Drawing Updates
2012-01 to 2012-06
2012-04-11
Big news! A new experimental scale has been introduced. In an attempt to create even more detail than what is possible in the 1:36 drawings, I started dabbling in vector images in late February 2012. However, I realized very early on that they would take far, far too much time to complete. As a result, I instead used my tried-and-true bitmap drawing method at 36 pixels per foot, or 1.5 times the size of the 1:36 drawings. To my knowledge, these represent the largest GIF images of train drawings on the Internet.
The first results of this new scale are now listed online as 1:24 drawings—click on the title image above for a sample. As with all of my previous scales, the first drawings are GP40 variations. I may continue drawing in 1:36 for locomotives for which I have less reference material. But for locomotives for which I have many photos and dimensions to work from, the new 1:24 scale represents the last barrier for detail resolution: Foundry casting lettering and hexagonal bolts are among the only things it can't display.
2012-02-04
Work is underway to expand the rather limited selection of 1:36 ALCO locomotives - and with the addition of some C-425 drawings today, the 1:36 drawing total has now topped 1500.
2012-01-17
Up to now, I've only posted my drawings on the website and not used them for anything else. Not anymore! I've created a Zazzle store featuring modified versions of the drawings displayed on this site, in addition to new railway-related artwork. Click the "Store" link at the top of the page to learn more!
2012-01-01
Another year has come and gone! It was a fairly quiet year for drawings, but 2011 still saw the addition of 246 new 1:36 drawings, mostly at the beginning and end of the year. Here is the final breakdown:
- EMD locomotives: 164
- GE locomotives: 53
- Rolling Stock: 16
- Painted drawings: 13
The last drawings of 2011 were early UP versions of the GE ES44AC, and 2012 started off with later versions of the same. Concidentally, ES44AC drawings were also among the first drawings of 2011.