Trinity 5161 Hoppers

Okay, I'm getting back to repaints after a long haitus. Here is my current project in the works, a pack of (at least) 15 Trinity 5161 grain hoppers. The skins below are not the final product: for one thing, they still need weathering, and at present they all use a generic grey roofwalk/hatch texture.
Please, don't be shy with comments/suggestions...
If you think it sucks, just say so! Jonathan Nikiforovs.
Milepost 180, CP Belleville Sub.Repainter for Yonder Locomotive Works.

"A crictic is a man who creates nothing and thereby feels qualified to judge the work of creative men. There is logic in this; he is unbiased - he hates all creative people equally." - Lazarus Long

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RE: Trinity 5161 Hoppers, jason87, Jan-19-04, 03:14 PM, (1) RE: Trinity 5161 Hoppers, michaelnscale, Jan-19-04, 04:20 PM, (2) RE: Trinity 5161 Hoppers, erniep, Jan-19-04, 06:08 PM, (3) RE: Trinity 5161 Hoppers, andrewpickell, Jan-19-04, 06:26 PM, (4) RE: Trinity 5161 Hoppers, CPR_9102, Jan-19-04, 08:35 PM, (5) RE: Trinity 5161 Hoppers, FURX, Jan-19-04, 08:44 PM, (6) RE: Trinity 5161 Hoppers, JonN, Jan-19-04, 08:53 PM, (7) RE: Trinity 5161 Hoppers, stryder47, Jan-21-04, 04:20 AM, (8) RE: Trinity 5161 Hoppers, JonN, Jan-21-04, 01:59 PM, (9) RE: Trinity 5161 Hoppers, Mark_Blum, Jan-21-04, 06:19 PM, (10) RE: Trinity 5161 Hoppers, imprezzed, Jan-21-04, 09:23 PM, (11) RE: Trinity 5161 Hoppers, JonN, Jan-21-04, 11:11 PM, (14) RE: Trinity 5161 Hoppers, TrueNorth, Jan-21-04, 09:54 PM, (12) RE: Trinity 5161 Hoppers, Darkviper01, Jan-21-04, 10:18 PM, (13)

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excellent work! they deffinetly dont suck. those will look great on the FBLv3.-jason

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Stellar job and great variety! A definite download when available. Great Job!Michael

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Very well done! cheers,
Ernie

Old switchmen never die, they just pull the pin

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Nice work.Andrew Pickell
RTC Trainee
Centre for Rail Training and Technology

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those will find a good home..Great work, and its so crisp and persise.Chris Wilson
MP 63 CP's Heron Bay Sub
Marathon, Ontariowww.greatnorthrails.com
EMAIL: chris9102@shaw.ca

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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I cannot stand Trinity cars, but those look Soooooooo good!
One thing is for sure, they are cheaper than the Athearn Genesis cars!-Jeffrey
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Thanks for the comments. I also hope to get one or two more liveries, such as KCS or KYLE.Bruce Bridges did a great job of balancing detail and performance when he did this model, which makes it a pleasure to repaint and run (much like his earlier 89' autoracks). I'm surprised that very few repaints of this model have appeared in the library, especially considering it's the only freeware Trinity hopper available for MSTS...Jonathan Nikiforovs.
Milepost 180, CP Belleville Sub.Repainter for Yonder Locomotive Works.

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Suck? Are you kidding. Those are great. Very nice job Jon. I just hope you don't overweather them. Some of us like fresh clean paintjobs. But I will take them in any form. Nice work.RangerWestern Maryland Railroad
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>I just hope you don't overweather them. Some of us like fresh
>clean paintjobs. But I will take them in any form. Nice
>work. Although I'm not a fan of the "factory fresh" look, for those who are, I'll try to make a comprimise when I weather them. These cars will look "used", but the weathering will be quite light for the most part, and limited mostly to slight rust stains and watermarks.
Here is an example of the weathering I plan to use for the most of the cars... Though I'm still thinking of tweaking the opacity of the weathering layers.Jonathan Nikiforovs.
Milepost 180, CP Belleville Sub.Repainter for Yonder Locomotive Works.

"A crictic is a man who creates nothing and thereby feels qualified to judge the work of creative men. There is logic in this; he is unbiased - he hates all creative people equally." - Lazarus Long

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JonThey look great - I was wondering if they were a hit on framerates - due to all the detail - but I'm guessing there's lots of alpha channel work to reduce poly's.Thanks in advance!Mark
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Did CN ever have these? I like them though! They're coo!

I wanna highball it through Woodstock, Ont. on none other than...THE TURBOTRAIN!!!

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>They look great - I was wondering if they were a hit on
>framerates - due to all the detail - but I'm guessing
>there's lots of alpha channel work to reduce poly's.You're right, they do make extensive use of alpha channels. The cars themselves only have 530 polys. Like I said, good balance between detail and performance.
BTW, to keep them easy on the framerates, I've decided to keep the textures at 512x512 (this will also help keep the .zip as small as possible, for the sake of dial-up users)>Did CN ever have these?No, but they did have some PS2 hoppers (the car the Trinity 5161 was designed to replace). The Trinity 5161 started production in 1995, and the only grain hoppers CN has bought since then are the NSC variety.>Question, Where are the FBL or DMCX Trinity Hoppers? gotta
>keep the bucket well stocked with modern stuf too ya know ?I've already been thinking of doing something along those lines, but this a pack of "real-life" skins, and I make it a point not to mix real-life and fictional rolling stock in the same .zip, and I also try to concentrate on one project at a time...Jonathan Nikiforovs.
Milepost 180, CP Belleville Sub.Repainter for Yonder Locomotive Works.

"A crictic is a man who creates nothing and thereby feels qualified to judge the work of creative men. There is logic in this; he is unbiased - he hates all creative people equally." - Lazarus Long

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WOW! Nice job,Those are very impressive.Rick.

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Question, Where are the FBL or DMCX Trinity Hoppers? gotta keep the bucket well stocked with modern stuf too ya know ?Check Out the WVK&O Railways New Homepage http://www.angelfire.com/fang/dark_viper/page6.html

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