Kiran Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 Continuing my theme of buying trains that I traveled on, I am looking at Series E259 Narita Express. But any thoughts / suggestions on which one between the Kato or Tomix models I should go for? https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10129472 https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10138985 Link to comment
katoftw Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 Not huge different. Kato has dcc slots and preprinted numbers. Tomix has no preprinted number but a transfer sheet with 8 different running numbers sets. Link to comment
Kiran Posted September 29, 2018 Author Share Posted September 29, 2018 2 hours ago, katoftw said: Not huge different. Kato has dcc slots and preprinted numbers. Tomix has no preprinted number but a transfer sheet with 8 different running numbers sets. Kato it is. Thinking of trying DCC in the future. Do any of the Tomix shinkansens have dcc slots? Have the 500 and 700 Tomix Shinkansens. Link to comment
Kiha66 Posted September 30, 2018 Share Posted September 30, 2018 (edited) As far as I'm aware kato is the only company that has any sort of DCC compatibility designed in. Older non-dcc ready kato units are also easy to convert to DCC, while tomix ones require more modifications to wire in a decoder. Edited February 10, 2019 by Kiha66 Link to comment
JR 500系 Posted September 30, 2018 Share Posted September 30, 2018 Kato also have different looking couplers over the Tomix one, which I find more interesting and looks way more accurate Link to comment
EdF Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 Does anyone know you to couple 2 kato sets? The coopers on the head cars are very stiff and derail on r282 and r315. Thanks, Ed Link to comment
katoftw Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 (edited) They shouldn't have. You pushed the black piece backwards to make the couplers free moving? As per instruction booklet. Edited February 10, 2019 by katoftw 1 2 Link to comment
EdF Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 No I didn't, thanks! /sheepishly slinks away 2 Link to comment
Kiha66 Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 I forgot kato does that on a few models, I wonder what the benefit is of locking them in place. Does it look better or something? Link to comment
serotta1972 Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 It doesn’t have a return spring to center itself so it’ll flop around if not locked in place. 1 1 Link to comment
railsquid Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 8 hours ago, EdF said: No I didn't, thanks! /sheepishly slinks away No worries, you're not the only one. Thanks to this thread I have now solved the same issue with my 253 series, which is one of the many items I acquired cheaply then put away pending further investigation. Link to comment
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