Stanbury & Son

Taken a while but, at last, I have finished Stanbury & Son. A flour mill on Rolle Quay it is the first building you see as you leave Barnstaple Town Station and appears in several portraits and photos of the line. Such an iconic building had to be prototypically modelled (as well as I could, at least).


Started in 3DCanvas and finished in 3ds Max its my first major model in the new software and I'm reasonably pleased.

3ds Max

I am now the proud owner of 3ds max 2010 and I am trying to learn how to use it. I think its actually harder trying to change modelling software, than it would be if I was starting from scratch. Having developed a set of skills for 3DCanvas I now have to unlearn them and develop a new set for 3ds max. Its especially difficult at the present, as I want to continue development for the L&B, so I find I'm jumping from one modelling tool to the other as my skills aren't yet good enough to model exclusively in 3ds max.

I will persevere and with the help of RSDerek's tutorials on the Art of Railworks blog plus the many other tutorials on the web, I hope I will get there.

Anyway, here's a glimpse of my first 3ds max model for Railworks..a sack of coal!

Over the Leat

Just completed a block of buildings to cover the area over the Leat from Pilton Yard. Thought it would be easy to do a few low poly models with textures UVMapped on them, but proved to be a little more difficult than I thought! Ended up unwrapping them all.



Here they are in the route.




And this is a view of the original.

Steam workings

Whilst working on the Rolle Quay buildings I came across this picture of W.Dallings premises, with three steam lorries parked outside.



Couldn't resist the challenge, so a new vehicle arrives for the L&B route.

Rolle Quay

At last, a start on Rolle Quay. Starting to fill up nicely.

Chelfham

The Chelfham Viaduct is one of the principle features of the L&BR, so was one of the first items I modelled for the route. As my skills have gradually improved I have become very unhappy with the original model, so have now updated it with pleasing results.

Update - Project Platform

Believe it or not, I did get the dump truck textured in time and it will be in this charity project route.