You have an interesting collection of early broad gauge models.  I would welcome more information about the software you use to generate the 3D views.  The rendering does leave the colours looking rather 'flat', especially the bright-work, which looks badly in need of a polish!  I think this is a fascinating period of railway history that deserves to be better known and models are a good way of raising awareness.

Mike

Quite a late reply, deeply apologize. I use "Roblox Studio", which has its own free-roam camera so It allows me to aim the camera pretty much at any angle and such.

And yes, i agree with your statement about the colours looking quite flat, it has to do something with the lighting I chose, I usually tend to avoid using custom Colors that arent from the default selection as I want my models to fit within the style i chose. Hopefully i've given you the information you wanted! Thanks :)

I can elaborate more if needed!

Many thanks - I see you mention Roblox in the intro. to your blog.  I had wondered about those coupling blocks! 

So, do you do all the model design within that software?  I assume that it's fairly limited, in comparison with dedicated CAD software.

I do all my model designs in Roblox Studio yes, and it's quite limited but seeing many people having created things that look like it came from different softwares would make me say so otherwise. But then again, quite limited as the "Unioning" process (Which allows you to modify non-mesh parts like adding a cylindrical hole through a block part) doesn't allow users to apply it to Mesh parts, like the cones you see. Happy to have helped!

Have you tried Fusion 360 which is free to use, you can get colours correct and get things to look more real. Roblox Studio looks a bit chunky like lego.

Attached are a couple of Broad Gauge locos I have drawn up in Fusion 360 a Gooch Bogie class and a Gooch Sun class as running as a saddle tank.

41 minutes ago, David Bigcheeseplant said:

Have you tried Fusion 360 which is free to use, you can get colours correct and get things to look more real.

You achieve some beautiful renderings with 'Fusion 360', Dave.  Although I use this software myself, I have still not mastered the rendering to such a splendid degree.  Do you have any tips for the rest of us to achieve such results?

Mike

If you type A for appearance in fusion it will bring up a list of materials you can then if its a painted item chose glossy paint then press edit and adjust the RGB values, GWR green is listed as 1, 43, 3 you can adjust the amount of refection you require and save it in the library, then by touching the part or are you want it creates the finish.

Going to the Render area gets a realistic view.

David

On 23/10/2023 at 19:43, David Bigcheeseplant said:

Have you tried Fusion 360 which is free to use, you can get colours correct and get things to look more real. Roblox Studio looks a bit chunky like lego.

 

Attached are a couple of Broad Gauge locos I have drawn up in Fusion 360 a Gooch Bogie class and a Gooch Sun class as running as a saddle tank.

I agree David, thank you for the recommendation! Fusion 360 seems very nice and more refined, more detailed too but I wish to continue using Roblox Studio, as its the building software for the game "Roblox" which features other player-made games, I also follow a certain style where stuff may look very blocky, what we call Stud Style! I love your models too, they're just so amazing and great!