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interesting new school house kit from Amiga Modeling Idea. 

 

1/150 Scale Paper Model Kit `Wooden School Building` The Okayama Pref. Takahashi City `Old Fukiya Elementary School` Main Building (Unassembled Kit) (Model Train)

 

http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10212371

 

looks to be lasercut chipboard like a sankai kit. appears to be their first structure offering in a new line. kit looks nicely detailed and they use the good laser chipboard that you can do the colored etching with to get some brick patterns and roof tiles.

 

http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.izu.co.jp%2F%7Eamagimi%2Fpg167.html

 

looks like they will be doing the shime coal mine winding tower. very cool looking building

 

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f2/Winding_tower_of_Shime_1.jpg

 

http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/志免鉱業所竪坑櫓

 

jeff

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That tower looks like an ideal refuge should there ever be a zombie apocolypse. :)

Yes... Thinking 'The Walking Dead' i presume?

 

Anyway it's quite a nice structure, just that the color really doesn't appeal to me... But that's just me..

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That school looks so very nice. I think schools are idea for if you need urban filling on your layout on the cheap. The building takes up about 1/3 of the total school ground, of which the rest is the school yard, swimming pool and sports complex. Of course, such a small schoolbuilding wouldn't take up much space here, but would be a nice addition to a layout nonetheless.

 

The coal tower also looks badass! I can already imagine a post-apocalyptic or fantasy setting for it after reading about the zombie apocalypse thing... Just imagine the heavily armored trains, or the landscape the trains will be traveling through. Hahaha.

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the shime tower is apparently a tourist attraction. we had a thread on it a couple of years back. local town built a playground right next to it. perfect for the zombies to come crawling out of the tower chasing children away, perfect opener to a good/bad horror flick. birds chirping, kids playing, moms talking, then behind them you see the zombies pov from the tower -- watching and grunting... you fill in the rest.

 

love this pict with the playground right next to it

 

http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/ファイル:Winding_tower_of_Shime_1.jpg

 

would definitely be a big what the heck is that thing to have on the layout! with a laser cutter this would be super simple to do! 

 

cheers

 

jeff

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just occurred to me you could turn the whole tower into a giant playground. zip lines, long spiral slides, floors for paintball, repelling lines... a kids dream!

 

jeff

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