Hobby Center KATOs European Models

[kusojiji]

On 4/24/2025 at 1:18 PM, chadbag said:

Hakone Tozan sister railway livery

Didn't know that. Awesome and neat that you have it. 

[chadbag]

There are a lot of KATO RhB special liveried locomotives and several of them seem to be special releases only available through Noch.  Japan KATO doesn't sell them that I can see, like it does the regular RhB stuff...   You see the European shops advertise them as special "when they're gone they're gone" type releases.

 

That's what I think I've seen at least.

Edited May 2 by disturbman
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[kusojiji]

RGR, got it. Will take a look. I imagine that one came out a while ago.

 

I put the GE4/4-II with the wording on it on order. Along with some knuckles. Two different styles as they seem to be of different lengths. Checked the parts list of a few models and it seems that the older coaches didn't come with the close coupler that the newer ones have now, so it was a good reference point.

[chadbag]

I will have to say that the one I have the Hakone Tozan sister railway livery is a normal KATO livery and I got mine through a Japanese shop.

 

Good luck.  Though I've never ridden on the RhB in Switzerland, it's one of those that I feel compelled to have and would buy more if I could afford it and could find interesting ones. 

Edited May 2 by disturbman
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[disturbman]

On 5/1/2025 at 8:12 AM, kusojiji said:

RGR, got it. Will take a look. I imagine that one came out a while ago.

That's amazing. That one fetches some pretty Japanese pennies on the second-hand market. It has become quite rare and sought after.

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[kusojiji]

I can imagine. I haven't found one in stock yet...

[kusojiji]

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[kusojiji]

Uh, ah, sorry had to do it! 😛

 

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