Class 423 4VEP
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Re: Class 423 4VEP
Looks brilliant, excellent work!
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Re: Class 423 4VEP
Absolutely stunning! Can't wait!
Paul
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Re: Class 423 4VEP
Yes I know progress has been slow but here's my progress report:
I've been mucking about with the textures as I found them to be rather oversaturated, if you compare the image above the previous screenshot, you'll hopefully see an improvement.
Tempest has also given me permission to reskin his bogies so that they match the underframe, and to eventually release onto the DLS, so that saves time in bogie fabrication.
The LODs still need tweaking, as TANE is still moaning about the Polygon counts, on top of that it wants LODs for the animated doors (screenshot below) which will be a right pain in the backside.
As screenshotted, the VEP will feature animated doors, I'd never animated hinged doors before so this was a new experience.
Next items on the agenda are:
- Get LODs sorted
- Get Script working (I may wait until the MBSO and TSO are sorted before making a start on this)
- Make a start on the MBSO
I've been mucking about with the textures as I found them to be rather oversaturated, if you compare the image above the previous screenshot, you'll hopefully see an improvement.
Tempest has also given me permission to reskin his bogies so that they match the underframe, and to eventually release onto the DLS, so that saves time in bogie fabrication.
The LODs still need tweaking, as TANE is still moaning about the Polygon counts, on top of that it wants LODs for the animated doors (screenshot below) which will be a right pain in the backside.
As screenshotted, the VEP will feature animated doors, I'd never animated hinged doors before so this was a new experience.
Next items on the agenda are:
- Get LODs sorted
- Get Script working (I may wait until the MBSO and TSO are sorted before making a start on this)
- Make a start on the MBSO
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Re: Class 423 4VEP
Looking great! Can't wait for this.
Would love plenty of passenger viewpoints too!
Cheers,
Paul
Would love plenty of passenger viewpoints too!
Cheers,
Paul
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Re: Class 423 4VEP
I like the way you've got standing passengers in there, I've never seen that before. Probably essential for these units!
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Re: Class 423 4VEP
This is awesome. Well done. Looking forward to it's release.
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Re: Class 423 4VEP
I've read plenty of modern railways from the 70s and 80s, about people complaining about this very issue. So I thought it was a vital detail.paulsw2 wrote:I like the way you've got standing passengers in there, I've never seen that before. Probably essential for these units!
Paul
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Re: Class 423 4VEP
Work has started on the MBSO.
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Re: Class 423 4VEP
Looking great!
Will it use the old Class 421 cab or will it have a new one?
Will it use the old Class 421 cab or will it have a new one?
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Re: Class 423 4VEP
Going to use the old 421 cab for the time being although it is looking a bit rough nowadays, so the possibility of a new cab sometime in the future is on the cards.yuenmatthew415 wrote:Looking great!
Will it use the old Class 421 cab or will it have a new one?
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Re: Class 423 4VEP
Nice work, will it include all of the liveries the train wore through it's life?
Eg: BR Blue, BR Blue Grey, NSE, Connex, Southern and South West Trains.
By the way i don't have a problem waiting for this, Tempest70's 421 is very useful and has been since i got it. (It's a shame the website got taken down but i'm lucky that i got it when i did.)
Eg: BR Blue, BR Blue Grey, NSE, Connex, Southern and South West Trains.
By the way i don't have a problem waiting for this, Tempest70's 421 is very useful and has been since i got it. (It's a shame the website got taken down but i'm lucky that i got it when i did.)
Sincerely, Luke.
Re: Class 423 4VEP
Looking good. Will it be TANE only.or 2012 upwards .
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That's the plan, although the NSE livery requires a fair few variants in it's own right, Blue & Grey with NSE Markings, NSE Unrefurbised, and NSE refubished.PendennisCastle wrote:Nice work, will it include all of the liveries the train wore through it's life?
Eg: BR Blue, BR Blue Grey, NSE, Connex, Southern and South West Trains.
2012 hopefully.sharris wrote:Looking good. Will it be TANE only.or 2012 upwards .
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Re: Class 423 4VEP
The MBSO luggage and guards compartments have been equipped out. The guards compartment is now complete with desk, chair and cabinet. The luggage area looks a bit bare as I plan on sticking some attachment points, for some brutes and luggage.
I've noticed this is an area thats commonly neglected within trainz and railway modelling in general.
As can be seen I'm currently working on an unrefurbished VEP with the large compartment, however I will also be creating the refurbished version with additional passenger compartment.
Going to be moving onto texturing and doing the underframe next, however I have a general question, was the partition between the luggage compartment and gangway made out of wood or corrugated metal? as I'm sure I've seen both. If anyone has any photos I could use for reference that would be much appreciated.
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Re: Class 423 4VEP
That is a superb idea Can you make it tilt too?klambert wrote:The luggage area looks a bit bare as I plan on sticking some attachment points, for some brutes and luggage.
Great work. Can't help you with photos or answer your question though unfortunately