Blam and Blender

Blam addon for Blender.

http://stuffmatic.com/blam-blender-camera-calibration-toolkit/

Pretty amazing results.
From a still from Google Earth streetview, made this dxf file.

Carnegie BVH MoCap Files

https://www.sites.google.com/a/cgspeed.com/cgspeed/motion-capture/cmu-bvh-conversion

Description of the files.....

https://www.sites.google.com/a/cgspeed.com/cgspeed/motion-capture/cmu-bvh-conversion/bvh-conversion-release---motions-list

After some problems...watched this tutorial, that has absolutely nothing to do with the above.....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=1923&v=eThtuXZZ7M0

This one had all to do with the above.....

http://wn.com/blender,_make_human,_motion_capture


https://thomasmakehuman.wordpress.com/mhx2-documentation/preparation/

3d stuff

Andrew Price's video on Blender Compositing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWcCkQ3943Y

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http://www.cgmasters.net/free-tutorials/5-little-known-tricks-in-blenders-outliner/

https://renderedsmoothie.wordpress.com/2013/07/02/cycles-skies/

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https://creativemarket.com/
http://3d.about.com/od/Career-Resources/tp/Top-Ten-Places-To-Sell-3D-Models-Online.htm

Just use a clay material for your car. Settings: The default material, spec hardness to 8.
And for lighting: Delete all lights and only use Ambient Occlusion with settings: Factor: 1.000 Blend Mode: Add
That's how I make clay renders.


http://www.shapeways.com/tutorials/prepping_blender_files_for_3d_printing

http://3dprintingninja.blogspot.com/2014/12/non-manifolds-automatic-fixing-methods.html

http://autoautomobiles.narod.ru/english/volkswagen/Volkswagen-Beetle-1200-1964/

I don't think you can switch drawing units after you've set them for the file

If you are working in inches (have your dim's set to inches), draw a line at 10. This will be 10 "drawing units" and the drawing units are set to inches.

Then draw another one or copy & paste (or offset) the first line. Then scale it.

25.4 mm = 1 inch. So you need to scale it down by 1/25.4

However, you can't enter a fraction with a non-whole number denominator. Thus you need to express that ratio with a whole number denominator.

Anyone?

Anyone?

Anyone?

Bueller?

The scale factor will be 5/127.

Then if you dimension it (with alternate units enabled), it will show 0.394 inches [10 mm]. Of if you're using fractional or engineering units it will show 3/8 [10].

If you start in mm and draw your first line, then you copy it (or offset) and then scale it up with a scale factor of 25.4. Then you'll have a 10 mm line and one which will dimension as 254 mm [10 in]. 

Dwight Yoakam I Sang Dixie....Buck introduces...Dwight explains what it means...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJCPnd3NDNs
The Blue Melon  Doo Wah Diddy Wiggle Mix
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wP3BA13n-NE

Kiesza....Hideaway...big hit in Germany right now....
Incredible 80's video...One video shot.... Great planning...Don't care if you like it or not...
She does a Cyndi Lauper pose in the middle of the video...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESXgJ9-H-2U

Dwight Yoakam I Want You to Want Me

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_lSJfUHu8A

The Heart That You Own
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIqGUTn9AEU

Totally amazing...Dwight does  Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZNmFR19m_I

Austin City Limits...She Wore Red Dresses....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jkx68VTJ33o

Austin City Limits with Buck Owens

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TryzDq8LSCo

Link

Don't know if I already have this link up....
Need to consolidate them into one document....


http://pennsyrr.com/

PRR 2-8-0 Consolidation

 Scan from Model Railroader Cyclopedia Vol 1.



http://www.joesherlock.com/Consolidation.html

http://www.prrho.com/index.htm

Trucks

Wonderful set of files. Greatly researched.
http://www.greenbayroute.com/1947diagram30.htm

Forum discussion on blueprints for trucks....!!! Finally....

http://forums.auran.com/trainz/showthread.php?64127-Blueprints

Trucks
The best example of resource I've seen on trucks....
And the best explanation I've seen....

http://jamesriverbranch.net/clinic_2a.htm

WJCT

Tonight WJCT had a particularly wonderful hour of Country Crossroads.

BTW
Mule Skinner Blues The Fendermen

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3-mh3vXDA0
Here's the playlist....
....all which led me to Ralph Stanley

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mytH2k4jZE0
 Oh Death

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpq6N57XqTI

Stanley Brothers live...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piQrm2pPZBc

Workin' Man Blues  Merle Haggard & The Strangers

Jesus Was a Capricorn Kris Kristofferson

          which led me to "To Beat the Devil"

Country Girl The Ozark Mountain Daredevils

Tried so Hard The Flying Burrito Brothers 

Coal Miner's Daughter Loretta Lynn

One Hundred Years From Now (Gram Parsons Vocal Version) The Byrds
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_Dc4by2zw0
....from Sweetheart of the Rodeo the sixth album by the Byrds August 30, 1968. Recorded with the addition of Gram Parsons, it was first major country-rock album by an established act...

Understand Your Man Dwight Yoakam

(Kindred Spirits - A Tribute to the Songs of Johnny Cash)

New County Beachwood Sparks

Take an Old Cold 'Tater (And Wait) 'Little' Jimmy Dickens
https://play.spotify.com/search/little%20jimmy%20dickens%20old%20cold%20tater 

Rocky Raccoon The Beatles

Your Flag Decal Won't Get You Into Heaven Anymore John Prine
which led me to..."Jesus the Missing Years"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Inr-jskxm1I

Consequently So Long Poco

Randy Lynn Rag Earl Scruggs
...which led me to some Japanese guys playing bluegrass... Not really great but heartwarming..
http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=Earl+Scruggs+Tuners&FORM=VIRE5#view=detail&mid=124528F6C76BF5674B35124528F6C76BF5674B35

.....which led me to "Flint Hill Special"
where he uses banjo tuners to maximum capability....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZ5SzHd8-gY

Only Daddy That'll Walk the Line Waylon Jennings

Smoke That Cigarette Tex Williams
...which led me to Hot Rod Lincoln - Commander Cody.....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3R7l7nDuj1o 

Second Fiddle Buck Owens
....which led me to "Under Your Spell Again" Dwight Yoakum
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZZUpp3aNhk

Real Gone Daddy Jim Flaherty's Caravan 

Old Home Place The Dillards 

Are You from Dixie (Cause I'm from Dixie Too)Jerry Reed

Dang Me Roger Miller

Sixteen Tons Tennessee Ernie Ford

More Links

http://prr.railfan.net/documents/ModernLocosandCars/

This link below contains some diagrams for the "Decapod", which has a firebox very similar to the 2-8-2 Mikado L1, with useful dimensions.
This is from the July 1917 issue of Railway Mechanical Engineer. An amazing, way ahead of its time, publication. It's hard to see the actual numbers. Guess I'm going to have to buy the actual issue.

http://prr.railfan.net/documents/pdf/PRRDecapodTypeLocomotive_1917_RME_370-373_DennisShort.pdf

National Model Railroad Association
http://www.nmra.org/library/periodicals.html

Where to find Railway Mechanical Engineer publications..
https://archive.org/details/railwaymechanica96newy

On the Bettendorf....
http://www.spookshow.net/trucks/bettendorf.html

http://www.canadasouthern.com/caso/NYC-MODELS-CABOOSE.htm
Good Timin' Jimmy Jones

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=modfq47onwU

Northern Pacific Reseach

http://research.nprha.org/NP%20Cabooses/Forms/DispForm.aspx?ID=11

http://www.trainweb.org/s-trains/davis/davis.htm

http://railworksamerica.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=6811&start=60

http://the-blueprints.com/

Big Four Caboose NY Central.

http://madisonrails.railfan.net/lewman_drawings.html


http://nycshs.org/

Actual model maker...nice images....

http://mulletrivermodelworks.com/

Wheels and the Oil Tanker

I realized today I made a mistake on the wheels of the CS passenger. When I started a new file, using the wheels and basic lines as a template, I saw the distance between the inner "rails" to be NOT 4' 8.5".

These guys make and repair wheels axles trucks etc.
http://www.lyonsind.com/index.html

These guys make rail tank cars. They have diagrams in pdf form.
http://www.americanrailcar.com/RailcarManufacturing/Car.aspx?car=tank

http://www.railpark.org/stories/tank_car_cn_agrx-802.html


Lest I forget.
Getting the dome ends on the oil tanker turned out to be a major pain....
Eventually I solved it by using NURBS spheres in blender, creating circles and importing them into blender, whereupon I used RAW NUMBERS, not snap points, to solve it.

I don't like the 12'7" height the drawing asks for....

Not sure.

http://www.cumberlandmodelengineering.com/CADFiles.html


http://www.turbosquid.com/3d-models/narrow-gauge-passenger-cars-obj/784074

Pullman drawings

Pullman collection of drawings

http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm4/index_nby_pullman.php?CISOROOT=/nby_pullman

WJCT Friday Night

Frank Sinatra and the HiLos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SI3CWug2OeU
The Krestrels
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbMJoDU69xI

The Eagles
ELVISThe Eagles _ Trying to Get to You

ELVIS original

Alton Ellis

WJCT tonight

Joe I speculated Morrisey doing this Beach Boys cover....

Beach Boys When I Grow Up to be a Man


I'll Be Doggone Marvin Gaye

T Bone Shuffle

Gloria John Lee Hooker Van Morrison

PDF to JPG converter

http://pdf2jpg.net/

LINK FOR COLUMBUS STEEL

http://www.columbussteel.com/locomotive_couplers.html

Blender units discussion

http://www.katsbits.com/tutorials/blender/metric-imperial-units.php


As usual, like a lot of things, this turned out to be a simple and profound solution.
This really helps with difficult edits in Blender. Draftsight is so much more precise.

By simply changing SCALE under IMPERIAL in Blender to 0.0254 I'm able to cross platform between Blender and Draftsight.

I was having an issue editing the roadway to be one continuous span from anchorage to anchorage, but this technique solved it pretty quickly.

(addendum. Apparently it makes no difference. I'm having a hard time wrapping my mind around this. Perhaps it has been a long day and my brain is not functioning in an optimum way.... Whatever. As Scarlett says, I will think about it tomorrow.)