Bullion Carriers: Bullion Van Completed

With the textures and shaders finally completed it's great to see the bullion van in a completed form.

It seems to have been a very long unwrap and bake process with this one but the van and flats are finally with the testers.

If they come back from testing without any issues there will just the the levels of detail to add to complete the models.

Bullion Carriers: Old school or TOPS

As the mammoth unwrapping and baking cycle comes to the end for the bullion carriers it's nice to be able to show some progress.

The bullion van is now lettered and numbered complete with the option to take control of the coding.

The picture is still very much work in progress with lots of material and texture tweaks still needed. Looks like the tweaks will include investigating why the end lettering appears to be glowing in the picture!

Bullion Carriers: Underfloor bits and pieces

 

Much of the effort in the past week has been in completing and upgrading where required the under frame equipment on the Bullion Van for use in this project and others. The under frame is now dual braked as accurately as is practical from our reference photographs and has had the brake rigging modified for use with the B5 bogies that will be fitted.

The air cylinder, distributor and air cylinders have been extensively reworked as has the vacuum cylinder. A new dynamo has been built for good measure.

Next up is a fair bit of fine detailing on the coach body and adding the interior along with making those B5 bogies!

The Devil is in the Detail

The last modelling session was one of those strange ones where there seemed a lot of effort and no major impact.

It was detail time with the vents and periscopes going on the roof. The underframe has gained most of the required equipment and the ends have have had their last bits added.

The interior is still a quandary at the moment with most reports mentioning bullet proof double glazing, heavy tint and even mirror effect glass. Photographs do support this so it may be a case of making the vestibule visible and something creative with the the saloon windows.