First Project
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				thegrindre
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Re: First Project
Hey, Smokey, lookin' good.
 
			
			
									
						
							Rick
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				smokeygear
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Re: First Project
I am working on the modeling of the bolts, truss rods, and end and side sills should have a pic of what's been changed by tonight.
			
			
									
						
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				smokeygear
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				smokeygear
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				smokeygear
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				smokeygear
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Re: First Project
So far, so good 
			
			
									
						
										
						Re: First Project
WOW 
 That looks much much better than my first project! It looks even better than the caboose I sent you...
Sam
			
			
									
						
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				smokeygear
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Re: First Project
The caboose will look great, I reassure you.  
  I have to make coupler pockets, attachment points, and ARN before this goes anywhere. Then I'll probably use someones trucks (cough:Pencil:cough) and release it as freeware (as well as everythinh else I do) 
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				smokeygear
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Re: First Project
Alright now I've come to the point where I need to start adding attachment points for the the trucks and the couplers. How does one determine the position of the attachment points for a car?
			
			
									
						
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Re: First Project
Trial and error, mainly.  You could grab the gmax for an existing car and import the attachment points from that (the coupler and limfront/back points will likely need to be adjusted to fit your car length).  One potential candidate would be http://www.carsoncarshops.com/files/flatcar_source.zip
Hope that helps!
Curtis
			
			
									
						
										
						Hope that helps!
Curtis
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				smokeygear
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				smokeygear
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Re: First Project
Okay. I have pretty much completed the flatcar except for the the attachment points for the products, couplers, and coupler attachment points. Now I have moved on to the bulkhead for a little to ease the frustration. 
  And will you look at that; its another health request. I wanted to know what is the exact process of welding vertices. 
I apperciate all of your input and insight into helping me along with this project.
			
			
									
						
										
						I apperciate all of your input and insight into helping me along with this project.
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				smokeygear
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Re: First Project
Alright, I figured out the the mess and here's the bulkhead:
			
			
									
						
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				smokeygear
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Re: First Project
Okay guys, I working on placing the attachment points for the loads, but how do I name them so that they work correctly in Trainz?
			
			
									
						
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