IST Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 My Skyliner set arrived on Wednesday, but I was on a meeting in Klagenfurt in the last few days, so I could get it from the post office today evening. I made a quick photo with my phone, but will try to make a lot in the weekend if you are interested. 1 Link to comment
disturbman Posted January 28, 2012 Author Share Posted January 28, 2012 No doubt, this is a gorgeous train! I had to watch that video twice and was wanting more. Funny thing is, automatically my brain was seeing an Eurostar unit. Link to comment
Tecchan Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 Gorgeous indeed! Can't wait to receive mine! =) Link to comment
disturbman Posted February 10, 2012 Author Share Posted February 10, 2012 MA is over-extended itself this month with the announcement of one new Joyful train and one painted train. We will have: - JR East 485 Series in "Irodori" color services and its beautiful almond shaped headlights. - JR Kyushu Kiha 183-1000 "Aso Boy" There is more sets announced but I'm waiting for the poster before detailing it completely. Link to comment
scott Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 - JR East 485 Series in "Irodori" color services and its beautiful almond shaped headlights. OK, that's very tempting. Dangit. Link to comment
disturbman Posted February 10, 2012 Author Share Posted February 10, 2012 Bumping the thread with a bargain news, for those who like snow-plow, the DD53 snow-plow by MA is like 40% off at HobbySearch: http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10112628 Link to comment
cteno4 Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 oooh nice price! the bargain bin is back at hs! jeff Link to comment
disturbman Posted February 14, 2012 Author Share Posted February 14, 2012 And there it is, this month's new items announcement. But when is MA going to rerelease it's Kyushu Kiha 185?! Grrr... Link to comment
Guest Closed Account 1 Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 Nice train. I'm on the waiting list. Link to comment
clem24 Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 Anyone have a Skyliner with a warped body? I've got one on mine... Can't quite figure out what's causing it. And the cars are very finicky to disassemble due to the skirting. I had to hold my breath when I took mine apart to check it out LOL. Link to comment
The_Ghan Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Clem, I've done a whole thread on poor quality of Micro Ace models. Three or four brand new models I've received have had the car body (shell) pushed down too far over the chassis on one or more cars. Most I've fixed, but I still have a Tokyo Metro 05 Series subway car (A5012) with a warped shell. Straightening that out with clamps and warm water is on my list of dumb things I've gotta do. Mine have all come from HS. I just can't be bothered returning them because of the cost. Cheers The_Ghan Link to comment
clem24 Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Well body shells pushed in too far I still attribute to rough handling in shipping plus it's easily fixable as long as none of the clips have snapped (which they did on my Kato E351 set). But otherwise I've never had a problem with Microace (OK aside from the Dr. Yellow chassis that fell apart and gave my thumb gangrene). This one though looks fixable as the warpage is caused by the body not clipping on properly. When I remove the shell, it looks fine. Link to comment
cteno4 Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 ive never really had any issues with body warpage with Microace trains. i probably have 30 or more. only bought a few in the last year though. coming with the units not seated is i think as clem noted a rough drop in shipping along the way somewhere. ive had a few like this with kato, tomix and microace and once popped back in properly on issues. only issue is have with ma is all the variation they have done on their power chassises and getting them apart along with the lack of getting any spare parts. so far i have not had a death of a ma power chassis, but when i do i figure i will probably modify a greenmax or kato or tomix to replace it as best i can. truck details will be the big issue, but those might be graftable. jeff Link to comment
clem24 Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 only issue is have with ma is all the variation they have done on their power chassises and getting them apart along with the lack of getting any spare parts. so far i have not had a death of a ma power chassis, but when i do i figure i will probably modify a greenmax or kato or tomix to replace it as best i can. truck details will be the big issue, but those might be graftable. Yeah but they do sell power chassis's now, though mind you, only flywheel equipped versions. I bought a couple, mainly to upgrade my old 485-3000 Hakucho set to the newest mechanism. Even comes with 3 different car underbody/equipment covers. I want to see if I can somehow adapt it to my old 789 Super Hakucho set as it's not the best runner in my fleet... Link to comment
keitaro Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 MA preorders out most notable for me is this Norokko Go and i think the other is this Kurukuru Komagatake Yu-Yu-Train but i think the transaltion is wrong in hs i thought the vids i had were right but it turns out these are the same train but different now i cannot find vids atm of the older original sets but they pics looks mighty interesting Link to comment
Krackel Hopper Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 The Norokko Go is certainly interesting! I wonder, will MicroAce also be releasing the Matching DE10? If so, this DE10 seems to have had both a red and a blue roof..? Link to comment
Guest Closed Account 1 Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 Skyliner back in stock at HS. http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10158100 Link to comment
clem24 Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 So I got my Skyliner fixed. Involves a tiny bit of filing of the clip. But unfortunately, because the body was shipped that way from the factory, it's still got some mild warpage to it. At least now it's not really noticeable. Unlike their others issues, this one is definitely a QC problem. Link to comment
westfalen Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 Skyliner back in stock at HS. http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10158100 I went and ordered one even though it doesn't really fit into my modelling scheme of things, they just look nice. Link to comment
clem24 Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 I must say I much prefer the AE100 over the New Skyliner... Link to comment
Nozomi Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 Micro Ace Catalog 2009-2012 ready for pre-order at HS: http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10179403 Link to comment
keitaro Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 wouldn't mind a set of this http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10182804 Link to comment
clem24 Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 Micro Ace Catalog 2009-2012 ready for pre-order at HS: http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10179403 FINALLY!!!! Will probably be thicker than a phone book. Link to comment
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