Takadanobaba Station in Alameda

Whoops. Reviewing the T-trak module something didn't look quite right.  The Tokyo Metro entrance was indicated on the first scenic plan draft. However, it was not the correct size. A few quick calculations gave the proper dimensions. Turns out it was bigger than expected. That meant the plan had to be revised and re-measured. (See the new draft below.) The pencil lines are darker and should be easier to see.  Adding the properly sized entrance, shifted the side street over to the right. It also required a wider sidewalk on the side street.  The website  http://www.sumidacrossing.org/  is a great resource for Japanese trains, prototype and model. That site supplied road and sidewalk dimensions. The road will be two lanes, with a parking lane on the side closest to the buildings.  So far, so good. The plan is starting to come together. The lesson: mistakes can happen. I'll do my best to try to fix them. 

Tokyo. That's the scenic subject of my T-trak module supplied by https://www.precisionmodelrailroad.com/ . It will be a representation, not a prototypical recreation. The scene needs to cover a 12-inch by 12-inch space. Actually, the street scene needs to fit into a smaller space. The tracks consume a three-inches by 12-inches. That leaves 108 square inches. Is this enough space for a plausible street scene? Of course. People are doing far more in less space.  My idea wa s to build a city street and buildings parallel the tracks. A cross street would dead end into the main road. At the intersection, we’d see an entrance to the Tokyo Metro. The intersection would have a traffic light. Initially I thought the cross street could meet at a 90-degree angle to the main street. The concern is giving the viewer a straight view to the backdrop. That could decrease the scene's plausibility. An alternative is that the cross street connects at a diagonal. Another possibility, the cross str