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trainspotter-usa
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Location: Minnesota
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 Posted: Sun Sep 28, 2008 11:31 pm Post subject: All in a days work. |
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Today at about 10:15 am my wife went out shopping. Leaving me to my own devices. After bolstering my nerve with a nice coffee ftom my local coffee shop I set to and attacked a few items for the layout.
First up was the platform. I measured up the height the platform would need to be against the Eishindo track. About 6.3mm would be a good height. What do you know? I just happened to have some 6.3mm evergreen strip to hand. So just by laminating different thicknesses of styrene together After a few hours, close to 4 I think I had a station platform. Long enough for 4 cars.
Here's an overall shot
Here's a close up of what I assume to be some kind of baggage or freight platform at the end of the structure
While glue was setting on these I also worked on the cherry blossom trees . I was thrown for a loop by the immense size of these things I'm used to seeing 8-12' tall trees. But a mature sakura can grow to 40' tall. These models scale up to 30-35 feet even so the height still scares me.
Here's a couple of cruel close ups of two armatures coated in latex caulk
That wasn't all I've been working on the platform shelter too but it is tiny and I will shortly be on my third attempt to recreate it.
But I'm not giving up on that no way.
Not a bad afternoons work. What was I going to do otherwise watch the risible Minnesota Vikings?
Ian
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learningtobelost
Joined: 07 Sep 2008
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| Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2008 11:19 am Post subject: |
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Nice work Ian. Good to see people making progress with their 't' adventures! I took my sets and set them up in the shop, so my progress has slowed to a halt unfortunately.
6.3mm evergreen eh? I think we may need to do a re-order for the shop, cunning excuse eh 
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trainspotter-usa
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pray59
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Location: Fremont, CA
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| Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2008 5:00 pm Post subject: |
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Nice work! There are 3 guys in out Z-Bend Track club with T Gauge now, and we ran trains all weekend at the San Jose train show. T Gauge was a real hit, as many people had never seen Z Scale, and nobody had seen T before. 
-Robert
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David K Smith
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Joined: 03 Sep 2008
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Location: New Jersey, USA
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DanMacK
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Location: London, Ontario, Canada
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| Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 12:59 pm Post subject: |
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Great to see the layout starting to take shape Ian. Love the platform and can't wait to see the station.
| pray59 wrote: | Nice work! There are 3 guys in out Z-Bend Track club with T Gauge now, and we ran trains all weekend at the San Jose train show. T Gauge was a real hit, as many people had never seen Z Scale, and nobody had seen T before.
-Robert |
So when are yous tarting T-Bend Track Robert?
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trainspotter-usa
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| Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 1:10 pm Post subject: |
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| DanMacK wrote: | Great to see the layout starting to take shape Ian. Love the platform and can't wait to see the station.
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Thanks;
The platform shelter is so small (11mm x 4.5mm x 7mm approx) I actually lost one version of it last night... 
I did find it after a while though. 
Ian
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MT&O
Joined: 05 Dec 2008
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Location: Great Falls, Montana
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| Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2008 3:12 am Post subject: |
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Excellent work. I'm still exploring this forum and just found this. How is it coming? I happen to have some I-beams just like your station. I am going to have to give it a shot.
Like the trees, too! |
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trainspotter-usa
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| Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2008 3:05 pm Post subject: |
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| MT&O wrote: | Excellent work. I'm still exploring this forum and just found this. How is it coming? I happen to have some I-beams just like your station. I am going to have to give it a shot.
Like the trees, too! |
Thanks!
Somewhere on my model making desk I have the section that contains the outside toilets made up as well.
Somewhere.... Trouble is that in T what could look like a scrap of styrene section could well be something important...
Trees are easy you should have a go...
Ian
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