Stupid Idiot need help....

[Stormtropper]

I feel like a nOoB......

......but anyways, I can't seem to figure out how the linkages between the wheels on a steam powered train works...

...the only thing that I'm working off of is a top view (which is like shit... ) and a half way decent right side view........and about 50 picutres of the right side of the train taken by none other than my instructor's brother....(thanks alot you moron... )

I'm trying to finish that train by christmas...to go with the 'Polar Express' thing....but from where I'm now....its not gonna happen

Thanks,
Jeff

[FSEdge]

Are you talking about the locomotion of the wheel yokes? Take a look at the link below and see if this is waht your after. If so send me a PM.
[url=http://www.fsalpha.com/gmaxFSvideo/produced/flash_videos/locomotion/locomotion.shtml]
example[/url]

FSEdge

[Firestriker]

Jeff,

What 3d software are you using? If it is 3dsMax or gMax, I can send you a sample.

Lou

[Stormtropper]

Hmm...for some reason the video isn't loading...

Jeff

[Stormtropper]

Hey firestriker, I'm using CADKEY (soon to be KeyCreator...damn  :-X ).....

But I have gMax installed on my machine, so I it would be nice if you can send me that thing!

BTW, the train I'm making is the 'LION', production stopped in the late 1880s...

Thanks,
Jeff

P.S. I will post shots of my progress later in the week...but out of the 300 or so textures that need to be done, I have done 0!

[Felix/FFDS]

BTW, the train I'm making is the 'LION', production stopped in the late 1880s...

Thanks,
Jeff

If it's the Stoubridge Lion (side view at http://www.onnovanbraam.com -> Blueprints->Trains->Trains3)  it's an interesting arrangement.

[Stormtropper]

Sorry Felix, but the one that I'm making is this one...

http://www.state.me.us/museum/exhibits/woodssea/window2.html

but thanks anyway!

Jeff