Readme.txt
MSTS 
Flatcar  with a Sherman Tank loaded.
Sherman by Larry Mullet. Copyright (C) 2006.
Flatcar by Ted Ahner. Copyright (C) 2005 
A product of Port City Car Company. Created with Abacus Train Sim Modeler and as authors of this design, we advise that it is copyrighted, but royalty free.  You may use it but you may not distribute it for money, or include it in a paid distribution without permission from Ted Ahner and Larry Mullet whose addresses are below. 

You must include our names (above and below) in your credits, as well as our copyright notice, this paragraph, and the LEGAL section below, if you repaint it, use or derive files from it, or otherwise use or distribute these files.

INSTALLATION REQUIREMENTS:

1. Create a new folder called "FlatcSherm" (or the name of your choice) in the subdirectory ...\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Train Simulator\Trains\Trainset.
2. Unzip the entire contents of this ZIP file into your new folder.  This will place all the files in that new folder.
3. The car will show in the Consist Editor as "FlatcSherm".  Create a consist for use in MSTS, using the Activity Editor, or using a third party consist editor.  Directions for creating a consist are on the Train-Sim website.
4. Enjoy your Car.


OPERATION:

Well, these car will trundle along behind any loco and should behave well.



HISTORY:

This is part of history. A flatcar moving one or more Sherman tanks from here to there.

The flatcar is oldish, so is the Sherman by now.
However much the flat will bend under the weight, it will not break. I built it that way.

The Sherman, the main object, is completely by Larry Mullet.
Faithfully copied from a model 

Thanks to Chuck Zeiler for the plans for the flat, which I followed as good as I could using as few polys as was possible to get the shape so it looks like the real thing


Credits to Chuck Zeiler and Bill Hall for help and assistance,
Tim Muir for some parts, Paul DeVerter and Frank Thomas for testing.
All of Port City Car Company.


LEGAL
Because this program is royalty free, it is provided WHERE IS, AS IS, WITH ALL FAULTS, and WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE or any other warranties.  There is no liability by the authors in your use of this program, instead all liability is assumed by the user.


CREDITS:
3D graphics and textures for car body by Ted Ahner.
Help from Chuck Zeiler and Bill Hall, Frank Thomas and Paul DeVerter.

Testing by Frank Thomas and Paul DeVerter.

e-mail:  tahner@shaw.ca
         railway@paradesquare.ca

http://www.paradesquare.ca/railway