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

[Drunkenclam]

A couple of things arrived. I did have a slight problem that my order from traintrax got lost in the post. But Keith made good. Unfortunately some of my double track was now out of stock so I'm waiting for a bit. Also my office and wife are both keeping me from continuing.

 

 

Also a huge thanks to Eurostar25 as the section of kato bridge section arrived too.

 

Edited October 6, 2016 by Drunkenclam

[railsquid]

A slight sub-hobby I seem to have developed is acquiring N gauge trains of historical interest (from an N gauge point of view), provided they don't fetch crazy prices, and at 2000 yen this Eidai ED75 was too good to miss:

 

eidai-ed75 by Rail Squid, on Flickr


eidai-ed75-side by Rail Squid, on Flickr
 

For a company which operated for about 1 year in 1979 before going bankrupt (part of the range was continued by Gakken), it's a suprisingly good model, to the point I checked underneath that it wasn't something more modern. The motor is a little rough but nothing out of the ordinary.

Edited October 6, 2016 by railsquid

[railsquid]

Continuing the theme of collecting historical N gauge, Spookshow says of the Kato RS-3 "The Atlas/Kato RS-3 represents a watershed moment in N scale history and a huge leap forward in N-scale locomotive design (at least as far as North American prototypes are concerned)" so for a couple of thousand yen was unable to resist:

 

kato-alco-rs-3 by Rail Squid, on Flickr

 

Not that I had any idea what an RS-3 was before buying this, but I have a weakness for the Union Pacific livery. For a 30+ year old locomotive, it's in excellent condition and is seen here somewhat outside of its normal area of operations.

[locidm]

Just ordered the Kato sound box and the E233 sound card from Amazon Japan! Saved myself $50 compared to the regular Amazon.com. Hope it gets here by Friday! I've been eyeing the sound box for awhile and finally bite the bullet. :)

[Nick_Burman]

Ordered a Tomytec Tetsudo Collection Nekoya Line HOn30 KiHa + HoHaFu set, old style.

 

I need to give my Japanese N scale a dusting, it has been ages since anything has come out of the boxes. Of lately HOn30 has taken priority, what with a friend disposing of his collection, unexpected pieces cropping up at the LHS and sudden ideas on how to convert N scale cars into HOn30 ones. Only this week I absorbed two new locomotives - a Roco Feldbahn diesel and a Chivers Finelines Baldwin 0-4-2ST (built by Peter Bartlett of Cray Valley Railroad fame); the second engine is my "prodigal son", I bought it a decade or so ago, sold it to a friend not long after and now it has passed back into my fold. I also made its abominable Bachmann Dockside mech behave (somewhat) better, but it still needs at least a new motor...if not a new mech (this time the N Drive one, please...).

 

Cheers NB

Edited October 12, 2016 by Nick_Burman

[Davo Dentetsu]

A new pair of Shortys (my first ever!).  DD51 is powered, hope to add a power unit to the EF64 soon.  :)

[railsquid]

Something British and new at a special Currency Crash discount :D - a Class 33 in BR blue from Dapol pretending to be the Weymouth Boat Train:

 

class-33-33030-street-1 by Rail Squid, on Flickr

 

class-33-33030-street-2 by Rail Squid, on Flickr

 

A Class 33 (from Lima, in HO), was my first proper model train ever so I had to get one.

[Suica]

Quite a few things arrived the last few days.

 

Odakyu 50000 series VSE

 

E351 Super Azusa 4-car set

 

Tomix 40th Anniversary Track Cleaning Car & some TN Couplers

 

And finally a Kato Unitrack V11 set from Marcin. Thank you very much!

[Claude_Dreyfus]

Something British and new at a special Currency Crash discount :D - a Class 33 in BR blue from Dapol pretending to be the Weymouth Boat Train:

 

class-33-33030-street-1 by Rail Squid, on Flickr

 

class-33-33030-street-2 by Rail Squid, on Flickr

 

A Class 33 (from Lima, in HO), was my first proper model train ever so I had to get one.

Very evocative 'squid. Is that a cheeky bit of Wilts and Dorset hiding in the background?

[Nick_Burman]

The prodigal son...

 

 

 

Both it and the Roco diesel could be used in a Japanese context - paint the locos in appropriate colours, hang a nice polished brass shamon on the cab side and you are set up. It would be very easy to imagine this loco scurrying across paddy fields with a couple of coaches in tow (a la Semboku Tetsudo) or cautiously drifting downgrade along a steep valley with a long string of groaning log buggies filled with sugi trailing behind (think Kiso).

 

Cheers NB

[beakaboy]

Suica.

That 5000 series is stunning! I might have to add a set ,at some stage, to my Odakyu line up when my credit card has recovered and when our dollar is not looking so sick against the Yen.

Edited October 12, 2016 by beakaboy

[bill937ca]

Three boxes of Tomytec operating bus pieces ordered two weeks apart all arrived today.  Sigh.

[Suica]

Suica.

That 5000 series is stunning! I might have to add a set ,at some stage, to my Odakyu line up when my credit card has recovered and when our dollar is not looking so sick against the Yen.

To be honest, I still have to get used to its external appearance. But I rode it in Japan, so the model goes in the collection. :)

[JR 500系]

Quite a few things arrived the last few days.

 

Odakyu 50000 series VSE

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E351 Super Azusa 4-car set

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That Odakyu 50000 VSE is one of my favorite trains. Definitely a keeper and a looker when it runs! 

 

That E351 add-on set is interesting... but my new layout cant accommodate more than 8 cars now...

[phlydude]

My Kato power packs arrived so I finally got to test out my Amfleet sets.

https://youtu.be/ZyjV8UeFK0M

[railsquid]

Something British and new at a special Currency Crash discount :D - a Class 33 in BR blue from Dapol pretending to be the Weymouth Boat Train:

 

class-33-33030-street-1 by Rail Squid, on Flickr

 

class-33-33030-street-2 by Rail Squid, on Flickr

 

Gotta love these British locos, this one went over a point earlier, there was a spark and some visible, acrid smoke which was evidently one set of directional lights bidding adieu. This is the 3rd new Dapol loco where something has gone wrong with the electrics out of the box...

[JR 500系]

I don't believe it... in my craziness I went ahead to pre-order the 800 series... again... Felt like slapping myself as to why I sold my 800 series away in the first place and only to buy it back again in the future...

 

Bright side up, it does have power couplers....

 

The only Shinkansen series I was missing (formations aside, I have the 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 700, N700 series) so I guess it would be dumb to give this up...

Edited October 13, 2016 by JR 500系

[katoftw]

I have a 800-1000 series.  So getting the -2000 makes sense, doesn't it?  Still trying to find a -0 series on the cheap.  Although, don't really need 3x 800s. haha

[Claude_Dreyfus]

Gotta love these British locos, this one went over a point earlier, there was a spark and some visible, acrid smoke which was evidently one set of directional lights bidding adieu. This is the 3rd new Dapol loco where something has gone wrong with the electrics out of the box...

Oh dear. I am always tempted by some of the lovely looking new releases, but time and time again there are issues which put me off. I converted to Japanese N in 2008 partly due to the suspect quality of British models. 8 years on it seems little has changed.

[railsquid]

Oh dear. I am always tempted by some of the lovely looking new releases, but time and time again there are issues which put me off. I converted to Japanese N in 2008 partly due to the suspect quality of British models. 8 years on it seems little has changed.

 

Very hit-and-miss still - Dapol with the electrics, Farish with split gears. I actually find it's more reliable to buy 2nd-hand locomotives from reputable sellers as these have survived the "QA'd by the customer" process. I'm too far away to want the hassle of sending these expensive new models back. Grr. And it looks so nice too.

[phlydude]

now go hunt the Acela and HHP8 from bachmann. :D

 

and AEM7 too.

Got my HHP-8 locos today and with typical Bachmann quality, one of them is a turd (650) and died after 5 minutes (it's a Spectrum too). Kind of ironic how poorly they performed for Amtrak.

Hopefully Trainworld takes care of me and I don't have to ship off to Bachmann for repair.

Edited October 15, 2016 by phlydude

[railsquid]

What's a Spectrum? Not familiar with North America Bachmann locos.

 

Keeping up the foreign theme, 6 axles of solid Fleischmann Made-in-Germany reliablity for a song via Yahoo Auctions - it could be anything between 20 and 40 years old, though I suspect 20~25.

 

Fleischmann BR 151 by Rail Squid, on Flickr

[phlydude]

What's a Spectrum? Not familiar with North America Bachmann locos.

Spectrum is their "premium" line - many come pre-equipped with DCC.

[bill937ca]

Bachmann's legacy is a good reason to buy Japanese.   :angry9:

[phlydude]

Now If only Kato made Amtrak bodies for the HHP-8, AEM-7 and an Acela train set....