Class15/16

jimmyladd · Post by **jimmyladd** » Tue Nov 25, 2003 11:57 am

I wish to have a go at building class15&16 models but I have no idea where to begin. Is there a program you can download or buy, or maybe a book or something? Not the easiest of shapes to build I know but into the deep end I go!!!

jonathanmlewis · Post by **jonathanmlewis** » Tue Nov 25, 2003 6:12 pm

Look at:
http://www.railpage.org.au/steam4me/tra ... ich3d.html

ca55ie · Post by **ca55ie** » Wed Nov 26, 2003 8:04 am

i've heard that TSM is good, and it's free for the first month

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do you need any stuff on the class 13/15 , anyways heres one whether you like it or not!!!
http://www.preserved-diesels.co.uk/engi ... /index.htm

jimmyladd · Post by **jimmyladd** » Wed Nov 26, 2003 4:45 pm

Thanks for the link to the class 15 pics, I will add then to the ones I already have. I am downloading Discreet,s Gmax at the moment,and I will see if I can get my head round it or not.Will I need some diagrams with dimentions of the loco on them?
Cheers Jim

ca55ie · Post by **ca55ie** » Wed Nov 26, 2003 8:01 pm

not really, but it would help to keep it realistic, i'll see if i can get hold of some

jimmyladd · Post by **jimmyladd** » Wed Nov 26, 2003 9:44 pm

Thanks!

ca55ie · Post by **ca55ie** » Fri Dec 05, 2003 8:23 am

sorry, couldnt find any plans, but i did find useful eng file stuff and some good pictures

http://homepage.mac.com/trash80/railways/type1.html

ca55ie · Post by **ca55ie** » Fri Dec 05, 2003 7:11 pm

if you are searching on google, always include British Thomson-Houston Diesel-Electric Class 15 or 16 as it gives off the best results, i'll keep looking

can i test it for you, if you release it?

cheers

thedarkness · Post by **thedarkness** » Wed Dec 10, 2003 11:12 pm

Is it the class 15 they used to call 'The wonder diesel' because the crew used to sign on saying "I wonder if it'll work today"? First trialled at Bricklayersarms or New Cross Gate?

jimmyladd · Post by **jimmyladd** » Wed Dec 17, 2003 4:00 pm

Sorry I haven't replied for ages but I have been sidetracked tring to sort out various activites that I have been creating. Yes you certainly can test the models when I have created them, I just don't know when that will be!
I have been playing around at reskinning various locos just to try and get the hang of modeling. I will try and keep you posted on my progress.
It would not suprise me if the class 16 were called the wonder diesels because they had atrocious reliabillity problems mainly associated with there cooling systems, which aloud for hot spots to accur in their engines. When they were shut down and cooled, gaskets would give way and the loco would not restart. Strangely class 15's didn't have this problem, but they still were very unreliable!
Cheers, Jim

ca55ie · Post by **ca55ie** » Wed Dec 17, 2003 4:29 pm

i'll pm you with my e-mail address

jimmyladd · Post by **jimmyladd** » Fri Jan 30, 2004 2:24 pm

Could anybody give me advice on how to make convincing looking louvres without getting sky high polycounts? I'm trying to model a class 16 and it has got loads of them!

ca55ie · Post by **ca55ie** » Fri Jan 30, 2004 6:44 pm

what program are you using?

baldwin · Post by **baldwin** » Fri Jan 30, 2004 8:15 pm

jimmyladd wrote:Could anybody give me advice on how to make convincing looking louvres without getting sky high polycounts? I'm trying to model a class 16 and it has got loads of them!

Build your model with flat and curved panels as appropriate. Louvres are applied as part of the skin, a difficult art to master, but not impossible. The early US diesels tended to have quite a few louvres, get hold of a GP7 or GP9 and examine the ace files for these to see how they are done.

Mervyn

jimmyladd · Post by **jimmyladd** » Fri Jan 30, 2004 8:59 pm

Ca55ie: I'm going to use gmax for now, are you still going to have a go at a class 15?
Baldwin: Thanks for that I'll have a good look,still if I carn't make the loco good enough for me then I'll not upload it
Cheers Jim