railsquid Posted December 8, 2020 8 minutes ago, disturbman said: What's the wrapping of the KiHa32 supposed to depict? A dragon? I tried to look for other pictures but it's not exactly clearer. Looks like a burning armadillo, but according to this site it represents a kappa. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post
roadstar_na6 Posted December 8, 2020 49 minutes ago, railsquid said: Dammit, only a couple of months after I went to the trouble of sourcing a rake of those Chichibu WoKis, they come out with an improved version with shorter couplings... The new ones have different running numbers, tho 😉 Quote Share this post Link to post
disturbman Posted December 8, 2020 45 minutes ago, railsquid said: Looks like a burning armadillo, but according to this site it represents a kappa. Looks more like a figurative Rorschach test, if you ask me. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post
JR 500系 Posted December 9, 2020 I think it's a dragon? Strange i seem to be having issues with pasting youtube links as embedded videos... ~ Quote Share this post Link to post
disturbman Posted December 9, 2020 (edited) Are you sure you posted the correct video? This is a cab ride video from the Abukuma Express. The KiHa is from Shikoku. It's a kappa. Just very stylized. Edited December 9, 2020 by disturbman Quote Share this post Link to post
maihama eki Posted December 9, 2020 Someone stop me from buying this silly unit. https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10305245 I either saw a picture recently of this guy in actual scale, or it was a dream after eating Mexican food too late at night. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post
roadstar_na6 Posted December 9, 2020 9 minutes ago, maihama eki said: Someone stop me from buying this silly unit. It‘s ~650¥ cheaper at RG-Rokko 😉 1 Quote Share this post Link to post
Yavianice Posted December 10, 2020 4 hours ago, maihama eki said: Someone stop me from buying this silly unit. https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10305245 I either saw a picture recently of this guy in actual scale, or it was a dream after eating Mexican food too late at night. I have it. It’s pretty cute; they even modeled the model train display 1 Quote Share this post Link to post
1954G Posted January 11 Sticking to the theme of 0 series shinkansen, does anyone have experience with the A9660 Shinkansen Series 0-0/0-1000 Royal Train released last summer? Does it run smoothly? Amazon.co.jp has it for ¥17,388, which seems reasonable for an unusual formation like this. Quote Share this post Link to post
Yavianice Posted January 11 @1954G it’s a great model, except that it’s hard to take apart if you want to equip it with TN couplers and interior lights. be sure to get 0339 TN couplers combine with 0336 TN couplers which are longer unless you have 400+ radii. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post
JR 500系 Posted January 11 http://www.microace-arii.co.jp/poster/img/21_01w.jpg Keisei fans! And i am glad it is again safe for me! 1 Quote Share this post Link to post
railsquid Posted January 11 Ooooh, Hachiko Line KiHa38s, something nice and obscure for my collection 😄 3 Quote Share this post Link to post
Das Steinkopf Posted January 14 On 1/11/2021 at 9:51 PM, JR 500系 said: http://www.microace-arii.co.jp/poster/img/21_01w.jpg And i am glad it is again safe for me! I'm kind of glad considering the spending spree that I have been on, there is a lot of stuff I have purchased of late that I haven't posted, a bit of it has been rolling stock but there has been a lot of buildings and detail parts that I have been collecting. Quote Share this post Link to post