Tuesday 13 March 2012

The Night Capitals: Final Master GUV shape.

Fastline Simulation - The Night Capitals: Final clay render of the Generic GUV shape created to allow specific version creation for RailWorks 3 Train Simulator 2012. This is an as built GUV with vacuum brakes, through seam pipe and the foot boards are yet to be removed to avoid damage from BRUTE trollies.
Fastline Simulation - The Night Capitals: Final clay render of the Generic GUV shape created to allow specific version creation for RailWorks 3 Train Simulator 2012. A model for Motorail use with every fitting possible, dual brakes, electric through wiring, through steam pipe and buffing plate to reduce shocks when working with Mk3 sleepers.
After much looking at pictures, continual adding of bits and a pretty manic time in non modelling life it's great to have a couple of final shape renders of the GUV for our Night Capitals stock addon for RailWorks 3 Train Simulator 2012 to show off.

The plan has always been to create a generic shape that can be exported to create most variations that the GUV has gone through in its life time. The top picture shows a shape in as delivered condition with step boards, vacuum brakes and through steam pipe. The step boards found themselves removed fairly early on as they were frequently damaged during the transhipment of BRUTE trollies.

The second picture is of possibly the most complicated (and possibly not true to life) variant with dual brakes, through electric wiring and steam pipe along with a gangway buffing plate. The buffing plate was  a modification applied to Motorail vans to help stop shocks under braking between the clasp braked GUV and disc braked Mk3 sleepers. The buffing plate fitted vans were not recognised by TOPS when still in the standard number range so which vans in Motorail traffic were fitted is a matter for conjecture.

Now these are out of the way it's time to put some serious effort into the mark 1 sleepers!

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