Spam thread for new NAVS content

[burgerbern]

agree, all these new shapes are a great addition to the sim

[Curt C]

Excellent job!

[Erick_Cantu]

More WIP on the non-terminating model. The end corrugation layers are done.

[Erick_Cantu]

Now working on the non-terminating models. I need to create the end corrugation layers yet.

[Erick_Cantu]

The first Plate F demo car. Not the best photo (notice how grainy it is), but the only suitable photo I took of a car with terminating ends. Now I can start work on the non-terminating models.

[Erick_Cantu]

Plate F kit in progress. A lot of rework needed to be done because the Plate F car is slightly wider. I can't recall ever seeing a Plate F car with a PS roof in the wild, so I think I can omit that roof style in this kit.

[Erick_Cantu]

The Plate C base package and paint kit is now in the library.

[Whatever2006]

All of my locomotive sound projects are on hold until I find out, definitively, how the OR team is going to handle curve squeal. We were working on some major changes that were erased by a member of the team who wasn't paying attention.

Oh, that might be why I never heard any updates on the NAVS engine sounds these days... I understand now and thank you for answering my question.

[Erick_Cantu]

The non-terminating master textures are mostly done. Like the Plate B kits, the Plate C masters will include sample liveries. This wasn't the best photo, but it's good enough for a sample car. I am really creating these for other painters, so I don't think my sample cars will be too important in the long run.

I have noticed that most real-world cars of the era use ASF Ride Control trucks. This seems to be the trend for modern railcars in general.

[Erick_Cantu]

Now working on the Plate C kit.

This is a relatively minor revision of the Plate B car, created by adding 8 inches in height and adjusting the textures accordingly.

[pwillard]

Thanks for the feedback. Its food for thought. I'm going to hold off even longer on my model since I lack the expertise at this point to do it justice... hence why I practice more than I finish.

[Erick_Cantu]

I didn't think the Dreadnought ends were too bad to model, but I am pretty used to modelling curves. The thing to remember is to use photos from many different angles and remember that it's a continuous surface that has had a pattern stamped into it, so the corrugation really forms peaks and valleys that blend together. Here is the end of the high-resolution model that was used to render my dreadnought ends (originally made for the US2FREIGHT8 replacement):



The corrugation was roughed out with simple block shapes, then the edges were beveled to form the curves. I really only built one large and one small bulge, then, once they were complete, I cloned and joined as necessary.

Anyway, I have decided that the terminating and non-terminating models will form a single pack, since building the terminating model was relatively simple:


The kit and base models are ready for testing and the docs have been written. I may upload them tomorrow if I have time.

All of my locomotive sound projects are on hold until I find out, definitively, how the OR team is going to handle curve squeal. We were working on some major changes that were erased by a member of the team who wasn't paying attention.

[pwillard]

I've been struggling to get my car end modeling to look right... so I sort of know what you are up to.

[Whatever2006]

Whilst the boxcars are being worked on, I haven't heard much about some of the planned NAVS engine sounds, although I do believe that they are might be worked on but currently on hold for different factors.

[Erick_Cantu]

I have rendered the end layers. Here's a test using a photo from the internet and the SIECO ends. Notice that the alpha hasn't been adjusted for the different sill type as this was a quick test.



There are 4 end corrugation options: SIECO, FMC/Gunderson, and two variations of P-S ends. There are also 4 metal roof variations and, as noted above, 3 roof options. This ought to be enough to get almost anyone going on a decent photo paint.