Re: Lost Jaffa City! Moderator please delete this thread! Malcybogaten

[MalcyBogaten]

Thank you. Your Lordship!

Here's a bit of an update on those other two ruins made out of Battleship box lids and Wooden puzzle parts!

The Bigger of the two with a Perry Mins figure for scale! (Still working on both of these btw)


One of the two smaller ruins about half the size of the above!


More pva and scatter then more paint? Then possibly more bits? The more pva and scatter!

[MalcyBogaten]

Sorry about the piccies! But I found this train set and thought the engine and tender looked about right!

It's a Rail Kings set made in China. The scale is stated at 1:87. But I think that is quite a loose measurement? As you can see by the Artizan minis next to it. It's the look of the thing though and at only £5.99 for the set my only complaint is no straight track bits!

The Engine and a bit of the tender!

The Whole Train. Would have liked passenger cars really but the truck is alright!


The couplings are rather crude two hooks on a bar so I used some old Hornby couplings but it isn't going to be travelling far so what the hey? I've also given it a quick paint which will turn into a more in depth paint when I can be bothered!

[General M@yhem]

That looks ideal. Tried looking on Fleabay.There's a few different sets, do you know if they're all the same scale?

[MalcyBogaten]

Best thing I can say is have a search on youtube!

I did the same thing and some of the sets look smaller scale? It seems the more you get in the set the smaller they are?
But I cannot honestly say...I would love to see them in the flesh.

The shop I got this from had another smaller scale set in, with passenger cars x2. But the engine was a diesel and was obviously a smaller scale than this one!

Judging by the guys' hands in the youtube vids I've seen most of the other sets are smaller scales.

Oh yeah! They go "Chuff" if you put batteries in them apparently! I haven't tried it!

This sets truck came with 5 massive Barrels linked together and pegged into the truck. I removed them and cut them apart!

You never know they may come in handy?

[pistolpete]

no straight track bits!

i suppose that means those sections got damaged/blown apart/overgrown; i mean this is a "lost city".  but it could also be extreme perilous as either a rider/driver (massive effort/luck to 'jump' to the next section ala "speed") or as a plot situation (get off the train before it crashes).

maybe take some small wood sections and router out a couple of straight paths that could be used as a road crossing or a station stop.

[Mad Lord Snapcase]

The train is a great addition to the Lost City.

[MalcyBogaten]

That looks ideal. Tried looking on Fleabay.There's a few different sets, do you know if they're all the same scale?

I had another look in the shop I got this one from in Birmingham UK as I was passing this morning.

The shop is quite a loosely laid out one so I thought maybe they have others apart from the two sets I've seen?
(These were several aisles apart) I found more of the "Rail Kings" sets sure enough! Nowhere near the one I purchased!

Yes the Scales vary wildly anywhere between, (I Think?) HO-OO about 20mm in old hornby to the one I got!

With no scale indication on any of the other boxes I saw? In fact mine seems to be the only one that had 1:87 on it! (It doesn't look that small a scale to me? But I'm no expert on Trains!)

Two of the sets had my engine in them at two slightly smaller scales and different rolling stock in both cases.

Another had a Diesel engine pulling three passenger cars in the smallest scale which I think is near HO-OO?

Again I am no expert! If you spot them use your scaling eyes!!

[MalcyBogaten]

This is a Micro-light style plane I modified from the Disney Atlantis Toys!
Chinese Warlord service my own contingent so not historical in any way!!!

In the close up you can see the pilot is a bit lost?

I hope the yoke is steady?

I'll follow the train!!


Pity he's over the Lost City!!

[Mad Lord Snapcase]

That's a great looking plane!

[Hu Rhu]

Pity he's over the Lost City!!

 

[MalcyBogaten]

Here's the rest of the Flight. Another Disney Atlantis toy. Different type of Microlight. (2types to my knowledge)
Plus a converted GW Elf glider I think? I have had this for some time and converted it a while ago. I got it second hand from a show for about 50p. (So I'm not sure it is GW?) Makes a nice smaller micro though!





I'll try to take some closer individual shots.

[julesav]

Brilliant, awesome, massively inspiring thred - thanks for sharing your work!

[Mad Lord Snapcase]

A really nice squadron.

[General M@yhem]

Love your stuff and thanks for the info about the Train.Now even more confused. 

[MalcyBogaten]

Love your stuff and thanks for the info about the Train.Now even more confused. 

Yeah. Sorry I couldn't be clearer. I think it's a case of they have a box size for a product and then fit the product to the box.
(Forget consistent scale!) They are toys though!

I know it happens with model kit companies like Heller and in the old days Revell/Monogram.

You'll just really have to keep your eyes peeled.