What did you order or the post deliver? (Japanese N Gauge)

[cteno4]

On 5/10/2025 at 4:11 PM, Tony Galiani said:

I am now convinced that @cteno4 has loaded the forum with subliminal "buy now" messages

ARRRRGGGG! @Tony Galiani you outed my 17 year run of putting subliminal advertising on the forums and collecting enough kickbacks to keep my model train habit going! You never felt the blipverts getting to you did you?! I learned everything from Max Headroom. Once you join the forum you are tracked relentlessly! Ha ha ha ha ha [maniacal laughter and hand wringing]

 

Well you got me back Tony, as i had looked at that Shikoku Kiha and little sightseeing car a while back and thought hmmm that looks good for small Ttrak setups or mini onetrak I should get it and promptly forgot to get it. So i just picked one up along with a small pile of other stuff I had waiting… 

 

The forum is really very enabling… maybe we need to set up a separate forum for some group theray or 12 step program…

 

jeff

[bc6]

I've pre-ordered the new TOMIX Yamato container and Koki. I've also pre-ordered the Popendetta Nankai Railways 8300 series 6 car set.

Edited Tuesday at 12:50 PM by bc6

[Steve]

Finally, I could get that Set...

 

[bc6]

Today I picked up a Kato 4 car E231-500  to complete my grail set of a 10 car Chuo-Sobu Line set. I'm so happy to have completed this set.

[Kamome]

18 hours ago, Steve said:

 

Finally, I could get that Set..

 

I keep eyeing these Iida line beauties up too. I rarely seem to run my Iida stock these days but I still love the subtle variety of these old electrics. The Kumoha 52 is such an iconic looking train. 

[Little-Kinder]

Went to joshin super kids in Osaka today.

 

It was fun to discover z scale. Some are very toy like and some are very realistic 

 

I bought one more tramway from tomytech and the engine 

 

And also one sagawa truck with some extra stuff 

[bc6]

Joshin Super Kids is always a treat to visit. You almost don't want to leave so you can see all that they have to offer.

[Kamome]

Some of the most exciting announcements for me this year have been the sheer number of limestone and cement trains as this is an area of interest for me. Not certain as to if or when this train will be produced again, I wanted to get hold of the Shikoku limestone train. 

 

The DF50s have some subtle differences to those released before. 

Right to left. 7009, 7009-2, 7009-5(10-2008)

 

The numbers are now far easier than applying the metal etch individual numbers. At this scale I’m not sure you notice unless you really get close. The new Shikoku version has 2 options for coupler assembly, with or without snowplough, in this case the shorter version.

 

Set 10-2008 has two almost identical 7009-5 locos except one comes with traction tyres and one comes without as Kato has done with its other double loco sets. Also include are some headmarks.

The handrails all have to be added by hand but on this release Kato has a new sprue design with tabs that make fitting way easier than they were previously.

 

The Hoki 5200 have nice printing. The train’s loco ends no longer have a coupling knuckle included but instead the very short fixed couplers (28-187) This is slightly disappointing as you cannot push-couple with them. 

 

 

The printing is excellent. I do like the asymmetrical cab on the end hopper. 

The loads are plastic caps that seem to come out of place easily. I will possibly add ballast material to these or paint to take away the shiny plastic appearance. 

 

The closest comparison will be to the Woki 100 from Microace. They are very similar wagons. MA Woki top, Kato Hoki bottom