40ft Intermodal Container Carriages

gypbrc · Post by **gypbrc** » Thu Mar 15, 2012 9:25 pm

Wow. Excellent pieces of work! Especially to get that quality out of Sketchup. Have you managed to import the wagon into RW yet?

MallardFan · Post by **MallardFan** » Thu Mar 15, 2012 9:31 pm

Not yet

At the moment I have only exported static "clutter" items, so I need to work out the animation for the wheels and bogies

Also need to work out the containers, was hoping for more variety then the red/green/blue at the moment in RW, but that would require a lot of versions...

gypbrc · Post by **gypbrc** » Thu Mar 15, 2012 9:38 pm

The variety shouldn't be too bad to do. In the simplest way you could just have copies of the same wagon each with different child object entries so that each displays a differently liveried container. This is how the Euro Container Pack works anyway.

Or... and I don't know if this would be possible; but you may be able to use some form of dynamic numbering to show a different container. It may be that the container has to be a permanent attachment (then you would only need two versions, one with and one without a container). The texture on the container could be changed like the destination textures on DMU/EMU stock can be by changing a letter or number of the wagon in the scenario editor.

bdy26 · Post by **bdy26** » Fri Mar 16, 2012 2:22 am

Now thats a cracking idea.

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Martin216 · Post by **Martin216** » Fri Mar 16, 2012 9:17 am

Looking good, I'll be looking forward to seeing these in RW.

MallardFan · Post by **MallardFan** » Fri Mar 16, 2012 2:38 pm

gypbrc wrote:The variety shouldn't be too bad to do. In the simplest way you could just have copies of the same wagon each with different child object entries so that each displays a differently liveried container. This is how the Euro Container Pack works anyway.

Or... and I don't know if this would be possible; but you may be able to use some form of dynamic numbering to show a different container. It may be that the container has to be a permanent attachment (then you would only need two versions, one with and one without a container). The texture on the container could be changed like the destination textures on DMU/EMU stock can be by changing a letter or number of the wagon in the scenario editor.

Hmm, some interesting ideas there, thanks very much - especially like the dynamic texturing idea, if that works...

OK so the Pocket wagon is done...

(OK so I used a picture of a model one to help... "sort out"... the fine details...

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Dave4468 · Post by **Dave4468** » Fri Mar 16, 2012 2:59 pm

Very wow. Can wait to stick some of these behind a 70.

msdejesus · Post by **msdejesus** » Fri Mar 16, 2012 3:24 pm

Nice!

bdy26 · Post by **bdy26** » Fri Mar 16, 2012 4:27 pm

Crikey, quick and superb work. Looking forward to these.

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eyore · Post by **eyore** » Fri Mar 16, 2012 5:01 pm

Fantastic work.

One small thing. You've mirrored the ends of the wagon, but they are actually different. Sorry, but this photo of a model wagon is the best picture I could find to show the difference.

MallardFan · Post by **MallardFan** » Fri Mar 16, 2012 5:25 pm

Thanks Guys

eyore wrote:Fantastic work.

One small thing. You've mirrored the ends of the wagon, but they are actually different. Sorry, but this photo of a model wagon is the best picture I could find to show the difference.

Ahh interesting - I had a feeling that was the case...

well shouldn't be too hard to fix

MallardFan · Post by **MallardFan** » Fri Mar 16, 2012 6:16 pm

All sorted

Also the FFA Wagons are done, so just need the FGA to finish that set off...

So got the Lowliners left, any more requests?

bdy26 · Post by **bdy26** » Fri Mar 16, 2012 7:19 pm

Wow, great stuff.

At the risk of being extraordinarily cheeky (and you knocking these out for fun by the looks of it) I can't ignore an offer. I know its not container related but I'd love a smallish hopper of some kind - it seems like a gap and something that would span many eras. http://paulbartlett.zenfolio.com/brironorehopperhkv sort of thing.

Just thought I'd ask, no pressure or anything. Will dance / reskin / send biscuits

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MallardFan · Post by **MallardFan** » Fri Mar 16, 2012 8:23 pm

bdy26 wrote:Wow, great stuff.

At the risk of being extraordinarily cheeky (and you knocking these out for fun by the looks of it) I can't ignore an offer. I know its not container related but I'd love a smallish hopper of some kind - it seems like a gap and something that would span many eras. http://paulbartlett.zenfolio.com/brironorehopperhkv sort of thing.

Just thought I'd ask, no pressure or anything. Will dance / reskin / send biscuits

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Funny you should mention that...

I wanted to make a JNA Mendip Rail Bogie Aggregate Wagons, but couldn't find the plans...

Would a 25 1/2 Ton iron ore hopper do?

http://paulbartlett.zenfolio.com/briron ... #h19521b69

meanwhile the FGA Wagon is now done...

Dave4468 · Post by **Dave4468** » Fri Mar 16, 2012 10:41 pm

At the risk of sounding like a bit of a newbie.

The 3D model looks fairly complete there, so how far from being in RW are they?

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