WIP Beta released Hirochi NSB "Aero" (based on Isuzu Erga/Hino Blue Ribbon) 1.05

Great!!! It looks very nice.
On the other hand, the front door of the previous generation ERGA (this only applies to non-steps) will have a glide-slide door, the same construction as the Wentward DT40. This has been changed to a folding door on the LV290 after the model change, which may be one of the parts that separates the two.
Your model looks great and consider this just a suggestion.
Keep up the great work!

 

Your project is so great! Please let me support it.
I secretly took the interior of the Hino Rainbow as I ride it to school (if I start the camera inside the bus, I will be suspected of being a pervert).
This is a 2007-2015 model non-step type, urban specification with a wheelbase of 5.300mm (seating arrangement is the leftmost one in the third image).
I'll try to get some more pics next time...

 

It was especially difficult to take pictures today because there were so many people.
There's a mirror above the rear door to make sure people aren't standing too close to the door. The glass on the door says "危険ですから扉が開くまで床の黄色部に立たないでください" (Meaningo not stand on the yellow part of the floor until the door opens, as it is dangerous!) This sticker is unique to this bus company. The hatch in the floor is a ramp for wheelchairs.
Japanese language abounds inside the buses by many advertisements and notices, and by reproducing them, this Hirochi bus can be made more realistic. However, what is important in making Japanese buses is not to use MS Gothic for Japanese. That font is suitable for writing reports, but in other situations, Japanese people find this font "tacky. In fact, not a single MS Gothic character is used in advertisements or notices on buses.
In addition, the fact is that Japanese "kanji" and Chinese are completely different, even though they have similar shapes. When Chinese characters are mixed in with sentences written in Japanese, it looks very strange to Japanese people. You should definitely be careful.

 

It have windows now (window model is not final, just draft)

 

Looking good. I just hope you won't abandon it, because it happened to many promising mods

 

Very interesting angle (because there are very few photos of doors from the interior on the Internet).

Ye, I also think about this. I think I will make them. The main thing is not to confuse anything with the translation.

Isn't it possible to try to negotiate with the driver and take photos at the final stop so as not to arouse suspicion among people?

And thanks for photos.

 

Yes, this game is all about the details, and you can't cut corners here.

I don't have time right now because it's before exams (I really shouldn't be posting on the game theard, but it's an escape from reality), so I'll ask around a bit after the tests are over.
I am glad if my photos are useful.

 

Nice!
Erga might be my favorite bus.Considering buying a model by Tomica Limited Vintage Neo(or TLV-N).
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What you said about Chinese characters in Chinese and Japanese was right.
Sometimes when you write a word in Japanese kanji,it has the same meaning as Chinese(For example,the wold"Introduction",spelled as"绍介“in Japanese but"介绍”in Chinese.The difference between 2 languages is not so big at this word.)
But sometimes there could be a big different.(For example,the word "Lightning",spelled as“稲妻”in Japanese and "闪电"in Chinese.)
So when making ads and notices in the bus,please pay attention to the using of the kanjis.I come from China.Using wrong kanjis in the sentences may make both Japanese and Chinese feel strange and inauthentic

 

That is exactly why in Japanese, introduction is written as "紹介", and if you look closely, you will see that the form of "绍" in Chinese and "紹" in Japanese are slightly different. So, when Japanese people see the word "绍介", they immediately know it is Chinese, and this is the same for Chinese people as you said. These things are surprisingly scattered on translation sites and Google searches, and you have to be a Japanese or Chinese speaker to notice the discrepancy.
Also, when Japanese and Chinese are mixed, the fonts are often strange (the Chinese characters under "Actor" in the image are a mixture of Japanese and Chinese, but the thickness of the characters is different). So, it is dangerous to assume that "it looks Japanese, so it must be OK.

 

The difference between simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese actually.

 

bus

 

Okay, it wasn't supposed to be THAT slow, but anyway - some progress.

1. Remaked 10 and new 8lug wheel rims.


2. Central door + attempt to install it into current body model


3. And very early attempt to understand how to implement interior panels into it (and connect it with exterior panels)

 

Okay, what I have on this moment.

1) I finally understand how integrate interior panels to current body(?) model.
Good news - I hope it be look very close to real Erga interior.
Bad news - idk how stable it can be after deformations in Beam ().

2) Some side panels detailing (I think I need to make it openable in Beam)


3) LV280 door version.


Be hope what next development goes faster, because 90% of all time after last news taked understanding how to properly modeled interior panels.
Stay tuned!

 

Neat design, the doors look really well made tbh

 

Some progress.

Remaked interior shell and roof draft, also I finally close all holes in places where door mounted.
For references thanks to one certain Japanese bus / truck sell company.


Dashboard modeling started.


And interior accessory


Stay tuned!

 

Nice!

 

I went to the bus garage, but they refused to let me enter the bus. So I took pictures when there were few passengers on the bus. I think it would be more Lore-friendly to make a plate like the one in the 8th picture with the model number on it.

 

Haven't checked this thread in a while but this is coming along really good now!

 

Experiments with rear lights.
Maybe it a little bit overdetailed, but why not (vertical lines is texture, not geometry)?



How it look generally.

 

Looks great, have you made the front lights yet? Also nice profile pic (i take it that's how the bus will look when done)