![[Knightly] Traction Engine](https://slm-assets.secondlife.com/assets/34612862/lightbox/MP%20Traction%20Engine%201.jpg?1706078526)
Based loosely on a Burrell agricultural traction engine. Originally these famous engines were manufactured by Charles Burrell and Sons at their St Nicholas Works in Thetford, Norfolk, England.
No boiler certificate required for this reproduction. Crafted from scratch, a mesh with different levels of detail and detailed textures. With just a land impact of just 28, all pictures were taken with the default LOD factor settings in Firestorm. Also included are 3 different texture themes for the engine; traditional green and dark red colours and also a rusty green, very weathered texture. The model is fully operational, allowing for one driver and a passenger. The SL vehicle characteristics have been tuned to try to replicate the full size traction engine with slow steering and minimal self alignment and two gears.
Valve gear and primary drive flywheel has been animated. A low lag mode allows you to disable this motion while the vehicle is in motion which can reduce the network & region server requirements. The engine can be fired without a driver sitting to demonstrate the animations.
The whistle & lights are fully functional and controllable by the driver with particle effects for the whistle and general smoke from the funnel.
The driver has two custom animations which will be automatically switched between while driving and there are 8 passenger options selectable by a dedicated passenger menu.
Standard security options (anyone, group, owner) will limit who can drive & change the settings of the engine.
For driving there are a couple of camera options. Firstly a fixed camera which always retains the same view. Alternatively there is a dynamic camera which changes position trying to follow the engine.
Texture kit with UV maps and AOs available for download from the website
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Excellent!
It's had a lot of admiration since I started driving it about. It's detailed, accurate, handles like the real thing would (doesn't drive like a car!) I particularly like the easily linked vehicles to tow behind.
Since buying this I've also bought the Showman's engine, which is surely a recommendation of its quality.
Truly amazing detail
The price is very fair, I would recommend this item to any one who likes steam machinery, build quality and prim count is excellent too and drives really nice too, speaking as some one who has owned a real traction engine im impressed with working details, I bought the living van to go with this item and very impressed by just clicking the tow hitch you get a menu to auto link or de link the van to and from the engine a truly nice touch.
Very well done full 5 stars rating would buy again from this seller for sure.
Amazing
The only word to describe this is amazing, from the super high quality texturing and realistic animation and sounds to the realistic feel of the driving. Its something to get used to, its big and heavy and behaves exactly as it should.