Hello From China

[Renly]

 

Hello my Train Model friends😁. I'm a Chinese Train model lover,  these are  some  of my collectibles. I'm glad to share with you about Chinese Train Models.(plz forgive my terrible grammar 🤐)

Edited February 14 by disturbman

[cteno4]

Welcome @Renly, glad you found us! We have a number of folks on JNS now interested in chinese trains.

 

cheers

 

jeff

[disturbman]

Hi Renly, welcome aboard!

I hope you will find yourself at home here. As Jeff mentioned, we are a number to be interested in CR models as well. Your input will for sure be warmly welcomed. With the Great Fire Wall, it can be hard at times to find information on CR trains.

I can see that you have nicely mixed collection of Chinese, European and Japanese models.

[gibet_b]

Welcome @Renly !

[Renly]

On 2/14/2025 at 3:44 PM, disturbman said:

Hi Renly, welcome aboard!

I hope you will find yourself at home here. As Jeff mentioned, we are a number to be interested in CR models as well. Your input will for sure be warmly welcomed. With the Great Fire Wall, it can be hard at times to find information on CR trains.

I can see that you have nicely mixed collection of Chinese, European and Japanese models.

The train model culture in China has emerged in the past decade, mainly consisting of internal combustion diesel and electric locomotives, and only recently have manufacturers started producing high-speed train models. As you mentioned earlier, it is difficult for foreign friends to buy Chinese train models themselves ，that's because the number of models sold is small and there are many people snapping up.

Not only dynamic train models, but also static models are quite popular in China. The one I'm sharing in the picture is the Austrian DEMU static model produced by CRRC Zhuzhou Locomotive CO., LTD. I love this color scheme!

I have collected some train models from China, Japan, South Korea, and Europe. The ICE 3 from PIKO was brought back by my colleague on a business trip to Germany. By the way, most of the European train models are manufactured by OEM in Dongguan, Guangdong, China.

[disturbman]

43 minutes ago, Renly said:

As you mentioned earlier, it is difficult for foreign friends to buy Chinese train models themselves ，that's because the number of models sold is small and there are many people snapping up.

Very, and that's why I collaborate with @Wolf who runs a model train business to import Chinese models directly from the local manufacturers.

I'm surprised that you need people to bring models from Europe when they are all manufactured in China.

[miyakoji]

Hi @Renly welcome to the forum!

[Nozomi329]

你好！Glad to meet some fellow Chinese here. Love that Westbahn train!

 

19 hours ago, disturbman said:

need people to bring models from Europe

China has a very low minimum import tax value, meaning that almost all model trains should be taxed in theory. If the retailer does not correctly complete declaration, the shopper would be notified by local custom to complete the forms. However, in practice, there's a certain chance that the notification gets buried in the chaos, resulting in the package returned or confiscated. Even if the process was completed, the package might still be opened for inspection, and there're stories of people's trains violently forced back into the foams causing damage, or smoke ashes from the inspector's cigarette burnt the paint. Seems like things got most chaotic during the pandemic era and has since improved, but I guess the bad impression would last a bit longer...

[Pashina12]

Welcome! I remember when I worked in China 20 years ago, the only model railway item I found was an SS8 in HO scale, at a shop that sold die-cast cars and such, in Quanzhou. It's really cool to see that the hobby is growing in China, too!