New Models (and some old ones too)

[emdsd90mac]

I will look at doing some of those Edwin. Provide me some pics or links to pics of them so I have some references please.

[imnew]

Nice attention do detail! Nice work

[_o_OOOO_oo-Kanawha]

I will look at doing some of those Edwin. Provide me some pics or links to pics of them so I have some references please.

I suppose these items are pretty generic across all railroads.
Older installations from the 30's till 50's are still in operation, and unless well maintained, quite weathered.
Since the 80's, RR have been upgrading and installed newer equipment.
I suppose you can walk up to the nearest railroad line and take a few photos without trespassing.
Otherwise just eyeball it, a few inches off don't really matter.
Here is a site with information on all things signaling:
http://www.railroadsignals.us/indexa.htm
Something useful might be found in these old manufacturers manual and documents:
http://rrsignalpix.com/documents.php
Here is a manufacturers website with lots of good photos, interesting info, including drawings (Western Cullen Hayes crossing protection):
http://www.westernsafety.com/products/railsafety.html.

Here are some Southern Pacific blueprints:
http://www.lariverrailroads.com/sp_signal.html

[BoostedFridge]

Your texturing on these assets is fantastic! What did you change in your technique or program between these and the first versions?

[emdsd90mac]

Edwin, thank you for the links, they will be put to good use for sure.

Your texturing on these assets is fantastic! What did you change in your technique or program between these and the first versions?

Thank you for the compliment!!! What I have done to change the texturing was use 3DS Max and have had much practice since the first release. I am still working on learning how to texture bake and I have some help from another experienced member helping me.

[emdsd90mac]

Update: I am working with another member and getting some instruction on shadow baking; I want to be able to release the best product I can, so please be patient, these models will come.

Thank you

[BillS]

Looking forward to it! Thanks for your effort.

[imnew]

Looking forward to it! Thanks for your effort.

I echo BillS !

[Coaltrain1]

The steam era wash rack is very nice / I have placed it in several locations on my current WIP route although it is not animated it is a very nice asset and creates a lot of realism in and around the yard. Looking forward to the finished product on all your freeware asset's. Great Job my friend..

[ex-railwayman]

And last but not least... Thanks for stopping by.

I like your yellow barrier gate, very nicely weathered, and the pre cast concrete pipes, I can't remember seeing anything like that before, superb. All these small items really help to populate our routes with, all this eye candy it's just what we want, and you're making a great job of it, thank you very much, top stuff, please carry on.

Cheerz. ex-railwayman.

[emdsd90mac]

Thank you all for the kinds words, I really appreciate it. I have made a lot of progress and have finally been able to nail down a process for shadow baking my models; the difference between a model with and without a bake is night and day. I am going to start packaging and uploading completed models hopefully this week as I don't want to keep you all waiting any longer than necessary.

[jpetersjr]

Will be looking forward to seeing them uploaded, I've noticed you like to do clutter, people always like rusted junk, like rusted out scrap fridges or old tires.

rusted junk fridge.jpg

[emdsd90mac]

Quick update for you all, I have uploaded a small package of new clutter items this morning. I hope you all enjoy them and please direct any and all feed back to me via PM or this thread.

[Sibell]

Amazing looking clutters

[emdsd90mac]

Just uploaded these. There are 2 different sizes, one is 3 X 18 meters and the other is 3 X 22 meters. Hope you all enjoy.