How to make a US 40ft car

Using FBX and PBR

should work with most 3D and Paint programs.

 

 

You will need TRS19 or newer, a 3D program that can export FBX and any paint type program that has layers and channels.

 

 

First thing is to download this: kuid:58422:100463 (this is the newest boxcar I have made)

 

You can use this as a template for a 40ft car, it can be a box, stock, reefer, flat or gondola. This car was made with the under frame as a mesh library so you can use it and only need to make the body so you can make just a test box and see it as a railroad car.

 

 

Next make a folder for all your work, I used "New trainz to be made". I have subfolders for each type car or loco where I keep all drawings, photos, mesh and paint saves, and copy's of the file that will go into Trainz.

 

Next in Trainz CM find kuid:58422:100463:

 

 

Next you Clone my car:

This gives you a copy of my car with your KUID number. It will not show yet as it is open for edit.

Now you do first edit of config.txt.

 

This will open the config.txt for editing. change the fallowing that are in red:

 

username                                "40ft PRR X31b boxcar"

 

author                                  "Whitepass"
contact-email                       "whitepasstrainz@gmail.com"

 

Save and close then do a "Submit edits" and you then have a new username, author, and email(yours). Your new content will show up in CM under "Today". Next is to copy to your hard drive by "Open"/"Open in Explorer" (do not know what for Mac). You go up one level in Explorer so you see the new content, it will have the new KUID number in front of the new username. Copy this file to your hard drive into the work folder you made. Then add it one more time, Windows will add a -copy2 to the end, this is a backup copy you will be using.