VDK Transport

[vester_DK 477]

Thanks T.

 

Doctor.... (wait for it......) YELLOW!

[vester_DK 477]

So this is me just playing around with the colors:

You could call it a tribute to Art128. The green color is taken from one of JR East 719 i did in Volume 05

[watercitymadero 804]

Neat as always.

 

Kind regards

 

Emanuel

[vester_DK 477]

Thank you.

 

 

Been working on a few more models. Here is the E5:

The white is the first highpoly model. The green is a low poly model based on the white one.

Its a hard train to models, as there is a lot of double curved surfaces on it.

Can see that I am not the only one getting it 100 % right.

[T Wrecks 10,209]

I must confess that the train (the RL one!) looks rather ugly when viewed from any other perspective than from the side. Like a duck's beak strapped to the tip of a train. Platypus train? However, it IS an iconic train, and although I'm no expert, your model is immediately recognisable as what it's supposed to represent, and one would have to be a fool to doubt your texturing skills after looking at only one of your uploads, so I guess another great new addition is on its way!

[vester_DK 477]

The nose of the trains is made that way, to minimize the problems with airs getting compressed in front of the trains when going through tunnels at high speed.

 

 

Finally got it working. Had to shorten it even 2 pro cent compared to the image to get it working proper.

[SimCoug 5,972]

Very cool Arnie!

[T Wrecks 10,209]

This will look especially great in combination with the wide-radius curves provided by the NAM!

[vester_DK 477]

T: That is why I am thinking longer units are okay

 

The last car with the pantograph is a bit jumpy. It still need to get shorten.

[NielsC007 499]

Those look beautiful!

[vester_DK 477]

Thank you Niels. Glad you like them.

 

An overview of the almost finished mods:

Will be uploading them soon, adding new trains to the file, as they get finished.

[vester_DK 477]

Have uploaded the first 6 trains mods: VDK Trains Volume 15. High Speed Trains.

 

[slickbg56 778]

You sir, are a railroad modding machine.

[watercitymadero 804]

My respect cheers

 

[T Wrecks 10,209]

Wow, this was also a high-speed project!

[SimCoug 5,972]

Nice work Arnie!

[vester_DK 477]

Hi All.

 

Just wanted to let you know I uploaded some packages with Freight Engines:

VDK Train Mods, Volume 16 A.

 

VDK Train Mods, Volume 16 B.

 

Have a Volume 16 C on the way:

[vester_DK 477]

Has upload Volume 16 release C.

About to finishing of the textures for Volume 16 Release D.

[tigerbuilder 131]

Just amazing work! Thank you so much for all of your automata, they really make my sim railroading awesome. The speed of your creations is incredible, you've really mastered this. Thanks again, hope you keep it up

[vester_DK 477]

Thank you tigerbuilder. Glad you like them.

 

Have uploaded:

Volume 16, Release D

 

[T Wrecks 10,209]

Wow, this is almost too much choice for me. Rail nuts will love you for all the incredible attention to detail and for bringing all the liveries to life in SimCity while simple folk like me, who could have been pleased with a handful of generic colour schemes, can spend hours marveling at these little wonders, unable to make up their minds. Looks like LEGO is not the only high-quality modular system from Denmark, eh?

Oh, and that example pic - RRW, some ploppable animals and timber, girafe's wonderful trees, a terrain/rock mod and a water mod plus your beautiful little train really blow vanilla SC4 out of the water. I love it!

[Hotwheeler 409]

Vester,those Automata Trains are perfect.I also can spend some good Time just looking at those sweet Details.

I think I need to install your Trains again.Currently I only have the AmTrak Passenger Trains and some Freight Trains installed because the Set from a  Year or so ago seemed to me a bit complicated to install.At least I always messed it up and the Game chrashed.

Are your newest Uploads just visual Updates for an older Release or are those never seen Liveries?

[vester_DK 477]

Thanks T-Wreck.

My working files in PS, is build up of all the details at the top. Under all that goes some layers with the colors.

Here is one of the textures on the model, up close:

You can see some of the other models that goes into the next package here.

 

Hotwheeler:

The new uploads (volume 16 A-D) are different models. If you look at the pictures you will see a lot of liveries that I didn't do before on the EMD F-units.

As written, in the readme, just install a few different additionals mods.

You should have only have one of each of the Fe Rep and Se Rep in your plug-in folder ( PRE Rep the same)

Remember this:

Fe: Freight Engine

Se: Steam Engine

PRE: Passenger Rail Engine.

Rep Replacement

Add: Additional:

 

Of the Additional mods you can none, one or more, installed.

If you have many automata mods installed, you will see what I would call ghost trains. This specially when you just have open a city.

 

 

[philforhockey51 4,211]

I didn't realize you had a thread here till today, all your work is Brilliant, Thank You for your input into the game.

[Harry's Place 918]

have you ever thought of makeing some "exotic" trains , i mean trains from other countries except USA, Germany or Japan   

This is a malaxa train from the 40s made in Romania

 

[vester_DK 477]

At the moment I don't have any plans to do any new train models.

Working on get the next and last package in the Volume 16 series, ready for upload:

[Hotwheeler 409]

They are great.BTW tried again installing your Passenger Trains and it works like a Charm.Used two compatible ones,Vol 11 and 10 (passenger engines and matching Cars)

Only Problem:A Passenger Engine has different Cars from all chosen Rail Companies.

For Example, an AmTrak Engine doesn't pull only AmTrak Cars.It pulls various Cars which makes the Train look really weird.

What did I wrong?

[vester_DK 477]

If you don't want mixed up trains, with cars from different companies, you can only have cars from one company.

There is no way of controlling the mix of cars in a train. Sorry. Blame Maxis.

[Hotwheeler 409]

Ah,I see.Man,this sad to choo-choo-choose only one Passenger Car.Maybe it's for the best,less cluttered Rails and also I don't even have a larger Railway Station in my Region I'm playing.

Btw,I'm wondering if you have made some good looking Freight Cars for your Engines or maybe know if there are any that meet the high visual standard your amazing Freight Engines have.Those Maxis Freight Cars just look plain ugly next to the Engines.

[vester_DK 477]

Uses JestarrTrainCars.dat from Jestarr's Train Set

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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