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

[JR 500系]

Nice find Toni! It's great to linger in Yahoo Auctions! Quite a fan of that 50050 too, but it was too costly for me and I really didn't want to go hardcore on Tobu...

 

 

Aside, something very interesting to me came up on Ami sales section, and I grabbed it:

 

http://www.amiami.com/top/detail/detail?scode=RAIL-21891

 

Getting to love these orange Kintetsu more and more, and this was a good bargain, being a motor car and all. Like this, I can connect up my Orange Kintetsu weird formations, like 22600 + 12200 + 30000 ExVista !  :)

[ToniBabelony]

Its a favorite of mine too. But I went with the B Train Shorty version. Its working its way up to the top of my list.   :)

 

It's simple and effective. Also boosting my favourite colour :D

 

Nice find Toni! It's great to linger in Yahoo Auctions! Quite a fan of that 50050 too, but it was too costly for me and I really didn't want to go hardcore on Tobu...

 

The good thing about the 50000 Series is that they also run on the Tokyo Metro, Tōkyū and Yokohama Mirai 21 network (in both the 50050 and 50070 type variations). I'm kind of developing a thing for the Tōkyū Den'entoshi line, so that's also why I went for a 50050 type, rather than a 50070 type (which runs on the Tōyoko line). However, in the sense of running together with Sōtetsu, the 50070 would have been a better choice, as the Tōyoko line will be connected to the Sōtetsu network in a few years.

[Welshbloke]

 

Yesterday's arrival - a Kato 153 Series dating from 1979! Still runs superbly, I replaced a couple of missing traction tyres with slices of heat shrink sleeving and fitted modern tightlock couplers in place of the rapidos. It's even a perfect colour match with the dummy MoHA 152/153 pair I already had, and will be running with them for a more accurate fornation.

Edited December 16, 2016 by Welshbloke

[railsquid]

I have yet to buy anything from Kato no matter how old which hasn't worked.

 

Meanwhile, not a train but a book - 40 years of Tomix.

 

tomix-40th-anniversary-booklet by Rail Squid, on Flickr

[Yavianice]

I have yet to buy anything from Kato no matter how old which hasn't worked.

Funny you should mention that, I received the E3 Toreiyu Shinkansen today brand new from the store and it was broken (dead engine). And the E7 I bought before new from a different retailer had a broken front light. Both KATO.

Edited December 16, 2016 by Yavianice

[linkey]

Funny you should mention that, I received the E3 Toreiyu Shinkansen today brand new from the store and it was broken (dead engine). And the E7 I bought before new from a different retailer had a broken front light. Both KATO.

Gee you guys are not having much luck with your KATO sets, meanwhile I am doing well. But right at the moment having my second 300-0系 Shinkansen (TOMIX) being shipped out so I'm most likely get it before the Christmas deadline and have just ordered the TOMIX 0-2000系Shinkansen. Which means I'm building a big fleet of JNR/JR East and JR West Shinkansen fleet. (both KATO and TOMIX sets)

 

I've only had two early problems with my KATO shinkansens. 1st was the polarity of the motors were going against each other (easy wiring fix) and the second was the E5 derailments near the motor unit while running a 10 car/17 car unit. Other than that no other issues at all. 

[Suica]

It's just something small today. 

A friend from Japan sent me underfloor parts and interior decals for my Kato Sunrise Express in return for some Roco spares I sent him. 

 

It seems like these interior decal sheets are rather hard to come by these days?

[cteno4]

Oooh that's great international trade! Always fun to have friends in other parts of the world to do that sort of stuff.

 

Jeff

[beakaboy]

 

I replaced a couple of missing traction tyres with slices of heat shrink sleeving

Can you describe how you do this? I presume you heat the heat shrink to grab the wheel! Sounds like a great idea!

 

Discussion continued here

 

http://www.jnsforum.com/community/topic/10353-traction-tyres-friend-or-foe/?p=147211

Edited December 27, 2016 by cteno4
Added link

[JR 500系]

It's just something small today. 

A friend from Japan sent me underfloor parts and interior decals for my Kato Sunrise Express in return for some Roco spares I sent him. 

IMG_20161216_171613.jpg

 

It seems like these interior decal sheets are rather hard to come by these days?

 

Wow you a big project coming this weekend! Those interior sheets look great, but I heard they are quite hard to install though...

[railsquid]

Funny you should mention that, I received the E3 Toreiyu Shinkansen today brand new from the store and it was broken (dead engine). And the E7 I bought before new from a different retailer had a broken front light. Both KATO.

 

Maybe I should clarify - Kato second stuff, provided purchased in from a reliable seller in working order, seems to be as tough as nails. Mind you none of my new stuff has had any problems, apart from the first DE10 I ever bought, which I had to send back.

[Sascha]

Order from Nariichi san arrived.

300 Series

Extension set 4032 and 4010

JR Kyushu Bus

izu Bus Osamu Tezuka 70th Anniversary of Manga Artist Debut Commemorating Bus(I grew up with Kimba)

[serotta1972]

Doesn't matter what the train looks like - if it has any orange on it I'm usually interested!  I like it, simple and elegant looking train.

Edited December 17, 2016 by serotta1972

[serotta1972]

Loathed by many, I really like this train. The Tōbu 50050 Type. Even before I moved to Japan, I had a liking for this sub-version of the Tōbu 50000 Series. Luckily for me, they very frequently run nearby on the Tōkyū Den'entoshi line, so I have the opportunity to ride these as well when I travel on the Tōkyū network.

 

I found this Greenmax  in almost pristine condition on Yahoo! Auctions this week. It seems not to have been run (if at all), has no missing parts, and stickers are intact. The price has only been a fraction of the original, so I'm very happy with this one! If it had been a dog, I might have considered a repaint, but this is too perfect to be ruined by me. I'm now considering an add-on set as well, although it will only be ran as a 4-car set at home.

 

 

Yes, it's a mass-produced aluminium can with overall mediocre merits, but damn do I like it! This model is also more correct than the MicroAce version :)

Doesn't matter what the train looks like - if it has any orange on it I'm usually interested!  I like it, simple and elegant looking train.

[locidm]

I got my first American train this week, only because it's Christmas time.

 

While the loco is nice, the whole set is rather humongous. Are American trains that much bigger than Japanese ones or is this scaled differently?

[ToniBabelony]

Doesn't matter what the train looks like - if it has any orange on it I'm usually interested! I like it, simple and elegant looking train.

I'm also a sucker for orange... It's a bit of an issue that Tobu has quite a few trains with orange running. :/

[Densha]

While the loco is nice, the whole set is rather humongous. Are American trains that much bigger than Japanese ones or is this scaled differently?

Even worse, the American train is probably scale 1/160, while your Japanese trains (except for any 1/160 scale Shinkansen) are scale 1/150. This means that the American train in prototype is relatively even a bit larger than it is now.

 

American trains just have a really large loading gauge. This Wikipedia article may be an interesting read for you.

[locidm]

Even worse, the American train is probably scale 1/160, while your Japanese trains (except for any 1/160 scale Shinkansen) are scale 1/150. This means that the American train in prototype is relatively even a bit larger than it is now.

 

American trains just have a really large loading gauge. This Wikipedia article may be an interesting read for you.

Thank you that's great information. I guess in America everything is bigger. Sigh.

[nah00]

Small package from HS. Because you can never have enough, 4 Koki 106s and a Koki 107. Also 2 Wara-1s for my JNR steam freight. 

 

[Welshbloke]

Ordered another dummy 3 car 165 Series, as it seems to be a case of now or never. That'll take my full set up to 12 cars, or various combinations with KuMoNis and similar. The new 165s look good but the couplers won't work with my existing stock.

 

Slightly worried by Kato having swapped to the coupler design used on the KuMoHa 11 on their new EMU models, hopefully they won't stop making the older couplers as the new one doesn't seem to be able to fit a standard Rapido pocket.

[bill937ca]

From a Rakuten shop an Odakyu 4000 B Train Shorty 4 car train. What is interesting is the box has the price printed directly on the front.

 

[ToniBabelony]

From a Rakuten shop an Odakyu 4000 B Train Shorty 4 car train. What is interesting is the box has the price printed directly on the front.

 

This is because it's only available from Odakyu TRAINS, the merchandising shop in Shinjuku (Central Gate). Here you can get exclusive models (B-Train, MicroAce, Tomytec, etc.) with a fixed price.

[katoftw]

This is because it's only available from Odakyu TRAINS, the merchandising shop in Shinjuku (Central Gate). Here you can get exclusive models (B-Train, MicroAce, Tomytec, etc.) with a fixed price.

Interesting fact.  I might go look next time I'm in town.  Thanks.

[beakaboy]

a nice little pcl arrived in time for Xmas from a local auction site. Good value at NZ$12ea including postage

 

 

[medusa]

Got my Yule present today, finally!!! :D

(Yule is the pagan equivalent of Christmas, it's on the eve of winter solstice)