@@damiancummings609 Thank you, much appreciated, hope you’ve seen the others too

@@mikebyrne3682 Well done, when I visited the tower recently I got half way up and my vertigo got the better of me (that and the warning to be careful due to its condition)

@@Buugane i a going back 40 years or so

@@welshmanjasonpatrick8607 thank you, there is a new animation about to appear shortly about the old Douglas swing bridge

Doh, yes

It was by an Australian vaudeville singer WIlliam Holt Williams aka Billy Williams. Not only was it about the Isle of Man but was recorded in 1913 which was perfect for this animation. More info at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Williams_(music_hall_performer) which includes a link to a wax disc archive where this came from

Thank you so much! Think I will have a bit of a rest till the next one, Derby Castle perhaps?

Sounds fantastic. My parents own the Welbeck Hotel, built in 1894, and all this blows my mind, to know it was around in that time.

@@xloosheyx small world, my family had the Delamere Hotel across the road in the early 1970s

@@Buuganeoh wow! I was asleep in my grandmas front room when the ‘new’ Delamere went up shortly after being built 😮 it was very hot, I woke up to flames going past the window! (Windy!). The Welbeck was extremely fortunate not to have been damaged by it! I’ve shared your YT on the Welbeck Facebook page by the way 🥰

I lived at the Castle Mona for 2 years when I was a kid, my parents ran it when the Casino moved from there to the newly opened Palace Casino in 1966

Hi, I just concentrate on old Douglas. I have 4 other animations if you search for buugane. Two are based around old Douglas North Quay before they knocked most of it down in the 1930s, there is a ride along the Marine Drive tramway and one on the Douglas cable tram along Victoria Street and Prospect Hill. Characters and animations are done with Reallusion’s iclone and character creator software. The buildings can be made with any 3d software (I use a very old version of Modo bought when it was affordable for hobbyists) and they are textured using Substance Painter. The whole thing is put together using Unreal Engine 5.3 which is free!

You and me both!

Thank you, much appreciated

Thank you Rob, think I will have a little break before the next one …Derby Castle here we come!

@@Buugane , I look forward to it with excitement, many thnks again for your fabulous work.

Yes, but it is on the corner of the replacement building, there is a photo of it in the animation

I made the buildings/ tram etc using Modo, textured in Substance Painter, characters using Reallusion software then the whole thing put together using Unreal 4.6

Thank you, re your grandparents, I think you may be talking about Chester Street area possibly. If so, the supermarket has closed (last used as a Covid vaccination hub). If you go to the online iMuseum.im and search for Chester street there are some images of the area prior to its demolition and replacement with a multi storey carpark and supermarket

Thank you very much, if you liked this there are another three you may be interested in👍

Thank you

The main environment is Unreal Engine which, for non monetary projects like these is free!. I create the landscape first in Unreal, using top down views of what ever reference maps I need. Take a lot of time making sure the maps/s are correctly scaled. In the case of this last animation, where heights are involved, I placed simple blocks of the correct heights along the route as guides and then sculptured the landscape up accordingly. I created the buildings, tram, trackbed etc. in a 3D package (in my case Modo but any package such as Blender would do the same thing). Again, take time to ensure the scale is correct. I then export these as .obj files and texture them using Substance Painter and then bring them into Unreal where they are placed over the maps at the correct place and, hopefully, they fit! The various actions are recorded in Unreal but II use Vegas Pro to put the final shots together. Half the fun is finding the reference materials to make the buildings but it does take time!

Starting on Douglas Head would require me to model all of the bay in the background, just too much for me to try and would have had technical issues with trying to create such a big landscape. You are right about images from the Whing onwards, couldn’t find any of the Port Soderick halt though I don’t think there were any buildings there. the animation would have also run for too long for many to stay interested.

@Buugane I can understand that, I don't think I've ever seen a close up image of anything beyond the corner at Douglas Head, but I think there might be some which show the entertainments on Douglas head which may show things from a distance, I seem to remember having seen some images of the top Funicular Station, there's a lot of the bottom one. No doubt you are already aware but one of your end images showed the original cars from the Falcon Cliff incline that was moved to Port Soderick, they were used as kiosks on the promenade there after the bigger cars were built. I remember my Grandfather saying he had some memories of the Marine Drive running before the war.

I still keep thinking I never got round to digging in the location of the car pits at Little Ness (often said I would do this as a child)... maybe there's scope for a proper archaeological excavation....legend has it the remaining trams were all chopped up and dumped in them before it was covered over....

Thank you, took about 6 months off and on. Working on the cable car tramway at the moment, 9 months in and just at the end of Victoria Street ;)

Cheers Chas, the only survivor is at Crich Transport Museum. Remember, when you get that Ford Pilot on the road … fix the cigarette lighter!

Working on it, tram is made and the line laid but there are a LOT of buildings to do. I get some very strange looks measuring the windows and doors of some of those buildings still standing 👍