Hong Kong

[penguin007 27]

Great building that is and everything around it

Will

[Sky Guy 163]

holy cow! This is awesome! Can't wait for the airport. Keep it up

[Voulpiotis 4]

More?

[tankmank 853]

I love your First BAT its good for a begginer

[rct3twins 14]

Great bat, but could you release one that is RCI plop?

[Cockatoo 2,257]

Sorry, but no Chap lap Kok today, instead- Tai Po!

The Tai Po district is about a 15-30 minute KCR train ride north of Kowloon and is located in Hong Kong's new territories. Up until about the 70's Tai Po was just a rural sort of town until the population started to rise and Hong Kong was forced to build Hi Rises out in the New Territories. Today it has a kinda dirty (Almost slum) mid rise town center (mostly markets and low wealth shops), with a few remaining rice fields out the back which are quickly being taken over by hi-rise residential giants. Some images?

The Kowloon-Canton Railway (KCR) running through Tai Po- Probably the main form of transport.

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Thanks for being patient- I have to split my time now 50/50 between BATing Hong Kong and re-creating Hong Kong. By the way, I'm working on a 'Hong Kong street pack' for a BAT project. Almost done 2 out of about 8 BAT's that'll be in the pack. The first is in the 3rd and 4th image above- see it?

EDIT:  Here are your replies:

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Hijodecordoba:  Oh thanks for such a nice comment! I’m sure with enough practice and patience anyone could do what I’m doing.

KamiKaZantA:  Haha, thanks, glad you think so!

TRNSTN:  How about no?

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Hijodecordoba:  Yea, they really do!

Suplado:  Thanks! That is very old now… almost embarrassing…

Garby85:  Thanks, glad you like it.

Juningo:  Yep, the Chinese Peoples Liberation Army Forces Building HK. I just use the old name because it’s shorter and easier to remember.

Mike the Mayor:  Actually I think that BAT was from SC3000, someone re-did it.

Cleaner475:  Wow, thanks. Glad you like it!

Tankmank:  Yea, I just plopped it in. There is an easy way to create enough demand to grow Bixel’s ‘monsters’: Just wait until you have an area of high rise residential that you don’t really want in your city (Maybe all up 20,000 people) and just demolish it. It will skyrocket the demand and you’ll be growing them in no time! Also make sure you have the correct zone sizes- there’s a thread in the HKABT team room for that.

Bixel:  Hey thanks for this- I’ll have to get back to t

[suplado! 23]

cool update...nice pics...!! cool development from lowrise to highrise!!

[simontse1992 0]

Is that the Tin Heng Estate in the 5th picture ??

I believe it should be in Tin Shui Wai (another New Territories' town)

It doesn't really matter though. Buildings are all similar in new towns of Hong Kong

[rct3twins 14]

YaY! Tai po! Wheres the railway musuem thing?

PS: Welcome To page 11! The greeting may not be fancy but its homely!

[Dsrwhat316 12]

this is just so freakin' incredible, words can't describe it....

[tankmank 853]

that was amazing i loved it from the rice paddies to the giant public housing estates

[Deever 23]

Holy cow. . . BATting Hong Kong and recreating Hong Kong. Looks like you got your work cut out for you. Good luck!

As for the update, it's freakin' amazing! The buildings never looked better (even the flea markets!).

[RV1428 0]

My 100th post for a very special, unique and great City Journal !

[saltandsauce 0]

are the trams in your CJ the same as the ones in RL

little fact: HK has most of the scottish trams still in service from the 1950-60s both trams from edinburgh and glasgow some even retain their original livery orange and green or maroon and white

[penguin007 27]

Great rice paddies and a great ruralish area

Will

[hijodecordoba 74]

regarding to your describtion, you created that area very well. I'm astonished, how many plugins you must have. your vareity leads to great fineness.

[rct3twins 14]

Originally posted by: *****atoo-210893

Rct3twins: Thanks for your help, and sorry about my other reply- I wasn't in a good mood...lol.quote>

Lol. Its ok. Lucky im a hong kong local. Living in Toronto.

Originally posted by: *****atoo-210893

Rct3twins: Thanks, I have and as for the dirt roads- you can get them in the Street Addon Mod (SAM) - just search the STEX.quote>

Thanks. Downloaded and installed it. Will try.

[lucky7 73]

This CJ is really one of my favourites!! It's always great and very, very, very high quality and so realistic! Looking forward to more,

lucky7

[gabry85 2]

Great stuff here! The bloom effect combined with the nightlights is simply spectacular!

[Mike the Mayor 51]

Lovely. A friend of mine comes from Tai Po an he says this looks so realistic, as do I. Love this cj, keep up the great work!

[AutumnWindz 0]

Brilliant! How much time have you spent on this so far??

[flame1396 9]

Cool! I never read it because I assumed it would be a collection of random high-rises.... You put serious effort into this.

[flame1396 9]

Cool! I never read it because I assumed it would be a collection of random high-rises.... You put serious effort into this.

[ky72x 13]

Those double highways look very nice! I would assume that both railroad and highway get massive amounts of traffic. The mix of buildings is just fantastic... not bland at all. The low-rise transition to skyscrapers is good. That last night picture looks amazing! Keep it up!

- Kyle

[punk_oi 0]

very nice..may i request a regional shot?

[punk_oi 0]

very nice..may i request a regional shot?

[jutrock 4]

absolutely amazing!

[autoVino 26]

wow!  Wow!  This is an awesome realistic recreation!  Yoiu've left me speachless.

[TRNSTN 0]

Region Shot?

[Cockatoo 2,257]

Hi Guys, not really much of an update today.

I've just been updating the Central Plaza area a little bit and added one of my own HK BAT's to add more realism. Here's the new pics:

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