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    Building the 'new' Setagaya Japanese layout

    Setagaya wins an award !!! I am happy to announce that at the exhibition I attended over the weekend, 'Setagaya' received the award for "Exhibitor's Choice", which is judged by all the other exhibitors present. The count was actually tied with another layout, and that happened only because I...
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    Building the 'new' Setagaya Japanese layout

    Thanks Charlie, your Poor Fork is nothing to sneeze at either :) The good think about Japanese modelling is that you don't have to worry about very many trees (or many other scenery details for that matter!!!).
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    Building the 'new' Setagaya Japanese layout

    I walked along one street in a residential area, for less than 1/2 hour, and took photos of over 50 different machines !!!
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    Building the 'new' Setagaya Japanese layout

    No2 pic ... a small shopping street, where you can see the new vending machines I made.
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    Building the 'new' Setagaya Japanese layout

    Spent today adding around 120 people and 20 vending machines to the layout. Here are a couple of samples ... No1 - pic down the main street.
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    Building the 'new' Setagaya Japanese layout

    Thanks for your comments mate :-) You can see more pictures on the layout's home page (address in previous messages). I really cannot post decent quality & sized pictures in this forum. I am using all Tomix track, including the new Finetrack range.
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    Building the 'new' Setagaya Japanese layout

    I have already moved the overhead suburban station, because it was hidden too much behind the tall buildings. Now it is further to the left behind the suburban area. A few new buildings have been added as well. Next showing is Castle Hill Exhibition 26-27th July. Next 'project' will be the...
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    Building the 'new' Setagaya Japanese layout

    I use PopupKiller from ... http://software.xfx.net/ Unfortunately when you are not running a 'real' business, you have to put up with some limitations to get free service.
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    Building the 'new' Setagaya Japanese layout

    Here is a sampler to show you what is on the web page ...
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    Building the 'new' Setagaya Japanese layout

    New pix I have updated the home page with some new details from the latest exhibition - unfortunately, this forum's limited file & picture ize will not allow most of them to be displayed in any decent resolution, so you will have to go directly to the web page...
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    Building the 'new' Setagaya Japanese layout

    Well the layout is NEARLY finished, and early tomorrow morning is the two day trek to Adelaide. I will return to the list with more pictures after the 20-21 June. Here is the last photo of Setagaya I will take before the exhibition ...
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    Building the 'new' Setagaya Japanese layout

    I'd like to be able to help you, but I haven't decided where to put them yet :D :D :D
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    Building the 'new' Setagaya Japanese layout

    another angle - please note all the buildings are not painted yet.
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    Building the 'new' Setagaya Japanese layout

    Some more progress - trying to fill in the new space on the RHS.
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    Building the 'new' Setagaya Japanese layout

    ... and here is the back view. You can see I have added another storage track to the outer loop, as I now have 3x new type trams and 2x old type.
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    Building the 'new' Setagaya Japanese layout

    The underground section is now finished, so the top is going back on. here is the front view ...
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    Building the 'new' Setagaya Japanese layout

    The underground sections are finished, and now the top is going back on. Here is the front view so far ....