Surprisingly easy to model after finding some references.

[pwillard]

An evening with Blender. It's basically quite "angular" with very few complex shapes.

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[cuontv]

Very nice Pete! How many Polys? I made one of these in Sketchup years ago when I was learning and the poly count was through the roof, enough to crash MSTS.
-Tom

[pwillard]

Well, I'm starting at 9000 right now but 5000 of them are just the tires... so I'm looking at ways to not make the wheels and tires so detailed...

It's just a scenery object... so you never really look at it that close... but honest... when I see cars in the sim, it seems like 95% of them are cringeworthy... so we should try a little harder.

[cuontv]

Yes, good looking tires do eat up the polys. I have the same problem and working on finding the right polygon size as a substitute to reduce the tire cringe factor for a few vehicles I'm working on. I'm with you, true they're background objects but sometimes.... ehhshhh...
-Tom

[CSRX]

These will come in handy at the paper mills and the many warehouses in the Portland-Westbrook locations.

This looks good Pete!

[rrdiesel87]

Fantastic looking model! Quality vehicles are just as important to the scene as the trains.