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Author Topic: Japanese on Mars **29.06.2017 Japanese legation wip**  (Read 375957 times)

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Re: Japanese on Mars **26/12/12 Railway viaduct progresses**
« Reply #480 on: December 27, 2012, 09:28:49 AM »
Thanks chaps  :)

I don't like it.

You're not allowed to play on it then  ;D

Looks brilliant. I also like the look of the Tudor framed building at the back...any wips for that anywhere?

Nope, 'fraid not. I started it years and years ago and might just finish it at some point.

Holy sh*t!! :o :o That looks stunning!

BTW please don't blame me, I don't want beat up by your wife when your sat in your hobby room doing interiors when she's expecting you to be painting the house! ;)

BTW-2 will the railway be a real working one?

Fortunately we're still renting but there will be a point soon when the day comes but I won't mention you  ;)

Unfortunately it probably won't work but I'm still debating that. What I am thinking of is getting proper rails (just the rails and not the sleepers) and laying them on top, fastening them in some way and having it possible for the train to choo choo over  :D

Someone will have to be at either end to start and to stop it though, this isn't going to be a proper train layout (mores the pity).

Question for you chaps

For the station I've got two choices, brick or clapboard (the signal box is clapboard) which do you think would be best?

cheers

James
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Re: Japanese on Mars **26/12/12 Railway viaduct progresses**
« Reply #481 on: December 27, 2012, 09:31:54 AM »
That is one lovely looking signal box!
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Re: Japanese on Mars **26/12/12 Railway viaduct progresses**
« Reply #482 on: December 27, 2012, 10:33:03 AM »

Question for you chaps

For the station I've got two choices, brick or clapboard (the signal box is clapboard) which do you think would be best?

cheers

James

I think the main building should be brick.

Rest of it is looking superb though.



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Re: Japanese on Mars **26/12/12 Railway viaduct progresses**
« Reply #483 on: December 27, 2012, 10:42:58 AM »
I think the main building should be brick.

Rest of it is looking superb though.





Yep, main building brick, (it will be harder for the Martians to burn it ;)) I like signal box being clapboard, that will burn nicely. :D

Looking great so far. :)
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Re: Japanese on Mars **26/12/12 Railway viaduct progresses**
« Reply #484 on: December 27, 2012, 12:40:05 PM »
Looking good!  :-*

I'd go for Brick old chap. Working on a viaduct myself and I'm going for a brick station.
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Re: Japanese on Mars **26/12/12 Railway viaduct progresses**
« Reply #485 on: December 27, 2012, 01:55:36 PM »
I don't like it.

Get back the those statistics you  >:(


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Re: Japanese on Mars **26/12/12 Railway viaduct progresses**
« Reply #486 on: December 27, 2012, 03:24:36 PM »
Just amazing!  :o  :-*

The colours are spot on and the build itself is a stunner. Happy to have noticed this thread. Where's the brickwork plasticard from if I may so enquire?

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Re: Japanese on Mars **26/12/12 Railway viaduct progresses**
« Reply #487 on: December 27, 2012, 04:34:05 PM »
Brick it is then :D

Where's the brickwork plasticard from if I may so enquire?

You may, it's from a company called EMA (Engineering Model Supplies) and the web link is below and I've nearly run out myself  ::)

http://www.ema-models.co.uk/

Done a bit more today and decided to try and set it up to give an idea on how it will look at Salute. I only just manage to get these boards set up in my pokey little modelling room  lol






The tall thing to the left is the section that will have an iron bridge spanning the canal and I'm undecided as to which route to take for the iron bridge. Either I could go the whole hog and do fancy beams etc or I could just have a simple slab sided version (I might even go somewhere in between  ??? ).

There is also the bare bones of a loco chassis that was from a kit that I bought a whole back, unfortunately the kit is awful so I'm going to build my own for now or think about spending a few pounds and get a proper one... More than a few pounds probably  ::)

Still a way to go but it's getting there  :D

Working on a viaduct myself and I'm going for a brick station.

Looking forward to seeing that old bean  8)

cheers

James
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Re: Japanese on Mars **27/12/12 A set up of sorts**
« Reply #488 on: December 27, 2012, 07:27:25 PM »
Many thanks for the link, much obliged.

Maybe something like the iron bridge over river Severn at Ironbridge  o_o would be perfect continuation... or is it too fancyful?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ironbridge002.JPG

But then again, is this type too robust for the sophisticated lot that the Japanesee on Mars are:

http://www.cic.nic.in/cicwebpages/Manipur/jiribam/IMAGES/Bridge_Rail.JPG

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Re: Japanese on Mars **27/12/12 A set up of sorts**
« Reply #489 on: December 27, 2012, 08:15:29 PM »
I've got a few ideas in mind but I think it will be a case of waiting till the right one hits me  :)

The problem with fancy is getting it done in time  ::) lol

The annoying thing that I've just realised is that one reason I got all the boards out in the first place was so I could measure the span needed over the canal... I've now put them away again without doing this...  :-[

Ah well, I'll just make it up and hope it works  lol

cheers

James

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Re: Japanese on Mars **27/12/12 A set up of sorts**
« Reply #490 on: December 27, 2012, 10:20:37 PM »
Totes amaze. ;)

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Re: Japanese on Mars **27/12/12 A set up of sorts**
« Reply #491 on: December 27, 2012, 10:50:26 PM »
Looking forward to seeing the final set up at Salute 2013.

How many days to go?

Sorry!!

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Re: Japanese on Mars **27/12/12 A set up of sorts**
« Reply #492 on: December 28, 2012, 07:31:20 AM »
This beastie was at the Scottish Model Rail Show earlier this year, what about using this as inspiration and doing something slightly simpler/smaller?......


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Re: Japanese on Mars **27/12/12 A set up of sorts**
« Reply #493 on: December 28, 2012, 10:30:06 AM »
This beastie was at the Scottish Model Rail Show earlier this year, what about using this as inspiration and doing something slightly simpler/smaller?......



I like that  :-*

Looking at it closely it would appear that it's got the same stone work sheeting on it  lol

I was having a think last night and I'm probably going to go with something like the image below but with the addition of either something like the picture you've got Andy or suspension cabling...



Whatever I choose to do it'll have to be done at work which won't be until next week (along with the station) but there's plenty of other stuff to keep me going  :D

How many days to go?

Sorry!!

Not enough  lol

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Re: Japanese on Mars **27/12/12 A set up of sorts**
« Reply #494 on: December 28, 2012, 10:31:49 AM »
Looks bloody brilliant so far, James.
I suspect it is going to look amazing when you have finished.
 :-*


I agree with Andy.
Something as robust-looking as that would look superb and fit in really well.
Of course, you may not have the time, but you could cheat and pick up a model railway bridge and convert it...
 ;)


 

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