firbeck 859 Posted April 24, 2014 Report Share Posted April 24, 2014 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted April 24, 2014 Report Share Posted April 24, 2014 Hi Firbeck , B12 61554 at Vic in Forster & Taylors " Railways in and around Nottm". D49 The Percy at Vic in Brian Stephensons "LNER Album" Vol 1. Sorry I can't quote page numbers, or scan as many books are in the loft. Somewhere I have a book with a postnationisation D49 in but I've got so many I can't remember which it is. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
briyeo 56 Posted April 26, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2014 Thanks for showing those images Firbeck, what would I give to be able to do that trip Derby Friargate to Nottingham Victoria these days? The clocks are animated so they will keep the correct time in the game. I'm not thinking that I can do anything about it but did the clock tower chime? does it still chime? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BulwellBrian 107 Posted April 26, 2014 Report Share Posted April 26, 2014 I am pretty sure there was no chime. There are no lovres to let a sound out. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mercurydancer 1,104 Posted April 27, 2014 Report Share Posted April 27, 2014 What a wonderful thread! I cannot recall Victoria station at all, but the 3d recreations are superb. All credit to the creators of such a wonderful project. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
briyeo 56 Posted June 7, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2014 We are still plodding along with this project, real life keeps getting in the way of things. I just finished part of the hotel, concentrating on the parts of buildings as seen from the trains. 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
briyeo 56 Posted June 7, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2014 Night time screenshot. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
briyeo 56 Posted June 11, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2014 Can anyone provide any information on the Parliament Street footbridge and it's entrance. I'm going to tackle this next for our project. Any ideas about colours? It would be interesting to know how it was used too, was it always open, was it manned? I have found quite a few images of it on the net but if anyone has any that show the structure and supports clearly that would be a great help. I notice one set of steps have a brick base with windows and presumably a door that I haven't yet seen, but the other just has steel supports. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,464 Posted June 11, 2014 Report Share Posted June 11, 2014 These might be useful, from "Britain from Above". There are only two photos which show the Parliament Street entrance, and here's the maximum-zoomed versions. One is a bit rough, one is a lot better. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
briyeo 56 Posted June 11, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2014 Thanks Cliff, it doesn't look as if the steps have the brickwork on those shots, must have been a later addition. This is a unique view of the structure. https://www.flickr.com/photos/davidwf2009/8684188688/in/set-72157629554560373 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fynger 841 Posted June 11, 2014 Report Share Posted June 11, 2014 has a window but the door's bricked up Quote Link to post Share on other sites
briyeo 56 Posted August 2, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 2, 2014 The Footbridge entrance so far, 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mark_A 14 Posted September 23, 2014 Report Share Posted September 23, 2014 A couple more images that include Nottingham Victoria's steps to Parliament Street, from Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/davidwf2009/6823810710/in/faves-29644579@N07/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/davidwf2009/5538063992/in/faves-29644579@N07/ Mark 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
briyeo 56 Posted September 28, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 28, 2014 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Redrock 1 Posted December 3, 2014 Report Share Posted December 3, 2014 I absolutely love this recreation of Victoria Station.I wonder if you could answer a couple of questions for me.....What computer programs do you use to create this?What are the minimum system requirements to run them?How difficult is it to create the buildings and landscape?I have used Google Sketch Up and found it quite good for creating buildings, but not much use to the surrounding landscape, this looks far better.Well done! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Merthyr Imp 729 Posted December 3, 2014 Report Share Posted December 3, 2014 Briyeo will no doubt be able to give full details, but it's done on Train Simulator: http://www.railsimulator.com/ (it won't let me paste an actual link, sorry) They're not just pictures of the station, etc, that are being created, but Train Simulator is a 'game' which allows you to not only drive the trains provided in various available scenarios and content which you can download, but also to create your own - if you're clever enough! (I wouldn't be). That's what Briyeo is doing. When completed the Victoria Station set-up would be the equivalent of a model railway, but one which is on your computer. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
briyeo 56 Posted December 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2014 Yes it is being made within TS2015 by Dovetail Games. At the moment it is THE train simulator to have https://www.facebook.com/railsimulator We are using 3DCrafter by Amabilis to make our models, it's more difficult to use than Sketchup and can be very frustrating at times. The base game provides your world and has an editing application for making the scenery, roads etc. It is quite sophisticated for a game and there is almost no limit for skilled users, for instance you can import terrain data gained from satellites that will automatically form all the hills and valleys for you. Because of the size of some of these areas or railway routes, and the amount of buildings trees and such required to make an effective simulation, and that you will have several high detailed trains moving simultaneously, you will need to have a good computer. What would be referred to as a gaming PC. You can start small though. one or two guys are actually recreating model railway layouts like one you may have at home, rather than lengthy routes. You can also use any existing buildings, trees etc. that are in the routes provided with the base game. If you buy more routes,( the game survives on selling downloadable content,) you can use any objects in those for your own projects too. We are finding that you need an awful lot of spare time to get anywhere with producing a route like ours. We have been working over a year now and I'm still not prepared to say Victoria is finished. We were all new to this when we started though. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Redrock 1 Posted December 21, 2014 Report Share Posted December 21, 2014 Thanks for the info, chaps.I was thinking of re-creating a short section of the East Lincolnshire line around Firsby ( where my grandfather worked in the 1930s).Unfortunately having checked out TS2015, my PC doesn't fulfil the minimum requirements to run it, so it'll have to be a priject for another day.Keep up the good work with Nottingham Victoria, its a real thing of beauty! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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