Reviving an old project

g0fthick · Post by **g0fthick** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 12:44 pm

No further progress i'm afraid, as i need to jump on a train to London in 20 minutes, however i tried modifying the cab angle as you said Andrew.

Still not sure it looks right, and i don't know how i'm going to work with the speed gauge at that angle.

davidaward · Post by **davidaward** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 1:23 pm

g0fthick wrote:Still not sure it looks right, and i don't know how i'm going to work with the speed gauge at that angle.

A primitive narrow gauge loco would probably not have a speedo- just a pressure gauge- so no need to worry about that one.

andrewtoplis · Post by **andrewtoplis** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 1:36 pm

Hmmm, to me that looks more real, and it will be nice to watch the world go by! Other folks have managed to get the gauges at an angle, try asking MorpethCurve orDarwinS how its done. Coming on very well though...now you just have to fight the Cab View Editor!

Nvincer · Post by **Nvincer** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 6:37 pm

davidaward wrote:as we had none a very short time ago!

*ahem*

(Click on thumbnail for a larger one)

Okay, so they're not great but they serve their purpose

And there are others for Shelagh and Perkins....

Ben

davidaward · Post by **davidaward** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 8:23 am

Sory Ben- forgot about your great cabs!

Nvincer · Post by **Nvincer** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 4:33 pm

JonPotter · Post by **JonPotter** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 4:49 pm

Static IIRC though, Ben?

Nvincer · Post by **Nvincer** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 5:07 pm

Yeah, but all of the controls still work

Ben

JonPotter · Post by **JonPotter** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 3:35 pm

So these ones fill the void for a non-static one then.

Nvincer · Post by **Nvincer** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 3:44 pm

g0fthick · Post by **g0fthick** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 5:39 pm

Sorry for the lack of updates, it's not that i haven't been working on it, just that i'm working with tools that most cab modellers go no where near, so whilst it might take longer, it should look a lot nicer.

Current Progress

Quick look at the materials in use currently

Wooden cabs in steam engines, something that never caught on

Ok, so i might be going slowly insane from this, but it ought to pay off

WSR2005 · Post by **WSR2005** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 6:16 pm

g0fthick wrote: Wooden cabs in steam engines, something that never caught on

They would have if sparks came out the firebox

Not too keen on the wooden tea though

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Looking very nice, keep going despite your apparent mental difficulties

joking of course

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Tim

g0fthick · Post by **g0fthick** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 6:45 pm

WSR2005 wrote:Not too keen on the wooden tea though .

Agreed, that stuff's hard to get out of the teapot.

Bit of an update, remodelled part of the cab's interior, added a few bits and played around with the lighting setup, i think it looks better, but i'll probably continue fiddling regardless.

g0fthick · Post by **g0fthick** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 8:16 pm

And an another update, because that brown interior was horrible looking.

Remodelled all of the cab's interior walls now, i thought it deserved it as i had no poly limit.

Nvincer · Post by **Nvincer** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 8:20 pm

Very Nice

Ben