As we assembled the train we painted each piece with a special paint that actually rusted when we sprayed it with a mild acid. The real metal parts were tough to tell from the lightweight HDU parts we had created on the MultiCam router. Hundreds of pieces were cut on the machine, each perfect the very first time. And as fast as they were made each was glued to the assembly.
We used custom bitmap textures to create the wood grain on the giant logs. It was coming together fast. This shot was taken about a week into the building process. I was working with only one helper and our MultiCam of course.
The train was almost done...
-dan
