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WARNING MANY PICTURES!!... AND NOW, BY POPULAR REQUEST .....ALL THE SHOTS BELOW ARE STRAIGHT FROM THE SIM ... NO RETOUCHING!! Simply pasted in Irfan View and resized from 1600x1200 to 1024x768. Added this last one after the initial post (this is the EDIT). Got a good shot between units to show the coupling and steps. Oh, what the heck ... here's one of her earin her keep!! (and I admit ... I sharpened this one once)For the uneducated, she is a Canadian National Railway GP38-2W. This was the model that introduced the Comfort (Safety) Cab to the railroads. CN unit 5560 was the first unit introduced in 1973. Most of these units are still in service.Modelling is almost complete. I still have some details I want to tend to. The model currently sits at 7308 polys and uses ten texture maps. Of those, five are 1024 textures.Textures also need to be finished. What you see here are basic working textures so I can make sure everything goes the way I want it to. I also need to do the ENG file (only very basic now) plus complete a semi-custom (read heavily modified TA SD40-2) cabview for the comfort cab view.My plans when this unit is completed is to do the simple conversion of this unit into a GP40-2W (same basic unit, a few simple detail changes). Once that is complete, I will stretch the GP40-2W into a new SD40-2W. Yes, the Safety Cabs are comin!! I hope you enjoy these pics for now. Model should be released soon I hope.Ray
RE: Something CN this way comes ... SCREENSHOTS!!, CPR_Malice_96th, Oct-29-02, 11:35 PM, (1) RE: Something CN this way comes ... SCREENSHOTS!!, andrewpickell, Oct-30-02, 10:02 AM, (2) RE: Something CN this way comes ... SCREENSHOTS!!, CNfavorite, Oct-30-02, 12:50 PM, (3) RE: Something CN this way comes ... SCREENSHOTS!!, GMOF3A, Oct-30-02, 03:49 PM, (5) RE: Something CN this way comes ... SCREENSHOTS!!, andrewpickell, Oct-30-02, 04:44 PM, (6) RE: Something CN this way comes ... SCREENSHOTS!!, cn_bayview, Oct-30-02, 02:50 PM, (4)
OOOOOOHHH!! BCRail!!! ALCOS!!!COOOOOL, I've got almost every mile in photos from Squamish south to Vancouver (very few red white and blues locos and cabs..mostly all green and whites)!..Wish I could find them all. They're from '85. Beautiful country up there!..I'll be getting your route! Show some screen shots of BCR..(or have I just missed them?)Anyway...very good job on the CN!!!
SWEEETT! Looks great Ray! Reminds me of the days when these babys ruled the tracks! Can't wait to see more pics and pics of the Gp40 and SD40! I was in the cab of 4799 or 89 at CN safety day at Taschearau yard. Along with SD75, GP9, AMT F59. Keep up the great work! Rob
