{"id":63,"date":"2011-11-23T13:48:46","date_gmt":"2011-11-23T21:48:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whiskeybeforebreakfast.wordpress.com\/?page_id=63"},"modified":"2015-10-29T10:45:58","modified_gmt":"2015-10-29T17:45:58","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ckhollidayplans.com\/blog\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"Virtual Modeling the CK Holliday"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is the official update and progress blog (R&D!) of the ckhollidayplans.com<\/a> and Highball Sim<\/em>!<\/p>\n

The original project in 2012 was to: virtually “build” a “working copy” of the CK Holliday.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

At the time, I described it:<\/p>\n

It’s a project I wanted to do since completing the drawings<\/a> for Steve DeGaetano’s Welcome Aboard the Disneyland Railroad<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I am not a professional mechanical engineer, machinist, or a steam railroader. I am simply a fan, enthusiast, and a hobbyist. This project is a tribute to one of my favorite engines, the CK Holliday.<\/p>\n

And it is also a tribute to Paul Boschan, who showed me how he built the real Disneyland Railroad engine, the No. 5 Ward Kimball, so this will be my own virtual-“build” of a DRR engine.<\/p>\n

And to my dad for taking me to Disneyland for the first time when I was 9.<\/p>\n

And Steve, for showing me that liking the DRR is not enough–you have to live<\/em> it–feel the steam and smell the oil!<\/p>\n

For more information on this project please see Q&A<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“It may be an engine 5\/8th the scale, but it’s got the charm full-scale!”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The project has grown into a 1:20 scale prototype model of the engine<\/a>. It is the most accurate model<\/strong> of its kind.<\/p>\n

And now it has grown even more into a simulator<\/strong>: to bring the CK Holliday and the EP Ripley right to your home!<\/a> You too can learn and experience what it’s like to operate a “genuine steam powered locomotive”. The simulator features accurate physics coded especially for the steam locomotive, combined with lifelike 3D modeling and realistic sounds. Indeed, over six years since I started my little CK Holliday project, welcome to Highball Sim<\/strong><\/em>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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