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

[Scaper]

You're right they are much cheaper. I got this one for 16 dollars. Still not cheap but if you look in Europe for those buildings they are outragiously expensive.

 

OH I missed one. I'm also waiting for this old beat up building I bought off ebay.

 

 

It's going to be a downtown firedepartment building. It's going to need some TLC but I like the design of it. It looks old and beat up. It'll be a fun building to play with! :D

[Bernard]

Okay I'm going to go off topic sorry. The Model Power plant is about 1 hour away from me. A lot of their model buildings are or used to be Pola kits re-boxed.

They were also the USA distributor of Minitrix. At one point they had a supplier that made their HO train, located in what was then Yugoslavia. You knew it wasn't going to last (both the country and the manufacture) because they were getting shipments with bullet holes on the sides of the cartons. 

[jappomania]

Okay I'm going to go off topic sorry. The Model Power plant is about 1 hour away from me. A lot of their model buildings are or used to be Pola kits re-boxed.

They were also the USA distributor of Minitrix. At one point they had a supplier that made their HO train, located in what was then Yugoslavia. You knew it wasn't going to last (both the country and the manufacture) because they were getting shipments with bullet holes on the sides of the cartons.   

 

ehm... sincerly this appear like urban legend, the supplier you speak about is Mehano, a little but old producer situated 15 km near the Italian/Slovenja border in Izola (Isola before WW2 because it was italian territory), 120Km far to my house

http://www.mehano.si/?PID=21&CID=41

they was OEM for a lot of european and USA producer like Piko, Fleischmann, Lima (yes it's true),Life Like and Model Power (production of low cost start set and "toy like" line thank's to low cost employee)

After the past year bankrupcy is open again but only the headquarters is still in Izola, all the production has been moved in China

I don't remember gunshot or more when I was going to internal shop (until last year you could buy directly from the factory all you need, complete models and spare parts), don't forget that the Balcan war after Yugoslavia dissolution don't touch Slovenija, only very limited parts of Croatia near Bosnia and Serbia

It's much simple you find bullet holes if you recive packages from Napoli 

[KenS]

The Kato re-stock at HS did me in: my last order (a relatively small one) hasn't even arrived yet, and I've ordered two trains I'd wanted for some time: the Super View Odoriko and the Joban E531 (all 15 cars).

 

That's it, no more shopping for me for a while... 

[Scaper]

Ken I hope your trains arrive with no bullet holes. 

 

I have had people from the states tell me they won't buy things from Canada, cause every thing they've ever ordered smells like bacon when it arrives! hahahahhaahaa.

[bc6]

The Kato re-stock at HS did me in: my last order (a relatively small one) hasn't even arrived yet, and I've ordered two trains I'd wanted for some time: the Super View Odoriko and the Joban E531 (all 15 cars).

 

That's it, no more shopping for me for a while... 

 

Ken those are two great sets to have, I have them both.

[keiman]

Having the full size Kato Super Veiw Odoriko(6 car set) with light blue top halves have just ordered the 8 car Bandai Odoriki set - be interesting if I have the Kato on the Unitrack next to the Bandai on Tomix track in the same station. Hobby Search have a lot to answer to.

 

Just got to sort out baseboard now, loft done and looking at the bedroom alcove. Will have to move the Flatscreen TV to keep the other half happy.

 

Anyone know where I could get a panoramic backdrop about 300mm high by 1.5m with Mount Fuji on it . 

[bill937ca]

The Kato re-stock at HS did me in: my last order (a relatively small one) hasn't even arrived yet, and I've ordered two trains I'd wanted for some time: the Super View Odoriko and the Joban E531 (all 15 cars).

 

That's it, no more shopping for me for a while...  

 

Hold on Ken, its really not that long until the Shizuoka Hobby Show 2010!!    

 

Last year's show as blogged by Joshintrain's old blog.

 

http://joshintrain.tblog.jp/?eid=221088

 

http://joshintrain.tblog.jp/?eid=221084

 

http://joshintrain.tblog.jp/?eid=221058

 

http://joshintrain.tblog.jp/?eid=221076

[KenS]

Ken I hope your trains arrive with no bullet holes. 

 

Me too. 

 

Hold on Ken, its really not that long until the Shizuoka Hobby Show 2010!!   

 

Oh, I didn't need to hear that...

[Kabutoni]

I don't feel like returning to my room in Germany, but I have some interesting package waiting at the customs in Bonn... Time to go back and pick it up! (after a 3 hour trip by ICE and Stadtbahn)

 

Also, I have some Enoden waiting for me that a Japanese friend of mine bought from Popondetta a few weeks ago. I don't know what types he picked for me, so it'll be a surprise! I asked for special liveries, so hopefully he got some interesting ones. I'll post pictures when I have 'em all!

[cteno4]

i have like 6 SAL packages in the air, three are over 2.5 weeks in the air, so im a starting to get antsie! usually larger packages are here pretty quick in 2 weeks or less. wondering if a few flights got cut...

 

anyhow those packages contain:

 

tomytec car set 9 (small vans, truck, and 3 wheelers)

tomytec construction set

tomytec construction figures & scene accessories

tomytec nagaya stores A & B

few sankei kits

bunch of scenery details and parts

Nagoya RR panorama super blue liner painted train

`Salon Do Watarase` Type Wa01

tomytec trailer set

 

bill is right i have spent wayyy too much money on trains recently!

 

cheers

 

jeff

[bill937ca]

JAL is planning to cut 47 routes. It hasn't even started to get bad....... 

 

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/20100403p2a00m0na013000c.html

[jappomania]

This month I wait a lot of AKIA Z scale 485 trains (around 60-70 cars), I need axle and engine to my new Nn3 project...(I hope they are in bad estetic condition so I don't cry when I destroy it), some brass kit in Nn3 and a lot of Microengineering track profile and accessories

 

ciao

Massimo

[bill937ca]

I don't feel like returning to my room in Germany, but I have some interesting package waiting at the customs in Bonn... Time to go back and pick it up! (after a 3 hour trip by ICE and Stadtbahn)

 

Also, I have some Enoden waiting for me that a Japanese friend of mine bought from Popondetta a few weeks ago. I don't know what types he picked for me, so it'll be a surprise! I asked for special liveries, so hopefully he got some interesting ones. I'll post pictures when I have 'em all!

 

HS just restocked Enoshima Dentetu 300 Series Choco Color.

 

http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10039828

[Kabutoni]

HS just restocked Enoshima Dentetu 300 Series Choco Color.

 

My wallet is already burning

[David]

And all three late steam era Kato C62 Tsubame items are on reserve for a summer rerun.

[Krackel Hopper]

hey hey,

 

Just received my latest painted train!

 

This also happens to be my first Greenmax train!

 

Nagoya Railway (Meitetsu) Series 1000 Panorama Super `Blue Liner`

http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10061891

 

I couldn't seem to find any pictures of the actual train to post.. just a picture of a 2-car tram painted in the same style..

[Claude_Dreyfus]

Two 2-car single KiHa 110 set and one two-car set have finally been delivered, along with a Kato EF16. Very nice... 

[scott]

Not too slow for SAL shipping--and I think I like the colors even better in person.

[scott]

Well, happy tax refund + cheaper-than-expected-car-repairs-day to me! I just saw that Kato is releasing a two-car Oito Line E127--HW has it on pre-order for Y5500. Deadline for pre-order is 4/15 if you're interested. I would have preferred the Niigata livery, but the Oito line seems very cool, from what I've seen.

 

[Martijn Meerts]

It seems I had been waiting for Modemo's Tokyo Toden Type 7000 new body type "normal paint version 2009".

 

Can't really remember (pre-)ordering it, but it arrived today. Looks like quite the nice little fella though ;)

[Kabutoni]

Well, happy tax refund + cheaper-than-expected-car-repairs-day to me! I just saw that Kato is releasing a two-car Oito Line E127--HW has it on pre-order for Y5500. Deadline for pre-order is 4/15 if you're interested. I would have preferred the Niigata livery, but the Oito line seems very cool, from what I've seen.

 

Kato's probably going to release all the other versions as well, as there are many colour variations on this model. Ranging from the E127 Series, 701 Series and the Ginga Tetsudou models.

 

E127 Series: http://www.uraken.net/rail/alltrain/uratetsu127.html

701 Series: http://www.uraken.net/rail/alltrain/uratetsu701.html

Aoimori RR: http://www.uraken.net/rail/chiho/aoi.html

IGR Ginga RR: http://www.uraken.net/rail/chiho/igr.html (one of the strangest railway company names I've ever seen O_o)

 

I've gone quite some distances with the 701 Series in Japan, so whenever a release from Kato is done, I'll probably buy one. Especially when it's a 701-5500 Series in normal gauge version for the Fukuoka - Yamagata - Shinjyou service!

[scott]

Kato's probably going to release all the other versions as well, as there are many colour variations on this model.

 

I checked their current release schedule before I pre-ordered, and didn't see anything on there yet. Have you heard anything definite about this?

[Kabutoni]

I checked their current release schedule before I pre-ordered, and didn't see anything on there yet. Have you heard anything definite about this?

 

Ah, no it was more of a guess, but I predict this is very likely to happen as Kato also produces the Akita and Yamagata versions of the E3 Shinkansen series. A local train for these mini-shinkansen lines would be a logical choice to me.

 

MicroAce did the same thing with their release on the 701 Series; release as much possible versions of this train type.

[scott]

Well, I hope you're right. :-)