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

[Suica]

It's a good start. The Kato Yamanote E231 is a wonderful model.

[JR 500系]

What about acetate? Like the one you get with the building kits,I m sure with your modelling know how you ll soon sort it buddy

 

Thanks buddy,, that might be a good idea. I'll take a look at it once it arrives...  The missing glass will be a big bother to me... Which train has a missing front glass...

 

I really liked the 783 series, especially the Huis Ten Bosch and Midori livery... It's bright colour combinations is really nice, except that MicroAce should have made another motor for the train set so that the Huis Ten Bosch and Midori can run on their own...

[JR 500系]

My now very late Christmas present arrived today =p plus a Tomex Building I ordered.

 

 

It's a good start. The Kato Yamanote E231 is a wonderful model.

 

Yes I agree too. I feel that Kato default couplers are much nicer than the Tomix default Rapido couplers, and changing the Tomix couplers to TN ones will be costly especially so for a 11-car train.. The printed logos are also nice while the Tomix needs to be applied on your own.

[cteno4]

I has splurged and got this book

 

https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/0991459911/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

Very fun! I love movie posters and especially Godzilla posters and this is the book for sure. Well done and all the poster versions from around the world for each movie listed!

 

Couple of other Godzilla books also came via state interlibrary loan. Our county, even being the most affluent int eh state and one of the most affluent in the nation usually has about 1 in 5 things I look for (they tend to be more obscure). Baffles me as I think we spend way more on our libraries than all the other counties, I expect though it's to buy 100 copies of the times best sellers...

 

Godzilla on my mind - fun narrative of Godzilla history

 

A critical history and filmography of toho's godzilla movies - the academic tome on all the goji movies. Fun to browse but a bit much unless you want every detail and analysis of ever movie!

 

Jeff

[cteno4]

Ok the wallet is screaming! I pulled the trigger in a new table saw! Got a sawstop cabinet saw, so very big and heavy but very nice slicer! Plus no lost digits. I've gone 45+ years using table saws and never came close to the blade, but it only takes a split second and two chaps I've worked with in the past have lost digits to stupid mistakes so worth the money.

 

Nice was able to buy local at a good price and fast delivery. Coming Friday. Then it's dealing with a 450lb hunk of metal!

 

Jeff

[Pauljag900]

Ok the wallet is screaming! I pulled the trigger in a new table saw! Got a sawstop cabinet saw, so very big and heavy but very nice slicer! Plus no lost digits. I've gone 45+ years using table saws and never came close to the blade, but it only takes a split second and two chaps I've worked with in the past have lost digits to stupid mistakes so worth the money.

Nice was able to buy local at a good price and fast delivery. Coming Friday. Then it's dealing with a 450lb hunk of metal!

Jeff

Tools and trains!! Heaven.

So jealous right now.

Edited January 25, 2017 by Pauljag900

[gavino200]

Ok the wallet is screaming! I pulled the trigger in a new table saw! Got a sawstop cabinet saw, so very big and heavy but very nice slicer! Plus no lost digits. I've gone 45+ years using table saws and never came close to the blade, but it only takes a split second and two chaps I've worked with in the past have lost digits to stupid mistakes so worth the money.

 

Nice was able to buy local at a good price and fast delivery. Coming Friday. Then it's dealing with a 450lb hunk of metal!

 

Jeff

 

That's a great purchase. The sawstop saw is amazing. I've spent a lot of nights sewing fingers back on, and I see a few saw injuries every week. Most aren't salvageable. 

 

You're right. It only takes a split second lapse. And it happens to professional craftsmen and artisans, regardless of experience and talent. 

 

When you get it you should make a post in the tool section and sticky it. Most people only learn about the sawstop after they loose a finger or thumb.

[cteno4]

Yes so true. So true!

 

A great guy I worked with in a wood shop for 3 years was much more cautious than I was (I started on a table saw at about 8 and I'm safe) became shop steward a few years later and the like 5 years later he was working on his house with a piece of larger plywood and the wind blew it up some and he put his hand in top to push it down, unfortunately just above where the blade appears thru the wood and took off his index finger and thumb on his left hand. Ended his shop job...

 

The other chap way a yahoo contractor I worked with when a kid (from doing woodworking early I could ge tthe do the crappy jobs job on house construction for a few weeks of good cash). I use to freak at how he would saw stuff on the table saw or have it not squarely supported and wobbling around. He use to curse me out for saying anything. Few years later he took off all 4 fingers of his right hand halfway up. Sort of ruined his construction career not being able to grab a hammer firmly anymore.

 

Sawstops are bloody expensive but like the Amex commercially having all 10 fingers complete is priceless... It's sad as when the patent was issued he was willing to license it to all maufacturers at a reasonable price that would have only added a couple of hundred to each saw at most, but all the manufacturers boycotted it so he started his own saw company.

 

I realizes while ripping up all the wood for the new club layout that I was a bit sloppy now and then, not horribly dangerous but the repetition made me sloppy now and then, that jsut going down the wrong road.

 

Cheers,

 

Jeff

Edited January 26, 2017 by cteno4

[Welshbloke]

My Kumoya 90 arrived:

 

 

The dummy one is in the post, also have a Greenmax Kumoni 83 kit on the workbench. At the moment it's a body, a roof and a chassis awaiting the right cream and blue paints for Yokosuka livery.

[railsquid]

This had been in the post for 40 odd years and had finally arrived ;)

 

tomy-ed75-box by Rail Squid, on Flickr

 

tomy-ed75-profile by Rail Squid, on Flickr

 

I have a slight fascination with historical N gauge items (as long as they're not too expensive), this counts as one. Very crude by today's standards and very noisy but ran out of the box and hauls adequately. It does look somewhat better in real life, photographs tend to draw the eye to those cab windows.

[Wonderbolt]

My E233-1000 Arrived today xD

[JR 500系]

My E233-1000 Arrived today xD

 

 

Nice! Good choice for going with Kato for the commuter trains. The Keihin Tohoku will fit in nicely with your previous Yamanote on any layout since they almost travel alongside most of the time ~

[beakaboy]

This had been in the post for 40 odd years and had finally arrived ;)

 

I have a similar model in my collection which looks quite different in size and detail to a slightly later model unit. A little noisy and not quite as smooth, but fascinating to see the chassis setup for earlier models. I must post some comparison photos

[Wonderbolt]

Nice! Good choice for going with Kato for the commuter trains. The Keihin Tohoku will fit in nicely with your previous Yamanote on any layout since they almost travel alongside most of the time ~

Thanks, yeah they both seemed like a good choice to start with as they can often be seen in the same area.

[bill937ca]

Four Season of Enoshima Electric Railway DVD which seems to be an official souvenir of the Enoden with lots of focus on flowers, scenery, temples and shrines in addition to train scenes. Very enjoyable 40 minutes.

Edited January 26, 2017 by bill937ca

[beakaboy]

This had been in the post for 40 odd years and had finally arrived ;)

 

tomy-ed75-box by Rail Squid, on Flickr

 

tomy-ed75-profile by Rail Squid, on Flickr

 

I have a slight fascination with historical N gauge items (as long as they're not too expensive), this counts as one. Very crude by today's standards and very noisy but ran out of the box and hauls adequately. It does look somewhat better in real life, photographs tend to draw the eye to those cab windows.

 

 

 

Just taken some shots of my 2 Tomix ED75. Not sure if the early one is in the correct box. Your Tomy model above has the same box as the early Bachmann locos.

Edited January 26, 2017 by beakaboy

[railsquid]

Just taken some shots of my 2 Tomix ED75. Not sure if the early one is in the correct box.

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According to my reference (鉄道模型考古学) your older one is the later version of the original model, without the white-painted window surrounds and the oversized maker's plate, but with the stripe under the windows painted silver. It would appear to be the correct box: http://page23.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/o159649714

 

Your Tomy model above has the same box as the early Bachmann locos.

 

Funny you should mention that... it's almost exactly the same design as some Bachmann coaches I acquired randomly (part of a job lot).

bachmann-tomy-boxes by Rail Squid, on Flickr

Edited January 26, 2017 by railsquid

[Welshbloke]

I have a feeling that Tomix and Bachmann had a link of some sort at the time? Does the chassis have a split frame design with the pickups bearing against the underside via semicircular brass strips? I have a couple of the older Bachmann Plus F7s which use that setup.

 

I too like early N if it runs, although my oldest is probably circa 1979 (either my Kato 153 Series or a Grafar ex-LMS 2P/4P, judging by the date on the instructions and that given in the Ramsay's guide respectively). The 153 doesn't look out of place next to current models, the 2P...does...

Edited January 26, 2017 by Welshbloke

[Suica]

I have a feeling that Tomix and Bachmann had a link of some sort at the time?

Some early Tomy models were produced in Hong Kong. Probably in the same factory as Bachmann products. As far as I know the Tomix brand name didn't exist yet and they were sold directly under the Tomy name as you can see on the ED75 Box.

[railsquid]

I have a feeling that Tomix and Bachmann had a link of some sort at the time? Does the chassis have a split frame design with the pickups bearing against the underside via semicircular brass strips? I have a couple of the older Bachmann Plus F7s which use that setup.

 

The connection seems to be that around 1974 Tomix started importing Bachmann products, which were actually made by Kader in Hong Kong, so when they started out developing Japanese N gauge they outsourced to Kader too; Kader later (1981) absorbed Bachmann (and for fans of British trains, much later Palitoy and Graham Farish). See: https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/TOMIX

 

It doesn't look like split chassis but I haven't taken the body off to check.

 

I too like early N if it runs, although my oldest is probably circa 1979 (either my Kato 153 Series or a Grafar ex-LMS 2P/4P, judging by the date on the instructions and that given in the Ramsay's guide respectively). The 153 doesn't look out of place next to current models, the 2P...does...

 

I have a 2-tone green Grafar 47 from 1981 or so which is actually not all that bad. The oldest N gauge (or more precisely OOO) is a 1963-ish LoneStar class 24 with rubber band transmission, incredibly it runs, but doesn't like any kind of modern pointwork. I've got an ED75 from short-lived manufacturer Eidan from 1979 which can hold its own against much more recent Kato/Tomix versions; I'll post some comparative shots when I get round to it (hmm, a Microace one is on order too).

Edited January 26, 2017 by railsquid

[Wonderbolt]

My final Parcel of goodies arrived today (had to pay customs on this one, but not the others, silly Hobbysearch!)

Overhead catenarys and stands

and Girls und Panzer Coach (Yay for my favourite Anime) would have liked the train or the bus but they were sold out(even with the train being a preorder)!

Edited January 26, 2017 by Wonderbolt

[Suica]

(Yay for my favourite Anime)

My man!

 

Regarding the KRT train, it's gonna be released January 31st. Just be quick and watch the shops then.

The older Garupan wrapped 6006 car (Kato 16001-3) is a bit harder to come by. Well, I guess "hard to come by" isn't exactly right. You can find them on Yahoo but they usually go for around ‎¥10,000.

[Wonderbolt]

My man!

 

Regarding the KRT train, it's gonna be released January 31st. Just be quick and watch the shops then.

The older Garupan wrapped 6006 car (Kato 16001-3) is a bit harder to come by. Well, I guess "hard to come by" isn't exactly right. You can find them on Yahoo but they usually go for around ‎¥10,000.

 

Another GUP fan yay xD (also loving the railwars avatar)

 

I was thinking of maybe trying to hunt down a pre order, but I may just leave it and save my money for Tokyo trains instead lol

Edited January 26, 2017 by Wonderbolt

[Suica]

Regular commuter trains are more widely available and rather likely to be re-released. Just saying. Your call. ;)

[Wonderbolt]

Regular commuter trains are more widely available and rather likely to be re-released. Just saying. Your call. ;)

 

I know xD maybe ill take the plunge lol