Atomsk Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 Yesterday I went for some hanami (get drunk in public and something with flowers ). Hey, I learned about "flower watching" from Azumanga Daioh. (my brother went to the same high school in Japan as Kiyohiko Azuma) I think I've found the supply of Tomix pickup springs that I know I'll need soon. Link to comment
katoftw Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 I think I've found the supply of Tomix pickup springs that I know I'll need soon. http://www.1999.co.jp/search_e.asp?Typ1_c=104&scope=0&scope2=0&itkey=tomix+spring Link to comment
katoftw Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 Ordered (well supplier has back ordered) Number plate for 6 car Hoki 800. Also brought 4 packs of tomytec old broken wooden fences and stone paths. Attempting to win some auctions on yahoo for Keihan Otsu 600s in express colours and cars from volume 17 railway collection. The Hoki 800 number plates are already on their way. Only took them 24 hours. Link to comment
JR 500系 Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 Received a package with this stuff last week... didn't have time to open it until today though. Keihan 600 green and K-on + accessories.jpg The TM23 should have been a TM-20 of course, but loco1hobby accidentally swapped them while packaging. The TM-20 will soon be on its way to me though and I was told to keep the TM-23 for free! It seems almost everyone got the Keihan K-On train eh? :) That's the nice service from loco1 which I love! :) Link to comment
Atomsk Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 http://www.1999.co.jp/search_e.asp?Typ1_c=104&scope=0&scope2=0&itkey=tomix+spring Yeah, but this lot included a bag of these little monkey-doodles: ...which I will need for my E1 set. Link to comment
JR 500系 Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 (edited) Yeah, but this lot included a bag of these little monkey-doodles: 13768f.jpg ...which I will need for my E1 set. Same with me Atomsk. I just checked my E1. Exact same thing, no connections in the middle cars.... Mine is far worse, engine is not moving and no directional lights on both end cars... Anyhow, away from the sorrow comes new joy! Itchy fingers click even more trains into Takahashi... Darn the mayor needs to be sacked for importing too many trains! 1) MicroAce A1985 - Seibu 10000 New Red Arrow, in Chichibu colouring! I love the mini pictures on the sides of the cars! Didn't see much of the Red Arrow initially but this one was somewhat, different. The paintings appeal to me more and more... 2) 311 series 4-car set 3) Keio 9000 8-car set 4) Odakyu 8000 Event car 4-car set 5) Chizu Express Series HOT 7000 `Super Hakuto` First Edition Time of Debut (6-Car Set) Now my private trains roster is growing.... Not good. Need to stop... Question about the HOT 7000, it is listed as Chizu Express, but when I hyperdia it it actually comes up as a JR Super Hakuto train. Edited March 30, 2015 by JR500 のぞみ 1 Link to comment
Dave1960 Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 I won an auction on the UK eBay site yesterday and bagged myself a Kato 285-0 Sunrise Express, This train has been on my 'must have' list for some time. From the photographs it appears to be in very good condition and I got it for a reasonable price, I'm expecting it to be delivered tomorrow so I'll find out then if it was a real bargain. I'm still waiting on 3 packages from HS containing various buildings and bits of track and my first package from Plaza Japan with yet more buildings. To get all this all I had to do was take my wife out to dinner on our anniversary last week. Easy! Dave Link to comment
Ken Ford Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 I saw the first Tomix Hakone Tozan Type 3000 "Allegra" pop up on eBay overnight, so I suspect I'll see my invoice from Nariichi-san very soon. Link to comment
Fenway Park Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 My D51 , spare tender and D51 Slug type body arrived today from Loco Plus. Well packaged. Thanks David. Link to comment
Atomsk Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 Same with me Atomsk. I just checked my E1. Exact same thing, no connections in the middle cars.... Mine is far worse, engine is not moving and no directional lights on both end cars... Oooh, that's bad luck. Did you check to see that all of the truck to body "collector" springs are in place? These cars use rough steel contact strips/ballast weights to get current from the trucks to the motor and light boards. If those steel strips corrode, I'd imagine it would break the circuits. I've got some "dielectric grease" for waterproofing automotive electrical connections. If i ever run into a situations like this, I intend to try that grease to prevent future oxidation. Link to comment
brill27mcb Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 I would think you want conductive grease, not dielectric grease, if the truck's contact points move along the strips. You want to stop or reduce the surface corrosion, but permit electrical contact at the same time. Rich K. Link to comment
Atomsk Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 I saw the first Tomix Hakone Tozan Type 3000 "Allegra" pop up on eBay overnight, so I suspect I'll see my invoice from Nariichi-san very soon. Yes, same here, Yahoo Japan has one of the new Tomix 200 series sets up for auction. I have one reserved at MT+. Link to comment
NuclearErick Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 Yes, same here, Yahoo Japan has one of the new Tomix 200 series sets up for auction. I have one reserved at MT+. ah that ２００系 92879+92880 Series Fyes does have power coupler i'm going to skip i have too many ２００s 系 Kato 10-1156/7 Micro Ace A0261 \ A0261 Refurbish 1500 Sub-Series Green Color A1594 \ A1595 New Blue Color 1000 Sub-Series A1592 \ A1593 Shark Nose 200 Sub-Series A1596 \ A1597 25th Aniversary Tohoku Line A0264 \ A0268 Yamabiko A0263 \ A0269 Small Green Stripe Tomix 92641+92121 92625 Shark Nose with Double Deck Cars both sets 13 and 16 cars 92999 30th Aniversary Tohoku 92852 \ 92853 New Color not this time, maybe in the future a 2nd hand and the 200 is not my favor shinkansen Link to comment
ozman2009 Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 You guys seem to buy a LOT of trains. Where do you store them when they're not on a layout? Link to comment
NuclearErick Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 arrived yesterday :love10: 10-937 E-3系700 Toreiyu Tsubasa 4 Link to comment
Atomsk Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 the 200 is not my favor shinkansen Not mine either, but my brother got to ride them when the Tōhoku Shinkansen opened in '82. It's more of a family favorite. It's also the only "good looking" bullet train I don't have yet. Link to comment
Densha Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 (edited) and the 200 is not my favor shinkansen Interesting. It's not your favourite Shinkansen, but you still have 12 of them... :P Edited March 31, 2015 by Densha 1 Link to comment
Atomsk Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 (edited) arrived yesterday :love10: 10-937 E-3系700 Toreiyu Tsubasa Who is "Roundhouse"? It looks like a Kato case, but different color, and no Kato logo in sight. I guess MDC/Roundhouse has been gone long enough that someone was bound to pick up the name. Edited March 31, 2015 by Atomsk Link to comment
katoftw Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 Roundhouse is Kato's special model division, ie more unique/special. Kinda like what Cadillac is to GM. You do find over time stuff from Roundhouse does filter down into Kato's regular range. Link to comment
1954G Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 arrived yesterday :love10: 10-937 E-3系700 Toreiyu Tsubasa One of the better looking shinkansen liveries, definitely. And the red Roundhouse packaging is so eye-catching. I'm glad I pre-ordered this one. Link to comment
NuclearErick Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 (edited) Interesting. It's not your favourite Shinkansen, but you still have 12 of them... :P my plan was to have or buy at least 1 model of each Shinkansen, but later i find out 3 manufactures, several versions, and paints the madness at least i have 90 to 100 sets of shinkansens need to count yet Who is "Roundhouse"? It looks like a Kato case, but different color, and no Kato logo in sight. I guess MDC/Roundhouse has been gone long enough that someone was bound to pick up the name. sorry for not post the logos in sight my fault Edited April 1, 2015 by NuclearErick 1 Link to comment
enodenlover Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 In the past few days I've ordered three of the unpowered Tomytec items: a Sangi Ry. ED 459 electric locomotive, a Keihan type 600 2-car interurban and an Oigawa Ry. series 3000 2-car EMU. On my budget they're all going to have to sit on sidings for a while until I can afford to order the power units. Link to comment
Atomsk Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 You guys seem to buy a LOT of trains. Where do you store them when they're not on a layout? For rolling stock that doesn't have its own convenient carrying case, I use this. Link to comment
cteno4 Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 You guys seem to buy a LOT of trains. Where do you store them when they're not on a layout? I recently picked up one of these and it's perfect for train cases. http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/40178591/ Jeff Link to comment
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