Many residents of Tokyo use bicycles for shorter trips in their neighborhoods or to get to the train station. It is common to find a large number of bicycles parked in the areas around any train station.
This photo I found on the web is an example of what I am talking about. This is right next to the tracks and it looks like there is a station platform in the background. I wanted to create a similar scene on the Musashi-Koyama modules.
In the August 2013 post
Modeling Japanese bicycles I prepared a number of Tomix bicycles and that is mostly what I am going to use to populate this parking area.
TomyTec kit # 095 represents a small, covered bicycle parking area. While I did not assemble this kit as intended, I did use some of the parts from it to make this scene. I wanted a more open scene so I did not use the awnings but they will get used in other scenes.
The base is made from Evergreen tiled styrene sheet airbrushed brick color then a wash of cement which settled into the cracks.
I made by bike racks by removing every other vertical post from some roof top railings from a Tomix building kit.
Here is the finished bicycle parking area just a short distance from the station entrance. This is also the place to catch a taxi.
