To wrap this thread up, a pre-pandemic video of my NYC suburban tank engine. One of the few "real" engines I've modelled. One day I'll model this engine again, either in Blender, lego or Gmod again. Big mainline tank engines tickle my fancy

Venturing back to the pandemic with this one. I was testing and showing off my latest build at the time, a custom designed Cab Forward engine. The chuffing sounds weren't working right but everything else was finished.

This was a test of my Mogul's valve gear animation. Without getting too deep in the weeds of steam engine design, Most of this was discarded and redone with different props and geometry to be more realistic. This was just laying out the rods and wheels in their most basic form

The Climax hustling logs past the camera. Something was wrong with the code for the whistle and it was playing at a really low volume. When editing this for the showcase I had to boost the whistle in post in order for it to be heard over the music

Small thread of unedited footage from my Gmod stuffs. I kinda miss coding sounds and procedural animation in Lua script, so enjoy my trip down memory lane.
This clip is of my Class A Climax locomotive's engine, starting from a dead stop

The custom rods really complete the model for me, I'm so proud of how they turned out

Now with sound

Making some custom cranks and rods for the boy