Here's some recent shots



Rich

Don't know how you do it, Rich, but you seem to get better at this all the time.

Don

Thanks Don, much appreciated. - Rich

Awful..just awful....what kinda work is that?.... LOL

Juz razzin ya Richie Ya know I still love ya and yer work

and yes, i am still around!


bill bzak "the artist formerly known as longhairedwizard"

And some more pictures. These are from south of Fort Kent and looking south in the first pic and towards the eastern bank in the second pic.

Good stuff again Rich - are you going to post anything over at Trainsim?

Rod

Thanks Rod. I don't understand the question, do you mean will I post any files in the library?

Rich

Sorry Rich, I meant progress on the route over at the Trainsim forum.

Rod

Hadn't planned on it, don't see where that would be of any benefit. - Rich

PS (Several hours later...) Having just skimmed the closed Challenger review thread, a most definite negatory! Last thing the author of the Challenger wrote that I saw was that the enthusastic response over there lost NA users some new NA content.

Folks, try RailworksAmerica.com

PSS Come to think of it, let's just keep on topic with the Fort Kent updates, thanks! - Rich

More pics from the Fort Kent area

Friday night pics. From Fort Kent.

Shots from a recent delivery:

Mostly a symbolic picture, this is the northernmost area of Ft Kent looking south to represent the completed state of the route. Having started with Eagle Lake and worked northward the route's rough draft is finally done. Only one area back in Eagle Lake is in need of completion which is the receiving industry. - Rich

Good depth of scenery in that last Rich. That is one of the reasons why I like this sim so much. It is possible to have "real" countryside

Rod

Thanks Rod.

Some newer pics of the route. I'm about halfway through the addition of fine details. Signals, traffic and siding markers are in place. Just about done, scenarios will be next.



Rich

Been relearning 3d Canvas, here's my first station almost completed. - Rich

Sheesh - ain'tcha' done yet?

Not yet.

Couple more quick pics with the station in place and Ed did some propane tanks for me. - Rich

Rich,

Just cannot wait to get running on this route.

Thanks Sharon I hope you like the route.

Here's the lastest addition to Fort Kent while I relearn 3d Canvas. This building is a close replica of the one actually in this vicinity. I'm still workin' the scene some. - Rich

Just fer you folk who are wondering how easy it is to bring a TSM model into 3d Canvas, here's one. This home originally was made during the making of Thompson (module of Canton). The first shot of it is untextured. The second shot is from 3d Canvas a bit modified and almost done except I want to add some gutters. Wasn't trouble at all. - Rich

In game shots...



This pic shows the completed building in a close-up



Rich G

Hey Rich. One thing I have noticed in the pics you have here is that there is much more variant in the newness and styles of the houses in Fort Kent as opposed to Eagle Lake. Only rich people live in Eagle Lake, so they have very fancy and very modern homes overlooking the river. In Fort Kent the houses are much older and more in the line of houses built in the late 19th or early 20th centuries. You know, two stories, clapboards, old paint, etc etc etc!! Just thought you would like to know that. There are a lot of really fancy log homes or should I say, log mansions in Eagle Lake.
Just thought you might like to know that as well. Two totally different classes of people! My French Canadian ancestors came from Fort Kent and I wouldn't doubt that the house my grandfather was born in is still being used today!

Anyway, great work, as you always do. The vegetation looks very good in particular. There are mostly Fir, Pine, Spruce and Hemlock trees in that part of the country but there are a lot of Alder, Oak and Maple trees there as well. And the trees come right out to the road in some areas. Or nearly to it.

Well, I will try to email you tomorrow. Today was just too frustrating for me. Couldn't get either one of my trainsims (see frustrated post in Railworks area of the forum!) to work, so I decided to take a nap after all of that nonsense.

Take care and nice work. Just hope I will be able to use Railworks so I can get the route when you are done with it. Doesn't look promising, however.

Tim

Past few days have been taken up with slapping on new paint, textures and fixtures onto my old Suddenly Chemicals (2004) to give a new look for Fort Kent. - Rich

And in the route...

'bout time you got some doors on them houses.

new pics added to web page

Fort Kent web page

Rich

I've added a slideshow feature to the Fort Kent page. Scroll down to below the Fort Kent promo pics to see a preview of the Fort Kent to Eagle Lake route in winter. You need to click on the slideshow thumbnail to access the slideshow.

Fort Kent web page

Rich

1/22 A new slideshow has been added to the Fort Kent page. Scroll down to below the Fort Kent promo pics to see the Fort Kent to Eagle Lake route in development. 16 captioned pics.

Fort Kent web page

Rich

Outstanding detail, Rich. The screen shots look terrific!

Cheers!
Marc