katoftw Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 The TOMIX SL Banetsu Monogatari Observation Train set (with C57-180) looks amazing and I was almost poisoned to get it too.. Would love to see some pictures too! HHhmmm let me guess, 8-car shinkansen pre-orders.... 500 series Kansengar, 700-7000 Railstar, Kato E3-700 Toreiyu Tsubasa, Tomix E4 Max new colour... Right? :) Close. The 500 and 700 shinkansen yes. The JRE Shinkansens don't interest me too much. JRE commuters do. Also got D51 498 and Series 12 cars, Koki 107 and Koki 200 coming. Link to comment
Davo Dentetsu Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 Azumanga Davo- would be interested to find out your thoughts on the bullfrog snot once you have used it. Had it arrived before the traction tyres, it most certainly would have got used already. But... now it waits. The packaging is described as "unique". :P Link to comment
serotta1972 Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 My collection grew exponentially since discovering Model Train Plus and received from Santa: Kato 10-877 Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line Series 16000 Kato 10-1205 Series 223-6000 Kato 10-1197 Series 211-3000 Nagano Color Tomix 98931 Series 115-2000 Minobu Line Tomix 98932 Series 115-1000 Yokosuka Color Tomix 98927 Type KIHA48-500 "Umineko" Microace A8362 Keihan Series 800 Kato 3036-1 EF200 Kato 3065-3 EF 510 Hokutosei Livery Thank you Mr. Nariichi Takayama for your wonderful service and great prices! 1 Link to comment
spacecadet Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 I'm in the process of putting a Tomix track cleaning train together. I just received my Tomix JR Freight EF510-500 in blue w/ gold stripe in the mail, which more or less matches my blue and yellow track cleaning car, and I've just ordered a second track cleaning car (this one the skeleton version) to go with it. I plan to use one car as a vacuum and the one behind it as a wet cleaner. These cars are surprisingly fun; it's a real work train on your track, shunting around and actually doing stuff. I also ordered a Tomix large office building, some bicycles, some people, and some random electrical stuff. Link to comment
choco.miruku Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 Managed to add a E655 Nagomi to my growing collection, thank you Nariichi-san ! 1 Link to comment
katoftw Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 I'm rather envious of everyone posting in this thread recently. I've put a hold on purchasing for a while as went a little crazy the second half of 2014. I may spring for a Kato DD51-800 or -842 Imperial on Yahoo JP. But that is all. HAve alot of 8 car shinkansen pre-orders coming over then next few months also. I think envy is turning into hate. :laughing3: Link to comment
Martijn Meerts Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 I haven't ordered anything in months now.. Still have a pre-order going, but that's pretty much it .. I don't even feel the need to order new stuff at the moment, I may have successfully gotten rid of the addiction ;) (Now that I've said that, watch IMON re-release their C11 kit ;)) Link to comment
JR 500系 Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 And.. From a really strange source which I haven't been using for a while and first time trying at train sets, may I present new deliveries to my train yard, the 485 series Salon Train Hana and 485 series No Do Ka carpet train! Lovely train sets that I've been waiting for a chance to get and finally got them! Thing is, this source is strange. In fact, the train sets come in white plain cardboard boxes, no fancy Microace box or jacket. I was thinking, I've been taken for a ride. They must be fake! Then I opened them and to my surprise, they are authentic MA models! In their original foam in-fills and instructional slip with un-used decals! Boy am I happy to get them, and best of all, it didn't hurt too much! :) * Apart from the 2 train sets also gotten a few Tomytec stuff in opened boxes, but still original Tomytec buildings/ humans/ vehicles... 1 Link to comment
Claude_Dreyfus Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 That No Do Ka carpet train is certainly a cool-looking train. Link to comment
Claude_Dreyfus Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 I have finally taken the plunge with Jauce. A Tomix ED62 has been obtained... :) Link to comment
railsquid Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 Birthday presents from Mrs. Squid (not the cutting mat). Worryingly she discovered Hobbyland Pochi in Shinjuku all by herself. 1 Link to comment
cteno4 Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 (edited) I was correct, definitely the better half! Lucky man! Let her loose more often with the cc in hand! She has good taste, filling in the details! Happy birthday BTW! Cheers Jeff Edited January 18, 2015 by cteno4 1 Link to comment
JR 500系 Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 (edited) Oh wow she actually got the NYK trailer for you, in a Kato crystal box! Amazing~~ Is it me or i'm just green with envy from partners buying train stuffs for you? :) Mine knows nuts about trains, in fact she wouldn't even know which are the ones I have and which I don't... All she does know is my favourite, the 500 series.. Happy birthday squid! Edited January 18, 2015 by JR500 のぞみ Link to comment
railsquid Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 I was correct, definitely the better half! Lucky man! Let her loose more often with the cc in hand! She has good taste, filling in the details! Certainly a keeper ;) First woman ever I've met who's fretted about the lack of cantenary, while on the upside - see post below. Link to comment
railsquid Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 Oh wow she actually got the NYK trailer for you, in a Kato crystal box! Amazing~~ Is that special somehow? I have no idea what NYK trailer is... Is it me or i'm just green with envy from partners buying train stuffs for you? :) Mine knows nuts about trains, in fact she wouldn't even know which are the ones I have and which I don't... All she does know is my favourite, the 500 series.. Even better, mine a) knows nothing about trains (which is good, because plausible deniabilty and all that); b) is not likely to buy me an actual train (which would probably be something nasty and Shinanksen and bulbous), and c) has this bizarre obsession with gettng an automated level-crossing (we use to live just opposite one). I was slightly worried that she would start getting an idea for prices (potentially negating the "darling, this apparently new train you see was totally 2nd-hand junk" get-out clause), but apart from remarking on how expensive the Tomytec bus system is, I appear to have escaped. :blob3: Anyway she's esconced in hospital awaiting the egress of a future train fan now. Link to comment
cteno4 Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 Squid, baby cephalopod about to arrive?! Jeff Link to comment
JR 500系 Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Congrats! We'll be having a new Train fan very soon! :) I have to agree with you squid, letting in on the train sets will let the Mrs know exactly the pricing on each set, which is, in a way, not good... She'll be all over me if she knows exactly how much I'm spending each month on my hobby.... Link to comment
railsquid Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Squid, baby cephalopod about to arrive?! We have a tracking number for the stork but looks like the delivery will take a while. Fortuitously there's a model shop within easy walking distance of the hospital should I need some creative distraction ;) Link to comment
railsquid Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Congrats! We'll be having a new Train fan very soon! :) I have to agree with you squid, letting in on the train sets will let the Mrs know exactly the pricing on each set, which is, in a way, not good... She'll be all over me if she knows exactly how much I'm spending each month on my hobby.... Thanks :) Anyway most of my trains are "officially" 2nd-hand (well, a lot of them are too). Still, I wonder how long it will take her to detect the 60% expansion in layout size planned during her absence. Link to comment
cteno4 Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Squid you will need a stork delivery post in this thread! Jeff Link to comment
miyakoji Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 We have a tracking number for the stork lol, would Mrs. Squid's sense of humor accomodate this statement? :) :) :) Link to comment
railsquid Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 lol, would Mrs. Squid's sense of humor accomodate this statement? :) :) :) Why yes. I managed to reassure her that there was no chance of a caesarian as I'd forgotten to bring the scissors. Anyway, this is what turned up in the post. 8 Link to comment
Martijn Meerts Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 That's really realistic for an N-scale model :) ... Congrats! :D 1 Link to comment
railsquid Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 A rare excursion into the world of 1:1 scale. Link to comment
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