winifred89 on Wed Jan 01, 2014 9:38 pm
Looking cool, keep up the good work.
Hi again
The two lines from Kirkham & Wesham to Blackpool Central (Coast and Marton Lines) are now complete (apart from signals/telephone wires), and I am about to start work on K&W to Preston. I still need to construct several buildings/structures which, at the moment, have bits of default items to denote them, but having some problems with Blender.
To give interested readers some insight into what I am hoping to achieve, I show some real photos and the corresponding WIP below.
This is Blackpool Central Station in the late 1950s.
The main platforms (1 to 6) are on the right, whilst the excursion platforms (7 to 14, uncovered) are on the right. When it was closed in 1964, this was the largest station in the UK to be closed (Beeching wanted to close Blackpool North, and keep Central, but the local council persuaded the BRB to close Central so they could acquire the land).
This is how it looks on my route, so far.
Moving on, we see the station throat, council amenities, the main Loco Shed (24E) and the first of 3 large carriage sidings.
Again, I have tried to capture the elements of this.
Beyond Bloomfield Road (home of Blackpool FC) there were 2 more large carriage sidings and also servicing facilities for the excursion locomotives. The view here is from South Station, the junction of the Marton and Coast lines.
Again, I have tried to capture the elements of this.
Finally, in preparation for future scenarios, we see the results of an excursion arriving from one of the Lancashire Mill Towns in the 1950s. I hope to produce passengers that look like this (rather than the brunette in the grey business suit)!
Comments/criticism appreciated
regards
Nick
. Secondly, I do not intend to hijack this thread started by Tom - merely to broaden it. As regards 3d modelling, as I said before it has been over 20 years since I did any (using Polyflow on Silicon Graphics computers to produce wire frame models of valves and pipes through which complex fluids had to flow). I have obtained Blender3D, and am getting to grips with all that it involves. So far, just produced some flat concrete blocks for use as road decks on bridges (as done by Keith Moss in WLOS). Early days.
