Some of the carriage diagrams that are available are quite crude and I have
found that even those that look to be reasonably accurate are often not in
proportion. Most of the elements can be sized by eye but the three vertical
dimensions, overall roof height, cantrail height and solebar height are
essential for accuracy. It's useful to know the depth of coach valences as
well.
--- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, "William Hoy" <dieselpop1@...> wrote:
>
> If you know the lengths why can't you create a scale that would allow you to
> fix height and width?
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: streamliner59<mailto:streamliner59@...>
> To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com<mailto:CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2010 1:57 PM
> Subject: [CBQ] 3 Pixel to The Foot GIFs
>
>
>
> Hello Everyone
>
> I draw train GIFs at a scale of 3 pixels to the foot and am currently
> preparing a series of representations of Burlington streamliners.
>
> At present I'm working on The California Zephyr (with locomotives in all
> liveries), the 1947 Twin Cities Zephyr and The General Pershing Zephyr but I
> intend to produce depictions of all of the Zephyrs in every 'official'
> variation, from 1934 to 1970, as well as those streamlined trains that were
> worked over Burlington Routes for other companies. There are numerous good
> photographs available on the web but I'm hampered by the difficulties
> involved in finding good general arrangement drawings with dimensions,
> including heights and widths (for some reason lengths are often given without
> the relevant heights and widths). Can anyone direct me to a source of useful
> GA drawings for coaches and power cars?
>
> I'd also be interested in chatting to anyone else working in 3 pixels or
> above.
>
> Streamliner 59
>
>
>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
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