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Re: DAR/NSTrainz Route

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This is looking pretty awesome. Just one question, any way to tone down the windows on the Kentville station so they aren't so white? I see all the other building have quite natural looking windows on them.
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Re: DAR/NSTrainz Route

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Kentville Station
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No matter how I look at it it just blinds in with the surroundings I'm glad I made the station based off the older one.
Guy I know is doing a reskin of the old cars hes wording if this is right I asked hem to do them up for me.
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Re: DAR/NSTrainz Route

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Oh now you've got it! What a difference. Excellent!

Are you getting this ready for the model railway show too?
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Re: DAR/NSTrainz Route

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Sure will I'll be at the Shearwater & VIA shows with the Dartmouth Club had to fix my RDC after the last show I'll make another Video so anyone who missed it can see the show on youtube I'll give you the link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCd4Uil ... __X1kV-IXA

I'll post more pic soon of the map.
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Re: DAR/NSTrainz Route

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Dragonheart,

Can you provide a computer with the game installed to run on explorer mode for the MFMR show in Wolfville next month?
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I don't know My PC is not transportable I don't have anything that would be easy to set up I run a Tower so it would be hard to move it anywhere I don't have a laptop ether.

Shearwater Show 2015
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Re: DAR/NSTrainz Route

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Moving along the DAR to this place I;m going to set in in a modern sitting were the what if factor will be in play so anyone have some ideas feel free to add some input. I'm not use to Tane just yet I move the map form TR12 into Tane CE so things are abit different then TR12.
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Re: DAR/NSTrainz Route

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You're pretty brave changing versions in the middle of a route build!

Are we going to be able to use the route in version 12?
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Re: DAR/NSTrainz Route

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Its fine Tane didn't screw the route up too baddy its going be Tane only map.
few weeks ago i went up on the DAR agen and got some info about Ellershose Station and I was told there was a nother siding that went up to the eage of the platform and had a loading bay and small building that was used to load chips into a box car form the loco chip plant down the road. I looked close and if you look at this pic there looks to be something that looked like a nother siding on the lift hand side of the tracks jugeing form the bank it looked man made and possabley something was there at one time. The chip loading siding is i had to guss was 150' long bigger enofe for 1 or 2 boxcars. I seen this kind of thing before I can tell it was there.

You can see how the embankment get narrower and wider then ends suddenly.
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you wouldn't notice anything out of the odds as a waled closer I saw what looked like were a buffer would have been I did see some ties not many thow.
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Here Ellershouse Progress Shots.
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Progress Shots

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Here some screens for ya.
Full Size Route Map CNR Halifax Sub.
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Re: DAR/NSTrainz Route

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This is getting huge Nelson. What everyone really wants to know is:

Are you going to link up Truro to Windsor?
Are you going all the way to Yarmouth?
Are you going to end up doing the HSW as well?
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Re: DAR/NSTrainz Route

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STEM wrote:This is getting huge Nelson. What everyone really wants to know is:

Are you going to link up Truro to Windsor?
Are you going all the way to Yarmouth?
Are you going to end up doing the HSW as well?
Yes it will have the Windsor to Truro branch installed in and as far as the rest I plan on making the DAR line complete, Yarmouth Sub will be part of a margeable map. picks up form Greenwood to Yarmouth & HSW lines. Then the CB line form Truro and northwards.

HSW lines will be another margeable map same with the CB lines and so on.

I want to have it go all around Nova Scotia at some point.
I'm working on having a demo reless of the map out by 2016 for Tane.
I if wasn't for the support on this project I wouldn't be doing it yes I will be going ever ware as long as my PC can handle it.
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Re: DAR/NSTrainz Route

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Working on a reskin of DAR #6560 & #6561 for the route.
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Heres the units for download Thay work in TR12+
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Re: DAR/NSTrainz Route

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Look really good! Are you going to do an RS18U too?
http://www.dardpi.ca/wiki/index.php?tit ... gory:RS18u
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