Isle of Man Progress

[deadly]

If that's the one over Foxdale road, then you've got one too many piers:

[Retro]

Looks excellent Phil. Just right IMHO.
Kind regards James

[pjt1974]

If that's the one over Foxdale road, then you've got one too many piers:

Nope, haven't got too much done on the Foxdale Line yet. I have put a bridge in where your pic is on the Foxdale Line but it needs restyling.
My screenshot was of Glen Wyllin but I'm using a Glen Mooar photo as reference as they were close to identical apart from the height (Wyllin was about 55ft up, Glen Mooar 75ft) and of all the pics I can find of both, Glen Mooar is the clearer of the two due to it's location.
The only problem I've got with the Glen Wyllin viaduct is I'm about 15 metres shorter due to the end piers. I tried to pull them out wider to replicate the distance but it just didn't look right.

[pjt1974]

In comparison, this is the best shot I can find of Glen Wyllin

[pjt1974]

Just had a play and I think I'll stick with this one. Now got it to the full 60 metre width.
Created the closed girder look using Mundo's Footbridge Kit

[hertsbob]

Looks excellent, Phil.

Cheers

Bob

[pjt1974]

Cheers Bob,
one of these days I'll get the hang of this route building lark.

[bigvern]

Just had a play and I think I'll stick with this one. Now got it to the full 60 metre width.
Created the closed girder look using Mundo's Footbridge Kit

Good thinking that man.

We desperately need some single track bridge lofts for RW, not just steel lattice or truss bridges but viaducts and indeed for those of us dabbling further afield, some trestles too. However in the meantime that is a good compromise for straight/level sections.

[pjt1974]

and here's the other one. Glen Mooar Viaduct. The piers look slightly out in the pic but they're not. I used a 26 metre length of track to set the distances between each mid pier and the end piers. The terrain still needs to be manipulated a bit because of the sort falls of DEM data.
Just a short note, I found these excellent photo's for reference on
https://picasaweb.google.com/1089315041 ... 966To1973# I don't know who's the photo's are but they're the best I've come across for a while. If you're reading this and you own them and you don't want me using them for reference let me know and I'll cease immediately.

[Retro]

Excellent work Phil. A good likeness to the photograph.
Kind regards James.

[partyspiritz]

Nice work I agree with James just like the photo

Well done


Regards



John

[pjt1974]

A bit of down time at the moment.
Just waiting to hear news from an asset provider regarding using his assets. I had permission for the first release but just confirming for the rest of the line.
Taking the opportunity to do a complete reinstall of RW on a different partition of my harddrive. Mainly because of the space. My program drive was down to 30 Gb free space from an overall 70 Gb's but where it's going now has 128 Gb free space from an overall 140 Gb's. Maybe it'll make a difference running it, maybe it won't.

[pjt1974]

Huge bump up the order.
Nearly a year since the first release...by eck

The fictional line around the northern plains of the Isle of Man has vapourwared. With continued work on the Orlov Line and the Peel to Douglas line, it's been .rpk'd and sent to a zip folder on a disc.

Peel to Douglas is going well. I've reworked much of the track using RWDecals since it was first laid using markers. This has also allowed me to recheck the gradients. I'm following on the theme of the Manx Northern Heritage Railway whereas it will be set in the modern time as if they'd never lifted the track. I'm planning on signalling with Chaddocks LNWR as they are lower quadrant (I think that's what they call them when the arm drops to show clear instead of lifting like the default ones) the same as used on the line originally.

Pic updates coming soon

Regards

Phil

[partyspiritz]

Phil you are just as bad as me how many projects. As always good work


Regards


John

[chrisreb]

Great - still being worked on - a nice diversion I like running for a break from the heavier stuff.