Hello, I am a new member of forum and here are some photos of my first layout. This is just a start as I have been working slowly to capture the details I am fond of. I will post the photo of the real thing together with photo of the scaled thing for you to enjoy and give me any suggestion you may have.
Have to say, the lighting makes the dusk/night shots really impressive. Side note, what are the red and white nets(?) for?
Outstanding work on the fence (particularly the barbed wire on the top -- I've got a bunch of ranch fencing that I was planning on just using thread for, but you've given me courage to attempt barbed wire). Cheers, Jeff.
That's outstanding! Like others here, I'm particularly impressed by the level of detail in the fence.
It is always fun to see what others are doing. When it is something beyond what we so frequently see of North American railroads, quite a treat.
Do you live in Vietnam, or just make models of Vietnam? If you do live there, is it hard to find model items like track and rolling stock? Either way, it must be hard to find things that are close to your prototype. Nice work on the layout.
[ Agreed! I stay in Viet Nam but go back and forth to the US. Yes!It is hard to find stuffs but I have tried to make things as close to the prototype as possible.
I'm curious what you use for equipment. I know models of SE Asian trains are almost nonexistent. I wanted to make a shelf layout based on Hat Yai Thailand for our summer house in Songkhla, but could never find any models. Really good scenery!
Just to follow up on a previous post, finding models outside the US, Europe Australia, and Japan is very difficult. There are a few models for Hong Kong, some in China and a select few in Korea. I have found very little in Thailand, with nothing being region specific. It's a damn shame too, the scenery is rugged, the mountains rise up like walls and it's just begging to be modeled.
you are right about SE Asian Train Modelling. The problem is we can not purchase products that can be used for our purpose. I have tried to make anything that I can. There are still some items that I get no idea how to make it such as scooters, Vietnamese figures, locomotives, passenger cars.....
Has that wonderful overgrown look to it. And the variations in color and texture just makes it look so real...
I agree with Eagle2, that really looks good with that overgrown effect. Just as impressive is the corrugated sheet metal used for the roofs and awnings. The warping and kinks make it look realistic.
Some nice looking work. I never saw any rail roads when I was there in '71-'72 between the DMZ and Cam Rahn Bay except a small narrow gauge at what appeared to be a mine outside Cam Rahn Bay. Not even in Hue or Phu Bhy. But there are pleasant memories of the people.
