Art Deco Rail (N-Gauge Models)

Art Deco was a popular design movement from 1920 until 1939, affecting the decorative arts such as architecture, interior design, and industrial design, as well as the visual arts such as fashion, painting, the graphic arts, and film. This movement was, in a sense, an amalgam of many different styles and movements of the early 20th century, including Constructivism, Cubism, Modernism, Bauhaus, Art Nouveau, and Futurism. Its popularity peaked during the Roaring Twenties.

Sunday 31 October 2010

1/150 Deco/Modernist Buildings - Sankei

Some new kits Miniaturat range by Sankei, in 1/150 scale.
Made of lasercust precoloured card and fibre board. Painting is not required, although many may wishto blend or weather them into their layouts or dioramas

The first (curved fronted) building is designated as an opticians, but you could use it as requried.
http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10129212
Cost: $20

The second, is a more commerical buidling, again it could be used in a variery of ways?
http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10100328
Cost: $20

Saturday 17 April 2010

Scratch Build a Art Deco Billboard Frame

Scratch Build a Art Deco Billboard Frame

Whilst these are based upon US prototypes, I have to say they do have a passing resememble to some of the bill boards in the UK Southern Railways Region. Certianly on the lines from Waterloo to Guilford via Surbiton and from Clapham Junction out to Richmond there are strong Art Deco Motifs.

Although in the UK, I would say that you could remove teh wooden framework as the examples i have seen tended to be along side stations and level with the trackside and made of concrete not wood. I dont think the wood vs concrete is a significant issue as the form factor would appear to fit either material?

http://www.nscalelimited.com/2009/08/30/video-scratch-building-billboard-frame/
http://www.nscalelimited.com/2009/09/02/scratch-build-billboard-frame-pt2/

http://www.nscalelimited.com/2010/01/06/printable-plans-art-deco-billboard-frame/