Kato offers several sets of street and utility details as part of their DioTown series. These are primarily meant to model a Japanese scene but many of the pieces fit in just fine on an American prototype layout.
In this scene I am going to use parts from sets 23-213 and 23-215. Some guardrails from set 23-213 were already used on the highway module.
These are meant to be plugged into specific holes on the DioTown bases but can also be adapted to use anywhere. This photo shows holes I have drilled in the sidewalk outside the Tomix condo building.
The utility poles are square on bottom where they would plug into the DioTown base. These can easily be rounded with a file.
Most city utility poles in Japan are steel so I painted these a light gray and added a couple of the optional transformers provided.
So here is some of the fence, a utility pole, and 2 street lights painted up and placed in front of the Tomix Condo building. Another utility pole was finished and is just to the right out of the photo.
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