Mister No's Pics & Vids

I was deeply moved by your nice comment. It really means a lot to me. I'm so glad you like it. I didn’t actually do much, I just added some coloured cardboard as well as arranged the whole story a bit.
Thank you from the bottom of my heart, Muddy!

Just watched “Enoden.” A visual explosion. Very exciting to see. Noticed the commuter tram does a little twist to the right and then left as it makes it’s way. That is visually dynamic, and I am planning out a micro Old West layout, in HO, and will be plagiarizing your technique.

 
Keikyu Deto 11-12 Maintenance (Inspection) Train
【限定】「プラレール 京急デト11･12形」2020年10月発売
 
It's an electric maintenance train that appeared on Keikyu Railways in July 1988. Because it is rare, it is popular as the Original Happy Yellow Train  that makes you happy when you see it.

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Looks great Dr No and fits your Layout perfectly. I like the slow speed as it looks more real to what a maintenance train would be.

It's good it has two speeds, though. I used "HI" speed when Deto entered the loop of the commuter trains, i.e. when it's on the same track with Keikyu commuter trains: those trains have only one speed (one speed older type Tomy motor), but they are the fastest one-speed-trains I ever saw. Deto has to switch to speed 2 to keep up with them. 

On the other hand, I watched some videos of the real Deto 11-12, and that train seems very fast for a maintenance train...

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Your videos are always a pleasure to watch Mr No. So pleasant and uplifting.

Is that a Trackmaster II Lexi I see? Has she/he been featured in a video or does he/she have trouble navigating the Tomy tracks?

Are the inside backgrounds of those neat buildings translucent for lights to easily be added?

Thank you, Super. I'm glad you like it. 

Oh, you noticed Lexi on a siding! On occasion, I put something like that here and there while making a video, and wait if anyone will see it. You are very perceptive! It's not Trackmaster, it's just Plarail Tecoro Lexi. I hesitate buying Trackmaster engines exactly because of the problem you implied: they could have problems running on Tomy tracks... I think it's a terrible mistake Mattel made. I would certainly buy some engines I like (i.e. Etienne, motorized Philip etc.), especially those that are not produced by Tomy, but I don't want to spend too much time adjusting them to blue tracks... Oh, well, maybe I'll just buy some Trackmasters one day, but if only they fit perfectly to blue tracks I'd buy many already.

RMZ houses are very easy to assemble, and you don't need any glue. There are no translucent surfaces (except the windows), but the back side of every house has holes, so I suppose it won't be a problem to add some LED lights. Those holes must have been made for exactly that purpose, aren't they? Corner houses don't have holes like regular houses, but I don't think it would be a problem to illuminate them either. From behind they look like this:

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Looking at those back panels I take it that the interior detail is applied to the curved portion and there is no space to put a light between the back and the interior detail panel?

There are 2 storys on these buildings, could the lower floor be lit separate from the upper?

I can't remember if it was Nigel or Chrisjo that turned be on to these Lego type lights, I wonder if they can easily be installed inside? They are cheap on Ali Express. I have tons of these and they are all self contained with 3 coin cell batteries and on/off switch. They are great to temporarily light anything on a layout including coaches. The light bar snaps in that block but can also be extented and place away from the block, very neat.

Here is a RMZ Bank. The "interior" is actually a sticker already applied to the back wall. Lower floor is a bank, and upper floor is a living room. If you put the lights in it through the hole, they will be in front of the interior-sticker. You can't light the interior "from the back", but you could adjust the position of the light so you don't see the actual "bulb" through the street window (I suppose that's why the holes in such a high position on the wall).



These are actually three-story buildings (ground floor, upper floor and the little attic). The three parts are connected with specific rails and you just slide the upper on the lower one. However, there are no barriers between them, so if you want to lit them separately, you'll have to make floor/ceiling yourself, but that won't be much of a problem, I guess.