Progress: Another US NG poly monster in the making...

[cumberland]

This loco looks awesome i assume it's for KRS

Cheers Ben

[CaptainBazza]

No, TS1.

Cheers Bazza

[MuzTrem]

Yup, awesome is the only word for it! Very much looking forward to this.

[CaptainBazza]

Another update pic, showing recent changes to the cab, the textures certainly made it look more like a locomotive.

Cheers Bazza


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[CaptainBazza]

Beta 2 running in the sim...30,033 polys, 2 x passes thru SF, 2 x 2048 2 x 1024 1x 512 texture ACEs. No animation yet, still much detail to add.

Cheers Bazza

[andrewgadd]

What,,,,,, in MSTS 1,
are you getting a frame rate or are you just using the sim for still renders.....

Fantastic looking model Bazza, methinks you may possibly have to much spare time on your hands.

[CaptainBazza]

Hi Andrew, to tell you the truth, I didn't take much notice of the FPS, but I didn't notice a problem....and I'm running this iteration of TS on an older, slower ATA drive. I must reinstall it on the new SATA drive, I accidentally formated the partition with it on.

After posting that screenshot over at Elvas Tower, it was pointed out to me that the locomotive didn't have the 'hunkered down' (squat) distinctive appearance of the original Mudhen. I made a couple of very minor tweaks....lowered the boiler centerline by approx 2 inches and raised the pilot platform by lifting the front frame there by 1-1/2 inches or so, then readjusted the affected (and linked) fittings. That very minor change appreciably altered the appearance of the model, it was subtle in a sledgehammer sort of way and the locomotive now looks better with the customary squat of the original.

I did point out to the commentators that I used the dimension off the plans and reminded them that a rendered pic looks nothing like a photograph for a number of reasons. However, if you can't win'em, join'em, so I altered my TS camera config setting for the outside 2 view so it looks more like a photographic foreshortening effect when I take a screenshot....to be further tested in-sim with the next beta.

Cheers Bazza


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[CaptainBazza]

Tweak, tweak, tweak! Is that the sound a Mudhen makes?



Cheers Bazza

[CaptainBazza]

......and even more tweaks later, but still a way to go.


Cheers Bazza

[jefran]

The textures make a great model even greater - one day I must sit down and try and come up with something half as good.

[CaptainBazza]

That's me at the throttle and my twin brother Orville fires.


Yours in haste
Wilbur

[alanch]

So when will it fly, Wilbur?

[CaptainBazza]

So when will it fly, Wilbur?

As soon as I catch up with the test pilot, last seen a week ago.

Cheers Wil.

[CaptainBazza]

Another render of the K27, now nearly 31thou polys!

Cheers Bazza


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[CaptainBazza]

I'm in denial, I've stopped counting polys....here's WIP preview pic of K27 beta 3.0, with more rods added.

Cheers Bazza


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