â€œThe Piddington Light Railwayâ€

andrewgadd · Post by **andrewgadd** » Thu Jan 01, 2004 9:16 pm

The thumbnails do not seem to work! Bare with me.

andrewgadd · Post by **andrewgadd** » Fri Jan 02, 2004 12:08 am

Just a test (sorry about this guys).

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andrewgadd · Post by **andrewgadd** » Fri Jan 02, 2004 12:20 am

Yes, Thanks to Bruce.

rwaceyw · Post by **rwaceyw** » Fri Jan 02, 2004 11:07 am

Just a test (sorry about this guys).

No problem

. We got a screenie to look at out of it, so i'm not complaining

.

Nice looking quarry complex

. It'd be nice there with one of your inclines

David

andrewgadd · Post by **andrewgadd** » Fri Jan 02, 2004 12:18 pm

Er.. Yeh..
Some inclines? no problem. The main focus however, are going to be some mines which you can explore.

rwaceyw · Post by **rwaceyw** » Fri Jan 02, 2004 12:35 pm

Great stuff...how will the mines be done? Just tunnel tracks, or 'outside' railway and scenery covered with a 'ceiling'?

David

Frsimplex1993 · Post by **Frsimplex1993** » Fri Jan 02, 2004 6:11 pm

This is graet i was about to upload a screeni by thinking what Andrew was doing and somebody has haked my place to upload! I was wondering what your verdict would be on the SHR!

andrewgadd · Post by **andrewgadd** » Fri Jan 02, 2004 8:22 pm

The mine/quarry will be a covered and scenic affair, inspired by the great open slate caverns in North Wales. There are (as far as I can see) only two ways of doing this.
First, as used by â€œSnipperâ€

rwaceyw · Post by **rwaceyw** » Fri Jan 02, 2004 8:24 pm

Second and I think this may be my preferred method, are to build a roof to the caverns using a number of shapes (MSTS does not seem to mind weather shapes are touching the ground, each other or anything at all!) hanging in the sky. This method also allows me to keep the water visible and use it in some flooded caverns!

Thats the thing I was thinking

David

trainmad · Post by **trainmad** » Fri Jan 02, 2004 8:31 pm

That seems like the best option, yes.

andrewgadd · Post by **andrewgadd** » Fri Jan 02, 2004 10:49 pm

A shot of the final lay out at Piddington (minus scenery) and a seriously overworked quarry at Penny Hassett.

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andrewgadd · Post by **andrewgadd** » Sat Jan 03, 2004 4:38 pm

Ok guys.
This shot has been made using method one above; I have liberally thrown rocks and boulders along the back wall and a few on the roof although many more may be needed to complete the picture, also some industrial clutter could be strewn around. What do you think?

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andrewgadd · Post by **andrewgadd** » Mon Jan 05, 2004 10:08 pm

Some shots of Piddington station and yard. I have added a factory at Piddington, although quite what they produce and pack into those boxes is a mystery. I have spent much time browsing through the default scenery (using Decapodâ€™s shape viewer) with a view to using as much of it as possible, this is to try and keep the eventual download size small. I have run the route through RouteRiter, something I do frequently, trying various options and am at the moment getting a size of around 8000k. I know that this will undoubtedly go up but I do like to keep an eye on it.
The Quarry has been levelled â€œliterallyâ€

sp762 · Post by **sp762** » Mon Jan 05, 2004 10:20 pm

Hi Andrew,

I was busy last night extending the SWLR to "Trafalgar Pit" - it's made a nice change from the Easterham branch line. Some questions about the mine - did you build your own rocks?

What about lighting underground?

Route's looking good, BTW

andrewgadd · Post by **andrewgadd** » Mon Jan 05, 2004 10:46 pm

Mike
The rock shapes came from the Ffestiniog route; I then changed their shape again using â€œS.F.M.â€