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

[enodenlover]

I ordered a small shrine, complete with tomii gate, from Sakatsu Rakuten.

[IST]

My first pack arrived yesterday from the ordered 2, so I have some more buildings for my T-trak moduls, 2 Japanese signals from Kato and a small police station with LED light.

 

Edited January 27, 2017 by IST

[bill937ca]

Terminated Tomytec K-1 car set from DM Toys.

 

 

Edited January 28, 2017 by bill937ca

[Wonderbolt]

My first pack arrived yesterday from the ordered 2, so I have some more buildings for my T-trak moduls, 2 Japanese signals from Kato and a small police station with LED light.

 

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I love the police station and the little bikes!

[enodenlover]

I just ordered Tomytec's new Tomii Electric Rwy. 17m class large electric car. According to the HS website the Tomii is a fictional line which has me wondering whether there's an actual prototype for this car or if it's the creation of Tomytec's designers. Anyone know for sure?

 

Bob 

[bill937ca]

I just ordered Tomytec's new Tomii Electric Rwy. 17m class large electric car. According to the HS website the Tomii is a fictional line which has me wondering whether there's an actual prototype for this car or if it's the creation of Tomytec's designers. Anyone know for sure?

 

Bob 

 

Its something like cars the Hanshin Railway ran and later were sold to local private railways or sometimes purchased new by local private railways in Hiroshima and Takamatsu (Kotoden), until recently one of the better known tool museums.

 

https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%82%99%E5%8D%97%E9%9B%BB%E6%B0%97%E9%89%84%E9%81%93%E3%83%A2%E3%83%8F100%E5%BD%A2%E9%9B%BB%E8%BB%8A

 

https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%AB%98%E6%9D%BE%E7%90%B4%E5%B9%B3%E9%9B%BB%E6%B0%97%E9%89%84%E9%81%931020%E5%BD%A2%E9%9B%BB%E8%BB%8A

 

https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%AB%98%E6%9D%BE%E7%90%B4%E5%B9%B3%E9%9B%BB%E6%B0%97%E9%89%84%E9%81%9310000%E5%BD%A2%E9%9B%BB%E8%BB%8A

 

http://www.geocities.jp/nishika1961/bekkan/kotoden/kotoden.htm

Edited January 28, 2017 by bill937ca

[enodenlover]

Thanks, bill937, for the information and especially for the photos. The cars in the pictures are quite similar to the Tomytec model even though none of them have the same type of windows. The upper sections resemble the "standee" windows that were so familiar on GMC city buses and Marmon-Herrington trolleybuses in the '50s and '60s. In fact that's why I bought this model; the cream and orange color scheme and the standee-type windows remind me a lot of the M-H trolleybuses that ran in Cincinnati until about 1963. I have fond memories of those buses and was really sorry to see them disappear. 

 

Bob 

[bill937ca]

Thanks, bill937, for the information and especially for the photos. The cars in the pictures are quite similar to the Tomytec model even though none of them have the same type of windows. The upper sections resemble the "standee" windows that were so familiar on GMC city buses and Marmon-Herrington trolleybuses in the '50s and '60s. In fact that's why I bought this model; the cream and orange color scheme and the standee-type windows remind me a lot of the M-H trolleybuses that ran in Cincinnati until about 1963. I have fond memories of those buses and was really sorry to see them disappear. 

 

Bob 

 

 

Hiroshima Electric Railway (Hiroden) did have cars with those windows. Cars like 1053, 1054, 1061, 1093 and 1094. From 1958 until 1990 the Hiroden Miyajimsen line ran both tram and high floor trains. Some of the cars like 1053 and 1054 had past  links to the Keihan line. This was another line with the Tangerine and Cream colors.

 

http://rre.ninja-web.net/prvrc/hiroden2/hirode21.htm

 

http://train.sakura.ne.jp/train/hiroden/carpast/1090/10931094.html

 

http://train.sakura.ne.jp/train/hiroden/carpast/1050/1054.html

 

http://satoyama.in/auto/sharyo/auto653.html

 

http://satoyama.in/auto/sharyo/auto652.html

 

http://www.geocities.jp/koubou625/625/miyajima/miyajima.html

 

http://train.sakura.ne.jp/train/hiroden/carpast/1060/1061.html

Edited January 28, 2017 by bill937ca

[serotta1972]

Got me some add-on sets from Model Train Plus and a pleasant surprise - 2017 Kato Calendar with beautiful pictures of their steam locomotives.

 

 

Thank you Mr. Nariichi!

[linkey]

The Party Train is on it's way, the party train is on it's way lol :P I am referring to the Series E257 `Azusa/Kaiji` (Basic 7-Car and Add-On Sets) this is something totally unusual for me to get as it's not a Shinkansen. ha-ha but it is something that would enjoy to have with the other fleet of trains.  

[railsquid]

Forget your shiny Shinkansens, here's the great granddaddy of them all, the first train to officially run in Japan:

 

steam-locomotive-no-1-p2 by Rail Squid, on Flickr

 

steam-locomotive-no-1-p1 by Rail Squid, on Flickr

[Suica]

Please tell me more about this model, squiddy. First time I see this.

[railsquid]

MicroAce set A-0275 "1号機関車", produced in 2003, representing a 2-4-0 tank locomotive built at the Vulcan Foundry in the UK. The prototype is preserved. Runs fairly well for such a small model.

[Suica]

MicroAce set A-0275 "1号機関車", produced in 2003, representing a 2-4-0 tank locomotive built at the Vulcan Foundry in the UK. The prototype is preserved. Runs fairly well for such a small model.

Nice! I imagined it would be MA. They also did a rare Yoshitsune set. I guess your set is equally sought after?

[Wonderbolt]

Vulcan foundry is (well was) here were I live so I am quite fond of the little loco.

 

Meanwhile I managed to pick up these kits at £10 for the lot xD

Edited January 28, 2017 by Wonderbolt

[railsquid]

Nice! I imagined it would be MA. They also did a rare Yoshitsune set. I guess your set is equally sought after?

 

It does seem to go for quite high prices, this one however popped up on Yahoo Auctions with a reasonable starting price and 24 hour auction deadline, got lucky I guess :D

[enodenlover]

After a week long suspension of service, the interurbans ( all acquired second hand ) of the "Tsuburaya Electric Railway" are running again thanks to our good friend cteno4. Jeff was nice enough to make up a connector that allows me to use a Kato power pack with Tomix track and it just arrived today. Many thanks, sir; the money that I would've spent on a Tomix power pack will buy a lot of scenery stuff and detail items and help get this project finished sooner than it would otherwise. I have no intention of trying to install overhead wire but I'm curious: would catenary or single span wire be more appropriate for a short rural interurban in the postwar era? 

 

Bob

Edited January 29, 2017 by enodenlover

[HantuBlauLOL]

Forget your shiny Shinkansens, here's the great granddaddy of them all, the first train to officially run in Japan:

 

steam-locomotive-no-1-p2 by Rail Squid, on Flickr

 

steam-locomotive-no-1-p1 by Rail Squid, on Flickr

 

 

sadly it's 1/120..

[railsquid]

Yeah, I can see how that might be the case... Still that makes the track gauge slightly more accurate ;)

[NXCALE]

Ordered 2 magazines: the N gauge +2 and the JAM 2016

Last year I got the N gauge +1 and the JAM 2015 so it was a obvious choice.

 

Cheers,

[nah00]

Finally caved and bought some sports cars so I can be RUNNING IN THE 90s.

[beakaboy]

Well I decided to keep my Kato N700A starter set from AmiAmi as it was so nice to run and of course finally brought a 4 car add on set as it didn't look right to have a 4 car Shinkansen running on layout. Come to think of it a 16 car set would look even better. I am sure they put numbers on the roof to keep reminding you of the cars missing!

 

 

Also got some extra bits for the trackwork and some more Bandai Oigawa coaches to bring my train up to 6 coaches.

 

[Eurostar25]

If only we could see a N700A climbing out of Picton!

Looking good Beakaboy

[Das Steinkopf]

I received my first order today from AmiAmi using the DHL delivery option, I thought EMS was fast but DHL has smashed all records for speedy delivery. Inside was a Keihan Keishin 80 series without air conditioner and two powered chassis, one for this model as well as one for a Keihan Keishin 80 Series fitted with air conditioner that I already have, also included was some other parts for some of my Tomytec units.

Edited January 30, 2017 by Das Steinkopf

[IST]

Come to think of it a 16 car set would look even better. I am sure they put numbers on the roof to keep reminding you of the cars missing!

 

Same is here with my N700 set, I have the 4 car basic set plus the 4 car add-on, but the full would look much better if I'd have more space to run it...