The "other" industrial layout...

[pwnj]

Corel, while a fine set of programs in themselves, is not even in the same league as Adobe CS when it comes to professional business applications.

After having used Corel since version 1 (for OS/2, still have the box and everything downstairs... sheesh, freaky hoarder I am), and having used Illustrator and other products through the years, CorelDraw and Inkscape are my go-to products.  And I've been a "digital media" corporate professional using these tools the whole time.  Illustrator is fine, and very powerful, but so far there hasn't been anything I haven't been able to do in CorelDraw, and more and more often, Inkscape is doing most of what I need quite nicely.  I'd put my CorelDraw up against Illustrator any day (and have many times), so as far as the "same league", I ain't tryin'a hear dat. 

Now, back to model railroading.

Chris, DIZZZAMN! That huge building behind the crane is FOXY!

[Alaska Railroader]

After having used Corel since version 1 (for OS/2, still have the box and everything downstairs... sheesh, freaky hoarder I am), and having used Illustrator and other products through the years, CorelDraw and Inkscape are my go-to products.  And I've been a "digital media" corporate professional using these tools the whole time.  Illustrator is fine, and very powerful, but so far there hasn't been anything I haven't been able to do in CorelDraw, and more and more often, Inkscape is doing most of what I need quite nicely.  I'd put my CorelDraw up against Illustrator any day (and have many times), so as far as the "same league", I ain't tryin'a hear dat. 

Now, back to model railroading.

Chris, DIZZZAMN! That huge building behind the crane is FOXY!

+1

I find that Corel is extremely user friendly and allows you to bring your vision to fruition easily, efficiently, and quickly. Easy learning curve and once you "get it" you won't need to be asking how to make graphics anymore because you'll be having too much fun designing them for yourself.

[John]

I guess I am the oddball using Illustrator to do ALL of my design and layout work. To me, AI is a CAD when you know how to do things.

when do you think this will make it beyond CAD? 

[TrainCat2]

Bob, I hope you understand that I wasn't sure I'd be able to buy another crane. I am using one on my larger layout right next to a freight station:
https://picasaweb.google.com/ErieChris333/NewLayoutSpace#5866543271471971250

Of course Chris. Just a nice round of "Poking the Bear" 

[TrainCat2]

when do you think this will make it beyond CAD? 

Already has John. Just nowhere near ready for prime time yet.

[John]

Already has John. Just nowhere near ready for prime time yet.

Cool .. +1 .. I need about 20 of these on the railroad .. but I can wait

[Alaska Railroader]

Chris, have an update?

[Chris333]

Well I blew a whole day to make this short section of road and I'm not even sure I like it:



And yes I did get the signs posted. The billboard were printed on photo paper and glue as if they were mounted to wood panels. The banner was printed with regular paper and sanded thin with 220 grit. If I zoom in you can see brick detail through the paper.

[pwnj]

Sign came out great! And the road looks excellent, just needs to be properly filthed up. 

[Alaska Railroader]

I like the road just fine. All it needs is to get mucked up and maybe some chipped bricks and replaced/repaired sections. Growing up in Ohio they still had brick streets well into the 70's but they just weren't perfect. Some had cement or paved patches. And by then the bricks that took the weight of the vehicles sunk some and left a bit of a hump in the center. I wonder what it was like to drive over a newer bricked road?!?!

[Chris333]

There are still a bunch of brick roads around here and most of them are patched, but I have no idea how new those patches are. Some have concrete down the center where they installed pipes. I just wonder in 1948 just how patched up a brick road would be. Now I do think it could use dips and bumps, but that is a nightmare to model. Not sure I like the sidewalks either. I might just replace the whole thing.

This is close to me:

[Alaska Railroader]

Chris, it would be really cool if, before you yank it out, what it would look like if you did a little bit of patching just here and there and filled the cracks with some dirt or fill. I imagine you could make it look like it fit in there all along.

[VonRyan]

Chris, what did you use for the brick streets? They look stellar!



-Cody F.

[Chris333]

Chris, what did you use for the brick streets? They look stellar!



-Cody F.

http://monstermodelworks.com/N-Scale/N-Cobblestone-Sheets/

[VonRyan]

http://monstermodelworks.com/N-Scale/N-Cobblestone-Sheets/

Ah. Thanks for that. I'm still up in the air as to what the streets on my HCD layout will be (cobblestone, brick, or concrete) that is if it ever gets built, and at the rate things are going I'll probably never have the space.


-Cody F.