Orlando Station

[SCLALINE]

Hey all,
well work is proceeding on the orlando station, swapping between this and track laying

[thebigroyboyski]

Looking good
It's nice to see an American building getting built that I've actually visited and have pictures off.

[SCLALINE]

this will be the one where i have the easiest reference about i only live 1.5 miles from it hehe

ok front arch done

[imnew]

Been there and looks just like the real thing ! Great work !

[SCLALINE]

Thanks, i have decided to include the original office that was at the end of the arcade, when i was a kid i used to ride my bike there and ride with the local switching crew, and upstairs was the model railroad club back in the 80's at some point they opened the office area up but it i am modeling the station as it was in its glory

a lot of memories

[NDORFN]

Nice I like it when there's a story behind scenery. Gives you something to think about when you roll past in a loco. There was a route on MSTS in which the creator had a massive readme with details and often a story about the history or an experience of his own in each of the areas. As we all know, you had to use your imagination alot in MSTS so it was great to have read it before playing.

[SCLALINE]

[jpetersjr]

This is looking great.



I can't even build anything nearly as good as this station, actually, most of my buildings don't even come close. You have quite a lot of skill at this.


Are there any skyscrapers over in that Florida area you will also be building later on.

[SCLALINE]

to be quite honest i don't really have any skills so to speak, all that i do i taught myself (looking up tutorials on youtube and such) never went to school, so things take me longer to do
i'm stuck now on texturing, how to set things up but making progress, but thanks for the compliment

as for skyscrapers yes in 3 areas Downtown Jacksonville, Downtown Orlando, and Downtown Tampa, Tampa will be less as well as Jacksonville as i can make the models off in the distance, but the Line runs right through downtown Orlando

here Orlando and you can see the tracks next to the suntrust building

http://www.flickr.com/photos/chrisgent/ ... /lightbox/

could be lazy and model the 80's the BB&T (Originally CNA) was the first high building int orlando, and if you watch Lethal Weapon 3 the beginning bomb scene was filmed when they blew up the old city hall (we went outside and heard the explosion)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfwItdmvkfE

[jpetersjr]

I might try to build some of the larger buildings, since I have more experience with building skyscrapers. All I could use are some more reference photo's though to try to get each side correct.

Can't promise how soon I could have them done, but I could try with some though. I'm already looking at one in that picture that looks a lot like one I've modeled before and I believe I could build it pretty easily.

I just love a challenge, and I like building skyscrapers a lot as well.



For reference, here's a picture of a model I built before.

NYC Highrise Office Building 4 Progress 4 C.jpg

[SCLALINE]

sure why dont i give you 2 for reference, the BB&T and suntrust buildings, let me round up some photos, and if you have sketchup there is a reference model on there

[CSX2057]

hmm, building you're own bank in the simulator is not a bad idea. You could make millions $$$$ .

Can't wait to give it a try!