Class 423 4VEP

[GatwickSpotting]

Hi all,

New here, about 2 hours ago I decided to have a go at one of my all time favourites, the 4VEP. Now please excuse me for making this - I know RS.com are already working on the 421 but I wanted to have a crack at it anyhow. I'm not a great modeler so do pardon the many errors.

Anyway, here is what I have so far...



My intentions with this model is a little different to most. I'm planning to model/texture the entire thing, although when I'm done I'll be releasing the .max file to whoever wishes to do the conversion/export to Railworks. I think there are some very talented members here who'd do a much better job at getting it into the sim than myself, hopefully they'll be up for helping out. More details on that stuff later.

Thanks,
Jordi

[Fincra5]

Looks brilliant so far.

[loverswalk]

Great first post and with a marvelous screenshot to boot.
LW

[GatwickSpotting]

Quick update - got a few more details added, although I need some more reference of roof areas and sides before I can really continue. This is the best I've managed to do with the little reference I have:



Large image (1200px): http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/411/423vep.jpg

If anyone has any more reference for the 423 I'd be very interested in acquiring it.

[Tankski]

Very nice work on that VEP, just wondering though, how many polygons are there in the model at the moment? It seems an awful lot.

[Fincra5]

I had a crisis.

[GatwickSpotting]

Very nice work on that VEP, just wondering though, how many polygons are there in the model at the moment? It seems an awful lot.

5k total, I know it's a bit much =(

[Tankski]

5k total, I know it's a bit much =(

That's not possible?! That seems about right for the current stage in the model with that detai- wait, that looks half-cinematic.

Very nice work for the low level of polys!

[Kariban]

Seeing as someone budgeted 100k for a locomotive at some point, your 5k is not a disaster yet very nice so far.

[yerkes]

Jordi, you have a PM.

[xguerra]

Quick update - got a few more details added, although I need some more reference of roof areas and sides before I can really continue. This is the best I've managed to do with the little reference I have:

If anyone has any more reference for the 423 I'd be very interested in acquiring it.

http://www.barrowmoremrg.co.uk/BRBDocum ... sIssue.pdf

Pages 63 - 65 should help

[GatwickSpotting]

Thanks for the help guys, I'm now able to get most of the sides done.



Large image (1200px): http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/442/class423v.jpg
As soon as the body and roof details are in, I'll start the undersides/bogies.

[yerkes]

That's shaping up very nicely indeed.

Do you mind me making a couple of suggestions? One is not to round the windows so much - perhaps keep the sides and tops of the frames straighter for the equivalent of an inch or so. The other is to raise the lower edge of the quarter-light frame by the equivalent of a couple of inches - it looks a little low at the moment.

Looking forward to seeing more of your work!

[GatwickSpotting]

That's shaping up very nicely indeed.

Do you mind me making a couple of suggestions? One is not to round the windows so much - perhaps keep the sides and tops of the frames straighter for the equivalent of an inch or so. The other is to raise the lower edge of the quarter-light frame by the equivalent of a couple of inches - it looks a little low at the moment.

Looking forward to seeing more of your work!

Thank you for the advice - feel free to suggest any improvements, I want exactly the same thing everyone else wants: an accurate model.

What I might do though is gather a little more reference before continuing, since unfortunately alot of the changes required are going to mean an entire rebuild of the side - and I don't wish to do that more than once lol.

[phat2003uk]

Great progress as always, look forward to seeing this develop .