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BEIJIAO - a large Chinese HO exhibition layout set in the 21st century


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Have been really busy with a domestic issue and so have had no time to do any more window bars, but here is how they come - laser cutt, very thin, very delicate ...

 

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Take one out .....

 

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More later.....

 

Lovely stuff as it looks. I like the fine and precise details laser cutting can provide us with today. Problem is only to keep all the details in the shape as they are during purchasing... Thanks for the info.

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I've been doing other stuff and so haven't been doing any modelling for a day or two.

 

Back to it now and apologies for the poor close up photos in some cases.

 

Ok, here is where we were last time ......

 

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Now find some random strips from the off cuts and super glue them on..... making sure that they are centred and parallel..

 

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Make sure that each upright is firmly attached to the new 'top bar' and then remove the excess top and bottom ....

 

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Assuming I'm going to make them sit away from the window we need to assemble these very delicate parts...

 

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Fit them top and bottom ....

 

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Hand paint black (because I'm too mean to buy a spray can of black!)

 

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Weather ...

 

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Fit to building .....

 

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Some of the reasons that these window bars (juliette balconies?) take so long are ....

 

1. Super glue doesn't always stick instantly when you want it to. Sometimes it only glues in part .....as in this case ....

 

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2. On the other hand sometimes super glue sticks things where you don't want them stuck ..... as in this case ....

 

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Then there is the double size issue ... first I make as in the standard size, but remove one vertical bar off each so that the resulting double set is the correct size

 

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Then I lay them side by side and glue a bar across in the middle to make them one piece. Then cut four short bars to fit at each end....

 

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There is still plenty to do before my/our first exhibition in April 2018.However, yesterday I finally completed the last but one tenement all julliette balconies fitted and pavement textured..... just needs a bit more weathering and final detailing, but basically finished.

 

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This is a low relief block of flats that runs into the backscene at right angles.

 

There's one more like this that is 75% done to this standard and then there is the 'biggy' - scratchbuilding the passenger depot/offices!

 

 

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Looks pretty sensible to me. Do it, but keep those photos handy! You won't believe what I have planned for my Cameo Layout competition entry, but I have a photo, and hopefully some written evidence, to prove it :).

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hi paul

 

you may like to consider these, very robust, got the ends snagged on 2 or 3 ocassions but no damage caused...

 

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and they totally disappear once ballasted.......

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also have a look here ....http://vikaschander.com/track-across-modules/

 

cheers

 

vikas

Ooh, glad I read through this post again. I'd used some American Tie and Lumber Gapmasters, which work well except for when the track crosses the board at an angle. The extra length of these looks useful

www.americantieandtimber.com

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Maotai = Aviation fuel, i ended up rather inebriated on it one night in Haerbin in 1994, never tasted anything so awful in all my life  :crazy:

The lower the alcohol content, the worse it tastes in my experience.

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Yesterday was in some ways a wasted day ..... I did a full day making improvements to the layout but ones that did not move us any closer to being exhibition ready.

 

A good friend of mine from Twickenham MRC has been making some electronic 'bits' for me and then arrived in the post on Tuesday and whilst they are a bit of a 'sidetrack' it seemed rude not to fit them asap after he did all that work for me.

 

Doing interiors in several hotel rooms is just too much work and so I've done a few bathrooms which have defused/opaque windows and so require virtually no detail other than a few walls and a LED. The hotel will eventually have nine such bathrooms and it will look a bit odd if they're all lit up all the time and so this gismo (seen at the top) will turn on them on in a random fashion....

 

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Have been back working on the shop fronts..... the big modern block is now finished with just some juliette balconies to be fitted ...

 

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There are four varieties of shop fronts - all 3D printed.  here are the two latest designs ...

 

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In this picture above the new design (#3) is in the left

 

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Here in the photo above the new design (#4) is in the middle....

 

 

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You know, a project like this would have been impossible ten years ago, with no 3D printing, laser cut machines and computer graphics. Good to see the latest stuff being used in a creative way - the exhibition circuit really does not need more BR blue era loco facilities ........

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After a full morning's work, I've finally finished another tenement ready for planting ....

 

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I had been waiting for a new design shop front to arrive from the printer. These ones are double width compared to the others....

 

This is how they arrived ....

 

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Adding door handles ....

 

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There are slight design differences between the two new shop fronts and the hairdresser on the right shows how all four shop fronts were going to look before I discovered 3D printing. Unfortunately the hairdressers and China Post Office are so well glued in that I am not going to attempt replacing them - and anyway variety is the spice of life!

 

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You can just about make out the interior of the fashion shop on the left - hopefully people will be able to see the detail when it's on the layout!

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The next project is the transhipment freight shed on the freight loop on the bi-directional line.

 

Here is the concept I have at the moment. This shows a mock up of the base of the freight shed kit with a truck backed up to it as an access road allows a van to pass...

 

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Here is the only photo I have of a Chinese freight shed in my collection. I can't remember the name of the line but they had one QJ in steam on the day we visited.

 

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Things that I notice in this photo  ...

 

1. Very narrow platform between the shed and the track

 

2. The canopy is over the platform side not over the side where the lorries will park

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