SR Bulleid Light Pacific 4-6-2 & Merchant Navy 4-6-2

So, about three (and a bit) years ago, while playing the first Transport Fever, I happened across a mod SteveM4 had made, which was a mesh edit of the vanilla Borsig engine to make it into a 4-4-0 that looked more like an early British engine.

I liked this mod. Like….a lot. But I didn’t like the firebox shape. And after a bit of mental back and forth, I figured I could tweak the mesh myself. So….I did. And I liked it so much I published it. And the feedback was so good that I decided to make some early carriages. And things kind of snowballed from there.

So, fast forward to today, and this mod. Which is both a bit of a…I guess gift to the community for helping kickstart it all, and a test to myself to see just how much I’ve learned in three years and just how good a model I can produce.

And, because I chose an engine that British Railways decided to rebuild into a completely different shape….I decided to model both variants.

So, yeah. Here’s a couple of Bulleid light pacifics. And now also some Merchant Navies as well.

I’d like to credit a few people – firstly, to SteveM4, who inspired me to start 3D modelling in the first place (and has continued to provide me with a *ton* of mods to enjoy over the years, check his stuff out). Also, the Transport Fever 2 UK discord for dealign with my screenshot dumps the last week or so >.> But also being a welcoming and helpful group when I pop in once every 6 months or so.

Also a big thank you to uzurpatorex for their Heusinger/Walschaerts Animation Tool mod, because Walschaerts drives are the devil and I animating one is a nightmare, and that tool helped a LOT.

Also a big thanks to anyone who has supported me with kind words or comments over the past three years. And to those of you who have chosen to send me money, I can’t thank you enough. These are rough times for everyone, and the generosity is so, so appreciated.

-Air-smoothed Bulleid Light Pacific in SR Malachite, BR green, and BR blue liveries.
-Rebuilt Bulleid Light Pacific in BR green and BR blue liveries.
-Air-smoothed Merchant Navy class Pacific in SR Malachite, BR Green, and BR blue liveries.
-Rebuilt Merchant Navy class Pacific in BR green and BR blue liveries.
-Full aging and recolour support (and even some shiny normal maps as well to give them that bit of extra dimension and sparkle!)
-Sorted in a single depot menu to reduce purchase menu clutter
-Reverse variants
-Small file size and .dds compressed textures, to help with load speed
-Lods to reduce GPU load – both meshes are around 60000 tries at closest distance, down to about 2000 tris at farthest zoom.
-Placeable rail assets (also with lods) allowing placement of the full engine, or just the tender or locomotive if you wish.
-like a stupid amount of detail for an engine compared to my previous mods (especially considering I’ve never even seen it in real life tbh)

Bulleid Light Pacific 4-6-2 (Original, SR Malachite Green)

Available: 1945-1967
Top Speed: 161 kph
Power: 2000kW
Tractive Effort:138kN
Weight 121t

Bulleid Light Pacific 4-6-2 (Original, BR Green/Blue)

Available: 1948-1967
Top Speed: 161 kph
Power: 2000kW
Tractive Effort:138kN
Weight 121t

Bulleid Light Pacific 4-6-2 (Rebuilt, BR Green/Blue)
Available: 1955-1967
Top Speed: 161 kph
Power: 2200kW
Tractive Effort:149kN
Weight 124t

Bulleid Merchant Navy 4-6-2 (Original, SR Malachite Green)

Available: 1941-1967
Top Speed: 161 kph
Power: 2200kW
Tractive Effort:166kN
Weight 133t

Bulleid Merchant Navy 4-6-2 (Original, BR Green/Blue)

Available: 1948-1967
Top Speed: 161 kph
Power: 2200kW
Tractive Effort:166kN
Weight 133t

Bulleid Merchant Navy 4-6-2 (Rebuilt, BR Green/Blue)
Available: 1955-1967
Top Speed: 161 kph
Power: 2400kW
Tractive Effort:149kN
Weight 153t

Then please consider sending a small donation to show your appreciation by donating to my Paypal[www.paypal.me] – by no means should you feel obligated in any way to do so, but every little bit helps with various bills and living expenses and whatnot (and I’m sure you can appreciate, it can be tough to make ends meet!). Any money goes towards essentially helping me produce more models of better quality, and more quickly and efficiently, and is always incredibly appreciated.

Constructive feedback is always welcome, and I love reading your comments, so if you have any notes on what I can improve, or just want to leave a nice message, by all means please leave a post below!