Can anyone make some old style br searchlight signals

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Can anyone make some old style br searchlight signals
http://newimages.fotopic.net/?iid=11gyc ... quality=80
http://colinpbrooks.fotopic.net/p52165632.html
http://colinpbrooks.fotopic.net/p53817674.html
And the best pic

[mjoliver1]

Can anyone make some old style br searchlight signals
http://newimages.fotopic.net/?iid=11gyc ... quality=80
http://colinpbrooks.fotopic.net/p52165632.html
http://colinpbrooks.fotopic.net/p53817674.html
And the best pic

Sorry can't help there. But, some great photos on the site. Is someone still working on the 302/308 etc.?

Mike

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Still work in progress.

I spent 6 hours makeing a searchlight signal last night but it turned out to be a falure wich looked rubbish.

I can do the the pole and all the parts except from the head of the signal

[OrpheusRocker]

What tools were you using?

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The free verson of Google Sketchup

[OrpheusRocker]

Great, how were you going to get it into RW? I have just found a route.

Here is Sketchup

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and here is 3DS Max

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I have the book "Two Centuries of Railway Signalling" by Geoffrey Kitchenside and Alan Williams so that should provide some data. If you tell me exactly what you want, I could give it a go.

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Sadly we wont be getting any date on the signals as thay were all ripped down in the 80s evan a search for the pics came up a blank. Its either that or i dont know much about them. All i know is that thay use to work the LTS

[OrpheusRocker]

But they look like the picture you supplied?

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Yup this is one.

Im currently working on the other type

[Wikkus]

Great, how were you going to get it into RW? I have just found a route.

Funny, I thought that the other day when SketchUp was being mentioned elsewhere. "Cool!" I thought, "Free software that I can have a crack at modelling for RW with!"... and then I discovered that to export to another 3D suite, e.g. 3DSMax or 3DC, you need the "Pro" version which costs £321!

As for 3DSMax itself: £3,000!

How are casual hobbyist modellers supposed to afford that sort of moolah?

Rik.

Edited for clarity.

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Bahh im going to use Blender wich is free and is just as complecated

[GavNormandale]

where do you get £321 from for 3DC?

usd 69.95 = just under £47 real money

http://www.amabilis.com/products.htm

Gav

[Wikkus]

where do you get £321 from for 3DC?

usd 69.95 = just under £47 real money

http://www.amabilis.com/products.htm

Gav

My terrible grammar -- what comes of being gobsmacked and trying to compose a sentence... Sketchup Pro is £321.

Rik.

[OrpheusRocker]

I used Blender to export a .FBX file and it went into £DS (I keep doing that! Freudian or what!)... 3DS Max effortlessly. Could it be that 3D Canvas will accept the same filetype?

Here's how far I've got with your signal, OM.

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Obviously it's not finished yet and it will need some tidying and scaling.

Any use to you?

[GavNormandale]

it doesnt do that file type but this is what it does import, maybe some common ground, but then if you buy 3DC there will be no need for sketchup!

DirectX (x)
Raw Triangles (raw)
Wavefront (obj)
WorldToolKit (nff)
3D Studio (3ds)
AutoCAD (dxf)2
3D Studio (asc)
Imagine (iob)
Lightscape (lp)
LightWave (lwo)
Maya (rtg)
Quicktime 3D (3dmf)RealiMation (rbs)
RenderWare (rwx)
trueSpace (cob)
VideoScape (geo)
VRML 2.0 (wrl)
XGL
XYZ
ZGL

Gav