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Another lovely parcel from Rokko, i'm loving them! They really take special care to pack and ship all your items with care... 

 

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Very well packed, really secured

 

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Lovely!

 

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Bubbled wrapped individually 

 

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Plastic wrapped for mintness

 

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Kiha 201 Niseko liner.... More into JR Hokkaido now.... 

 

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Love the green and purple stripes 

 

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789 series Kamui/ Suzuran... Very nice train indeed! Since Kato has already made this, perhaps we can see them making the Lilac or Hamanasu or Kiha 261? 

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6 hours ago, Welshbloke said:

Are you sure the truck axle is wrong?

 

Reason I ask is that I see quite a few long vehicles with a self-steering tag axle at the back (and a rigid one in front of that). The tag usually has single wheels while the rigid one has duals, presumably to give enough clearance between wheel and chassis for it to steer. They're also used on lifting axles, raised when unloaded to reduce tyre wear and fuel consumption.

 

I thought the same at first. Then I went and checked the HS listing, this truck should have two rigid axles instead of one rigid and one tag. I'm not sure how they managed to mess that up. 

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6 hours ago, Welshbloke said:

Are you sure the truck axle is wrong?

 

Reason I ask is that I see quite a few long vehicles with a self-steering tag axle at the back (and a rigid one in front of that). The tag usually has single wheels while the rigid one has duals, presumably to give enough clearance between wheel and chassis for it to steer. They're also used on lifting axles, raised when unloaded to reduce tyre wear and fuel consumption.

 

I'm not 100% sure but that's how I set up the wheels on it now. I've seen that setup too on trucks so that's another reason why I figured it wasn't worth making an issue out of. The front fenders are big enough too that you don't notice the duals on the front.

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a small collection acquired recently from a collector in New Zealand at just over NZ$500. The camera car set for NZ$130. Best of all the postage was NZ$13.00. I am travelling this coming weekend for around 3hrs to visit a friend with a deceased estate of model railway equipment to dispose of. 47 boxes to sort through. all sorts of scales, but plenty of Japanese N scale!!

 

 

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5 hours ago, nah00 said:

 

I'm not 100% sure but that's how I set up the wheels on it now. I've seen that setup too on trucks so that's another reason why I figured it wasn't worth making an issue out of. The front fenders are big enough too that you don't notice the duals on the front.

They usually put the duals in the middle and singles forward and aft, that way you're not trying to make dual wheels steer.

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2 hours ago, Kiha66 said:

I agree with Tim, great find on those Chinese boxcars!

cheers. does anyone have any photos or info on what loco was used to pull them.thanks 

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3 hours ago, defor said:

Amazing deal, especially as they seem sold out everywhere now - congrats!

I have the 225 series camera car as well which is dcc set up. will have to do the same to the E233 set

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Received some non train items: a special issue on KiHa 40s and another on the 103 Series; as well as a train face book on local lines.

 

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1 hour ago, disturbman said:

Received some non train items: a special issue on KiHa 40s and another on the 103 Series; as well as a train face book on local lines.

 

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Ah, 36-100.. I can see a Sanriku train from a distance 😄 Is it still available somewhere?

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I got it from Amazon Japan, I find it easier for books. It should be widely available. This is just a collection of train faces. There is a bit of text about the various liveries, trains and railways but the texts are rather succinct. I haven't read it yet, just quickly looked through the pictures. It's a nice collection, I already have two similar books.

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Just pre-ordered 3 of the Tomix Shiki 1000s. These always seem to allude me but are apparently being re-run at the end of Jan 2021. 1400 yen each on Ami Ami currently.

 

Time to have some heavy loads getting shifted.

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Peter Osborne

Today I’m due a Kato ET12 2 car and some fine track to look over, still don’t  know Kato/Tonix or peco

 

Tueaday as Rokko didn’t have the HOT7000 set I wanted I took the bargain Kato 683 Snow Rabbit set ,,,something to look forward on furlough 

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Today I cycled to the Kato Hobby Center (a mere 12km each way), had a pleasant browse, and came back with some miscellaenous parts and bits and pieces:

 

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3 hours ago, railsquid said:

Today I cycled to the Kato Hobby Center (a mere 12km each way), had a pleasant browse, and came back with some miscellaenous parts and bits and pieces:

 

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Wait a second, are you telling me you cycled all that way and you DIDN'T come home with five new Kato train sets as well? All that exercise deserves a mighty fine reward! 

I bet @JR 500系 would have done that.

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2 minutes ago, Philphil said:

Wait a second, are you telling me you cycled all that way and you DIDN'T come home with five new Kato train sets as well? All that exercise deserves a mighty fine reward! 

I bet @JR 500系 would have done that.

Not at Kato prices, I’m sure. Gotta love those Assypart racks for finding stuff you’ve always wanted but never knew.

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5 hours ago, railsquid said:

Today I cycled to the Kato Hobby Center (a mere 12km each way), had a pleasant browse, and came back with some miscellaenous parts and bits and pieces:

 

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That Tacky Wax looks interesting. What is it" The the stuff in the blue tube? I'm too curious!

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