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    Nictrain123's Sprite Shop

    After some input from a friend of mine, I went back and completely reworked the electrics. Now they have more modernized Metrovick cab bodies, combined with the BTH bodies, dual air whistle and horns, and both overhead and third-rail compatibility. As it turns out the Peel Godred branch actually...
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    Nictrain123's Sprite Shop

    Thanks all for the positive input! :) I've went and finished two more variants of the Metropolitan Railway "Metro-vick" Bo-Bo electrics! The first two are called "steeple-cab's", which were later replaced by the BTH "breadbox"-type electrics in the 1920's. And with those, I have finally...
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    Nictrain123's Sprite Shop

    Howdy! Here's where I'll be showing off my sprite projects illustrating side-views of railway locomotives. I usually model either British or American prototypes, or realistic interpretations of the famous engines from the Rev. W. Awdry's famous "Railway Series" books, and the subsequent...
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    Howdy!

    Thanks! To simplify the explanation of process, I use Photoshop CS3 to scale down the plans to the dimensions I need (multiplying inches by 0.86 and rounding off to the decimal), and Microsoft Paint to trace out the lineart with pixels. I can do that, sure!
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    Howdy!

    Nice to meet y'all and thank you for letting me be part of this group. My name is Nicholas and I come from Southern California. I do a form of modelling called sprites, which are 2D side images of things like railway locomotives, made out of pixels to a 1.*86 pixel-per-inch scale, which is...