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 (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)
(http://www.patocar.com/ebay/GEO/DCT-CHURCH-C1/DCT-CHURCH-C1_02.jpg)
If you think this is in the wrong area, let me know.
Cheers
GrumpyOldMan
How much of assembly and painting these need ?
I've used odds and ends from them; they're useful.
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 :D.
The open air shops have interiors.
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3892/14607416698_fe5dbf4dcd_o.jpg)
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3904/14607396329_57850a89cd_o.jpg)
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 (http://robjedi.blogspot.com.au/2014/08/dropzone-commander-ucm-and-tomytec-n.html)
Cheers
GrumpyOldMan
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?
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 :D.
Yes I have a few of them now for various Asian settings. The farms especially are useful:-
(http://onlineshop.modellbahnunion.com/union_e/prodpic/Farm-house-B2-214410_b_0.JPG)
(http://thumbnail.image.rakuten.co.jp/@0_mall/mokeiyabigman/cabinet/train05/img55788005.jpg?_ex=330x330)
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.
(http://onlineshop.modellbahnunion.com/union_e/prodpic/Factory-B3-Iron-foundry-254874_b_0.JPG)
(http://onlineshop.modellbahnunion.com/union_e/prodpic/Factory-A2-Wood-processing-company-214380_b_0.JPG)
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:-
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51sShFAIkrL._AA500_.jpg)
Cheers
GrumpyOldMan
It's a shame you'll have to redo the signs.
Hello FK
Quote from: FierceKitty on 11 October 2014, 12:28:19 AM
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:-
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Manchukuo_Air_Force_Roundel.svg/240px-Manchukuo_Air_Force_Roundel.svg.png)
Anyway my patrolling Shanghai Volunteer Corps White Russians and British troops stand ready to defend the International Settlement:-
(http://www.combinedfleet.com/wr.jpg)
(http://www.combinedfleet.com/shanghai32.jpg)
Cheers
GrumpyOldMan
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?
Those are very very tempting!
Maybe a group order, delivered to Leon, who can redistribute with our next show orders? ;)