RMweb Premium Vecchio Posted August 23, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 23, 2017 Beautiful scenes, you need a lot of Preiser (or similar) people. Do you purchase them ready made or unpainted? My impression from the few trips I made into China (Tianjin, Baoying, Beijing) was that there are always a lot of people in the markets, and of course with their means of transport. The latter changed a lot, in 1999 Tianjin was full of bicycles (and tricycles) of all kind and shape, best I remember those where the driver has to paddle backwards because of the transmission. Some 10 years later a lot of the bicycles have disappeared and replaced by mopeds and cars. I cannot see all details of the stalls - but I am sure you integrated also some street cooking stalls which you find everywhere. I didn't like them as you see that some of them have a 30l water canister for the cleaning up business of the whole day... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEAMYAKIMA Posted August 26, 2017 Author Share Posted August 26, 2017 Beautiful scenes, you need a lot of Preiser (or similar) people. Do you purchase them ready made or unpainted? 99.9% of the people on the layout are Preiser and the majority of them are prepainted. It's not because I don't want to paint figures it's because I tend to buy the latest releases which don't come in the unpainted sets. Where I can I buy the new releases because some of the old figures (especially the ones in the unpainted sets) have become somewhat clichéd - every layout has them! 99.9% of the people in the coaches are very cheap Chinese unpainted figures - mostly standing figures cut off at the waiste . They aren't a patch on the Preiser ones but in the unlit coaches they are really only seen briefly as they pass by. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEAMYAKIMA Posted August 26, 2017 Author Share Posted August 26, 2017 (edited) There is real progress about to be made! I have had a large apartment block made for over a year, but couldn't plant it on the layout because I was waiting for some 3D shop fronts. Have heard today that the shop fronts are in production and should be in the post shortly. Edited August 26, 2017 by TEAMYAKIMA Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEAMYAKIMA Posted August 28, 2017 Author Share Posted August 28, 2017 (edited) More progress I spent a long time modifying the backscene on scenic board #3 to allow the three new interiors to poke through. This shows the three ..... In the distance is the hotel ground floor, in the middle is the hairdressers (it only goes 3mm into the backscene to end up flush) and in the foreground is the clothes shop. I will need to make some protection for the hotel and the clothes shop. I also permanently glued the hotel onto the baseboard .... The banner advertises a petro-chemical conference .... Here's the original ..... Edited August 29, 2017 by TEAMYAKIMA 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEAMYAKIMA Posted August 31, 2017 Author Share Posted August 31, 2017 Very exciting development today - a small package arrived in the post - inside were my 3D printed shop fronts. This has been a work in progress for some time as you can see from this photo. On the left is the mk 1 version and on the right is the mk 3 version. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEAMYAKIMA Posted August 31, 2017 Author Share Posted August 31, 2017 Quite a lot of progress today across various topics Firstly, I have never been 100% happy with the texture paper finish on the industrial station platform. I used foamboard as the base and sections of 40 thou plasticard as the top. I fixed the texture paper to the plasticard with double sided sellotape on my workbench and laid them in approx 5 inch sections. Whilst they looked great initially the gaps between the sections became more and more apparent - due I suspect to variations in temperature. So I took the plunge ...... 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEAMYAKIMA Posted September 1, 2017 Author Share Posted September 1, 2017 Have been experimenting with the new shop fronts ........ 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al. Posted September 1, 2017 Share Posted September 1, 2017 Nice touch on the door handles... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEAMYAKIMA Posted September 3, 2017 Author Share Posted September 3, 2017 Four shopfronts in now and the start of a pavement ..... 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEAMYAKIMA Posted September 8, 2017 Author Share Posted September 8, 2017 Paul's layout is coming on a treat. As the scenery goes on its really starting to look like urban Industrial China. For my part, I've been helping out with the goods vehicles. This is the latest one - before and during shots. image.jpeg image.jpeg It started out life as a Wiking Royal Mail truck, and after a little bit of work and a coat of green paint, will end up as a DongFeng China Mail truck. Only a dozen or so more to go. Al. Al, just remembered this post of yours. I completely forgot to tell you that I have photos which could be developed (with help from my friend Grant) into an overlay for this vehicle for you based on ..... and/or .... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al. Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 Al, just remembered this post of yours. I completely forgot to tell you that I have photos which could be developed (with help from my friend Grant) into an overlay for this vehicle for you based Can we get them printed onto water slid transfers? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Ian Morgan Posted September 8, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 8, 2017 I have done similar, get some white decal sheet and print them yourself. Getting the size right will take some experimentation, printing on plain paper initially. I did some wrap-around transfers for some curtain sided N scale wagons for a friend. They will probably be running on Welton Down at TINGS this weekend. Here is an old video I made about printing transfers (decals) https://youtu.be/VVIKNzzCxsE Ian Hampshire Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEAMYAKIMA Posted September 9, 2017 Author Share Posted September 9, 2017 I have done similar, get some white decal sheet and print them yourself. Getting the size right will take some experimentation, printing on plain paper initially. I did some wrap-around transfers for some curtain sided N scale wagons for a friend. They will probably be running on Welton Down at TINGS this weekend. tarps.jpg Here is an old video I made about printing transfers (decals) https://youtu.be/VVIKNzzCxsE Ian Hampshire Hi Ian Many thanks for this, I will definitely try that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEAMYAKIMA Posted September 9, 2017 Author Share Posted September 9, 2017 Can we get them printed onto water slid transfers? Hi Al As I said to Ian, I am very happy to try that both for the Post van and the coke van ..... I have rear end views for both too. The biggest problem may be colour matching paint for the cabs. I regret it won't be my #1 priority for a while ....... but it's now on the list! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al. Posted September 9, 2017 Share Posted September 9, 2017 The post van has moved on a bit since the last photo. It's now a nice shade of green. Defiantly going to have to look into the transfer idea. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEAMYAKIMA Posted September 10, 2017 Author Share Posted September 10, 2017 I'm working on several small projects at once at the moment - more of that later - but I haven't forgotten the hotel restaurant/cafe ....... here's where we are so far .... 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Ian Morgan Posted September 10, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 10, 2017 I managed to get a photo of two of the wagons I made the transfers for today, to show you how they came out: Ian. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian777999 Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 I'm working on several small projects at once at the moment - more of that later - but I haven't forgotten the hotel restaurant/cafe ....... here's where we are so far .... DSC_0002.JPG You forgot the restaurant owner and three of his friends sitting at a table in the corner smoking under the ''NO SMOKING'' sign Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEAMYAKIMA Posted September 11, 2017 Author Share Posted September 11, 2017 Yesterday I completed some wiring - all electromagnets are now fitted with 'fire and forget' timers so that operators don't have to keep a finger on the push button whilst uncoupling. Then spent hours messing around with signs for the last set of shops. These shops are mid-range, not too posh, but not too basic either and then there is the question of getting them in the 'right' order. By that I mean getting them in an order that is artistically pleasing - a meddly of colours and shapes. After several hours, here is the final mock up ..... 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEAMYAKIMA Posted September 11, 2017 Author Share Posted September 11, 2017 (edited) When I was playing with shop signs yesterday I found a really nice shop sign that I really wanted on the layout, but it was the 'wrong' shape for the building I'm working on at the moment. The current building suits short dumpy signs as every shop is one unit, whereas this sign was quite long and thin and therefore more suited to a double unit shop. So I looked around for an existing double unit shop that could do with an upgrade - and I found one! The previous sign........ The same shop with its new improved sign..... Edited September 11, 2017 by TEAMYAKIMA 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEAMYAKIMA Posted September 14, 2017 Author Share Posted September 14, 2017 Have today been making a mock up of a Chinese Coca-Cola truck - this is a first print at lowewst print quality just to see if it worked as a concept... 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEAMYAKIMA Posted September 14, 2017 Author Share Posted September 14, 2017 And later in the day, back to working on the last set of shops ..... all signs done and just three more shop fronts to fit ... 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Ian Morgan Posted September 18, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 18, 2017 Any chance of including a 'Nail House' on the layout? http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3115761/These-amazing-pictures-happens-homeowners-living-nail-houses-stand-way-official-progress-China.html#i-54f26c4dbc143bb Ian. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEAMYAKIMA Posted September 19, 2017 Author Share Posted September 19, 2017 Here is an update on the last tenements with shops.............. I can't permanently glue them in until they're 100% finished, but pavements now installed, just waiting for four more shopfronts from my 3d printer friend.... 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEAMYAKIMA Posted September 21, 2017 Author Share Posted September 21, 2017 (edited) I'm ashamed to admit that yesterday I worked virtuallu an entire day and the total production was six sets of window bars. The small square ones with straight bars are a doddle, maybe 15 minutes work, that's because that is the size and shape they are supposed to be. Then comes the bigger versions of those which are two of the smaller ones knitted together, maybe 30 minutes. Then we have the ornate ones which are bad enough as the small square version (at least an hour) because they are designed to fit a tall thing window not a short stubby one! They are a complete nightmare as a double (2 hours each!) Then there is fitting them to the building which took about 20 minutes - two of these were already made and fitted at the weekend. Part of the reason for the time taken is that these do not sit flat against the building as I hope this photo shows - flat against the building is quite a bit faster. Edited September 21, 2017 by TEAMYAKIMA 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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