Skynet(Aoshima) parking structure - is aoshima junk

[quinntopia]

Neato!  FFISKIV - Thanks for posting the pictures! Man! That thing is just as huge as I thought it would be! I need one, but there's no more space! Arg!

[clem24]

Gosh this thread is making me want to buy one but I can't!!!

[linkey]

Gosh this thread is making me want to buy one but I can't!!!

*bump* come on, you know you want to.... lol

[cteno4]

mine just showed up today. its quite a production! Aoshima is really shooting for the large structures here. all parts look nicely moulded and clean. im happy!

 

 

jeff

[rpierce000]

If anyone wants one quickly the SAL fairy just brought BT Trains 4 of these, two of each color. I don't have them up on the site yet, but if you email me I will get one out to you ASAP. They are $60.28 each plus shipping from Seattle. USPS Priority mail runs about $15.90. They are VERY large and heavy, you will be amazed at the quality and structure of these things. All of the stalls lines are prepainted as are the kanji directions for in and out. There is also a large sheet of decals and like any prepainted kit a few minutes of detail painting will go from good job to incredible result.

 

Bob bob@bttrains.com

www.bttrains.com

[chickendrop]

On 8/12/2011 at 5:23 PM, FFISKIV said:

This is for all you waiting for your order.  I hope it makes you itch.

The left side is unglued for acess to the elevator shaft for future lighting and moving autos in and out.  It snaps in place well enough it wont fall off.

Kato autos make good sacrifice for glueing.

I skipped the majority of interior decals, as soon as you see what youre missing you'll understand why.

 That is absolutely spectacular!! This is what I'm envisioning for my set up. I've only purchased from Plaza Japan so far. Any other sites that you would recommend for structures?

[chickendrop]

On 7/13/2011 at 6:32 PM, quinntopia said:

The Aoshima Apartments are definitely top quality.  Lot's and lots of parts and sprue's to assemble and manage, but the materials are pretty excellent.  I kit-bashed two boxes (4 buildings) to create a taller structure and the materials were nice to work with and the casting was good.  http://quinntopia.blogspot.com/2010/03/aoshima-apartments-20-stories-of-fine.html

 

MUCH better quality than the Tramway "Starhouse" and probably a little bit better than some of the Greenmax kits.  Of course, not sure what the parking garage will look like, but based on their apartment building model your pretty safe.

Incredible work!!

[gavino200]

11 minutes ago, chickendrop said:

 That is absolutely spectacular!! This is what I'm envisioning for my set up. I've only purchased from Plaza Japan so far. Any other sites that you would recommend for structures?

 

There's a whole forum here on stores and places to buy. 

 

https://jnsforum.com/community/forum/51-suppliers/

 

7 minutes ago, chickendrop said:

Incredible work!!

 

He gave up on trains a couple of years ago, to focus on his company. But his website is still up and it's a real trove of gems. 

 

https://quinntopia.blogspot.com/

 

I know you're building a city diorama and not a train layout, but have you considered having a train line cross your setup, even if it's just a piece of static scenery? Nothing says Tokyo like a train. 

 

 

 

Edited May 17, 2021 by gavino200

[cteno4]

@chickendrop you can also print your own and add as many floors as you like or make double deep with the scalescenes pdf templates. Basically cardstock modeling, but do a nice job.

 

https://scalescenes.com/product/t035-multi-storey-car-park/

 

Member macdon did these nicely

 

 

outland also makes a 3D printed car park and also sell additional floors. While not as finely moulded and detailed as the aoshima model (now oop and pretty much oos), but hey it’s a car park, they are not all that detailed! Fill it with the cheap Chinese architectural cars on the lower floors and a few nice tomytec on the roof and you may not notice any loss of little details.

 

 

https://outlandmodels.com/products/4-story-car-parking-building-1-160-n-scale?pr_prod_strat=copurchase&pr_rec_pid=4833381548109&pr_ref_pid=4833382137933&pr_seq=uniform

 

Sankei makes a small 2 story car park that’s not really suited to try to gang up higher, but for that odd fill in place.

 

https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10153232

 

jeff

[chickendrop]

20 hours ago, gavino200 said:

 

There's a whole forum here on stores and places to buy. 

 

https://jnsforum.com/community/forum/51-suppliers/

 

 

He gave up on trains a couple of years ago, to focus on his company. But his website is still up and it's a real trove of gems. 

 

https://quinntopia.blogspot.com/

 

I know you're building a city diorama and not a train layout, but have you considered having a train line cross your setup, even if it's just a piece of static scenery? Nothing says Tokyo like a train. 

 

 

 

You're right! It definitely would not look like a Tokyo city scene without at least one train line. I'm going to have to do some mini city planning. Thanks for the info!

[chickendrop]

19 hours ago, cteno4 said:

@chickendrop you can also print your own and add as many floors as you like or make double deep with the scalescenes pdf templates. Basically cardstock modeling, but do a nice job.

 

https://scalescenes.com/product/t035-multi-storey-car-park/

 

Member macdon did these nicely

 

 

outland also makes a 3D printed car park and also sell additional floors. While not as finely moulded and detailed as the aoshima model (now oop and pretty much oos), but hey it’s a car park, they are not all that detailed! Fill it with the cheap Chinese architectural cars on the lower floors and a few nice tomytec on the roof and you may not notice any loss of little details.

 

 

https://outlandmodels.com/products/4-story-car-parking-building-1-160-n-scale?pr_prod_strat=copurchase&pr_rec_pid=4833381548109&pr_ref_pid=4833382137933&pr_seq=uniform

 

Sankei makes a small 2 story car park that’s not really suited to try to gang up higher, but for that odd fill in place.

 

https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10153232

 

jeff

Woah! Those paper structures look amazing, and they would make good fillers in the background! Thanks for sharing!

[cteno4]

hobbysearch is the best site to look around on, they have most all main Japanese stuff listed there even if long oop and oos. It’s like a nice big catalog! You cna then shop around if they don’t have it in stock.
 

Yes some good high rises there also. Also good as just planning fillers. Cheap to print out ans put together roughly just for playing with. If you do care in assembly, coloring edges and supporting internally with some foam core or heavier cardboard they can be quite nice structures.

 

so have you started to think about lighting for the typical night scene? (He says with an evil laugh!)

 

jeff

[chickendrop]

2 hours ago, cteno4 said:

hobbysearch is the best site to look around on, they have most all main Japanese stuff listed there even if long oop and oos. It’s like a nice big catalog! You cna then shop around if they don’t have it in stock.
 

Yes some good high rises there also. Also good as just planning fillers. Cheap to print out ans put together roughly just for playing with. If you do care in assembly, coloring edges and supporting internally with some foam core or heavier cardboard they can be quite nice structures.

 

so have you started to think about lighting for the typical night scene? (He says with an evil laugh!)

 

jeff

Evil is right!! LOL! My little city isn't even completely built yet, but you got me, I am thinking about lighting already. One of my buddies gave me a whole set of plug and play LED's. Looking forward to reaching that point.