Tomytec buildings

[GrumpyOldMan]

Hello

Not sure whether to place this message here, or in Resources, or in Non-Pendraken.

Anyway this eBay retailer in Japan is having a sale on Tomytec buildings etc:-

http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/Model-Trains-/479/m.html?item=251573830038&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEWNX%3AIT&_ssn=hakoniwa-giken

I found him easy to deal with and he had no problem with English in setting up combined postage. I should point out that combining postage is the best way to get the stuff for a good price. Too expensive for just one (still the painted church is not to bad)



If you think this is in the wrong area, let me know.

Cheers

GrumpyOldMan

[barbarian]

How much of assembly and painting these need ?

[FierceKitty]

I've used odds and ends from them; they're useful.

[GrumpyOldMan]

Hi barbarian

The models are prepainted but you could always add rust, dust, dirt, etc.

The models aren't stunning quality but then again they are better than I can quickly scratchbuild  .

The open air shops have interiors.




Below is the original blog for those pics and a review of them by a Dropzone Commander player:-

http://robjedi.blogspot.com.au/2014/08/dropzone-commander-ucm-and-tomytec-n.html

Cheers

GrumpyOldMan

[Sunray]

Thanks for this Vic,  the detail is good, and with a bit of scratch addition could be westernised.

Are you using them for Far East/China  action?

[GrumpyOldMan]

Hello Sunray

Yes I can imagine that bakery with the addition of a suitable sign could just as easily be a French patisserie  .

Or you could use the buildings as are for a godzilla scenario  .

Yes I have a few of them now for various Asian settings. The farms especially are useful:-




I've combined the second one with a resin church to use as a generic mission station.

The industrials are also good and can be used as European with very little work.




The reason I saw these is because I was looking at doing a 'Pony Wars' style bank robbery scenario in 1930s Shanghai and I wanted a more substantial building for the bank, luckily they had this in stock:-



Cheers

GrumpyOldMan

[FierceKitty]

It's a shame you'll have to redo the signs.

[GrumpyOldMan]

Hello FK

It's a shame you'll have to redo the signs.

I know but I can use it as a Japanese Bank and hope that no-one can read Kanji  .

I've been experimenting with using envelope labels to print out flags, roundels, etc. Maybe I can use this technique to make covering signs for the buildings.

I've used it for Manchukuo roundels to fit over Japanese roundels:-



Anyway my patrolling Shanghai Volunteer Corps White Russians and British troops stand ready to defend the International Settlement:-




Cheers

GrumpyOldMan

[FierceKitty]

On my first visit to Japan, I was surprised to see an attractive 1920s building in Kyoto with a number of large signs in Latin! What's a little Japanese in China by comparison?

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Those are very very tempting!

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Maybe a group order, delivered to Leon, who can redistribute with our next show orders?