Tsugawa Yoko Train Garage

[bill937ca]

Tsugawa Yoko offers a couple of train garages that may otherwise get overlooked.  There is a wooden single track version and a double track brick version. It would be a good choice for any small DMU or tram layout.

 

I have built the single track version in a single weekend day. It will be used as a tram depot on a planned tram layout.

 

If it wasn't for the large side windows this model would make a very good covered bridge.

 

HS has an article on these buildings on their blog.

 

http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/blog/index.asp?Blog_ID=091224&Eva=5#091224

[ToniBabelony]

Dayum, that's a really nice find! I hope they'll also do a 2-track wooden shed. The colours of the wooden shed look too bright to me. I'd rather repaint is with a more black-tar like colour you find more often on more battered private line tracks: http://www.geocities.jp/red50kei/ueda/ueda-uedahara-kounaii.html (Old Ueda-RR sheds in the 750V era)

[David]

I looked at the single track one with the wood supports when I was determinng a shed for my layout. I found it resembled a Tomix building too much, in that it's bright plastic with little texture. Kato's plastic buildings are a bit better as they have more texture and avoid large perfectly smooth areas, but I went with TomyTec ultimately.

[bill937ca]

Tsugawa has various little building kits  available.  It's a brand I never heard of before modeling Japanese trains.

 

Single track garage

 

http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10075763

 

Double Track garage

 

http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10075762

 

Steam power water tower & details

 

http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/image/10067297a/20/1

 

Freight office

 

http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10082628

 

Bus garage

 

http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10077790

 

Factory

 

http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10075764

 

 

There also are non-functioning signals and crossing warnings, some figure sets, catenary poles, vehicles, scenic details and tunnel portals.

 

http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/list/750/0/1

[cteno4]

I have the bus garage, freight station, and factory. have not yet put them together, but look like nice little kits and a bit different than other options like tomytec and sankei. also thinking they are good little kits that can be kitbashed or added onto another structure easily. the factory also is a good potential, cheap source of corrugated metal walls and windows/doors that scott was looking for.

 

they do need a little weathering like a wash or chalks. they are moulded out of 3 or 4 different color plastics (factory i think was only 1 or 2) that are not bad, but eaily repainted to what you might desire.

 

if folks want i can take pictures of all the parts this weekend.

 

cheers

 

jeff

[keiman]

The Freight office is this one

 

The yellow building and the open building next to it.

Plastic is very bright, could be improved with weathering.