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chrisell (252 posts)
Mar-26-02, 03:40 PM (EST) "Mini update." Just to let you know ChrisTrains is still alive and well. A screenshot of the latest superscale creation coming along. It's an update / rebuild of the NS Koploper (remember chaps : NS=Nederlands Spoorwegen in this case, not Norfolk/Southern )The original had low-res textures and was missing a lot of detail in the bogies and undersides. This one solves all those issues, is nicely smooth shaded, has transparent windows and modelled interiors like the NS Buffel.Probably another couple of weeks or so to release - I've got the main engine unit done. I now need to do 3 variants of it (with and without pantographs, with the nose open and closed) for the various positions that it can appear in a trainset. Plus I need to do the passenger carriage.

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Subject Author Message Date ID RE: Mini update. DKlemm Mar-26-02 1 RE: Mini update. chrisell Mar-26-02 3 RE: Mini update. henry3 Mar-27-02 5 RE: Mini update. LocoRo Mar-26-02 2 RE: Mini update. FozzyBear Mar-26-02 4 RE: Mini update. GTJD Mar-27-02 6 RE: Mini update. dvdhoven Mar-27-02 7 RE: Mini update. Euston Mar-27-02 8 RE: Mini update. chrisell Mar-28-02 9 RE: Mini update. Euston Mar-28-02 10

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DKlemm (1332 posts)
Mar-26-02, 04:07 PM (EST) 1. "RE: Mini update." Chris;Something you said caught my eye. Not knowing European trains, what was the purpose of the door in the nose?David Klemm
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chrisell (252 posts)
Mar-26-02, 05:03 PM (EST) 3. "RE: Mini update." LAST EDITED ON Mar-26-02 AT 05:09 PM (EST)LAST EDITED ON Mar-26-02 AT 05:04 PM (EST)Dave:
The nose doors are used when they couple two or more trainsets together. The trainsets can be ICM-3 or ICM-4 configuration. That's an engine either end with either one or two passenger carriages making up trainsets that are 3 or 4 cars long.
To couple two or more of these together, they open the nose on the engine and hook them nose-to-nose. The passengers can then walk the length of the train.Image from mercurio european picture server :

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henry3 (681 posts)
Mar-27-02, 10:26 AM (EST) 5. "RE: Mini update." >To couple two or more of these together, they open the
>nose on the engine and hook them nose-to-nose. The passengers
>can then walk the length of the train. And that explains the curious shape of these units! I had wondered about it from the first time I saw them but had figured that it was just some sort of "modernistic" styling issue.Thanks for the information and I'm looking forward to the updated version.Henry Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
LocoRo (392 posts)
Mar-26-02, 04:12 PM (EST) 2. "RE: Mini update." This looks like heaven, its so real !! Amen !! Haleluja !! Good luck with this project , Chris Greetings Roland
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FozzyBear (847 posts)
Mar-26-02, 07:40 PM (EST) 4. "RE: Mini update." >Just to let you know ChrisTrains
>is still alive and well.
>A screenshot of the latest
>superscale creation coming along.Hey nice work Chris,
It's a big improvement over the earlier one. That roof detail and pantograph looks really good too. Best Regards,
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GTJD (171 posts)
Mar-27-02, 11:13 AM (EST) 6. "RE: Mini update." Darn....I thought you made a Mini Cooper or something like that.....Uncle Charlie,
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dvdhoven (668 posts)
Mar-27-02, 01:19 PM (EST) 7. "RE: Mini update." LAST EDITED ON Mar-27-02 AT 01:21 PM (EST)YES YES YES,That are my trains!!!
I travel five days week with them Or is it by them? 2 hours a day.
Very great job, Chris, thanks a lot. I hope you keep going this way.The picture is taken at Amsterdam, Central Station.And open and closed front doors!! Great. I am looking forward to run a 13 or 14 bakken train. ( a bak is railway Dutch for 1 unit)And I have a very little hope that one day you will have the spirit to modell that little red one below my name, please.Dick van den Hoven
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Euston (926 posts)
Mar-27-02, 01:42 PM (EST) 8. "RE: Mini update." Superb looking train.Will it have a cabview, like the Buffel? I enjoyed the cabview so much, I didn't even try the external views for 10 minutes!
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chrisell (252 posts)
Mar-28-02, 05:07 AM (EST) 9. "RE: Mini update." The 4 different loco versions are done - nose open and closed, with and without pantograph. On to the passenger coaches...
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Euston (926 posts)
Mar-28-02, 02:22 PM (EST) 10. "RE: Mini update." Wow, they look great. I spy a new activity pack....
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