings and wondering, how is it that I'm not getting work? Well, here's my latest attempt.

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I've been using a Logitech K350 for years now. Still have a new one on backup. Mouse is Logitech Performance MX which I clean every so often. I still have a Logitech MX Master 3 in a box. Not too crazy about it but overall it's OK. I also have a Corsair K100 RGB Optical-Mechanical Gaming Keyboard which is way to jittery and sensitive. Happiest with the K350 and Performance MX combo.

Biggest problem has been dropping liquids on the keyboard once a year. Have to be careful with that. I have gotten replacement feet for the Performance MX mouse if I've opened it up a lot to clean. Have to make sure I'm stocked. I still have a bunch of Allsop "Raindrop" x-large mouse pads which they discontinued. Drives me nuts when they discontinue the good stuff.

@Rich-O-Brien said in Bending plug in:

McTwist

McTwist again like we did last summer!

Use a regular arc and Taper Maker plugin.

I exaggerated the diameter difference for clarity.

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I blew up a C2 Flexicoil truck which is used on the Burlington Norther and Conrail SD45.

Some of the innards aren't finished or perfectly accurate but since they're not visible from the exterior view I let it go. I got carried away as it is.

Nice work! Did you win?

Where did you get the landscape elements from?

Thanks Mike and Rich. I did this version pretty quick. I have a lot of spare parts. I'm settled on a weathered look and tall grass for most everything. Was tinkering with it some more and finding small things to fix or change.

@Rich-O-Brien Thanks. Decals from D5.

Here's the EMD SD45 lined up in Conrail, Union Pacific and Burlington Northern liveries.

Conrail EMD SD45. Same model, moving things around for the Conrail configuration. Minor Photoshop/Gimp work for decals.