Railworks America

Hello All,

well its been a while since i posted, but since RW3 is out, im going to give it another go on the Jacksonville Division
the last work was lost after a catastrophic hard drive crash, dumb me hadn't backed up like i should
progress will be slow as i drive an 18 wheeler 6 weeks out of the month and my time is limited

started on the DEM today, using ASTER GDEM, looks pretty good so far

also the lack of foliage has been solved as i found some really good textures for local Pines, Palmettos, and even Orange Trees - yes i will have orange groves :)

i am using RW decals, previously i was laying sections and doing the scenery as i go along, should i keep doing that or should i lay all the track and then come back and do the scenery?

will keep you posted and yes i have a huge USB hard drive to back up now :)

That's awesome news, thanks so much for giving it another go.

Also to Jerry C, i am working on those pines again, i still have the textures if you want to make your own sets

Those look great.

Are you planing on making forward facing trees, or models?

i need to find some good examples for models - i can do forward facing less overhead - also i need to find out how to tackle telegraph pole wire lofts, there are no good tutorials on it and i have no idea where to begin

SCLALINE wrote:i need to find some good examples for models - i can do forward facing less overhead - also i need to find out how to tackle telegraph pole wire lofts, there are no good tutorials on it and i have no idea where to begin

Michael stephan already has lofted telegraph poles covered http://www.golden-age-rails.com/scenery.html & they're free

Mmh, oranges! (Optional) forward facing models would be much appreciated, so we can go nuts with asset block tool.

The telegraph lofts are also available as models with 3D-shape wires attached, trickier placement but much better looks. Let me know if I can send you the 3DC file for inspection if you want to model your own telegraph or power lines.

Cheers,
Michael

Great to hear you are giving the route another go

thanks, ok i can do 3dwires on the poles but how bad is the overhead, i love Michaels poles but i am modeling a specific prototype used in my are (most are almost gone)

forward facing trees are pretty easy and look alot better so im on those

just in case anyone was wondering how accurate the route will be
i have track charts for the Jacksonville and Tampa areas - i have a gap in the middle but we can figure it out along the way

Moncrief Spent many an hour there while i was based at NAS jacksonville

i have the Charts for Moncrief, UCETA (Tampa) and Yeoman (Tampa) and actually the track charts north of Moncrief but i wish i had all the new charts
i do have a book that gives every signal, crossing, siding etc

alot of operating possibilities with this one, 3 Inter-modal Terminals, rock train operations, Amtrak, Several Coal fired power plants which i will eventually model,
Sometimes the Juice train comes through (I may model tropicana in bradenton as i have been inside the plant)
then there is the phosphate operation in Bone Valley

bs rr co wrote:Moncrief Spent many an hour there while i was based at NAS jacksonville

usually i watch at Moncrief from the foot bridge on the east side, but not in the evening as you may get your car stolen or get shot, not a nice neighborhood

Hey Jason - great to see you're having another shot at the A-Line. I wish you all the best and I'll watch with keen interest

Cheers
Ken

good deal - need a Seaboard System route :)