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

[Railtunes]

Last month, I got the TouchRail Taiwanese 3100 series Diesel railcar 6-unit set. What a beauty! Incredible detail and finish and very smooth running. These were built by Nippon Sharyo and placed in service 1998 for mainline express use.

 

I also got a 2100 series older "Blue Baby" railcar pair from Ethertrain, also Taiwanese. These were originally introduced to Taiwan by the Japanese, so they look like older some Japanese railcars.

 

Yesterday, I got the Meng Models (China) Taiping steamship kit. This is 1:150 scale and will be perfect for my small port scene, which, when I run Asian trains on my modules, is considered to be Keelung, Taiwan, a port which this very ship served before it sank in a collision in 1949, with a loss of over 1500 refugees from mainland China. It's an amazing kit with very fine detailing as it comes, including LED lights powered by a USB cable. There's also an upgrade laser cut wood deck kit available from Artwox (Korea) that I will be adding to it. This ship is the subject of a Chinese movie, The Crossing, the first half of which was released in the Fall of 2014 and the rest of which - the part about the sinking of the ship - is due for release this month.

 

I found a copy of Loren Aandahl's second book, "The Taiwan Railway: 1971-2002". This continues from his first book that described the TRA in 1966-1970, with more great color and black and white photos never published anywhere else. And it's in English!

 

Another friend also picked up some Hong Kong trams and buildings for me, so that makes plenty of projects for this year!

 

- Paul, AsiaNRail

Edited May 21, 2015 by Railtunes

[Martijn Meerts]

Yikes that like 7.5 scale miles! That's going to take some time to get thru!

 

At 1m radius that's like 25 loops?!

 

Nobody has ever accused martjin of being timid about his trains!

 

Jeff

 

Actually, it's "only" 5 loops, but each loop (more like an oval) has enough length to comfortably store a 16 car shinkansen. Also, the top half of the loop has 4 tracks, going into 2 tracks around the middle. Reason for that is that the helix will connect to the main station on top (which will have 2 shinkansen and 2 regular tracks going in/out of the helix), and connect to the hidden yard at the bottom.

 

Of course, there's some turnouts in there as well which add a secondary entry/exit point, which makes it a lot more interesting to see trains running since you never really know what'll happen.

 

The helix itself will also get some block detection so that trains can leave the station and go towards the storage yard even if the yard is filled up. The helix will be able to store some trains as well.

 

I did make a post about it a while ago at http://www.jnsforum.com/community/topic/3241-jr-chiisai-storage-yard-modules/page-8?do=findComment&comment=93733 , and although the design has changed considerably since then, the general idea is still the same.

[katoftw]

 

Whenever anyone says helix, it reminds me of the video the N-Scale Tehachapi Pass guy posted of his first helix test run.

 

 

 

Runaway freight cars! Argh!

[Drunkenclam]

Got my keion (K'On) wrapped 600 on Friday with the goodies to convert it to motorized. Clam Jr is really happy with this too :D

 

 

[Sascha]

Got my MicroAce A7970 Tobu Railway 20000 and various viaduct tracks and bridges and the Tomix and Kato Catalog.

Edited May 24, 2015 by Sascha

[Sascha]

Got my keion (K'On) wrapped 600 on Friday with the goodies to convert it to motorized. Clam Jr is really happy with this too :D

Can you please tell me the names of the parts you got to make the train run?

[NB1231]

Scored a Tomix 92276 Hikari Rail Star 3 car basic set for 40 dollars

[JR 500系]

Can you please tell me the names of the parts you got to make the train run?

 

According to Tomytec web site (http://www.tomytec.co.jp/diocolle/lineup/tetsudou/2set_069.html), you will need 1 each of these:

 

TM-20 N-Gauge Power Unit For Railway Collection, 15m Class C

http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10311073

 

TT-04R The Parts for Convert to Trailer (Wheel Diameter 5.6mm, Coupler: Gray) (for 2-Car)

http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10308175

 

[ 0238 ] Pantograph Type PG16 (2pcs.)

http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10049884

 

 

Scored a Tomix 92276 Hikari Rail Star 3 car basic set for 40 dollars and I have my Tomix 500 series motor car on the way

 

Oh my, a Tomix 92276? The add-on 92277 will be hard to find.. I guess the owner is trying to get rid of it as the newer Tomix 92822 is coming out with power couplers.

[Davo Dentetsu]

Osaka post office still testing my "new" purchases to make sure it is of exceptional export quality, I'm sure.  :D

[Sascha]

According to Tomytec web site (http://www.tomytec.co.jp/diocolle/lineup/tetsudou/2set_069.html), you will need 1 each of these:

Thanks a bunch.

Edited May 25, 2015 by Sascha

[Davo Dentetsu]

Oh wait, I tell a lie!  I did actually solve a long term issue with parts supply.  I helped my friend, a native of Yokohama happily enough, with some car stuff (making it leak through the window seals slightly less than it used to.  Good old Magnas...) and, with some parental help from home, managed to source a few bits I've been struggling to find without learning to read from scratch.  A big win, I reckon.  She won herself an EF65 for her efforts.   :P



Oh, here's the FB page of my friend, second hand toys supply from Japan.  More of a bits and pieces collection, but everyone has their chosen poison, right?   :)
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Senpai-Hobby-Trading/382197441949379?ref=ts&fref=ts

Edited May 25, 2015 by Azumanga Davo

[NB1231]

According to Tomytec web site (http://www.tomytec.co.jp/diocolle/lineup/tetsudou/2set_069.html), you will need 1 each of these:

 

TM-20 N-Gauge Power Unit For Railway Collection, 15m Class C

http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10311073

 

TT-04R The Parts for Convert to Trailer (Wheel Diameter 5.6mm, Coupler: Gray) (for 2-Car)

http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10308175

 

[ 0238 ] Pantograph Type PG16 (2pcs.)

http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10049884

 

 

 

Oh my, a Tomix 92276? The add-on 92277 will be hard to find.. I guess the owner is trying to get rid of it as the newer Tomix 92822 is coming out with power couplers.

Then if he sells the add on hopefully he gets more. 40 doesn't get you much for the newer set [emoji13]

[Drunkenclam]

According to Tomytec web site (http://www.tomytec.co.jp/diocolle/lineup/tetsudou/2set_069.html), you will need 1 each of these:

 

TM-20 N-Gauge Power Unit For Railway Collection, 15m Class C

http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10311073

 

TT-04R The Parts for Convert to Trailer (Wheel Diameter 5.6mm, Coupler: Gray) (for 2-Car)

http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10308175

 

[ 0238 ] Pantograph Type PG16 (2pcs.)

http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10049884

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks a bunch.

 

 

Spot on... all the bits in the picture.

[Densha]

The pantographs are not necessary to make the train run, they are only optional visual improvement.

[JR 500系]

Ding Dong!

 

The postman brought me a box from HS yesterday.

 

1) Some Bargain items like the Kato vans and the Casco Bus collection case

2) More MA cases to house my homeless MA trains

3) The DARLING Seseragi I was look for for A LONG TIME so now I finally complete my salon car series!

4) A Kato platform for some tests (More of that in the projects thread)

5) More buses to complete the collection

 

Happy!  :)

[Davo Dentetsu]

Anyone else get the feeling Singapore is slowly sinking into the ocean because of one person...?

[JR 500系]

Anyone else get the feeling Singapore is slowly sinking into the ocean because of one person...?

 

Good one!   :)

 

But my collection stood next to nothing to a lot of members here ~~   :P

[Densha]

I do get the feeling you may have the world record on owning the most 1/150 scale Japanese buses outside of Japan.

[Robert46]

Anyone else get the feeling Singapore is slowly sinking into the ocean because of one person...?

 

Maybe this could happen very soon.. LoL :D on the other side, if this really happens, maybe singapore will be the first one to operate underwater shinkansen system... :P

[JR 500系]

I do get the feeling you may have the world record on owning the most 1/150 scale Japanese buses outside of Japan.

 

Thank you Densha! I might take a photo of the collection to date including the manufacturer's limited 2 bus sets.  :)

 

 

Maybe this could happen very soon.. LoL :D on the other side, if this really happens, maybe singapore will be the first one to operate underwater shinkansen system... :P

 

That's a good one! With an underwater system we (Indonesia and Singapore) could be connected Robert!  :)

[NB1231]

got my tomix 500 series motor car in the mail today! [emoji4]

[Eurostar25]

Hi NB1231, would you mind saying where you purchased the 500 series Tomix car from? Ive been trying to track one down for a while myself!

[NB1231]

Hi NB1231, would you mind saying where you purchased the 500 series Tomix car from? Ive been trying to track one down for a while myself!

Buyee! Wonderful website to buy Japanese trains for really low prices!!

[katoftw]

I'm watching a few items on buyee/yahoo.  Since shipping is killer, although haven't used the SAL option yet.  I'm keen to buy a few auctions and combine them all.  I have had 3 previous transactions and all went well.

Edited May 28, 2015 by katoftw

[Robert46]

Btw, I read a blog talking about the downside of Buyee.. Don't know if this is relevant or not, but perhaps it can be additional reference when ordering thru Buyee..

 

http://myfigurecollection.net/blog/6794