@Kevin WS
Thank you, sir
@DougH
Thank you for your kind words, sir, there are loads of people who design better than me. I'm just getting started.
The workflow is as follows:
1) Once the 1:1 3D model is ready, I'll use fusion 360 to output blueprints (3 view drawings + section views of the cab and tender along with their respective dimensions) (I've uploaded sample blueprints of the model built so far for your reference)
2) Once I have the blueprints, I'll make a much simpler 3D model of the locomotive keeping in mind that the model is gonna be made of paper (essentially, simpler curves and straight-er edges since complex curves are gonna be hard to fold out of paper).
3) Once the model is ready, It will be exported as a *.OBJ file and imported into pepakura. Pepakura is the magic software here, it will unfold every 3D body into paper templates and output a completely white untextured model.
4) The white model will then be painstakingly textured, colored in Inkscape (a vector graphics editing software). Once the texturing is complete, the model will be ready for its first test build.
5) once the test build is complete, I make the corrections, do a second test build, and make instructions simultaneously.
6) I release a youtube video and the model itself for sale
@Diderick A. den Bakker
Thank you so much, sir
Regards,
Prabal
P.S sample blueprints of the model built so far attached below