macdon Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 Quite a nice building, couldn't get a closer look, but first feeling that the facade looks kinda wierd? Perhaps the colours and the texture... Good idea for GreenMax to come out with pre-painted models! Some of their models are great, but people hesitate buying them because they require painting.. I for one is very unconfident of my painting skills and wouldn't bear risking to paint them.. Suddenly had a thought of using the viaducts as vehicular ones instead of rails since thei do not come with a rail... But it's probably too narrow for a dual carriage way vehicular viaduct... I actually feel the same way JR. Just recently I received my first (I think) GM product - a bridge set. So far, I have only built the roadway bridge from the whole set but I must say that it is a delight experience and GM's detail seems better than the rest. But you're right, even if their products are priced right - I tend to shy away from them 'coz painting is my waterloo. If they indeed would go the direction of painted parts even partly and still be priced accordingly - they would certainly have a bigger chunk of the market. As for their Tokyo Inn Hotel building - I hope the $50 is srp and real world pricing would be at $30 - $35. It would also be great if GM would release "modular" building sets similar to DPM or Walthers. I think they already have a product where you can mix and match building facades and sides but wish it was a tad taller. They also seem to have a new 5-storey apartment building and there is a 4-storey add-on set to it but fetching for $40. Mardon Link to comment
cteno4 Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 (edited) Mardon, Green max did do a modular high rise set. It ran about $6/ floor with a pretty small footprint. You could do a 4x greater footprint by doubling up kits at $12 per floor. Interesting model and a couple of window choices, one is an odd vertical 2 story window. http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10193663 http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10193665 Not sure if these are rereleased with the new packaging. Original release I think ended up not selling too well as thy wound up on the hs clearance rack. Jeff Edited June 20, 2013 by cteno4 Link to comment
macdon Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 (edited) Mardon, Green max did do a modular high rise set. It ran about $6/ floor with a pretty small footprint. You could do a 4x greater footprint by doubling up kits at $12 per floor. Interesting model and a couple of window choices, one is an odd vertical 2 story window. http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10193663 http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10193665 Not sure if these are rereleased with the new packaging. Original release I think ended up not selling too well as thy wound up on the hs clearance rack. Jeff Thats right Jeff - thats the building I was talking about but worded it as "apartment", it should've been "business/offices". My bad. But jeesh, just a 9-storey building for $47? Isnt that a bit pricey? Here are the GM structures that I mentioned could have facades and sides that could be mixed and matched: http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10084237 http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10084235 http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10084233 http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10084231 Its great making a one-off building by buying multiples of the set, but not economical if you need to fill some city blocks. Mardon Edited June 20, 2013 by macdon Link to comment
bill937ca Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 You can reserve the Toyoko Inn now. http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10232224 Link to comment
cteno4 Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 Mardon, these are basically the same kits, parts all look the same. you can see the long thin vertical 2 story window sections i was talking about. you get both the long ones and the smaller square windows as well. so you actually get a bit extra, just not enough to add floors with, but when you get to doing a larger structure you can probably do some interesting things with the extras. http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/image/10193663n/40/1 there were a few large buildings done with this. thread on these here http://www.jnsforum.com/community/topic/613-new-green-max-high-rise-module-system-released/?hl=%2Bgreen+%2Bmax+%2Bmodular&do=findComment&comment=7910 it looks like with their big redo of the packaging and stock numbers greenmax has just now gone to only non colored (instead of having them cast in two different colors) and now its a 5 story building and a 4 story add on instead of 3 story and 2 story addon. also went up $1 per floor in price overall. i think the older, smaller ones are maybe not going to be continued, they have been oos of quite a while now and the remaining ones at hs and hlj were sold off at 50% off last year. unfortunately i think the walthers system flopped as well, in the end it was selling at closeout and were discontinued. Ive grabbed up a number of the roof detail kits, great for acs and large fans for roofs! but getting harder to find, but i think it was one of the sets not discontinued! still not really cheap and yes gets pricy to do larger buildings! larger buildings that have glass walls are much easier to do it yourself like your paper kit, but just do it in plastics and heavy duty chip board to avoid warping. its cutting the square windows that are the hard part in doing your own high rises like this. then lots of window mullions and frames! but so many buildings have basically just strips of glass windows with some vertical supports like your model then strips of wall so again easy to roll your own this way with printed acetate or thin acrylic and pin tape then horizontal wall strips at each floor. these older green max structures can be kitbashed into taller or larger structures pretty easily http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10182144 http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10182143 i am hoping they re-release this series as these were made with kitbashing in mind! the third one was specifically to allow custom tie ins between the other buildings! http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10007637 http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10007638 http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10007639 cheers jeff Link to comment
JR 500系 Posted June 21, 2013 Share Posted June 21, 2013 Hi Mardon: If you would like larger buildings, especially skyscrapers, and don't mind paper structures, there is a cheaper alternative for large and tal structures. http://paperstructure.web.fc2.com/ I got some of their paper kits through Yahoo Auctions.. They're quite nice and easy to construct... If you can print on good paper and ink, you can actually get digital copy from them and print out on your own... They look really nice! I have about 5 of their structures already, but as i do not have a good printer, i had to buy from Yahoo Auctions their 'Ready-to-make' kits... And they do not ship their ready to make kits overseas... Good option for multiple and quick high rise building construction that looks great, but downside is lighting them up will not be easy... Kato and Tomix also have some very good looking ready to use structures.. These structures look great with lights inside them! If only GreenMax does more of their kits in pre-painted forms... Link to comment
macdon Posted June 21, 2013 Share Posted June 21, 2013 @Jeff - the GM 5-storey station looks good and at $17 gives more for the money. I've been eyeing that station for some time now. @JR - interesting stuff bud! I will check it out. I recently made a scalescene building, but scalescene has limited 'modern' building stuff. So far, they only have city block and parking garage. They do have lots to offer if you do "european" scenes thou. Mardon Link to comment
JR 500系 Posted June 21, 2013 Share Posted June 21, 2013 Yes the paper structures are a good (and cheap) substitude to high rise buildings... I'm gonna get my Greenmax catalogue coming in soon from Popondetta... I'm guessing the catalogue should have more information on Greenmax structures released from previous till now... Link to comment
Densha Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 I'll leave it at the structure releases, because most people are interested only in these (please say so if not): June: http://www.greenmax.co.jp/image/new_release/new_release_201306_01.jpg July: http://www.greenmax.co.jp/image/new_release/new_release_201307_01.jpg An interesting product in the June poster: diaphragms sold in pairs. July: painted work train, catenary masts, wave breakers, road signs, and railway barriers in October. You can see all pre-painted kits now here: http://www.greenmax.co.jp/Product/colorstructure/GM_colorstructure_201209.htm I don't really like the paint job on the catenary masts and some others though; it looks like a bit too easy job done. Link to comment
Densha Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 JR Kyushu Kiha 220-200 and a bunch of EMU's from private operators: https://picasaweb.google.com/ngauge.information/20130731352013GREENMAX?authkey=Gv1sRgCPaq1-HQ-e_QJQ Link to comment
ToniBabelony Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 MY PRAYERS HAVE BEEN HEARD BY THE GREAT BEARDED GREEN-MAXIMUS!! Greenmax is re-releasing some older Economy Kits, under which the old Keikyu 1000 Series! I think I'm going to throw up of excitement! At least four are going to be bought. Chiba Kyūkō 1000, Keisei 3050, 3100 and maybe a freelance model are coming! Source: http://ngi.blog.eonet.jp/n_gauge/2013/09/greenmax-f011.html Link to comment
Densha Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 Other Greenmax rolling stock announcements: http://www.greenmax.co.jp/image/new_release/new_release_201308_01.jpg http://www.greenmax.co.jp/image/new_release/new_release_201308_02.jpg http://www.greenmax.co.jp/pdf/new_release_201309_01.pdf (with the JR Hokkaido KiHa 141 series which features the interesting KiHaSa 144; a DMU car without cab which is quite rare in Japan no?) And a new structure; a high version of those service platforms, these are intended to service the equipment on the roof: http://www.greenmax.co.jp/Product/colorstructure/2799-2802.pdf Link to comment
cteno4 Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 great the economy kits are coming back, they are great for kitbashing and parts! jeff 2 Link to comment
Mudkip Orange Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 Lots of re-releases of the same ol' Kintetsu stock... how bout something new? Shimakaze... or the 20000 series (which has been operating for 5 years already)... or 15400 (which is minor retooling on the 12200). Link to comment
Densha Posted November 7, 2013 Share Posted November 7, 2013 New trains and pre-painted structure kits and a new kit: https://picasaweb.google.com/ngauge.information/201310262013GREENMAX?authkey=Gv1sRgCJaI48T7gqPXlwE Link to comment
ToniBabelony Posted November 21, 2013 Share Posted November 21, 2013 OMG. I'm getting a heart attack again. Greenmax is re-releasing the Keisei 3500 Kit amongst many other interesting Economy kits: http://www.jp-ngauge.info/ngi/2013/11/greenmax-f011.html Link to comment
Densha Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 Greenmax is bringing out even more pre-painted kits now: http://www.greenmax.co.jp/image/new_release/new_release_201308_03.jpg This really makes me want to get that platform kit... 1 Link to comment
Densha Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 I'm wondering... there is a platform set and an add-on platform set but I can't figure out what is in them. Link to comment
ToniBabelony Posted May 16, 2014 Share Posted May 16, 2014 Greenmax announced these Plasser & Theurer units: http://www.jp-ngauge.info/ngi/2014/05/greenmax532014-06fe.html Hot damn. I might want this. Hell. Everybody with a modern layout should want this. Link to comment
cteno4 Posted May 16, 2014 Share Posted May 16, 2014 Holy moley! That's what I've been waiting for!!! Wonder how hard this will hit the piggy bank. Jeff 1 Link to comment
miyakoji Posted May 16, 2014 Share Posted May 16, 2014 Would you guys actually run that thing, or would it mostly be parked? Watching it move at scale speed won't be too exciting Link to comment
ToniBabelony Posted May 16, 2014 Share Posted May 16, 2014 Would you guys actually run that thing, or would it mostly be parked? Watching it move at scale speed won't be too exciting Naw, just on a sidetrack for show. It's a great eyecatcher that is usually forgotten on layouts. Link to comment
cteno4 Posted May 16, 2014 Share Posted May 16, 2014 Well they can run at a pretty good clip when getting from one place to another! Jeff Link to comment
Martijn Meerts Posted May 16, 2014 Share Posted May 16, 2014 Nice .. I wonder if they'll be kits or ready to run models, and whether they're motorised or not ... Definitely wouldn't mind a set of them either way :) Link to comment
E6系 Posted May 16, 2014 Share Posted May 16, 2014 My dream would be for Tomix to make a "Track Cleaning Car" version of the Plasser & Theurer. Link to comment
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