kvp Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 Thanks! I think i see the concept. Although the desk and the rest of your layout seems to be missing on the newer photos? Link to comment
railsquid Posted January 10, 2016 Author Share Posted January 10, 2016 Desk aka workbench is still there, I've moved the rest of the layout away so I can work on the rear part of the shelf more easily. Link to comment
miyakoji Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 Do please excuse the odd "foreign" locomotive. I hear that the DE10 calls it 外機 1 Link to comment
Eurostar25 Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 Looking good squid, it's come a long way! Link to comment
JR 500系 Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 Wow that's a great looking layout! Starting from last May till now, you only took less than 8 months to build that! I gotta be ashamed of myself... The corner with the mirror looks great, definitely an important detail not to be missed! :) Link to comment
tossedman Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 Looking good sir! Your empire to be is now truly an empire! Link to comment
Martijn Meerts Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 Can you come over and build my layout as well? Your progress is like 500x faster than mine :) Link to comment
railsquid Posted January 11, 2016 Author Share Posted January 11, 2016 Looking good squid, it's come a long way! Thanks... a little bit at a time... Wow that's a great looking layout! Starting from last May till now, you only took less than 8 months to build that! I gotta be ashamed of myself... The corner with the mirror looks great, definitely an important detail not to be missed! :) On the other hand it's only a small-ish shelf layout, fairly easy to plan. Though I've made up the details as I went along. Looking good sir! Your empire to be is now truly an empire! This is just the beginning... got at least another 300x90cm to fill yet ;) Can you come over and build my layout as well? Your progress is like 500x faster than mine :) Seriously, that's why I started out in a small area, to get a chance of getting something done. I am now painfully aware of how much "space" there is in N scale... Link to comment
railsquid Posted January 11, 2016 Author Share Posted January 11, 2016 A train departs in the evening sun. 5 Link to comment
JR 500系 Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 A train departs in the evening sun. Dang I missed my train ride home! X _X Link to comment
railsquid Posted January 12, 2016 Author Share Posted January 12, 2016 And from the other side, focussed on the crossing protection signal (特殊信号発行機). I must admit I bought these as they were cheap but had no idea what they were for, apart from being some kind of signal. I might need to de-wonk the far one. 2 Link to comment
tossedman Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 I like all the detail you're squeezing into that small space. Looks great. 1 Link to comment
railsquid Posted January 14, 2016 Author Share Posted January 14, 2016 It's terribly addictive, at the same time scary how much space there is to cram in detail. Meanwhile, the new-build houses next to the locomotive shed are not selling well, but the local real estate agent has hit on a novel strategy - marketing them to railfans and their long-suffering families. Who wouldn't want a DE10 puttering about in front of their balcony? Apropos of nothing, historical side-note: the real version of this particular locomotive was introduced into service a few days after I popped into the world and is evidently still going strong, so there's hope for me yet. 5 Link to comment
cteno4 Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 (edited) It's terribly addictive, at the same time scary how much space there is to cram in detail. You need one of the tomytec photographers up on the balcony -- or maybe three with some enterprising renter renting the balcony out for rail fans and serving them tea and pastries! That's what I totally love about modeling japan as the detail can just keep on going and going and going into very small spaces. Apropos of nothing, historical side-note: the real version of this particular locomotive was introduced into service a few days after I popped into the world and is evidently still going strong, so there's hope for me yet.Sounds like a twilight zone episode... Edited January 14, 2016 by cteno4 Link to comment
railsquid Posted January 17, 2016 Author Share Posted January 17, 2016 Finally had an idea what to do about some bare space on one side of the level crossing, as I really need to get that sorted before adding a bit more detailing there. Still work-in-progress but the effect is coming out as intended. 3 Link to comment
JR 500系 Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 Nice! I like it! Is that a Zero series I see on the first photo? :P Link to comment
railsquid Posted January 17, 2016 Author Share Posted January 17, 2016 Yup, it's a car I bought loose for a few hundred yen which makes an excellent loading gauge tester :D Link to comment
railsquid Posted January 17, 2016 Author Share Posted January 17, 2016 Quick photo to check behind the "new" building (on the left): It seems to capture that "ramshackle building right next to the running line" style fairly well. Do excuse the various vertically-challenged objects visible in the background. 3 Link to comment
railsquid Posted January 26, 2016 Author Share Posted January 26, 2016 (edited) Train services to this small Japanese town were thrown into chaos recently after the sudden realisation that trains equipped with pantographs lacked a suitable power source to propel themselves. While baffled scientists urgently investigate how they were nevertheless able to move, railway company engineers have launched a crash programme of catenary mast installation utilising the latest "invisible wire" technology. Edited January 26, 2016 by railsquid 1 Link to comment
kvp Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 Maybe they were using a Ward-Leonard drive based kinetic energy recovery system? :) (a hungarian flywheel hybrid electric nicknamed Leo from 1961 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9J43VVB9mE ) 1 Link to comment
railsquid Posted January 26, 2016 Author Share Posted January 26, 2016 Whatever it is, JNR have already sent along some engineers to investigate possible adoption in their new "Shinkansen" technology ;) 4 Link to comment
railsquid Posted January 29, 2016 Author Share Posted January 29, 2016 Now, this is what I call a proper train... 4 Link to comment
railsquid Posted January 30, 2016 Author Share Posted January 30, 2016 Kind of inspired by this photo (source): 1 Link to comment
railsquid Posted January 30, 2016 Author Share Posted January 30, 2016 I've put some of the better photos in a Flickr album. Far from perfect but I'm quite pleased at how it's coming along. 1 Link to comment
Eurostar25 Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 Looking good! You just need the black and white photo of your layout shot to make it look identical. I get satisfaction trying to replicate a scene from a photo. Hence none of my modules will ever likely look like they belong next to each other. Link to comment
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