DD13 Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 Looking for some industrial buildings, modern warehouses and loading docks. Any advice? Link to comment
bill937ca Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 (edited) From Greenmax and in-stock at Hobby Search. I did not check out of stock. Painted Factory Building #2603 https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10675242 Plant(Factory) Kit #2144 https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10169331 Painted Factory Equipment (A) #2604 https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10675244 Painted Factory Equipment (B) #2605 https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10675245 Painted Factory Equipment (C) #2606 https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10675246 Factory Annexed Structure A #2145 https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10169332 Factory Annexed Structure B #2146 https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10169333 From Kato: Industrial Building, Kit. (Snap Kit) #23-310 https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10003187 Long Engine House, Kit. # 23-300 https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10003186 Years ago I saw the long engine house built as a freight shed with loading dock. Didn't find any under Tomytec or Tomix, although there have been Tomytec in the past. Edited April 3 by bill937ca 2 Link to comment
cteno4 Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 Tomytec has the refinery/chemical plant bits, but they cycle in and out of production and re-releases in second sets with different colors, but it’s spotty https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10201720 https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10138703 https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10201719 https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10292289 https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10138706 https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10138706 https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10605500 https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/11082780 https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10138702 https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10138704 https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10605505 https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10292288 https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10292290 And plum chemical plant stuff https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/search?typ1_c=102&cat=plamo&state=&sortid=0&searchkey=Plum+Industrial+Area&spage=1&sold=1 tomytec small warehouses https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10279826 https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10266475 Pike stuff makes a bunch of very generic steel sided warehouses that with some painting and detailing could be a generic japanese warehouse https://rixproducts.com/product-category/pikestuff-n-scale/ some interesting 3d printed 1/160 stuff on etsy https://www.etsy.com/shop/CashMoneyEnterprise?ref=shop-header-name&listing_id=1534396852&from_page=listing https://www.etsy.com/shop/KitandCaboose?ref=shop-header-name&listing_id=859240574&from_page=listing and cardstock https://www.etsy.com/listing/1393764261/n-scale-1160-or-z-scale-1220-model-train?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=n+scale+factory+building&ref=sc_gallery-2-4&plkey=4e2313e499bd2f90803ccd4b7307ca38ce89757e%3A1393764261 There are a few euro warehouses/factories as well but i just cant remember those to find easily. Jeff 4 Link to comment
bill937ca Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 From TSW Tsugawa Freight Depot common in the days of branch line freight. Could just be a loading dock. https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10293857 Agricultural Warehouse https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10293858 Factory https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10075764 Link to comment
bill937ca Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 Much of the manufacturing in Japan is done in very small factories often in residential areas. None of these have railway sidings, but are part of local atmosphere. Tokyo Nostalgia: Izumimachi Factory Street https://blog.goo.ne.jp/ruinsdiary/e/34ea3b840ac4afe0731a23c3bdd2b5af A prime area is near the Kanda River in Tokyo. This slow loading page has some interesting photos and Japanese text. https://ameblo.jp/pias-202/entry-12292654863.html 2 Link to comment
DD13 Posted April 5 Author Share Posted April 5 38 minutes ago, bill937ca said: Much of the manufacturing in Japan is done in very small factories often in residential areas. None of these have railway sidings, but are part of local atmosphere. Tokyo Nostalgia: Izumimachi Factory Street https://blog.goo.ne.jp/ruinsdiary/e/34ea3b840ac4afe0731a23c3bdd2b5af A prime area is near the Kanda River in Tokyo. This slow loading page has some interesting photos and Japanese text. https://ameblo.jp/pias-202/entry-12292654863.html Thanks. Maybe will do kitbashing when finding a suitable plastic kit. Link to comment
cteno4 Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 Tomytec has a number of those light urban factory/industry buildings a bit bigger than the tsw. https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/11148596 https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/11148595 https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/11148594 jeff 1 Link to comment
bill937ca Posted April 8 Share Posted April 8 (edited) So you are looking for industrial buildings? This is about 20 years old. We are lucky the blog it is still there. The layout is 600mm x 400mm with a radius of 150mm to 180mm. He starts with a Kato 23-300 Long Engine House Paints the roof grey Creates a loading dock roof out of a Tomix island platform roof Modifies the side walls of the engine house to be loading doors Makes a loading platform out of plastic board Creates a freight house with platform http://rintetsu.cocolog-nifty.com/blog/2007/02/post_07a8.html More photos http://rintetsu.cocolog-nifty.com/blog/cat6277189/index.html Freight house track http://rintetsu.cocolog-nifty.com/blog/2007/08/post_1ad2.html Edited April 8 by bill937ca 2 Link to comment
bill937ca Posted April 8 Share Posted April 8 (edited) There also is a plant from Greenmax kits. http://rintetsu.cocolog-nifty.com/blog/2007/02/post_718e.html http://rintetsu.cocolog-nifty.com/blog/2007/02/post_6319.html http://rintetsu.cocolog-nifty.com/blog/2007/02/post_9478.html Putting plants in the corner triangles. http://rintetsu.cocolog-nifty.com/blog/2013/02/1-b9a5.html http://rintetsu.cocolog-nifty.com/blog/2014/09/2-21d3.html http://rintetsu.cocolog-nifty.com/blog/2014/12/3-0d95.html Edited April 8 by bill937ca 3 Link to comment
DD13 Posted April 25 Author Share Posted April 25 (edited) Wip. My kitbashed factory using Greenmax 2148 kit. What colour would you paint the walls, grey, steel...? Edited April 25 by DD13 5 Link to comment
cteno4 Posted April 25 Share Posted April 25 Yeah i guess a gray is sort of the industrial default, but might do some googling around japan with either image searches [translate search to japanese first} or try google maps and street view, you may find something interesting to model off of that is more interesting than gray. jeff 1 Link to comment
bill937ca Posted April 25 Share Posted April 25 (edited) Aluminum or similar color from Tamiya with rust weathering. I remember walking around Arabella Station in New Orleans and I couldn't believe it was still standing with all the rust. The rust is more visible in this blog. https://friedman.cs.illinois.edu/album/Pic05-05.htm Edited April 25 by bill937ca 2 Link to comment
Tony Galiani Posted April 25 Share Posted April 25 https://www.2mm.org.uk/members/djlc.html This is one picture from Steve Flint's 2mm Gakunan Railway with the same Green Max building. I have seen other pictures on his layout and he uses the same color pallette and I think it is pretty effective. Tony Link to comment
cteno4 Posted April 25 Share Posted April 25 Many factory buildings may also be corrugated FRC panels that are basically cement gray unless painted or the cement is dyed. jeff Link to comment
DD13 Posted April 27 Author Share Posted April 27 (edited) Did some scratchbuilding this week end. Painted in flat blue. Edited April 27 by DD13 7 Link to comment
DD13 Posted April 27 Author Share Posted April 27 (edited) Painting the factory. https://photos.app.goo.gl/VE1r3YuxZ4XJtEnz6 Edited April 27 by DD13 1 Link to comment
DD13 Posted April 30 Author Share Posted April 30 The beginning of a new structure. Greenmax locomotive works. 2 Link to comment
DD13 Posted May 2 Author Share Posted May 2 On 4/25/2025 at 9:03 PM, Tony Galiani said: https://www.2mm.org.uk/members/djlc.html This is one picture from Steve Flint's 2mm Gakunan Railway with the same Green Max building. I have seen other pictures on his layout and he uses the same color pallette and I think it is pretty effective. Tony Looks he used a brown wash for weathering Link to comment
DD13 Posted May 4 Author Share Posted May 4 On 4/25/2025 at 9:03 PM, Tony Galiani said: https://www.2mm.org.uk/members/djlc.html This is one picture from Steve Flint's 2mm Gakunan Railway with the same Green Max building. I have seen other pictures on his layout and he uses the same color pallette and I think it is pretty effective. Tony Looks he used a brown wash for weathering Link to comment
DD13 Posted May 4 Author Share Posted May 4 (edited) Update on the building. Edited May 4 by DD13 2 Link to comment
DD13 Posted May 4 Author Share Posted May 4 Time consuming to paint the windows. Next one I will leave them in grey colour in preparation for weathering. Link to comment
Nick_Burman Posted May 5 Share Posted May 5 On 4/25/2025 at 7:06 PM, cteno4 said: Yeah i guess a gray is sort of the industrial default, but might do some googling around japan with either image searches [translate search to japanese first} or try google maps and street view, you may find something interesting to model off of that is more interesting than gray. jeff I've seen buildings painted a sort of very light green. Cheers NB 1 Link to comment
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