Kato Unitram City Layout

[Tonytramman]

thought I would start a layout thread, it's an ongoing and sometimes slow project. I must be honest I love trams, didn't know a lot about Japan's until i discovered Unitram..!

 

..and so begins a journey ..

Edited October 18, 2020 by disturbman

[Tonytramman]

..then it grew a little, added some greenery and bit of a back scene that I had kicking around. the big warehouse building is HO scale but looked OK if at the rear. 

got a few more buildings so ditched the green for a while..

the journey continues..

[Tonytramman]

I should have said that this early part is retrospective progression, so bare with it... 

 

[Tonytramman]

..so the controllers, I ran out of space outside the layout area and so decided they will have to be part of the layout itself, so raised them slightly.

[Cat]

Real trams have the controls on the inside too.
: 3

[Tonytramman]

indeed they do, and to be honest I quite like them incorporated into the layout, but more on that later ... 

[Tonytramman]

..go to have a dino or two, meet Bilbo and Pucker.. 

[Tonytramman]

.. Just for a laugh, O gauge cattle truck,two Dino's and tramway personnel 😃 who says you cant have fun!

[Tonytramman]

Depot full on Sunday 

[cteno4]

The Kato backdrop works very nicely!

 

jeff

[Tonytramman]

Yes it's very good concept and useful 

 

[Tonytramman]

View from a different angle 

[Tonytramman]

got to do some actual modeling, simple tram stop at the front of the layout, on one system i have seen that there is just blue painted road ! I think a bigger type stop would work well next th the depot, also thinking of putting a high level rail line front to back over the open area's on the right of the layout to break it up a little.

plenty of inspiration about just got to build some bits, also fancy a go at the stair crossings that seem to prevail in Japanese cities...

 

[Tonytramman]

current view

[Das Steinkopf]

On 5/1/2020 at 8:22 PM, Tonytramman said:

.. Just for a laugh, O gauge cattle truck,two Dino's and tramway personnel 😃 who says you cant have fun!

 

Diagram W1 I assume.

[Tonytramman]

you could be right, to be honest i'm not 100% sure, picked it up at an exhibition a couple of years back for £10, needs a paint job and it is part of my O gauge micro layout stock which is totally inappropriate for this forum..

 

[bill937ca]

30 minutes ago, Tonytramman said:

you could be right, to be honest i'm not 100% sure, picked it up at an exhibition a couple of years back for £10, needs a paint job and it is part of my O gauge micro layout stock which is totally inappropriate for this forum..

 

 

No, this is not inappropriate for JNS. There is a Worldwide Models forum where you could post a thread.  O gauge is not common in Japan, but not completely unknown.  There can be something to be learned from modeling techniques in other scales and / or gauges.

 

https://jnsforum.com/community/forum/52-worldwide-models/

Edited June 12, 2020 by bill937ca

[Tonytramman]

don't worry i'm not going to make a habit of it, just a reference pic.

[cteno4]

No worries a little aside now and the is ok to answer a question or have a little fun.

 

jeff

[Tonytramman]

[Tonytramman]

Boxed in the controllers just need to paint the area around them 

[Tonytramman]

 

[Cat]

It's alive!

[Tonytramman]

Yes it is, I have been slowly working on it..

[Tonytramman]