Product Description

With Train Sim Modeler, you can create 3D traincars, boxcars and engines, along with your own custom scenery! Create train station, stores, hills and trees, and more scenery Set up a Virtual Cab so you can see from the train driver's view You'll have your own personal railroad cars running the rails in no time!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #19499 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: Abacus
• Model: S461
• Released on: 2001-11-02
• Platforms: Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows Me, Windows 95
• Format: CD-ROM
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: .25 pounds

Features

• Requires Microsoft Train Simulator
• The new 4-view display lets you see very side of your design simultaneously
• Create its dimensions, its shape and its color, then hook it up to an engine
• Dozens of diagrams available to help you get started
• Import images to aid in design or export images to your train sim

From the Manufacturer
Train Sim Modeler is a new program that lets beginners, novices and exerts make new objects for Microsoft Train Simulator. Yes, it's true that other computer aided design programs can be used to make train simulator objects but Train Sim Modeler is specifically designed with Microsoft Train Simulator in mind and has features specifically tailored for train simulation.

Train Sim Modeler is designed for Microsoft Train Simulator, but the Train Sim Modeler approach to design is solid. Train Sim Modeler's ancestor is FS Design Studio, the most widely used tool for making Flight Simulator aircraft and objects. It's as if tens of thousands of FS Design Studio users have demonstrated that Train Sim Modeler is a proven, reliable product.

Customer Reviews

Good 3D Objects
Good 3D Object creator but a bit more complicated to get the feel for it. It is more technical than most would need to make things with. The Manual is very long and hard to plow through. But even with it's shortfalls, I wouldn't be without it. It does make great objects once you do get the hang of it.

It's not a game, it's a tool.
I found this product to have a very steep learning curve for me, and I had many frustrations learning it's quirks and it's cool features. (like the ability to use scale plans.) Using scale plans is what unlocks this products real power.

Is is perfect? Not by a long shot. However once I began to gain a handle on this tool it gave me the ability to create my own MSTS locos, freight cars, buildings, or almost anything else that can be added to MSTS.

While the price seems pretty high, it has provided me with with a creative outlet that has given me many many hours of entertainment. If this is a the kind of tool you have been looking for it really is a lot of bang for the buck, IF you have the time to devote to mastering it.

I'm sure it works, but........
I'm sure it works, but I still haven't learned how. The manual is not written for a novice. Others have said it will do what I want it to, so I will try to get it to perform.