B36-7

[ericmp]

Has anyone ever thought of making a CSX B36-7 or is there somewhere that I can download one?

[bessemer]

If I could find some good, Hi-Res side and front shots that are well lit, I might take a stab at photo-skinning one, cause I'm not that great with creating textures from scratch. I'll have to do some research.

[inflammable]

I have a side shot of one, CSX 5894, that I can send you the original jpeg, if you think you can use it.

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=639276

James

[bessemer]

I have the paint about 60% complete on this project. I used the J D Peterson B(30?)-7 model, and the RR Picture Archives photograph provided here. I must say it looks pretty good too. I have the hood and roof basically complete, with the exception of painting out handrails from the photo. I made a new alpha channel for the Adirondack FB-2 trucks (replacing the blomberg one that came with it). I looked at them in game and the bearing end caps from the picture match up just about perfectly with the center of the axles. Not to mention that the colors match almost just as perfectly to the hood since its all from one photo.

All I have left to do it basically copy the photos onto the cab and nose, then I will be near done with it. I painted temporary CSX colors onto the cab and nose over the ATSF just for the sake of the screenshots so I dont wind up with a CSX engine with Santa Fe cigar band logos.

I have the sounds and cab aliased to the MLT NS pack for my own use, and they compliment everything nicely. All it needs is a louder K5LAR24 horn, as the one from MLT needed to be a bit beefier, though its still a good horn for this engine, as the real 5894 has a K5LAR24. I will probably use the default Dash-9 sounds when I release it, then include an SMS file that will allow you to alias it to the NS Pack.

Also, if anyone knows where I could get a hold of John Peterson, I'd like to see if he could make a CSX shape file for me with the K5LAR24, dithchlights and other little details. If not, I can make do with what I have, because its not too far off the prototype.

I'll post shots later, because I didnt have time to take any this morning before I left my moms (and MSTS). Next time I am there, I'll post shots of this first thing.

[Justin_Borener]

Cool Cant wait....

[SCL-A-Line]

John left the community some time ago, not because he was mad but because family came first, which bites because he was working on a U18B

for the horns and the lights you could use the freightanim tag and alias it i think

[bessemer]

For those who are interested, please view screen shots in the Engine and Livery Skinning forum.