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Hans Fink wrote:
> Marvelous!
>
> And then this sophisticated discussion about these
> heart-warming little trains.
>
> This touches me in some way. Maybe it's memories of
> my children's and my own childhood.
Thanks! I know how you feel, I didn't have these specifically when I
was a kid. The fact that my kids enjoy these trains so much is probably
the reason I tried out modeling them in the first place.
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-The Mildly Infamous Blue Herring
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Warp wrote:
> Today all children get warm memories of are their xbox and wii
> games... A bit sad, really.
My kids enjoy these trains a great deal. I hope they will remember them
fondly, even though they are still quite young. Maybe having a dad who
is a retro geek will help? =)
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-The Mildly Infamous Blue Herring
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alex wrote:
> Wonderful!
>
> My son just finished to destroy his first set of these :)
Heh, thanks very much! =)
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Christian Froeschlin wrote:
> well, if you want to get really nifty, let the user define a
> spline function as an input to your macro which then attempts
> to place pieces following the spline as closely as possible.
> And automatic bridges over self-intersections, of course ;)
That would be nifty =). Might be possible....
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"Karl Anders" <kar### [at] web de> schreef in bericht
news:web.48364ff6b9c4dd0f9a722ea0@news.povray.org...
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> Oh YES, had those. Lots of fun indeed!
> There were forks, too, and electrical cars (AA-Batteries!).
> We had two differently colored truckies and one of the other cars and what
> seemed like kilometers of wire to my brothers and me. Those cars used to
> drive
> all around our parent's living room :-)
>
> Sadly, the motors broke after a few years and my father could't get any
> replacement parts, so that was that :-(
>
> Ah, memories of childhood...
>
> Nostalgically yours
> Karl
>
<grin> Yes, revives quite some memories, doesn't it?
There were indeed different kinds of forks (hand-controlled or automatic)
and a bridge. The battery truck was great. The whole set worked best on a
not too smooth surface. We played with it mainly on the (concrete) terrace,
outside the house, in summer.
Thomas
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Blue Herring schrieb:
> Hans Fink wrote:
>> Marvelous!
>>
>> And then this sophisticated discussion about these
>> heart-warming little trains.
>>
>> This touches me in some way. Maybe it's memories of
>> my children's and my own childhood.
>
> Thanks! I know how you feel, I didn't have these specifically when I
> was a kid. The fact that my kids enjoy these trains so much is probably
> the reason I tried out modeling them in the first place.
>
Ah, nice to see it's not just me sentimental nostalgic.
These things from the time my own kids were very young
use to strike a sentimental chord in me. Much more than
memories from my own childhood. (Actually, the time when
I played with these trains is beyond my memory horizon.)
BTW, did you postprocess the image wrt DoF/blur?
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Hans Fink wrote:
> Ah, nice to see it's not just me sentimental nostalgic.
> These things from the time my own kids were very young
> use to strike a sentimental chord in me. Much more than
> memories from my own childhood. (Actually, the time when
> I played with these trains is beyond my memory horizon.)
>
> BTW, did you postprocess the image wrt DoF/blur?
Definitely not just you, I'm more nostalgic than is good for me ;)
None of them have postprocessing. The track one just uses somewhat
aggressive AA. The other two use the built-in POV-Ray focal blur. I'm
really starting to get attached to the smoothness it can produce in
place of standard AA, even if it is slower.
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Blue Herring schrieb:
> None of them have postprocessing. The track one just uses somewhat
> aggressive AA. The other two use the built-in POV-Ray focal blur. I'm
> really starting to get attached to the smoothness it can produce in
> place of standard AA, even if it is slower.
That's why I asked. This smoothness is very convincing.
Thanks for the info.
-Hans-
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Blue Herring schrieb:
> Michael Zier <mic### [at] mirizide> wrote:
>> I have done a similar system in the past, only for pipes. Worked quite
>> well, I can post the source if I can dig it out...
>
> That would be great if you get the chance, thanks.
>
> -The Mildly Infamous Blue Herring
>
Whoohoo! I found it. On an already decommissioned harddrive, or better,
the Backup image of it. Here's an example what can be done with the
include file, I'll post the source files to p.b.s-f. as well.
Michael
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Michael Zier wrote:
> Whoohoo! I found it. On an already decommissioned harddrive, or better,
> the Backup image of it. Here's an example what can be done with the
> include file, I'll post the source files to p.b.s-f. as well.
That's really nifty, I'll look this over, thanks!
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