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NewEnglandRailFanMember since Jun-18-04 · 1483 posts
LAST EDITED ON Dec-18-04 AT 10:23 PM (EST)
What do you guys think? Should I release it? I have a couple mapping issues but they are so small their hardly noticeable.EDIT: Their numbers are 6151 and 6155 and the model is MLT/Danny Beck's -Dave
You can e-mail me at davej8010@aol.com -or- hrrc_7324@yahoo.com -or- feel free to aim me.
There awesome Dave, I think you should release it just get permission first (if you need to), I don't really care about the colour mapping issues as long as the unit looks good pulling a heavy or fast train its fine by me Mike Future CPR Locomotive EngineerPontiac Grand Prix GTP - Built For Drivers"A proof is a proof. What kind of a proof? It's a proof. A proof is a proof. And when you have a good proof, it's because it's proven" - Jean Chretien
You might want to make the Conrail lettering smaller and paint the front handrails white (unless that's you're texture problem). Other than that it's awesome!http://crcyc.railfan.net/locos/emd/sd45/sd45.html
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NewEnglandRailFanMember since Jun-18-04 · 1483 posts
RE: Conrail SD45's
Thanks guys!NorthShore, Yeah that sort of is my mapping problem. The handrails can only be one color. The other one is one small spot on the fuel tank, but I think I've figured that out.Also, I made 6161 too. I'll have to e-mail MLT for permission. -Dave
You can e-mail me at davej8010@aol.com -or- hrrc_7324@yahoo.com -or- feel free to aim me.
NewEnglandRailFanMember since Jun-18-04 · 1483 posts
RE: Conrail SD45's
The D&H, and btw, heres what my mapping issues are (see attachment), if anyone can help. The sand line or hose or whatever its called, along with that corner of the fuel tank.Also, I e-mailed MLT, just waiting for a reply. -Dave
You can e-mail me at davej8010@aol.com -or- hrrc_7324@yahoo.com -or- feel free to aim me.
You might want to try anti-aliasing the edges of the Conrail logos and roadnumber (i.e. smoothing them so they don't have those jagged pixel edges). If you added the lettering using a font, your paint program should be able to smooth the edges, unless you're using MSPaint or something. Same goes for the Conrail logo, where you could draw it in the paint program using overlapping circles and rectangles, and their edges should automatically get smoothed.Otherwise - and this is very tedious - you can go through by hand and add pixels in intermediate shades from blue to white to smooth out those edges. It's tricky to get the hang of it at first, but you can start to visualize where things need to be smoothed and by how much. Your repaints look awesome from far away in the first screenshot, but trust me, things look a LOT better up close with properly anti-aliased edges. Try it and I'm sure you'll be pleased with the results!Alex Stroshane http://www.trainweb.org/asamtrak911
What do you guys think? Should I release it? I have a couple mapping issues but they are so small their hardly noticeable.EDIT: Their numbers are 6151 and 6155 and the model is MLT/Danny Beck's
