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

[nah00]

I'm thinking they only have a few standard sizes and that one seems to be 'small'. It's just irritating when the packaging weighs more than the item...

[cteno4]

But it was probably the min Sal anyway of 480 or 520 yen! I've gotten the small box like this with a few more items in it at the min Sal price.

 

Jeff

[katoftw]

I recently got those NDC/Kiha125 skirts from HS.  6 in total.  Each one is smaller that your pinky nail.  Came in that box for 380 yen.  Cannot complain about the cost at 380 yen.

Edited November 11, 2016 by katoftw

[serotta1972]

I just scored a Kato 10-485 883 "Sonic" Yellow for a great price and also the Kato 10-222 E3-1000 Old Tsubasa Color, the one E3 that has eluded me.  Now the waiting game begins and hoping that they are in good condition.  I've been staying away from purchasing trains outside of our trusted vendors but I couldn't passed these up and was willing to take a chance.  :)

[TheNicofabi]

Series 321, its a bit modified from the person who i bought it from but its good modifications... like inbuild light and stuff :3

 

[Densha]

Today I got Tetsudou Fan 2011-1 for 100 yen from the local Book Off. I mainly bought it because it has a long article about the KiHa 40 series and an article on car KuHa415-1901, the obscure double deck cab car of which only one was manufactured.

 

[Suica]

Got a few things the last few days. Partly from the same guy who Fabi got his Series 321 from.

 

Modemo Odakyu Series 20000 RSE Asagiri

 

Tomix JR Series 443

 

Tomix JNR Series 193 (Track "Cleaner" version)

 

Got some more German stuff as well.

Brawa DB Class 229 + Minitrix DB Talgo InterCityNight + Fleischmann DB Motorail cars

Replicating 1994 ICN 1900 Berlin - Probstzella

 

Minitrix DB Class 103 + Roco DB Eurofima coaches

Replicating the current Friday service IC 2094 Munich - Ulm

[JR 500系]

Got a few things the last few days. Partly from the same guy who Fabi got his Series 321 from.

 

 

I think i'm missing out something here?   :P

 

 

Anyhow, got delivered 2 parcels, one from our good friend @ MTP, the other from Ami, my usual pre-order with something extra thrown in..

 

 

Parcel from MTP:

 

 

Same old expert packing expected from our friend @ MTP ~

 

 

Bubble-wrapped and packed in nicely...

 

 

Even shrink-wrapped!

 

 

3 items, that irresistible Kato Tram, Tomytec Cocoro tram and another try @ getting that Toei bus from Bus Collection 19... 

 

 

The Cocoro is pretty nice! Dark Chocolate colour and all

 

 

This baby is so beautiful and cute! I am not regretting starting the tram!  It looks really cute!

 

 

A small order from Ami Ami:

 

 

The items fill less than 25% of that large box... I think it's a standard size box from Ami...

 

 

A catalogue on sale, The Hitomono bus, Tomytec Tetsudo Musume tram and the Kiha-25. Aside, I love collecting these Ami postcards that changes every season~

 

 

These Tomytec trams are really cute and nice!

 

 

Kiha-25 finally in, it's just like a 313 series minus the pantograph

 

 

This is something new... There's only one motor chassis, unlike the usual 2 motor chassis... Also, no traction tyres were sighted. I haven't run it yet, but I hope traction isn't an issue here...

[Das Steinkopf]

Kiha-25 finally in, it's just like a 313 series minus the pantograph

 

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This is something new... There's only one motor chassis, unlike the usual 2 motor chassis... Also, no traction tyres were sighted. I haven't run it yet, but I hope traction isn't an issue here...

Looks like you are spreading your wings a bit into JR Tokai territory. Given the KiHa 25's run as a 2 car set it's probably ample power for it to run.

[katoftw]

One power bogie and no rubber wheels.  Interesting indeed.  Probably so you can run it as a paired 4 car set without fiction issues.

 

What does the one/off switch do?

Edited November 15, 2016 by katoftw

[serotta1972]

The Kato E127 2 Car sets and and Series 2000 Aichi Loop Line are also one power bogie and they run just fine and did you notice how light they are.  I kinda wished they were just the same as their 313's.  But did you also notice the difference in the body and door finish, very prototypical as at first I was thinking they were off because I was comparing it to my 313's but they are actually different and especially the door as it's much darker compared to the 313's.

[ToniBabelony]

I wanted to get a new train soon, but then I realised I have others to finish. So, today I finally added metal wheels, couplers and a motor unit to one of my Sōtetsu N7000 trains. It's a fictional 4-car formation for my fantasy setting, but it looks good like it is.

 

 

I'd like to finish my other old-livery one as well, but the N7000 in the new livery will be prioritised to receive an upgrade. No numbering and destination stickers added yet, but that will come later.

Edited November 15, 2016 by Kabutoni

[Densha]

This baby was just delivered. It was labelled as 'junk' because the stickers where missing, which in the end meant that they were actually stuck onto the model in a rather crude way, but apart from that it's in a like-new state. Not bad at all for the price I paid.

 

[Suica]

It was labelled as 'junk'

I love checking out stuff labeled as "junk" in Japanese model shops.

That way I got a really nice Tomix KRT KiHa 1000 set for just 2000 Yen. Was labeled as 'junk' because the motor supposedly runs bad. The clerk put it on the test track and it ran just great => Instabuy!

[Densha]

The only reasons why this was labelled as 'junk' were that the box isn't in great shape any more and that the stickers were used. It literally said in the advertisement that it runs great and from the pictures I could figure out that there were no visual problems with the model itself either. 5000 yen for this model is a steal.

 

That said, I have no clue whether it does indeed run great because I have no tracks around.

[JR 500系]

I love the standards the Japanese set for their 'Used' goods. Perfectly high, and even a small scratch is described.  :)   You'll always expect what you're buying from the descriptions alone without additional surprises.   :)

[miyakoji]

Today I got Tetsudou Fan 2011-1 for 100 yen from the local Book Off. I mainly bought it because it has a long article about the KiHa 40 series and an article on car KuHa415-1901, the obscure double deck cab car of which only one was manufactured.

 

 

How many old issues did they have?

[serotta1972]

A welcome addition to my Kyushu Fleet: Kato 10-485 883 Series Sonic Yellow

 

 

An accidental Ebay find - great price and excellent condition. :)

 

 

[katoftw]

Old skool 883. Nice.

[JR 500系]

A welcome addition to my Kyushu Fleet: Kato 10-485 883 Series Sonic Yellow

 

Wow! Seems like I gotta start looking out at ebay!

[Densha]

How many old issues did they have?

Many dozens. And not only Tetsudou Fan, but many issues of Rail Magazine and RM Models as well. The newer issues were up to a few hundred yen though, the older were all 100 yen or so. They also had some other train-related used books for acceptable prices.

 

This was only a local store in a middle-sized town, so who knows what they'll have in the larger cities.

[Eurostar25]

My wife's sister is staying with us for the month and brought with her a Hankyu train from the Kato store Kyoto railway station as well as the Kato catalogue

Any thoughts on if it is part of an extended set or a one off? I don't know too much about the Hankyu models.

 

[serotta1972]

Hey Eurostar - it's part of this.

 

http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10389827

[JR 500系]

My wife's sister is staying with us for the month and brought with her a Hankyu train from the Kato store Kyoto railway station as well as the Kato catalogue

Any thoughts on if it is part of an extended set or a one off? I don't know too much about the Hankyu models.

 

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Interesting! I didn't know the Kato store actually sell them separately...

[katoftw]

A set has probably been separated for warranty purposes. This might be leftovers.