New buildings added

Mulberries and other buildings

Just added the Mulberries buildings from Bridge street as well as the Travel Agents, Fortune Inn and other houses on Park Street. (Images below.)

I think I will have a look at the HSBC Bank next on the other corner of the street.

That's it for now.

So far in Railworks.

View from Railworks.

It has suddenly struck me that I haven't actually posted any pics from railworks on here.

As you will see I have completed Pickering railway station (although I keep tinkering) and some of the railway buildings nearby.

That's it for now.

Pickering update.

Pickering Roads Update

I have just about finished the road network around Pickering including the bridges over the river, the car park and the roadside walls. I have also included some of the grass and concrete areas either side of the river to help when it come to landscaping in railworks.

I still have to get round the problem with traffic on my roads. Still running it with the original road surface just underneath my model. (but that's for another day).

What else have I been up to.

Fortune Inn, travel agents and other nearby buildings

I have built a few of the nearby buildings along Park Street and Bridge Street. Its slow going but here are some shots from Sketchup.

 

Fortune Inn

Hays Travel

Lumley and Sons

And I made a start on Mulberries

That's all for now.

Road Test

Road Test

I am currently experimenting with the roads around Pickering.
I am not happy with the roads that come with the railworks program and wondered if I could actually build a model of the roads and footpaths near to the station to make it look more authentic.  Initial tests seem to look ok. I am not sure yet how to get the cars running on the model. In tests I have simply moved the default road underneath the model surface but that is not ideal as it shows through when you zoom out to get the birds eye view. Perhaps I will be able to make a new road blueprint from the current ones but have the road surface invisible. We shall see.

Before the Blog

So what have I done before the blog.

I have pretty much learned the basics of creating a route in Railworks, I have decided that the route I'm going to model is the NYMR and I have started the process, importing the landscape, laying the track and attempted a few models of the buildings at Pickering railway station. I have made my intentions public by posting on the excellent UKTrainSim Website and got some positive responses.

I am also starting to build some of the houses that are outside the railway station. Not sure how many I will do but I'm guessing it will just be the main street outside and the one that crosses it. The rest of the houses/shops will be from the UKTS Freeware packs.