DID YOU KNOW⁉ The elementary school student that designed this scheme 50 years ago put more intention and effort into it than you typing prompts into an AI model to create severely misshapen modern versions of bicentennial locomotives of no discernible manufacturer.

Sorry I haven’t posted in a while. My truck had some engine issues and I was without a vehicle for a while which was stressful, but now it’s getting fixed and things are looking up! Headed to my local hobby shop on the train to get some extra bits and pieces for my layout as celebration

Experimenting with soft surface again. Modeling skin isn’t something that comes naturally to me so it’s been a bit uphill, but we make it work :) #wip #blender3d

A new arrival: an F7! Northern Pacific had many, many of them and this will be the first of many on my layout.

some freight with a cool leader. Also featuring my newest caboose! #hoscale

Some more layout stuff. I’m really liking this track plan so far, just needs a storage track for cabooses and a locomotive shop and then it will really be rock solid! #hoscale

Yard done!! Track plan is mostly complete, aside from a possible industry in the top part and a locomotive servicing facility in the yard. The Northern Pacific layout inches closer to completion! #hoscale

New arrival: Rapido’s stellar C36-7! These are such cool prototypes and it’s awesome to have one on my layout to go with my modern cars. (I still don’t have a modern caboose, sorry)

need to work on this dude again. for Reasons.

I felt like a big bang theory character the entire process of buying this. But it’s MINE!!!!

Sometimes I wonder if we truly are in the worst timeline, then WDTX reminds me that it could always be worse. Never stop making these they are straight fire

Check out this slideshow about EMD designed paint jobs from the F/E unit era. It’s actually magical and you can spot SO many paint jobs here that were born from EMD’s design department. It’s a really cool read!

Yard layout is not final. But I have yard tracks now! #hoscale

Plus a test train with some new cars!

began building the yard on my layout. Getting there! #hoscale

very funny creature. porter made some fascinating deezuls

I had a whole bit lined up for April Fools where I was gonna rename Mr. I’s Magic Model Railroad to Mr. K’s Krazy Model Kars but honestly I ran out of time to make a silly render of Mr. K, oops

getting that intrusive thought again saying “I should make this story into a show with a pilot” and it’s really starting to look like a viable option. aagahhghhhg

…plus a concept sketch by a good friend of mine (who doesn’t have a bluesky) for the as-of-yet unnamed Player 4. Currently thinking she’ll be either Ellie of Eleanor

I’ve still been working on Mr. I’s Magic Model Railroad off and on in the background, but it’s been really boring and unphotogenic stuff like rigging and remaking models. Have some screenshots of the demo build I’ve been fiddling with of Vivian #wip #blender3d

Here’s some WIP shots of my “layout”, if you can even call it that at this stage. The big void in the loop is likely going to become the yard and the bridges are stand ins until I can kitbash some pretty truss bridges. (Plus a fluff picture of one of the new SD45’s) #hoscale

Just showed up in the mail: two Athearn RTR SD45's! NP had 30 of these so they will be a welcome addition to the future layout. Next big purchase is probably gonna be a three pack of U25C's from Korea Brass to test against my Rivarossi model. #hoscale

Fun fact: on their 100th anniversary in 1964, the Northern Pacific Railway celebrated by commissioning a 40 minute long opera about their many achievements, which they called "A Thousand Miles of Mountains". Here's a brief selection from it! It's a fun listen.

Getting to the end of the planning stage of my HO scale layout and getting dangerously close to the “making it” part, which is kind of scary. Hardest part right now is trying to finish a track plan that I like and will support the running I want to do

The Alta California Railway meets Nacionales De Mexico at Guadalajara, commissioned by @interurbanera.bsky.social . (Not gonna lie, this has to be one of the best things I've ever done) If any of you model railroad guys want a portrait of your finest (or grubbiest) motive power, drop us a line!

After 9 yeareals, it's finally my turn to post the "a thousand cereals" clip, seeing as how I'm the idiot who made it.

shameful admission my gf got me into overwatch again....

NEW POST! Making models when money is tight: A guide to maximizing joy and not wasting money on unnecessary tools/ materials. www.patreon.com/posts/making...

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made a new pinned post that includes my linktree because it was starting to get kind of cluttered otherwise. I also have an artstation now! Go check it out, it's not complete but it does have some cool stuff I've made on it doggard.artstation.com

Hi! My name is Doggard. I'm a light rail train operator by day and a hard surface 3D artist by night. I research railroad equipment and technical data, too! Check out my portfolio and my blog to see the stuff I make. linktr.ee/doggard

I see the vision

I really strongly dislike all forms of AI, but the one that's drawing the most ire right now (to me) is AI music. Trying to find any kind of music from a sound library or from any royalty free place now is borderline impossible because literally everything made after ~2024 is AI generated (🧵)

was a nice day today

Interlocking E26 is a fun place to photograph the trolley. A lot happens here (it’s where the Green and Orange lines end) and so stuff moves through here a lot

today I bought a couch. Somehow it feels like i passed a threshold and I’m officially an adult

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Charles Sheeler (1883-1965), “Rolling Power” (1939), oil on canvas, 76.2 x 38.1 cm.

got all of the valve gear in on the russian decapod #trains #blender #blender3d #derailvalley

I feel like making another blog post. I’ve got a few ideas; currently I’m stricken between a “what is the best hypothetical passenger locomotive we could build right now” post and the other is a roll call of every passenger capable road switcher. Unsure which one’s coming first, but we’ll see…

that was quick still trying to figure out displacement maps #wip #blender3d

After a bit of a hiatus, have some more big GE’s. This time in C36-7 flavor! #wip #blender3d

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A new Century of Steam flagstop video is available early for our patrons, featuring a preview of our new White Pass & Yukon GE shovel nose diesels, created for us by Doggard! You can view our introduction of these odd 3-eyed machines and other early development updates at www.patreon.com/c/Studio346

It was such a blast to work on these and to get to contribute to Century of Shovel!! They look great and I couldn’t be happier with how it turned out. Can’t wait for the world to experience the wonder and whimsy of these wacky machines!

bros schmoovin

beats walkin I hate working mornings but hey! it does afford me some really pretty sights at sunrise

got him textured... so handsome... ready for banana duty #wip