Author Topic: Japanese on Mars 29.06.2017 Japanese legation wip (Read 399884 times)

Admiral Benbow · « **Reply #975 on:** 22 March 2014, 02:23:03 PM »

Superb work as usual, James, great update!

OSHIROmodels · « **Reply #976 on:** 22 March 2014, 02:25:31 PM »

Thanks again chaps

Quote from: Blodwin on 22 March 2014, 01:17:23 PM

Wonderful, simply wonderful - unable to make it to Salute this year due to my own stupidity - so plenty or pictures please.

Silly boy

I wrote a list of what's left to do and it's not as bad as I first thought

Still going to run out of time though

cheers

James

pocoloco · « **Reply #977 on:** 22 March 2014, 04:39:10 PM »

Dogs danglies!

Great new additions! The barracks are awesome, need to start saving up… I presume it will be available for us mere mortals at some point?

Why have the Japanese left English text on the barracks' sign?

answer_is_42 · « **Reply #978 on:** 22 March 2014, 05:22:17 PM »

This all continues to look amazing... really captures the feel of colonial Mars! Hoping to make Salute this year to have a good look.

OSHIROmodels · « **Reply #979 on:** 22 March 2014, 05:31:52 PM »

Thank you kindly gents

Quote from: pocoloco on 22 March 2014, 04:39:10 PM

I presume it will be available for us mere mortals at some point?

Why have the Japanese left English text on the barracks' sign?

At some point, once the tweaks are sorted. My wife was out when I made the sign and it is an Anglo-Japanese alliance

cheers

James

Elk101 · « **Reply #980 on:** 22 March 2014, 08:28:08 PM »

That is cracking!

That type of garden is a parterre arrangement and was a French innovation.

Mason · « **Reply #981 on:** 22 March 2014, 11:40:09 PM »

Quote from: Elk101 on 22 March 2014, 08:28:08 PM

That is cracking!

That type of garden is a parterre arrangement and was a French innovation.

Blimey!

Not another Northerner going soft....

FramFramson · « **Reply #982 on:** 23 March 2014, 12:55:25 AM »

Fan-farging-tastic!

Furt · « **Reply #983 on:** 23 March 2014, 01:16:49 AM »

Yup she's a beauty and love the shot of the Brits on the bridge.

OSHIROmodels · « **Reply #984 on:** 23 March 2014, 06:34:28 AM »

Quote from: Elk101 on 22 March 2014, 08:28:08 PM

That type of garden is a parterre arrangement and was a French innovation.

Bugger

Quote from: Mason on 22 March 2014, 11:40:09 PM

Not another Northerner going soft....

Never!

Hopefully get the roof and portico of the residence done today

cheers

James

Dewbakuk · « **Reply #985 on:** 23 March 2014, 06:55:36 AM »

Quote from: jimbibbly on 23 March 2014, 06:34:28 AM

Bugger

That's okay. Parterre got a bit of a renaissance in the UK during the latter half of the 19th Century (fell out of favour in the early 1700's). It was slightly different in that it used blocks of coloured planting to form the shapes and forms rather than just the hedging but hedging was still used in places. The flowers/plants used were annuals so lived and died in the one year, requiring a full replant each time. This did allow them to showcase the 'latest' horticultural fashions though

Clearly the officer residing is a bit of a traditionalist who likes the hedging. Also, given the harsher climate the block colour planting only lasts a short time and has currently been cleared in preparation for the replanting.

(I don't know, botany lessons on monocot plants not long ago and now garden history. Clearly my time at uni wasn't totally wasted

)

Malamute · « **Reply #986 on:** 23 March 2014, 07:00:27 AM »

Feckin' Hell. You learn something new every day. Dean you are a font of all knowledge.

janner · « **Reply #987 on:** 23 March 2014, 07:16:50 AM »

If Victoria barracks is to be British, the guard boxes should be royal blue - just saying

Dewbakuk · « **Reply #988 on:** 23 March 2014, 07:25:51 AM »

The joy of Victorian glass houses, meant they could could control their planting schemes almost ignoring seasons.

And yet I've still never gotten around to visiting Kew

Malamute · « **Reply #989 on:** 23 March 2014, 08:17:07 AM »

Quote from: Dewbakuk on 23 March 2014, 07:25:51 AM

The joy of Victorian glass houses, meant they could could control their planting schemes almost ignoring seasons.

And yet I've still never gotten around to visiting Kew

There's always BLAm, we could organise a visit! (and then there's Wisley).

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