Canada's lil Ba**ard

[BNSFdude]

AH yes, the M420.



I don't understand why they get lighter on here, but look fine on my PC... Oh well.

[thecanadianrail]

(m420w to be correct)

[BNSFdude]

Actually, since no standard cab versions were ever made, it was common to be called just the M420. The B-units were M420Bs.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MLW_M-420

[thecanadianrail]

Guess so, either way

[gtw5812]

These are interesting locomotives. I have ran them in the past, but other than watching them, I have never been a fan of Alco and MLW. The were slow in response to the throttle, and due to the type of trucks, would "rock" back and forth like a "Navy destroyer" in high seas! This would be, however, a very interesting model in RW, filling a void. Our railroad recently removed them from service, and sold them to various shortlines around the US and Canada, filling the gap with rebuilt GP40-3M's. I have attached a few of my photos...maybe they will help in your model building.

Best Regards,

Galen

[glenn68]

I always thought the M420 was a very interesting locomotive. It would be nice to see a few Century units available.

[dfcfu342]

Now we can recreate Atomic Train!

In all seriousness the model looks really good! Any ideas what liveries you're going to release it in?

[BNSFdude]

MNNR uses one, and from my cab ride, she'd buck the GEs behind it. So it atleast loads faster than a GE. However the RS27s and the Century Alcos will toss anything around. I plan on doing it in MNNR only, and blank for you guys to play with.

[roinuj]

Looks great. Looking forward to when it gets released.

I've got buckets of rust, chipped paint and dirt waiting for them.

[BNSFdude]

I just need help getting it into the simulator now (textures too). Any takers? I use 3DS Max so the best I could do is export to .3DS.

[jpetersjr]

One time I tried a 3DS file coming from 3D's Max and it crashed 3D Crafter, so I'm not all too sure it will work.

But if I could get it into 3D Crafter I could most defiantly get it into Railworks using Smm's old tutorial.

If you want private message me when you're ready for a taker.

[PapaXpress]

I just need help getting it into the simulator now (textures too). Any takers? I use 3DS Max so the best I could do is export to .3DS.

You can texture and export from 3DS. What is the problem?

[BNSFdude]

I use 3DS Max 2012, as I got it this year through school. Can't roll back to 11.
I know how to texture it from 3DS though, I'm just not a good texture artist.

[BNSFdude]

I don't think RSC would have much interest in adopting this project, but I do have a new "quick modelling" technique so I can whip out fully detailed locomotives. Perhaps I can see GP38-2s from RSC??

[harryadkins]

Tell us more about the "quick" modeling technique.