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new NHK World show: Japan Railway Journal
Cat replied to miyakoji's topic in Japan Rail: Pictures & Videos
The recent discussion has brought the show to my attention and I just went searching for episodes on the lines we're modelling. Didn't find one for the Kashima Rinkai, but scored for Hitachinaka Seaside Railway. I found the very touristy approach super helpful for gleaning little modelling tidbits; whichever station(s) we include will definitely have the proper billboard signs! https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/ondemand/video/2049076/ -
What did you order or the post deliver? (HO and other scales)
Kiha66 replied to bikkuri bahn's topic in Japanese: Other Gauges & Scales
Be sure to share your progress, I'm tempted to pick up some HO kihas from tramway myself and it'll be nice to know how the install goes. -
What did you order or the post deliver? (HO and other scales)
shadowtiger25 replied to bikkuri bahn's topic in Japanese: Other Gauges & Scales
They are nice models, how ever the under frame and rooftop parts pop off really easy so they all need glued. also, hardwiring DCC in the 23 will be difficult - Today
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Folks, What would 'Flower Car' be in Romanised Japanese? My very wild guess would be 'Shidensha no hana'. REgards, Bill, Melbourne.
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Folks, Would the auto translating system really help to determine what the tank cars actually carry. This info. is probably somewhere on the tank body, but the auto. trans, doesn't translate this. Some tank cars have an inverted yellow triangle marking on the tank body, which I think does indicate the tank contents, possibility flammability, but I'm not sure of this. Regards, Bill, Melbourne.
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Toyo Carp League championship flower train
ben_issacs replied to bill937ca's topic in Japan Rail: Pictures & Videos
Folks, Obviously, some of these flower cars are made up from bogie cars, The Hiroden 'Carp car would be a challenge to model, the carp would have to be modelled to suit the mechanism. Perhaps one of the smaller four wheelers would be a more practical modelling job. Regards, Bill, Melbourne. -
That’s sad to hear. We took the overnight train in, I think, 2000 from nah Trang to Ho Chi Minh city in second class (4 bunks per cabin) and it was very clean and well run. Nice clean linen and blankets and cabin and bathrooms very clean. It was a pleasant ride. Really enjoyed Vietnam, not a bad bit in like 3 weeks of traveling. People were great all over. Miss sitting at tiny chair and table on the sidewalk with an old lady serving up the best pho I’ve ever had from a tiny bbq on the sidewalk and a dozen plastic containers of ingredients, a true “sidewalk” caffe. Between the French influence for hot fresh croissants or baguette and cheese for breakfast and really fresh Vietnamese food it was a great trip for food. Bumped into a few French tourists that were lamenting how good the breads were compared to home, that said something! jeff
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Yamanote line departure melodies
HankyuDentetsu replied to Kiha66's topic in Japan Rail: News & General Discussion
I use ATOS as my SMS alert tone 🙂 -
E231s to end service on Yamanote Line very soon
HankyuDentetsu replied to bill937ca's topic in Japan Rail: News & General Discussion
Very sad to see them go. Defined my first visit to Tokyo... and the multitude of visits there-after. A fine piece of kit, sorely missed! -
Webcams of Railways in Japan
HankyuDentetsu replied to HankyuDentetsu's topic in Japan Rail: Pictures & Videos
Edited to add more webcams! I'll continue to add to the first post as I find more. -
If I am not mistaken, RailModeler Express is FREE while RailModeler Pro is pay. Once you try Express you'll likely want Pro. At least I did.
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I took the Reunification Express (first class) from Hanoi to Da Nang, and then Da Nang to Ho Chi Minh back in 2013. They were the two grimmest journeys of my life - genuine hell on earth from start to finish. Words literally can't describe.
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new NHK World show: Japan Railway Journal
HankyuDentetsu replied to miyakoji's topic in Japan Rail: Pictures & Videos
I hate how tourist-centric Japan Railway Journal has become. I mean I know it's NHK World which is basically just a tourist board mouthpiece, but as a show it's really gone downhill. They produce some absolutely great content (the N700s and round-up of 2019 trains were actually decent episodes), but their relentless focus on tourist trains drives me mad. They have almost unlimited material to draw from: incredible rolling stock across multiple major operators, the majority of the worlds busiest train stations, and other advanced technologies that we in the UK could only dream of... but episode after episode they insist on focusing on Yasuna trying some local food on some amateur tourist train I have so little interest in! Give me what the show was designed to: the inside track into the world's greatest railway! -
What did you order or the post deliver? (HO and other scales)
Kiha66 replied to bikkuri bahn's topic in Japanese: Other Gauges & Scales
Those look beautiful! I love the detail on them. -
What did you order or the post deliver? (HO and other scales)
shadowtiger25 replied to bikkuri bahn's topic in Japanese: Other Gauges & Scales
Tramway Kahi 23 (powered) and 53 (unpowered) The 23 is going to be a challenge to put DCC in to.. does anyone know of a guide online? -
Ah, good tip. I see that RailModeller has Tomix, so it's tempting. But with what I just paid in shipping for an order from Hobby Search which included a sampling assortment of Tomix track, plus a looming Buyee shipping charge on the horizon, an app purchase can wait til next fiscal month at the earliest. Meanwhile, once the track samples arrive, I'll proceed with traditional analog planning of laying them out and fiddling on the tabletop.
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Ooooo so many containers that I don't have yet and still have yet to be made......
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LOL! Love the video! That chap is great, well done video, a lot of creativity and hard work there. Steam punk wrap, who have thunk it. cheers jeff
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Steampunk, aka VSF — Victorian Science Fiction, is popular for miniatures gaming. A good part of the joy in the genre is kitbashing one's own fun creations. Some of the Hornby kit looks good for folks gaming with 15mm to 20mm figures. I've got some fleets of 6mm (1/285) aeronefs by Brigade Models and a few yet to be built 28mm (1/56-ish) laser cut ones too. About those houses with gears glued on though....
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Yeah.. that's probably because they are casts of regular models with gears glued on to them! And, came to speak of it, bits of old battleship models... (Anyone for a round of greebly spotting? Pretty surely, there's the notorious Airfix Bismarck on the Thermopile Impulsion Tea Coach and the Dinosaur Hatchery Wagon, and the HMS Hood on Darjeelinc Crate, Hatter Milliner, and Goggle Polisher Wagon - both the 1/600 scale kits. Not sure about the stack top on of Darjeeling Crate: It's probably Airfix's 1/600 Narvik destroyer or the their [also] notorious 1/1200 Bismarck)
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I do like steampunk occasionally, but usually the somewhat more extreme things. Many of these things look like regular buildings / rolling stock with gears glued on to them 🙂
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Steampunk anybody? https://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/150342-hornby-goes-steampunk-in-2020/ Very curious if it sells or not! Personally I like the idea of building a steampunk layout (although, the space.....) Martin
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Completed: front end of the one-sided platform. I added the steps, although you can’t really see them, at the end. I had to rebuild the stop/go light and departure monitor since they were initially intended to be ceiling mounted, but I don’t have enough space for that. Also mounted on a pole sticking out of the platform: the “8 car stop” sign. This sign’s position was exactly calculated; the 6 and 4 car signs will be ceiling mounted and as such may have to compromise on their position.
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I love the Arleen’s tacky glue for papercraft. It’s a thick PVA and sets up quickly. They sell it in a small pen applicator like the tamyia and you can just refil from a larger bottle. jeff
