A Terrific Layout with Instructions by a Japanese Modeller

[Tenorikuma]

I just thought I'd share this site I found today:

http://www.kinet-tv.ne.jp/~psy_sai/

 

If you click his construction diary ("製作記"), there's a page of links showing the modules he's made and how he does everything from basic module construction to foliage, roads, and more.

[Bernard]

How he transforms his traffic lights, RR crossing lights is a work of art. He is one of those modellers that it is hard to separate the actual scene from the model. Nice find.

[Martijn Meerts]

Good stuff. Interesting to see he's using the Tomix module system.

[Masioka]

Thanks for the link, this guy is quite simply inspirational.  ;D

[Tenorikuma]

Good stuff. Interesting to see he's using the Tomix module system.

 

Yeah, both Kato and Tomix make these, and they seem like a good system. I'm thinking about trying to make a small layout (large diorama?) on a 900x600 mm module base.

[CaptOblivious]

He uses this product to make the lenses for his street lights, etc:

http://www.cemedine.co.jp/e/product/super_x.html

Is this available anywhere in the US, or anything like it?

[Tenorikuma]

He uses this product to make the lenses for his street lights, etc:

http://www.cemedine.co.jp/e/product/super_x.html

Is this available anywhere in the US, or anything like it?

 

It says it's a silyl-based polymer. This could be the same thing:

http://www.partssystems.com/smp-silyl-polymer-sealant-adhesive.html

[SubwayHypes]

wow awesome awesome awesome.

 

this guy is a PRO.   this layout is extremely realistic and very detail oriented which i love.  

 

here are some of my favorite pics of the layout.

 

 

Source: http://www.kinet-tv.ne.jp/~psy_sai/

SO COOL!

[disturbman]

Good stuff. Interesting to see he's using the Tomix module system.

 

Yeah, both Kato and Tomix make these, and they seem like a good system. I'm thinking about trying to make a small layout (large diorama?) on a 900x600 mm module base.

 

Excuse my lack of education but, can someone give direct me to pages showcasting these modules?

[Tenorikuma]

Excuse my lack of education but, can someone give direct me to pages showcasting these modules?

 

From this page: http://www.kinet-tv.ne.jp/~psy_sai/make_top.html

These are his in-progress building entries. The top section is his current module, the section below is the one with the nice lighting and everything.

[disturbman]

Thanks,  :) but I wanted to have more informations on the Tomix and Kato module system. It's the first time I read about them so I was wondring how they look like and what was their content.

[disturbman]

Another Terrific Layout by a Japanese Modeller: http://www.pluto.dti.ne.jp/~kumadon/mr.html

[EWS60008]

Cracking layouts the lot of them , to be honest most of them have given me some ideas of what to have on my layout when I get round to doing it. I will have bi-level tracks for more varierty of operations such as a Shinkansen line and a local line.

 

Cheers

 

Ash

East Midlands

United Kingdom

[serenityFan]

Been digging through old posts again ... 

 

Here he shows how to put lights into a tomytec building:

 

http://www.kinet-tv.ne.jp/~psy_sai/make_06.html

 

He mentioned aluminium foil tape, so I thought that is a good idea, I looked it up and about the only online store I found is this:

http://aeroparts.com.au/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=23&products_id=169&zenid=5617a56762cc4444f7a33750771987eb

 

but AUD$100 for a roll of tape? 

[CaptOblivious]

Been digging through old posts again ... 

 

Here he shows how to put lights into a tomytec building:

 

http://www.kinet-tv.ne.jp/~psy_sai/make_06.html

 

He mentioned aluminium foil tape, so I thought that is a good idea, I looked it up and about the only online store I found is this:

http://aeroparts.com.au/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=23&products_id=169&zenid=5617a56762cc4444f7a33750771987eb

 

but AUD$100 for a roll of tape? 

 

Maybe in Oz it's expensive, but here in the US, it's pretty cheap, about $10/roll at most:

http://www.google.com/products?q=aluminum+foil+tape

 

Of course, I bet you could probably use regular aluminum foil and some white (PVC) glue to achieve the same effect cheaper.

[alpineaustralia]

http://www.kinet-tv.ne.jp/~psy_sai/gallery01.html

[Bernard]

It sure does look real. Did he use Unitrack/Fast track, you can hardly see the joiner. His ballasting is very neat not a speck out of place. The only thing I would like to see is touches of weathering around the layout.

[disturbman]

We allready spoke about this layout, here

 

I will merge both threads. edit: topics merged.

[Martijn Meerts]

Looks like fine track.. What I think is a shame though, is that you can clearly see the nails he used to fasten the track, or the holes where he didn't use nails.

[disturbman]

He's definately using fine tracks. And I don't car so much about the nails or the lack of them. I'm quite sure that in real life you can oversee the "problem".