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    ATSF tanker in Blender

    After watching a series of tutorials on the last day of November, I decided to start building my first Blender model, which is based on a Santa Fe TK-L tanker. It may be a bit too advanced for a beginner, but I think I've done incredible work at this point. Planned to be an ORTS-only car.

    tklmirror1 by Tyler McMillin, on Flickr

    tklmirror2 by Tyler McMillin, on Flickr

    tklmirror3 by Tyler McMillin, on Flickr

    #2
    Pretty exciting, Tyler!
    Do you have plans to work from? Would you like me to see if I can locate some?
    Christopher

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      #3
      Originally posted by conductorchris View Post
      Pretty exciting, Tyler!
      Do you have plans to work from? Would you like me to see if I can locate some?
      Christopher
      Hi Christopher,

      You'd be a wizard if you could locate the blueprints! I had received a folio sheet, which is also found on the historical society's website. I also used my photos of a surviving tank body and the measurements I made three years ago.

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        #4
        Here you go: https://sfrhms.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Tk-L.jpg
        Thanks to the Santa Fe Railroad Historical Society

        Edit: I see you already have what I found. I guess that isn't strictly blueprint. Try this. Not the exact same class but may be pretty close:


        Christopher
        Last edited by conductorchris; 12-08-2020, 22:12.

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          #5
          Kudos for giving it a try. Helping to inspire others has been my intention with my sharing of my own experiences, trials, and tribulations with learning Blender.

          My question: Was this tank car actually made with a cylinder that has a flat bottom or was that just a wimpy drawing it? Tanks are easy to model because they start with a standard primitive... the cylinder.
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            #6
            Originally posted by pwillard View Post
            Kudos for giving it a try. Helping to inspire others has been my intention with my sharing of my own experiences, trials, and tribulations with learning Blender.

            My question: Was this tank car actually made with a cylinder that has a flat bottom or was that just a wimpy drawing it? Tanks are easy to model because they start with a standard primitive... the cylinder.
            The tank was created with a cylinder. Since the prototype had unconventional pear-shaped ends, I had to round about 5/6th of the ends, with the remainder to be occupied by the bolsters and draft gears.

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