Adams "Radial Tank" 488

rwaceyw · Post by **rwaceyw** » Sat Aug 31, 2002 10:49 am

Is anyone going to have a go at this?
http://www.bluebell-railway.co.uk/blueb ... _tank.html
Thank you.

saddletank · Post by **saddletank** » Sat Aug 31, 2002 9:27 pm

I always thought these were really handsome engines. Deserves to be modelled.

MikeM7044T · Post by **MikeM7044T** » Sun Sep 01, 2002 12:02 pm

I'll give one a go.
Also, great news as a group intend to put the Lyme Regis-Axminster branch back!
I was in Lyme the other day on my holidays, and found the leaflet at Pecorama, the line had the original claim to fame as the Bluebell Railway, and the website is @: http://www.lymebilly.org.uk

cua193 · Post by **cua193** » Sun Sep 01, 2002 4:27 pm

There's one in the shed at the moment.

I couldn't resist the temptation to work on the computer instead of on the roof when I was away - came back with some more half completed stock & ran out of time for the roof repairs.

There's a surprising variation in the Adams' locos, short & long tanks, 3' & 3' 6" trailing wheels, chimneys & such.

regards
Richard Osborne

MikeM7044T · Post by **MikeM7044T** » Sun Sep 01, 2002 4:32 pm

Ok, I'm out, how about a screenshot Richard?

cua193 · Post by **cua193** » Sun Sep 01, 2002 4:51 pm

Mike,

I've literally just walked in through the door - I had to bring the hard disk back with me in order to retrieve the files.

I'll post some shots when I'm unpacked.

regards
Richard

cua193 · Post by **cua193** » Tue Sep 10, 2002 1:06 pm

As promised I've taken a shot of the progress so far:-

http://www.rosbo77.freeserve.co.uk/ebay ... 0415_4.jpg

488 has the longer side tanks & no coalrails. BTW I can't get the inner faces of the rails to show transparent - don't know why!

The vans behind are a 24ft luggage van, 24ft fruit van, refrigerated van & a 4 wheel CCT - all waiting to be painted.

regards
Richard Osborne

saddletank · Post by **saddletank** » Tue Sep 10, 2002 2:32 pm

Looks great Richard, and my favourite coach livery ever (after LNWR that is...).

How is your stuff progressing - any more bits n pieces finished yet?

cua193 · Post by **cua193** » Tue Sep 10, 2002 4:22 pm

Martin,

If only! I sometimes wish I were one of those single-minded people who finished one thing before rushing off on all manner of tangents - might even get the open wagons done. BTW there's a framed goods van half done as well.

BTW I've just got the inside faces of the coal rails to work - by splitting the part, moving one bit & rejoining them - works most times - don't ask me why.

regards
Richard

saddletank · Post by **saddletank** » Wed Sep 11, 2002 9:34 am

Richard, have you tried making them out of square or triangular section?

cua193 · Post by **cua193** » Wed Sep 11, 2002 1:25 pm

Martin,

They're transparencies. I thought I'd see where you can use them on this model.

They don't look too bad - if I think I can squeeze in more polys I might try using tubes. You only really notice side on when neither front nor rear face is visible. A quick count suggests that the poly count would go from the present 12 to 96.

For the sake of experimentation I've made the cab cut-outs as a transparency - again you only notice the lack of the coaming width. Also the steps & valances are transparencies.

Problem may have been that, for some reason, TSM 1 was on my old computer. People said version 1 did some strange things.

FSDS used to do odd things - often you had to reassemble parts, or even the model before it behaved. It's the main reason I still use lots of parts & make sure they're backed-up somewhere.

regards
Richard Osborne

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