Here are a couple of photos showing that I do get to do some actual modeling occasionally. I promise I'll do a lot more this year..
Tasks to carry out in the near future include adding a proper Vietnamese city backdrop using photos from the web. The photos show part of a test backdrop but it is in fact over sized. Also I need to finish the level crossing and get the bridge done. You can see the pylons for the bridge on the left. I also have a Petrolimex petrol station on the work bench. It's a cut down Tomytec Japanese petrol station.
If you look carefully you will see my roadside markers with the red tops. I'm quite happy with those as well as the Uncle Ho billboard. More billboards will be added when I have time. The one on the top of the tall building is only temporary (the one with the young ladies, not the Vietnam Airlines one).
I have a couple of more flat wagons to be painted light blue for container traffic. I still don't have a locomotive, but that should change soon as well.
I hope to get a bit of work done this weekend so hopefully I'll have more photos to show.
Wow, David! You are making great progress!
ReplyDeleteIt's been a while since I last reviewed your blog, but things are looking good!
The paper Diesels look interesting, and I've downloaded your Vietnam posters for possible future use.
I've got my eye on the 1-4-1. I'm a "steam-a-holic", and that loco had very distinctive styling, that! Couldn't be anything but Vietnamese. In fact, on the Vietnam railfans site they say it was built entirely in Vietnam in 1965 and they are very proud of that. The site says that they want to restore this to operational use on fan trips. Initially, they couldn't proceed for lack of funds, but, hopefully, that hurdle will be crossed.
Keep up the good work. You have at least one other modeler interested in your efforts!
Paul Ingraham, AsiaNRail
I'm back with a lead for banana trees.
ReplyDeleteThere's a Korean company called Diorama Shop that has some very fine looking trees of all types. In their Scalerama range, they have palm and banana trees in several sizes that look quite good and are reasonably priced. They accept PayPal payments and ship internationally. The website is in English. Worth checking out. Website address is www. dioramashop.com.
Paul Ingraham, AsiaNRail