Do we need more random scenery or no?

[landnrailroader]

We never have enough scenery items and that warehouse really looks great. What I think we do need is some random coal mining structures. I have borrowed some off of the Power River Basin route but those are not really correct for the Appalachian area. For example silos with the load track going underneath are common on the PRB but there is only one that I know of and it is no longer used. It was at Lynch #3 near Chad, Ky but the operation there now does not use the silo although it still sits in place.

Jerry Sullivan

[opskeeper]

It's Burger Chef... He was "INCREDIBURGERABLE!".

[pwillard]

Yup!

[R. Steele]

It's Burger Chef

Yup....I could not think of the name. That's an oldie. Okay, I looked this up --- did the Burger Chef have a mascot?

[CSXT Q-317]

I sat down and took a little time this evening on that Jersey Barrier practice run. I missed a few things, but I got this far.

For me that is a huge win. Just trying to get the muscle memory down on where everything is. That is in fact the hard part.

But I do like the fact that you could make the texture, and then map it in blender verses making the texture templates in TSM. There might be hope for the Ohio DIvision and Parkersburg Branch yet. But I still have a long way to go.

But the fact I was able to get this far is a win for me. I plan to perfect this exercise a bit more until I feel comfortable to try other tasks.

Chillicothe's Union Depot (DO Tower) would look slick in blender.


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[pwillard]

I'll be honest. Getting an easy win is the reason I picked the Jersey Barrier as a teaching example. (and I'm still learning also... so starting small is good) Experimenting is a good way to get that muscle memory started.

To me, it is like doodling with a pencil and paper... except I'm using using a program to do it now...

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[Erick_Cantu]

I have a whole bunch of random photos of trains, vehicles, and buildings that you might find useful. I have a habit of taking photos any time something strikes me as a potential texture source, especially now that I carry a smartphone with me everywhere. Maybe I should upload them to the library. I'm more than happy to place them into the public domain.

[pwillard]

[eric]

We have a sim agnostic reference section just for that reason...

[CSXT Q-317]

I am learning what is possible with Loop cuts, extrusion, inset, bevel etc. I practiced just making some recessed windows minus the textures of course. Once I am comfortable with it, I will set out to recreate the various B&O structures that were common to the Ohio Division across Southern Ohio. There is a real lacking there, most likely because that line has been gone 30 plus years. Still lots to learn first!


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[MMSS]

Pete, that Burger Chef looks incredible! Perfect for the old-style original building they built than the mansard roof style (McDonald style) building they built from the late 1970's until Imasco (Hardee's Owner) bought them out in the in the early 1980's. Brings back a lot of memories of central and south Jersey because I think there were more Burger Chefs than Mcdonalds and Burger Kings down there. Damn, I miss the old Big Shef burger (Though Hardee's brings it back once in a while, but it isn't the same) and the Double Mushroom Burger they had just before they closed.

I even have one of the old pentagon cube style dining room lights they had in White - Orange & Turquoise from the Burger Chef in Middletown-Hazlet, NJ. Plan to mount it in my "Mancave" if I even get to build it.

Tell me if you release it (Praying Hard Here!), are you going to include the roadside sign also? It was as much as a landmark as the building was. I know one of the fan sites for Burger Chef has the original plans for the building on it plus great color photos of the building and sign JSF's Burger Chef Tribute -- Since 1999 (homestead.com)

Christ, I am starting to sound like a "Gimme-Pig here.

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[pwillard]

I need to figure out how to do NIGHT textures... but I'm hoping I manage it...

[MMSS]

Yup....I could not think of the name. That's an oldie. Okay, I looked this up --- did the Burger Chef have a mascot?

Gerry, Burger Chef was the mascot with his sidekick Jeff in the mid to late 1970's. They were used to introduce the new "Funmeal" which was the 1st kid's meal of any burger chain. That was 1972 and McDonald's 1st Happy Meal wasn't until 1979.

Burger Chef was also the 1st to have a "Drive-Thru" ordering system hence the Drive-Thru Window was born around 1969-70. Also, they were the first chain to offer a salad bar.

They had a lot of firsts to the industry that all the other burger chains used later on. My 1st job was working at the Burger Chef in Pine Beach, NJ at 16. Let's just say they fed their employees well,

[rdayt]

Let's just say they fed their employees well,

McDonalds Northglenn, CO, 1969, we could have any 5 items off of the menu.
To a 14 year old it was heaven.

[eric]

Quick wins for learning are important... I had a request to help out with some BN station/siding signs, and decided that instead of just reworking what I had in Sketchup, I'd give it a shot in Blender using DDS textures....

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It's super simple construction -- a couple cubes, and four planes. Having the little stuff like this on a route is invaluable.