cteno4 Posted June 30, 2019 Share Posted June 30, 2019 Squid, I think you should start selling these as a scenery kit! Approach woodland scenic... jeff Link to comment
railsquid Posted June 30, 2019 Author Share Posted June 30, 2019 (edited) A proven technique in use elsewhere on the layout. Additional strengthening added: chopstick-mountain-v2_03 by Rail Squid, on Flickr A valuable yet inexpensive resource: chopsticks by Rail Squid, on Flickr Edited June 30, 2019 by railsquid 4 Link to comment
railsquid Posted June 30, 2019 Author Share Posted June 30, 2019 15 minutes ago, cteno4 said: Squid, I think you should start selling these as a scenery kit! Approach woodland scenic... Curses, I just revealed my secret. 1 Link to comment
Sheffie Posted June 30, 2019 Share Posted June 30, 2019 This is one of those cases where the "scale trick" is in your favour. Bamboo looks just like bamboo! Link to comment
cteno4 Posted June 30, 2019 Share Posted June 30, 2019 I gave you five minutes to respond and when I didn’t hear back I went ahead and emailed woodland scenics and we are setting up the deal. Markup on the chopsticks will be approximately 100x. is it earth quake resistant? jeff 1 1 Link to comment
railsquid Posted July 7, 2019 Author Share Posted July 7, 2019 It has survived whatever minor tremors Mother Nature has thrown at it in the last week, and mutated into something resembling a 1990s wire-frame screensaver. left-scenic-area-2019-07-07_01 by Rail Squid, on Flickr left-scenic-area-2019-07-07_02 by Rail Squid, on Flickr left-scenic-area-2019-07-07_03 by Rail Squid, on Flickr 7 Link to comment
cteno4 Posted July 7, 2019 Share Posted July 7, 2019 You are becoming an abstract modernist modeler squid. jeff 2 Link to comment
railsquid Posted July 7, 2019 Author Share Posted July 7, 2019 And ready for the next phase, which was dependent on me getting round to cutting a hole out of the backscene board to provide space for the chopsticks. left-scenic-area-2019-07-07_06 by Rail Squid, on Flickr 4 1 Link to comment
railsquid Posted July 7, 2019 Author Share Posted July 7, 2019 3 hours ago, cteno4 said: You are becoming an abstract modernist modeler squid. jeff You should have seen me in my minimalist phase, here with my representation of Tokyo's railway network: yamanote-chuo-tokyo by Rail Squid, on Flickr 2 11 Link to comment
Keith Posted July 7, 2019 Share Posted July 7, 2019 Don’t put it too near a heat source otherwise it will be the Dali phase. 1 Link to comment
chadbag Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 Those chopsticks really are inexpensive in Japan. We bought a big lot at the 100 yen store last time we were there. I am not sure why we bought them, but we figured it was a good deal. Link to comment
railsquid Posted July 11, 2019 Author Share Posted July 11, 2019 Despite the fragile, rickety appearence, the almost completed framework can be safely lifted off the layout for further work without falling apart. left-scenic-area-2019-07-11_01 by Rail Squid, on Flickr I haven't done an exact tally, but I appear to have consumed about half of the bulk pack containing 80 pairs of chopsticks. 4 2 Link to comment
railsquid Posted July 12, 2019 Author Share Posted July 12, 2019 A strangely fractal landscape. left-scenic-area-2019-07-12_01 by Rail Squid, on Flickr 5 Link to comment
railsquid Posted July 22, 2019 Author Share Posted July 22, 2019 (edited) The chopstick construction is starting to disappear behind scenery, and the main tunnel portal now is fixed in place... left-scenic-area-2019-07-22_01 by Rail Squid, on Flickr The view the other way is slightly more complete: left-scenic-area-2019-07-22_02 by Rail Squid, on Flickr Edited July 22, 2019 by railsquid 7 Link to comment
railsquid Posted July 24, 2019 Author Share Posted July 24, 2019 Sketching out some more scenery... left-scenic-area-2019-07-24_01 by Rail Squid, on Flickr 5 Link to comment
railsquid Posted July 31, 2019 Author Share Posted July 31, 2019 Scenery above the tunnel portal in place, hiding the Ikea IVAR shelf supports: left-scenic-area-2019-07-28_01 by Rail Squid, on Flickr Kato 101 Series (Chuo-Sobu Line) by Rail Squid, on Flickr 8 Link to comment
railsquid Posted August 4, 2019 Author Share Posted August 4, 2019 Let's pretend this is the Musashino Line for today... rear-left-scene-2019-08-04_01 by Rail Squid, on Flickr 9 Link to comment
railsquid Posted August 15, 2019 Author Share Posted August 15, 2019 (edited) On 7/24/2019 at 9:46 PM, railsquid said: Sketching out some more scenery... left-scenic-area-2019-07-24_01 by Rail Squid, on Flickr And some more: rear-left-scene-2019-08-15_02 by Rail Squid, on Flickr rear-left-scene-2019-08-15_01 by Rail Squid, on Flickr Edited August 15, 2019 by railsquid 8 Link to comment
marknewton Posted August 16, 2019 Share Posted August 16, 2019 On 7/31/2019 at 11:53 AM, railsquid said: Scenery above the tunnel portal in place, hiding the Ikea IVAR shelf supports: left-scenic-area-2019-07-28_01 by Rail Squid, on Flickr Kato 101 Series (Chuo-Sobu Line) by Rail Squid, on Flickr I love 101s and 103s! Cheers, Mark. 2 Link to comment
railsquid Posted August 16, 2019 Author Share Posted August 16, 2019 I am still patting myself on the back for randomly wandering out of the house (well apartment) not far from a Seibu line station one fine day in 2009 and ending up on the Chichibu Railway, and actually taking some photographs of and riding on their 101s, even though I had little idea about Japanese trains at the time, apart from thinking they looked like old ones. I even managed to copy them to a hard disk where I rediscovered them not so long ago: https://www.flickr.com/photos/railsquid/albums/72157674723748237 (Note the first few in the album are from the Omiya Museum). 1 Link to comment
railsquid Posted August 29, 2019 Author Share Posted August 29, 2019 The very long flight of steps up to the ryokan is more-or-less complete, for the faint of heart/and or heavy of luggage, road access is also available. rear-left-scene-2019-08-29_01 by Rail Squid, on Flickr 8 Link to comment
Pauljag900 Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 Superb modelling squid,looks great👍👍😀 Link to comment
JR 500系 Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 Yeah it looks great squid! Love the steep slopes, that are oh-so-common in Japan! Somehow, the curving steep slope just reminded me of this: 1 Link to comment
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