Inspirational Scenery & Layouts

[Kamome]

Marunouchi anyone?

 

https://youtu.be/YAiu_I-CloQ?si=Xwp_-RSFgKS3Zf6c

[cteno4]

Wow, real pro modeling!

 

interesting using the cob filiment LEDs. They are wired in series and I’m assuming 3v cobs that must be like 90v to power that and low current to not have it blinding. I was thinking of using the 3v cobs for station lights under platform roofs running perpendicular to the roof like those boxes you see running across the platform roofs in some and then just connection them all up in parallel and each with a limiting resistor. But using higher voltage with series and a current driver may be much simpler to dim. But with the parallel I could use large value resistors and then just vary the voltage to set the brightness. Hmmm.

 

jeff

[Khaul]

Inspirational, in a JR Shikoku way.

 

[bill937ca]

N Gauge Diorama of Hanshin Kobe Sannomiya Station

 

Will be on display at the  Sannomiya Railway Festival 2025
In addition to the newly created Hanshin Sannomiya Station, several past Hankyu dioramas will be on display!

April 29 (Tue, public holiday) – May 5 (Mon, public holiday)
Kobe Hankyu, Main Building 9F, Event Hall
Free Admission

 

 

Edited April 12 by bill937ca

[Kingmeow]

How do these folks typically build such a thing?  😲  Fancy CAD and a nice laser cutting machine?

Edited April 12 by Kingmeow

[UnfinishedKit]

Watching some of the cityscape videos it’s a mixture of kitbashing commercial stuff, 3D printing and good old fashioned scratch building. 

[Tony Galiani]

Impressed as always by Cityscape's work.  I noted that he filled in the traffic lights with black rather than a color for each lens.  Wonder how that looks when the display is set up and if this is a technique worth copying?

Tony

[bill937ca]

16 hours ago, Kingmeow said:

How do these folks typically build such a thing?  😲  Fancy CAD and a nice laser cutting machine?

The full video which he will post later shows this stuff.

[Khaul]

Seriously? This guy is does the most amazing things I have ever seen.

 

[Ekiben]

Kousan Mokei has done it again. I've recently been daydreaming about building my first T Trak module and out comes this video. Although it's a single-track diorama, I think the scene could easily be modified into a T Trak module. When I say "easily" I don't necessarily mean easy for me! 

 

 

[Kamome]

Those Daiso cases make great little diorama projects. There's a flat one like the video shows and a half-raised version which allows track or other scenery elements on 2 levels. 

[cteno4]

@Ekiben if you dont have a lot of other ttrakers around you, you can always just do a little loop or point to point of small modules with a single track on small wooden canvases which you can get at the local art supply or craft shop inexpensivly. No worries if the track overhangs some as it helps separate the different scenes and lets you even wander the single track around the table with bits of track between modules and moving the track around on the modules as best suited for the scenes [ttrak usually is the opposite with track really fixed and linear and track placement and module size really takes president over the scene].

 

BTW ttrak was started from a model train mag editor presenting using A4 sized pieces of plywood [available at many stores] into mini railroad dioramas. Lee Monaco saw the presentation while they were trying to bring n trak to japan and realized it was just about 310mm long and a small modular system could get based on this and ttrak was born.

 

jeff

[Ekiben]

I love the "wandering" potential of your small wooden canvas approach to modules and will definitely consider this at some point. Fortunately for me, @RS18U recently made me aware of a burgeoning T Trak group within a 90-minute drive of my house. Sounds as though a majority are into Japanese modelling. There's a show scheduled for late August so that's providing some motivation to begin (and complete) a couple of single modules.

[cteno4]

Very cool! Sounds like the start of a Canadian japanese club!

 

if getting a module is hard you can also use the wooden canvases for modules, they sell 12”x9” and 12”x12” canvases that are 1.5” deep. Just have to mount threaded inserts into the frames and get proper length bolts to jack it up to usual around 3”-4” running height. There is a 1/16” gap, but thats not a problem visually and actually gives a small visual line saying this scene ends and the next begins. If it bugs you you can always make a tiny gap strip to glue onto the side or drop in. You can get them property cheaply online or at your local art store for $10 or so. Just an option for something quick and inexpensive and all built.

 

jeff

[Ekiben]

@Kamome Yeah, too bad I can’t find anything resembling those diorama displays anywhere near me or online for a reasonable price here in Canada. There used to be a Daiso a ferry ride away in Vancouver, but it turned into a Oomomo a few years back. Maybe I’ll check next time I’m in town.

 

@cteno4 The wooden canvas idea is growing on me. I like that they are light weight and easier to store. Also less prep time and better when starting out and experimenting with new techniques. I found some 9x12s online at the usual shops but they all seem to have a depth of .87" which I guess would just mean I need longer bolts. 

 

 

 

 

Edited 17 minutes ago by Ekiben