Suitable buildings for tram sheds?

[keiman]

Looking for different ideas for a 2 track tram shed.

Must be suitable for Tomix track spacing .

Preferably of modern design.

I don't need the Greenmax unit as I  will only want one about 200mm long.

Trying to avoid scratch building.

??? ???

[rankodd]

Greenmax's "Railway Facility Total Set" #804 has a much more Tram-like train shed

 

http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10007672

 

Tomix has a rail shed of their own:

 

http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10018287

 

Dimensions are 175mm x 85mm

 

http://www.newhallstation.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=526

 

I bought the Greenmax kit - I don't much like the look of the Tomix, personally.

[Ben]

How about the Graham Farish Modern servicing shed?

 

http://www.anticsonline.co.uk/1589_1_105767394.html

 

Track spacing is a good match to Tomix. It's about 150 mm long

[bill937ca]

Tsugawa has two sheds, single track and double track.  Hobby Search did an article on these sheds on their blog a couple of  years ago.

 

There is also the Greenmax Railway Facility Kit which has a shorter version of their  train sheds.

[keiman]

Cheers guys, I had not spotted that greenmax one.

Won't be doing much at the moment, typing with one finger as I sliced 2 fingers open this morning and they are now held together with Steristrips!

[marknewton]

There is also the Greenmax Railway Facility Kit which has a shorter version of their  train sheds.

 

I like the substation in this set, very nice. I've been looking at photos of substations lately, this seems to be very typical of older structures.

 

Cheers,

 

Mark.

[Hobby Dreamer]

Tomix has a rail shed of their own:

 

From the links this shed looks either gray or pink in color - is there a better photo? Or which one is correct?

 

Also, can one build it without the green roof vents; on one photo they are OK but on the other they really distract.

 

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I like the Kato version (http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/image/10003186p/10/1) because of the doors. You can leave one door closed and have one tram/engine.

 

Cheers

Rick

[rankodd]

I think both are correct. This one seems particularly sensitive to light colour when being photographed.

 

http://www.newhallstation.com/images-lib/tomix_n_scale/TO-4012/

 

The last Image seems to be the least "staged", and was probably taken by a point and shoot. That one looks purple/pinkish-beige, like the very first shot. The inbetween shots look like they were taken off lighting.

 

It's not "built" - It comes like that. You wouldn't be able to get rid of the vents entirely - there would be missing roof detail.

 

I'm not fond of the look of this one at all. It'd need a good coat of paint to be acceptable, at a minimum. OTOH, it's really cheap at 900 yen...

[bill937ca]

Tomix has a rail shed of their own:

 

From the links this shed looks either gray or pink in color - is there a better photo? Or which one is correct?

 

 

It is gray, I have one.  It comes built-up so you get the vents.  From what I have seen most Japanese tram sheds do not have doors.  Many are more like a carport.

[keiman]

Have ordered the greenmax rail facility.

Like the little extra bits that come with it.

[westfalen]

With all the trams available I'm surprised some Japanese manufacturer doesn't do a specific model of a tram shed, perhaps in modular form so you could make it as many tracks wide as you want.

[bill937ca]

Its a little more involved than a tram shed.  Okayama, Tosa Electric and Tokyo Arakawa all have transversers in the tram depot.

[westfalen]

Its a little more involved than a tram shed.  Okayama, Tosa Electric and Tokyo Arakawa all have transversers in the tram depot.

As does Kochi, but not all, Sapporo and Hakodate to name two.