JAM 2010 Show Reports

[KenS]

Nice video, thanks for posting.

 

The level of detail and overall quality of the modules is amazing.

[bill937ca]

More layout displays.

 

[cteno4]

gotta love the music these guys throw on these!

 

jeff

[bill937ca]

Hobby Search has posted the first of its reports on the 11th International Model Railroad Convention held by the Japan Association of Model Railroaders (JAM). The frist installment covers Tetsudou Musume and B-Train.

 

http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/blog/index.asp?Blog_ID=100824&Eva=5#100824

[bill937ca]

Hobby Search blog report on Kato and Tomix planned releases.

 

http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/blog/1008262

 

N gauge dioramas.

 

http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/blog/100825

[westfalen]

Doesn't seem to be much from Kato.

[KenS]

Yeah, that was my feeling too.

 

Maybe we'll see more about the 30th anniversary of Unitrack as it gets closer to 2011.  They have to have something planned to commemorate that. Maybe. 

 

And I wouldn't mind a new commuter train or two... although my wallet might.

[traindork]

I like the oldsters in the wheelchairs. I'll have to pick up a set of those. 

[bill937ca]

Doesn't seem to be much from Kato.

I really haven't seen much from anyone. Is the economy or the issues with suppliers?

[bill937ca]

"They put the visitor count up on the JAM website, and the total was a whopping 38,850 people over 3 days! That's 4000 more than last year!"

 

More N gauge dioramas.

 

Part 2

 

http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/blog/100826

 

Part 3

 

http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/blog/100827

[KenS]

As always, thanks for pointing these out.

 

And why didn't I think of transparent roads when I was designing my subway?  It might not be prototypical, but done right it would have the look of one of those "how things work" books, and I think it would look pretty cool.  Something to think about for a future layout.

[cteno4]

got a couple of emails from philip and nothing ultra secret to share i guess! he saw the tomytec busses and said they run nice and prototypically slower than the fallers. he is going to look in his bag of literature to see if he grabbed one on the system. but no further insites on how it all functions other than the faller wire embedded in the modular road sections. bus turn out is a small lever you pull back an the bus pulls in and stops. he thought it only had one speed from what he saw.

 

mr kato liked the jrm containers.

 

cheers

 

jeff

[bill937ca]

More JAM videos.

 

 

 

 

 

Many, many more videos if you are interested.

 

http://www.youtube.com/user/ngishizuoka#g/u

[bill937ca]

Another Hobby Search blog report.  This time new products from Greenmax, Tomytec, Tenshodo and DDF.

 

http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/blog/100828

[David]

 

Even Kato isn't excited at their line up.

[bill937ca]

More Jam 2010 dioramas.

 

http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/blog/1009062

[spacecadet]

Another Hobby Search blog report.  This time new products from Greenmax, Tomytec, Tenshodo and DDF.

 

http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/blog/100828

 

I think I might have to buy some of those Tokimeki Memorial containers :)

[bill937ca]

Latest installment today--Kawai freight cars.

 

http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/blog/100916