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From: Bald Eagle
Subject: Re: TEE Edelweiss
Date: 1 Feb 2020 18:05:00
Message: <web.5e36040e50afc79f4eec112d0@news.povray.org>
"Ton" <ton### [at] gmailcom> wrote:

> Is your mesh2 detailed enough for this close?

> Netherlands shouldn't be too difficult (flat!), but France and Switzerland open
> some possibilities.
>
> Cheers
> Ton.

That sounds to be maybe 25 miles on a side.
https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/8495/converting-longitude-and-latitude-coordinates-to-square-miles

or maybe it's 70:
https://sciencing.com/convert-degrees-latitude-miles-5744407.html

anyway, there's definitely enough detail in certain map areas to do just what
you need:

http://news.povray.org/povray.binaries.images/thread/%3Cweb.5ce356f7d68a971b4eec112d0%40news.povray.org%3E/


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From: Dick Balaska
Subject: Re: TEE Edelweiss
Date: 1 Feb 2020 23:25:16
Message: <5e364f2c$1@news.povray.org>
Am 1/28/20 7:31 PM, also sprach Ton:
> And here is the whole train.
> 

It looks very nice.  Shouldn't it have some kind of catenary pantograph?
Weird that none of the pictures show any kind of top electrical 
connection.  Was it a diesel?

(Thanks.  I started looking at the TEE Edelweiss wikipedia page, and got 
rabbitholed into Gotthard Base Tunnel and other Rail2000 projects. :) )

-- 
dik
Rendered 49,882,521,600 of 49,882,521,600 pixels (100%)


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From: Jörg "Yadgar" Bleimann
Subject: Re: TEE Edelweiss
Date: 2 Feb 2020 05:12:38
Message: <5e36a096$1@news.povray.org>
Hi(gh)!

On 01.02.20 23:14, Ton wrote:

> Hi Yadgar, interesting plan. I have at the moment something completely different
> for my train in my mind.
What do you plan to do?

> Is your mesh2 detailed enough for this close?

3601 by 3601 data points per square degree result in about 30 metres per 
data point (at the equator and along meridians, otherwise less).


> Netherlands shouldn't be too difficult (flat!),

...but I'll have to block out the sea from flooding the many depressions 
by cutting prisms from the ocean globe!

  but France and Switzerland open
> some possibilities.

La Montanara for the camera lens, as I prefer to say...

See you in Khyberspace!

Yadgar

> 
> Cheers
> Ton.


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From: Ton
Subject: Re: TEE Edelweiss
Date: 6 Feb 2020 02:10:00
Message: <web.5e3bbba950afc79f804551e0@news.povray.org>
> > Hi Yadgar, interesting plan. I have at the moment something completely different
> > for my train in my mind.
> What do you plan to do?
I'll keep that a surprise. If it fails, or doesn't work out, I don't have to
apologize!

Maybe after I might have a look at some nice Alp-mountain or ridge.

Cheers
Ton.


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From: Ton
Subject: Re: TEE Edelweiss
Date: 21 Aug 2020 04:15:01
Message: <web.5f3f824e50afc79f420c5e570@news.povray.org>
Hello everybody,

it has been a while, but I finally managed to model the bridge I wanted my
Edelweiss train to run on.
So after cancelled trips, cruises and occasional lockdowns here it is.
While setting up this image, I thought that it might be nice to have Titanic
sail underneath. So I think I'll raise the Titanic (That sounds like a movie
title!), and see whether I can render her again.

Cheers
Ton.

By the way, for people who don't recognize this bridge, it is based of the Forth
Bridge, not far from Edinburgh, in Scotland.


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From: Thomas de Groot
Subject: Re: TEE Edelweiss
Date: 22 Aug 2020 02:21:47
Message: <5f40b97b$1@news.povray.org>
Op 21/08/2020 om 10:14 schreef Ton:
> Hello everybody,
> 
> it has been a while, but I finally managed to model the bridge I wanted my
> Edelweiss train to run on.
> So after cancelled trips, cruises and occasional lockdowns here it is.
> While setting up this image, I thought that it might be nice to have Titanic
> sail underneath. So I think I'll raise the Titanic (That sounds like a movie
> title!), and see whether I can render her again.
> 
> Cheers
> Ton.
> 
> By the way, for people who don't recognize this bridge, it is based of the Forth
> Bridge, not far from Edinburgh, in Scotland.
> 

Nicely done, sir! The Titanic becomes compulsory indeed.


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Thomas


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From: Stephen
Subject: Re: TEE Edelweiss
Date: 1 Sep 2020 18:00:00
Message: <web.5f4ec32a50afc79fc1b1e9680@news.povray.org>
"Ton" <ton### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
> Hello everybody,
>
> it has been a while, but I finally managed to model the bridge I wanted my
> Edelweiss train to run on.

Excellent modelling. :)
Remind me, do you use a modeller? (Probably not.)
I made a version of the Forth Rail Bridge using Moray.

> So after cancelled trips, cruises and occasional lockdowns here it is.
> While setting up this image, I thought that it might be nice to have Titanic
> sail underneath. So I think I'll raise the Titanic (That sounds like a movie
> title!), and see whether I can render her again.

Make sure the Titanic's pilot isn't distracted by Stephenson's Rocket and hits
an iceberg ;)


>
> Cheers
> Ton.
>
> By the way, for people who don't recognize this bridge, it is based of the Forth
> Bridge, not far from Edinburgh, in Scotland.

At one time, I would have needed to take off my socks and shoes to count the
number of times I crossed it, in a year.

Stephen


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From: Ton
Subject: Re: TEE Edelweiss
Date: 1 Sep 2020 19:30:01
Message: <web.5f4ed8a350afc79fd797883e0@news.povray.org>
"Stephen" <mcavoys_AT_aolDOT.com> wrote:
> Make sure the Titanic's pilot isn't distracted by Stephenson's Rocket and hits
> an iceberg ;)

Or the bridge!

> At one time, I would have needed to take off my socks and shoes to count the
> number of times I crossed it, in a year.
>
> Stephen

About nine years we were living in West Yorkshire, and one of our UK trips was
our world tour of Scotland. We drove to Fort William. Spent two nights there,
and took the train to Mallaig and back. Then we drove via Loch Ness to Inverness
and Aviemore. Two nights there, and then on to Edinburgh, where we spent two
nights. On that trip we crossed the Forth on the road bridge (there was only
one, then), next to the rail bridge. I took some photos of the rail bridge then.
One of the memorable views in my life. A very impressive construction. So I
never crossed it, but I've seen it.

Cheers
Ton.


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From: Ton
Subject: Re: TEE Edelweiss
Date: 1 Sep 2020 20:05:00
Message: <web.5f4ee0ee50afc79fd797883e0@news.povray.org>
BTW I use kpovmodeler for modelling, to make sure everything fits.

Cheers
Ton.


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From: Stephen
Subject: Re: TEE Edelweiss
Date: 4 Sep 2020 06:00:00
Message: <web.5f520c5f50afc79fc1b1e9680@news.povray.org>
"Ton" <ton### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
> "Stephen" <mcavoys_AT_aolDOT.com> wrote:
> > Make sure the Titanic's pilot isn't distracted by Stephenson's Rocket and hits
> > an iceberg ;)
>
> Or the bridge!
>

[Train of thought] Could I rebuild the Rail Bridge in Blender, incorporating the
"Physics/collision" modifiers?
I might give that a go.


> > At one time, I would have needed to take off my socks and shoes to count the
> > number of times I crossed it, in a year.
> >
> > Stephen
>
> About nine years we were living in West Yorkshire, and one of our UK trips was
> our world tour of Scotland. We drove to Fort William. Spent two nights there,
> and took the train to Mallaig and back. Then we drove via Loch Ness to Inverness
> and Aviemore. Two nights there, and then on to Edinburgh, where we spent two
> nights.


Years ago I did a similar trip in reverse, when we lived in Aberdeen, ending up
in Glasgow. It was very scenic. We stayed in a B&B and after we were checked out



> On that trip we crossed the Forth on the road bridge (there was only
> one, then), next to the rail bridge. I took some photos of the rail bridge then.



about it.



> One of the memorable views in my life. A very impressive construction. So I
> never crossed it, but I've seen it.
>


can only see orange pillars and the Firth of Forth, if it is not raining. The
view from the Road Bridge is probably better. :)

> BTW I use kpovmodeler for modelling, to make sure everything fits.

KPovModeler
Last changelog:
Version 1.1.1:
15 years ago



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