Takahachikawa

[railsquid]

3 hours ago, JR 500系 said:

Yeah it looks great squid! Love the steep slopes, that are oh-so-common in Japan! Somehow, the curving steep slope just reminded me of this:

 

 

 

Cartoon car crash?

[Sheffie]

Tokyo drifting 

[railsquid]

Bosozoku?

[railsquid]

Well away from any ghostly bosozoku action, another bit of embankment provides a home to some foliage.

 

single-track-embankment-2019-09-17_91 by Rail Squid, on Flickr

[railsquid]

Random video:

 

 

[railsquid]

The train depot takes shape:

 

train-depot_2019-09-29_01 by Rail Squid, on Flickr

 

train-depot_2019-09-29_03 by Rail Squid, on Flickr

 

train-depot_2019-09-29_02 by Rail Squid, on Flickr

[railsquid]

Random passenger haulage shot:

 

ef64-passenger-train-2019-10-02_01 by Rail Squid, on Flickr

[railsquid]

Sketching out the area to the rear of the train sheds:
 

train-yard-rear-2019-10-03_01 by Rail Squid, on Flickr

[railsquid]

Not much obvious change, but I spent some quality time painting up the sides of the rails.

 

train-yard-rear-2019-10-05_01 by Rail Squid, on Flickr

 

Just the spot for a Type 3 level crossing.

 

rear-left-crossing-2019-10-05_01 by Rail Squid, on Flickr

[railsquid]

Random progress:
 

train-yard-rear-2019-10-06_01 by Rail Squid, on Flickr

 

train-yard-front-2019-10-06_01 by Rail Squid, on Flickr

[railsquid]

Detailing the apartment block surroundings:

 

apartment-2019-10-14_06 by Rail Squid, on Flickr

[railsquid]

Some scenic tweakage around the crossing:

 

rear-left-lower-tunnel-portal-2019-10-15_01 by Rail Squid, on Flickr

 

rear-left-crossing-2019-10-16_01 by Rail Squid, on Flickr

[railsquid]

And a bit more...

 

rear-left-crossing-2019-10-20_02 by Rail Squid, on Flickr

[railsquid]

Slight change of era:

 

 

rear-left-crossing-2019-10-21_01 by Rail Squid, on Flickr

[railsquid]

Shot from a low-flying aircraft:

 

rear-left-crossing-2019-10-22_01 by Rail Squid, on Flickr

[Taxman]

Would it be possible to get a newer wide angle shot to see how all the scenes fit together?  I really appreciate your scenery and use it to inspire my poor attempts at modelling Japan.

[railsquid]

3 hours ago, Taxman said:

Would it be possible to get a newer wide angle shot to see how all the scenes fit together?

 

I'll see what I can do, the problem is the layout is still for the most part a chaotic half-constructed mess which doesn't look very photogenic, so I tend to focus on the individual bits which look OK.

 

I have an album on Flickr with a bunch more photos which should provide more clues, albeit in slightly earlier stages of construction:

 

https://www.flickr.com/photos/railsquid/albums/72157691220217880/page5

 

(Bear in mind I keep changing the plan, so photos of the current state are from about half-way down page 3 of that album).

 

I hope to get this whole end of the layout including train depot into reasonable shape in the next few weeks so will provide wider shots as and when things develop.

 

Edited October 23, 2019 by railsquid

[railsquid]

On 10/22/2019 at 9:08 AM, railsquid said:

Slight change of era:

 

 

rear-left-crossing-2019-10-21_01 by Rail Squid, on Flickr

 

And back to towards the future again:

 

rear-left-crossing-2019-10-23_01 by Rail Squid, on Flickr

 

[railsquid]

Especially for @Taxman a slightly wider shot of the crossing:

 

rear-left-crossing-2019-10-23_02 by Rail Squid, on Flickr

[Taxman]

Thanks @railsquid!

[railsquid]

A couple of random pictures:

 

rear-left-road-2019-10-26_01 by Rail Squid, on Flickr

 

Tomix  KiHa 10 (KiHa 10 24) by Rail Squid, on Flickr

 

(The above KiHa 10 is numbered KiHa 10 24, which was actually stationed at Hachioji).

[keiichi77]

Hey squid what colour/brand of paint are you using for your roads? It looks to be very close to the Tomytec wide tram and bus tracks.

[railsquid]

2 minutes ago, keiichi77 said:

Hey squid what colour/brand of paint are you using for your roads? It looks to be very close to the Tomytec wide tram and bus tracks.

 

This one:

 

 

It is indeed a good match, the crossing in the second picture is actually made out of bits cut from the Tomix tram track kit (catalogue number 3079), I haven't painted them.

 

[railsquid]

And here's the next candidate for some of that paint:

 

main-street-extension-2019-10-29_04 by Rail Squid, on Flickr

 

main-street-extension-2019-10-29_05 by Rail Squid, on Flickr

[railsquid]

Meanwhile this is what the layout looks like without the advantage of carefully-posed close-up shots...

 

rear-left-overview-2019-11-02 by Rail Squid, on Flickr