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And The Iconic Schindler Passenger Cars

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JoaoDaFonseca's Avatar JoaoDaFonseca
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To complete the CP 1400 series locos, here are the also loved schindler cars, commonly known as 'suíças'.

About the cars:
This cars first runned on 17th July 1948, thus being haulled by steams and later by diesels like the 1400s. They stoped being used in 1977. They were built in Switzerland and that's why they are called 'suíças' = swiss. Originally there were 4 cars, first class, first with baggage (with 'furgão'), second class and second with baggage. The ones with baggage were least used and some had the baggage area converted back onto passgenger seating. The more common are the second class ones, so that when someone thinks about them the image that comes to mind is the one of a red and white passenger car with door on the midle, the reason they are so iconic and which makes for great travels in the summer. In 2004, 1 million euros were spent by CP to restore 8 cars for a touristic train which was going to run on Douro valley railway, which was called 'Comboio do Vinho do Porto' or Port Wine Train. It runned 4 years and only made 250 trips, so it was ended in 2009. In 2016 it was restored again having started running in the summer 2017 now as 'MiraDouro' (viewpoint to) as a response to the increasing number of tourists in the region and comlaints about crammed trains. It runs beetwen Porto and Tua following the banks of the Douro river in the hours of major traffic and haulled by a 1400 series loco, usually one of the two traditional painted blue.
(I only made the modern MiraDouro as the Port Wine Train cars have the same interiors, the only difference is the painting, those were light brown with red in the midle)

Some Stats:
Built: 1949* to 1950
Max speed: 120km/h
Iberian Gauge of 1668mm
Seats: 56+40 on 1st and 92+72 on 2nd.

Note: I don't take any credit for the real life photos of the engines shown, they are only used for the sole purpose of providing people with a mean of comparison between my work and the real thing.

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01/22/2018 1:12 pm
Level 56 : Grandmaster Lava Rider
eagoy
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Nice to see some little details here and there out of side on the screenshots - but seeable in the 3d worldviewer.
Have you thought about using stairs or slabs for the end doors? What about item-frames with red-wool for the rearlights, okay I guess chunky won't like those.
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01/22/2018 1:20 pm
Level 50 : Grandmaster Engineer
JoaoDaFonseca
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Thanks, about the rearlights I use the item frames and I used to use red glass panes but on the texture pack I'm working on some dyes are textured as dyes for headlights and also for the signals. I only didn't get what you meant by using stair or slabs for the end doors. I supose it's about the ladder and, thouth an upside stair would give the ilusion of the stair I also tend to think s litle about survival and accessebility so that the ladder is the only way I have to make it so one can climb onto the car.
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01/22/2018 1:24 pm
Level 50 : Grandmaster Engineer
JoaoDaFonseca
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And I put a torch on top of the item frame so that one can see the light during the night.
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01/22/2018 1:44 pm
Level 56 : Grandmaster Lava Rider
eagoy
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Correct, that I meant the ladder. Fair enough reason. I tend to stick in creative mode so I don't think to much about survival mode anymore.
Always handy to have some light sources.
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01/22/2018 2:00 pm
Level 50 : Grandmaster Engineer
JoaoDaFonseca
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I also tend to play creative, 99% of times I play creative but for some weird reason the survival mode sticks in my head, I don't know if it is because I try to conjugate realism and functionality, or if it is to keep the essence of minecraft or just to feel more imerse and be able to walk and use stuff, but the survival, or the living aspect, dictates part of my builds, for instance my beds have a intricate wooden slab and stairs framework but insted of wool I feel the need to use actual beds so that one can actually sleep. The same for kitchens, as they have to include a furnace and chests as cabinets so that one can use it to live...
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