RH&DR Locomotive and Rolling Stock Creation

Nvincer · Post by **Nvincer** » Fri Jun 10, 2005 7:46 pm

Hi
I have just finished modelling the body of RH&DR locomotive No. 14 Captain Howey.
It still has a few things to add to it - like it's name plate and the wheels (which I suppose are quite important!!!!!

) also I need to add the cab transparencies - My TGA Tools 2 wont let me do it. I can get the alpha channel programmed in but it doesn't seem to have any effect on the loco! - Any Ideas??!

Any comments?? (This is my first model using TSM so be nice!!!!)

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JonPotter · Post by **JonPotter** » Fri Jun 10, 2005 8:04 pm

Impressive! Well done - a very nice loco

Frsimplex1993 · Post by **Frsimplex1993** » Fri Jun 10, 2005 8:11 pm

Nice, what do you mean if you want i could have a look at it(not a complete expert) but i think i've figured out Alphas? If you would like. You have a PM.

rwaceyw · Post by **rwaceyw** » Fri Jun 10, 2005 8:12 pm

The object needs to be set as TransNorm in TSM

David

Nvincer · Post by **Nvincer** » Fri Jun 10, 2005 8:13 pm

How do you set it to TransNorm?

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rwaceyw · Post by **rwaceyw** » Fri Jun 10, 2005 8:15 pm

Click item properties on your selected part, then matereal, then TransNorm.

David

Nvincer · Post by **Nvincer** » Fri Jun 10, 2005 8:33 pm

Cheers
Another problem though!
What do I need to do now because I can't see the back of the cab!?

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refman · Post by **refman** » Fri Jun 10, 2005 10:07 pm

Hi
Have you got a cab outer and a cab inner?
If so set the outer to AlphaNorm+ and link to main.
Set the inner to AlphaNorm- and again link to main.
You may have to use Polymaster to finaly correct the alphas, but this
Should allow you to see the inside of the cab.

Cheers........Reg

MuzTrem · Post by **MuzTrem** » Sat Jun 11, 2005 8:53 am

That's excellent for a first attempt. Well done!

Nvincer · Post by **Nvincer** » Sat Jun 11, 2005 10:40 am

Latest progress on CH.
Windows made transparent
Wheels added
One problem though

- Animation!! Trying to crack it at the moment so that I can test it!

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rwaceyw · Post by **rwaceyw** » Sat Jun 11, 2005 10:42 am

Looks good, although what gauge have you built it to?

David

Nvincer · Post by **Nvincer** » Sat Jun 11, 2005 11:55 am

It will be scaledt to 15 inch guage but it's not there yet!

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Nvincer · Post by **Nvincer** » Sat Jun 11, 2005 7:03 pm

The locomotive is now nearing completion. Took it out on a test run on the Lakeside and Sutton Railway today and everything seemed to run well! Currently running on a borrowed .wag file and a temporary cabview. (this will be fixed later

) The problem is that I can't get the wheels to rotate

! Could anyone explain how to do this or does someone want to do this for me? Please!

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Frsimplex1993 · Post by **Frsimplex1993** » Sat Jun 11, 2005 10:20 pm

Other loco's for MSTS with no motion have no, animation but it is a nice feature. Is there going to be other detail's instead of: Max Speed = 30 mph?

Nvincer · Post by **Nvincer** » Sun Jun 12, 2005 10:17 am

Yes there will be something different here. The controls and guages will be here. That was just put there as a test basically!

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