TEAMYAKIMA Posted June 1, 2015 Author Share Posted June 1, 2015 Haven't posted recently - doesn't mean there has been no progress! Built another tenement but I guess you're pretty bored with them by now - they all look the same! So it's the interiors that sets each apart .... here are two nearing completion.... Small kiosk ....... Tyre shop ..... Tues and Wednes off this week ... will fit these and start on a supermarket. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEAMYAKIMA Posted June 3, 2015 Author Share Posted June 3, 2015 Supermarket under construction .... here is a component 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEAMYAKIMA Posted June 4, 2015 Author Share Posted June 4, 2015 Ok.... back to work soon ..... this is how far things have moved.....still more detail, staff and customers to add ... An here with it test fitted to the building.. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEAMYAKIMA Posted June 14, 2015 Author Share Posted June 14, 2015 Have been working away ... these interiors take ridiculous amounts of time! I have making these industrial racking ..... cut down from an OO scale laser cut kit What shall we put on them? 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satan's Goldfish Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 (edited) Have been working away ... these interiors take ridiculous amounts of time! I have making these industrial racking ..... cut down from an OO scale laser cut kit DSC_0064 (2).JPG What shall we put on them? Have a look around your home and try and find a random item with 'made in china' stamped on it....and then to make life easier, model the box it came in Edit, how about stacks of certain 'blue' or 'red' boxes? Edited June 14, 2015 by Satan's Goldfish Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEAMYAKIMA Posted June 14, 2015 Author Share Posted June 14, 2015 It turns out that the large one belongs to the local TV repair man .... And here he is ................ 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEAMYAKIMA Posted June 14, 2015 Author Share Posted June 14, 2015 And here is the inspiration ...... 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEAMYAKIMA Posted June 15, 2015 Author Share Posted June 15, 2015 OK!! I really must move on to the next interior now! Have added various boxes of 'bits' and there are now two VCR recorders for sale on the top of the shelf unit ....... I must remind myself that this will be a minimum of 4ft away from the viewer!! Is it worth all the effort? YES!! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dullsteamer Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 Lovely work Paul, definitely worth the effort. Cheers, Mark. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEAMYAKIMA Posted June 16, 2015 Author Share Posted June 16, 2015 OK ..... moving on to the next interior..........still plenty to do on this one but progress made ......... A café with many workers having breakfast and an American tourist (wife of a railfan ) who has just asked if they do 'eggs over easy' and she's telling her husband who is outside photographing trains that they don't! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEAMYAKIMA Posted June 18, 2015 Author Share Posted June 18, 2015 Just an overall view of the old tenements - nearly finished with these .... maybe another month just adding lighting and finishing off .... then maybe later one more if I go with an idea I have to extend the scenery beyond its present constraints. BTW these will not be configured like this on the layout - they will be in a straight line making the backscene. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEAMYAKIMA Posted June 24, 2015 Author Share Posted June 24, 2015 (edited) Today I have been working on figures. I don't want any two figures the same on the layout and I am trying to avoid the popular ones you see on every layout. Because I have bought so many sets of washing/laundry from Preiser/Faller I have ended up with loads of women hanging washing ...... here is one converted from a 1950s German woman hanging up a sheet on the line into a 2005 Chinese woman getting down a bottle from the chilled cabinet in the shop. Edited June 24, 2015 by TEAMYAKIMA 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEAMYAKIMA Posted June 25, 2015 Author Share Posted June 25, 2015 (edited) It's about time I put out a request for help with this huge project! This is a personal project in the sense that I make all the decisions and I pay all the bills but in concept, size and complexity it needs to be a group project if it is to be completed and exhibited in my lifetime. I'm getting a lot of help from Al and some help with the DCC design from fellow members of Twickenham MRC ( yes, I know I live in Watford!) but this is a HUGE project and ,although I have even cut my hours at work in order to spend more time on it, progress is still SLOW. I have now been invited to my first exhibition - St Albans Jan 2017 - time to think about putting together an operating team ...... anyone interested in getting involved? BTW - I will be demonstrating at the CMRA modellers day on July 18th if anyone wants to discuss getting involved on a 'face-to-face' basis. Edited June 25, 2015 by TEAMYAKIMA Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEAMYAKIMA Posted June 28, 2015 Author Share Posted June 28, 2015 (edited) I've spent the day doing odd random things on the buildings...... One of the last interiors will be a laundrette .... partly to use up all these washing day figures I've acquired along with the washing lines. Here are a couple of women who will be working in the laundrette...... They are Preiser and originally very tall 1950s style typical Germans with typical 1950s style dress. They have been shortened and their clothes have been carved into more a modern style. Edited June 28, 2015 by TEAMYAKIMA 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold SHMD Posted June 28, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 28, 2015 It's about time I put out a request for help with this huge project! This is a personal project in the sense that I make all the decisions and I pay all the bills but in concept, size and complexity it needs to be a group project if it is to be completed and exhibited in my lifetime. I'm getting a lot of help from Al and some help with the DCC design from fellow members of Twickenham MRC ( yes, I know I live in Watford!) but this is a HUGE project and ,although I have even cut my hours at work in order to spend more time on it, progress is still SLOW. I have now been invited to my first exhibition - St Albans Jan 2017 - time to think about putting together an operating team ...... anyone interested in getting involved? BTW - I will be demonstrating at the CMRA modellers day on July 18th if anyone wants to discuss getting involved on a 'face-to-face' basis. If you ever come to Manchester then I'll do my very best to get some time off (SWMBO and work) otherwise I'm afraid I might be to far away. Best of luck, Kev. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEAMYAKIMA Posted June 30, 2015 Author Share Posted June 30, 2015 (edited) If you ever come to Manchester then I'll do my very best to get some time off (SWMBO and work) otherwise I'm afraid I might be to far away. Best of luck, Kev. Thanks Kev .... a few years down the line I think!! Meanwhile ....the next interior is virtually finished ...the laundrette Edited June 30, 2015 by TEAMYAKIMA 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEAMYAKIMA Posted July 1, 2015 Author Share Posted July 1, 2015 Here is the latest interior ............. a local supermarket ....... 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted July 2, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 2, 2015 Here is the latest interior ............. a local supermarket ....... DSC_0087 (2).JPG DSC_0088 (2).JPG Very nice, but a little too tidy compared with those I have visited! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEAMYAKIMA Posted July 2, 2015 Author Share Posted July 2, 2015 Very nice, but a little too tidy compared with those I have visited! Point taken ..... but it's still a work in progress! I'll se what I can do !! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold SHMD Posted July 2, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 2, 2015 ^ needs more brown cardboard boxes - everywhere! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEAMYAKIMA Posted July 2, 2015 Author Share Posted July 2, 2015 ^ needs more brown cardboard boxes - everywhere! I agree ... up to a point. This is not one of those family concerns with dingy lighting ... this is a proper business .... and there are some cardboard boxes already (behind the counter) but they are grey ... that's because I have a can of spray light grey paint !! Seriously I am experimenting to get the correct shade of washed out brown ... it's very pale and insipid and difficult to get right ... I've got some Africa Korps desert khaki somewhere that might do the trick! Am taking this all on board ... keep watching! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEAMYAKIMA Posted July 2, 2015 Author Share Posted July 2, 2015 ^ needs more brown cardboard boxes - everywhere! One reason that things take me so long is that I am an obsessive ... So the standard Faller box of fruit is too coarse for me ..... so here are two ... one as it should look as far as Faller are concerned and one I'm happy with ... time taken to 'improve' this detail which will hardly be seen inside a building over 4ft away ... 30 mins! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEAMYAKIMA Posted July 2, 2015 Author Share Posted July 2, 2015 Getting there! Now off to work! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold SHMD Posted July 2, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 2, 2015 WOW I was (mostly) joking but that last photo does look good. Kev. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEAMYAKIMA Posted July 2, 2015 Author Share Posted July 2, 2015 (edited) You'll notice that I've cleared a shelf and there are boxes underneath to replenish it ! Edited July 2, 2015 by TEAMYAKIMA Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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