Shizuoka Hobby Show 2009

[CaptOblivious]

This is it! The big weekend where Tomix/TomyTec, Kato, MicroAce, Modemo, et al. announce their latest and greatest!

Bill has a blurb about it here:

http://jtrains.wordpress.com/2009/05/07/shizuoka-hobby-show-2/

 

The official website  is here:

http://www.hobby-shizuoka.com/

 

And a live photoblog of the events can be found here (notice: Shizuoka is about more than trains!):

http://www.geocities.jp/hobby_show_album/japan/shizuoka2009/index.htm

[CaptOblivious]

MicroAce has announced "Project 80", a new line of H0 gauge models!

http://www.geocities.jp/hobby_show_album/japan/shizuoka2009/0510.htm

[CaptOblivious]

Pro-Z has a bunch of new sets and sectional track, too:

http://www.geocities.jp/hobby_show_album/japan/shizuoka2009/0911.htm

[bill937ca]

The industry days of the Shizouka Hobby Show are now over and shortly (as I post this it's 7:45AM Saturday) the Saturday and Sunday public days will start and we should see more videos and photos.

[traindork]

Wow! I it's supposed to rain tomorrow around here. I think I'll spend all day looking at that photoblog.  :o :o

[marknewton]

MicroAce has announced "Project 80", a new line of H0 gauge models!

http://www.geocities.jp/hobby_show_album/japan/shizuoka2009/0510.htm

 

Well Don, that's good news for at least one of us here! But I think this is more a case of MA announcing new models in the Project80 ranges, as they have already released models of the Kiha40 and Kiha52 diesel railcars. I have one of the Kiha40s, and I'm very pleased with it. It's a superbly detailed and finished model, with a mechanism that is smooth, quiet and powerful. I'll post some photos of the thing when I get a chance.

 

All the best,

 

Mark.