Projects Menu Index Wagons BAA Steel Carrier BBA Steel Carrier BDA Bogie Bolster BDV Bogie Bolster BLA Coil Carrier BMA Bogie Bolster BNA Bogie Bolster BTA Pipe Wagon BTA Timber Wagon BWA Coil Carrier HGA Limestone Hopper HLA Marcon Hopper HQA Autoballaster HTO/HTV Hopper JGA Bardon Hopper JHA Brett Hopper JHA Marcon Hopper JJA Autoballaster JLA Procar-80 JSA Coil Carrier JTA/JUA Tippler KPA Aggregate Hopper MJA Box Wagons MRA Ballast Tipper PGA Limestone Hopper PHA Bardon Hopper PHA Brett Hopper PHA Marcon Hopper PJA Cartic-4 PLA Procar-80 PTA Tippler TTA CO2 Tank Wagon ZBA Rudd ZCV Clam ZCV Tope Low-poly wagons Other On-Track Plant Bogies and components Road Vehicles TYind Industries	Project Title: Ballast Wagon Rebuilds Status: 67% complete Start Date: May 2006 Completion: ? Prototype: These models are based on the ballast wagons rebuilt from coal hoppers in the period 1987-1991. Three designs were produced. The ZCV 'Tope' involved simply cutting down the height of the original hopper bodywork and sealing the bottom doors. 816 of these were converted. Less numerous were the ZBA 'Rudd' (800) and ZCV 'Clam' (450), both of which received new box bodywork. The Clam was a basic box design with heavy vertical ribs, while the Rudd featured drop-side doors and also involved the replacment of the original vacuum brake gear with air brakes. The vast majority of all three types was painted in the Civil Engineers livery of grey with a yellow band at the top. Alterations to this were mainly as a result of patch painting after repairs, while most of the wagons acquired a heavily rusted appearance from their arduous duties. Having been used across most of the country, all three types were gradually withdrawn in the late 1990s, only the air-braked Rudds lasting in some numbers into the 2000s. Models: The Clam and Tope were among the first wagons that I built, although they were very basic models and were never released. In early 2006 I started work on upgrading these, adding many of the features introduced since the Trainz UTC days. A ZBA Rudd was also built and this was the first to be released. Although featuring industry-compatability and Couplestar, Chameleon was not used until the release of the ZCV Clam. The ZCV Tope remains in the workshops waiting for some finishing touches. Releases - Main Item Name: BR ZBA Rudd Ballast Wagon Base KUID: 92263:14081 Trainz Version: 2.4 Release Date: 1st June 2006 Links: DLS Prototype info Project info Notes: Item Name: BR ZCV Clam Ballast Wagon Base KUID: 92263:14061 Trainz Version: 2.4 Release Date: 9th June 2006 Links: DLS Prototype info Project info Notes: Releases - Related and Dependencies Item Name: BR ZCV Clam Textures Base KUID: 92263:14062 Trainz Version: 2.4 Release Date: 9th June 2006 Links: DLS Notes: Chameleon textures for ZCV Clam wagon Item Name: Vacuum Brake Hose (hanging) Base KUID: 92263:29001 Trainz Version: 2.4 Release Date: 9th June 2006 Links: DLS Notes: Vacuum brake hose for use with Couplestar Item Name: Vacuum Brake Hose (coupled) Base KUID: 92263:29002 Trainz Version: 2.4 Release Date: 9th June 2006 Links: DLS Notes: Vacuum brake hose for use with Couplestar Item Name: BR WagonWheelset 3hole2 Base KUID: 92263:50030 Trainz Version: 2 Release Date: 1st June 2006 Links: DLS Notes: Updates 16/05/2006 Ballast Wagon Rebuilds Two ballast wagon rebuilds (cut down Tope and box bodied Clam) had been built in my early days of Trainz activity, and these were tested in TRS2006 before starting on upgrading. As can be seen, they had fixed couplings and little texturing on the underframes. They also lacked LOD and industry compatability. 21/05/2006 Ballast Wagon Rebuilds The first model to be upgraded was the ZCV Tope cut-down hopper. 27/05/2006 Ballast Wagon Rebuilds Next in line was the ZCV Clam box rebody, which was also modified to represent the ZBA Rudd dropside box rebody. This view shows all three types, together with the HTV hopper from which they were derived. 28/05/2006 Ballast Wagon Rebuilds Although it was the last to be started, the ZBA Rudd was selected for further work because the air brake pipes required for it were already available from Eldavo, while the vacuum pipes for the other two were not. As this picture shows, the couplestar couplings and hoses have been added, together with a load with simple animation. What I forgot to do was add a line to turn off the particle effects once loading was complete, resulting in this interesting 'steaming cargo' effect! 01/06/2006 Ballast Wagon Rebuilds The ZBA Rudd was released today, but I soon realised I had forgotten to incorporate the Chameleon feature. My first use of this was therefore to be on the ZCV Clam box wagon rebody, and during testing some colourful skins were used to check the functionality. I also created a pair of vacuum brake pipes (coupled and hanging) and referenced these. 04/06/2006 Ballast Wagon Rebuilds With the Chameleon functionality added, I then created the four textures to be used. As can be seen, these were all variants on the yellow/grey civil engineers livery, with differences in the lettering as well as some light weathering. Note also that the couplestar tail lamp was included and appears on the wagon at the rear of a train. This model was released a couple of days later. The ZCV Tope was put on hold awaiting the completion of the more complex load animations required by the hopper shape. 29/10/2008 Ballast Wagon Rebuilds The Tope wagon has been taken out and dusted down, seen here with a clean livery for testing purposes. Besides redoing the load animation, I also took the opportunity to model the hopper without chutes, and to add the spill plates to the end. Just need to add a LOD mesh and sort out the couplings and texture switching. 01/12/2008 Ballast Wagon Rebuilds The Tope wagon has been delayed while I do some experiments with photo textures. I have never used this technique for anything larger than a bogie and, as will be seen, I still need to do some work on the colours and matching other parts. The model was not made with this method in mind so I may need to redo the texture mapping. Key Features: Industry compatible Level of Detail reduction meshes Chameleon (or equivalent) texture switching Couplestar (or equivalent) working couplings Animated parts (other than wheels and loads) Star ratings: These are my own personal appraisals of each model, based on the quality of the mesh and texture, the features, and the realism/accuracy of the complete model. 1 star. Poor. Inaccurate mesh and/or texture 4 stars. Almost perfect 2 stars. Adequate 5 stars. Unimprovable! 3 stars. Good Not rated. Applies to my own models! Trainz versions: These indicate the lowest version of Trainz that an item will work with. For example, an item with version number 2.0 will work in any version of Trainz from 2004 onwards. Note that the version numbers are taken from the config file of the main item. The version numbers for dependencies may be different, resulting in the item having a higher requirement. 0.9 Beta 1.4 CE+language 2.3 TRS2004+SP3 2.8 TC3 1.0 Community Edition 1.5 Ultimate Trainz Collection 2.4 TRS2004+SP4 2.9 2009WBE 1.1 CE+SP1 2.0 TRS2004 2.5 TRS2006 3.0 2009WBE+SP1 1.2 CE+SP2 2.1 TRS2004+SP1 2.6 TRS2006+SP1 3.1 2009WBE+SP2 1.3 CE+SP3 2.2 TRS2004+SP2 2.7 TC1/TC2 3.2 2010EE
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