07.07.2004
Not much done, was in Maastrich with Tore today for our weekly laser for his eyes, hopefully this is last time now. Next time - 3rd august - he will not have laser, just a normal checkup to see that everything has gone okay and that they can proceed with whatever step they need to take next.
But, I've continued this afternoon with something I started yesterday, put in track attachments in the mesh inside Gmax an let Trainz attach the track itself.
Unfortunately there's no way to make a switch this way, so those has to be put in by hand inside of Trainz - which in this case is a real drag as 1 is inside the building, and while the other is out on a bridge it's still a very tight spot to do it in.
But I managed to do it, and it works... :-)
Next to do is make 2 bins, one ore bin in top of mill, and 1 coal bin in that shed between the mill and the crib wall. Also needs to put in some sort of a platform at the mill output in the front - and add the two tracks I need to transfer this into a working Trainz industry.
Yes, I now, I need to add some script work too... Not looking forward to that one...
And, I need something to run on that 18 inch gauge I've installed - need to try my hand on an engine and some ore cars - because as you see, this horse is to big to use... :-)
Anyway, wanted to just give an quick update and show some more pictures - mostly of my newly laid 18" track... ;-)
Overview
View mine from mill (spur is where coal is delivered to mine)
Here's goes the coal spur into the right door, to the boilers.
An slightly older picture then the above - horse and ore car
An slightly older picture then the above - horse and ore car
An slightly older picture then the above - horse and ore car
06.07.2004
Been trying to get a ground texture working, not as easy as I had hoped. Made one from 1 of the pictures I took in the Cripple Creek area, and it looks kinda good in both Gmax and TOE - but inside Trainz it didn't worked quit as good.
I also found a horse that Barry (once more, it's a Trainz user name :-), but also his first name...) had uploaded to the Download Station (DS) as a so called "drivable horse" meaning it act's like a locomotive and can be used on tracks (invisible mostly, but I used it to haul a mine car as seen below) to drag different stuff along.
It's a little big I think for my need, but I could always make my own... Oh no, not another project I would never finish... ;-) After all, I need to make some proper mine cars soon, to use inside the mines...
Oh well, I just upload this two pictures I have, then go back to Gmax or something...
View of a horse and ore car coming out of the mine.
View of the horse and ore car on the way to the dump.
05.07.2004
Not done much on this model, yesterday was not a good day as I got no sleep on the night leading to it, beside, we where out a couple of trips - after all, it was Sunday, can't stay in with the computer all day...
Anyway, I've been starting to build a bridge between mine and mill in Gmax, but it's not visible very good on the pictures because the 2-foot bridge tracks I've been using in order to have a train run on it... But it will come.
Also more or less decided that my mine will not use 2-foot/24-inch track, but instead go for a 18-inch track as I have some measurements for both a battery tram engine and ore cars I sort of want to try build. And, most mines seamed to use 18-inch gauge track inside the mine. :-)
But just for today's update I used my 2-foot track, a Mancha 1.12 Ton Battery Electric engine made of X-200 (user name Trainz, real name Tim Gaskell) and 6 Merced ore cars made by narrowgauge (user name Trainz, real name Peter Pardoe-Matthews).
03.07.2004
Noname Mine & Mill #1, this is just a model made for fun, and for testing some ideas and textures - and, to get away from my normal duty for Cripple Creek and Gilpin stuff... :-)
Based on a mine tunnel (The Gold Exploration Co. Tunnel) from Cripple Creek and a mill (Avon mine & mill) from Gilpin (Central City) county.
The mine is not made from any Sanborn, just ideas from pictures I've seen. The Mill is based on a picture I have of the Avon Mill near Nevadaville in Gilpin county, meaning, it got served by the Gilpin Tram.
And, since I already had a model of the Avon, and I needed/wanted to check out some new textures I got from my Colorado trip, well, the idea ended up in me spending now 2 days in Gmax and still not there yet.. ;-)
So far, I have a mine tunnel with two buildings, 1 is the mine and it's tool shed and so on, and the other is the powerhouse and such (this, is actually based on a 1900 Sanborn map of the mine), and then of course the mill itself.
Inside Trainz I've added some tracks as the picture shows - but will try to see what I can get out of Gmax as I want a little different look that my normal 2' NG track I made for the Gilpin Tram project.
But, for now, this is the pictures I have from today.
Front of the mill and mine.
Looking down on the mine and the mill from hillside.
View from mine towards the mill.
View to the mine from mill 1a
View to the mine from mill 1b
View to the mine from mill 1c (looking at powerhouse)