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

[Pauljag900]

Not really Japanese but will be running on a part Japanese layout,Thanks to a tip off from serotta who informed of the Bachman trolleys being cleared out I located this trolley via eBay for less than half price,Dcc ready for less than £65 inc delivery from USA.

And the rest of the track to complete the tram circuit.

I ll be running it in dc,bit of a delay when moving off but runs smooth as silk

[trainhoarder]

Seems the Royal Mail have sorted their problems at Langley WDC, Heathrow.

My Shinkansen arrived at said centre at 17:49 today...in it's way to Sheffield by 20:00...

 

Not long now!

[Kamome]

 

A small purchase today after a model railway boycott (courtesy of Mrs. Kamome) for a few months whilst prepping the move. Just picked up the ever illusive Tomix 7 Eleven and some kei cars for the car park.

 

Visited the relatively unknown Kyushu Railway shop where I made this small purchase. This is the second time to visit and I'd like to think I am one of the few, if not the only "gaijin" to visit there. They definitely have their priorities right. Their HO layout takes up 80% of the shop which has a large yard, 4 loops around the circumference of the layout and another rural track going up into the hills. They have a great collection of HO from over the years which is sadly not for sale, but most Kyushu based rolling stock or Blue trains that ran into Kyushu. My favourite was a EF58 in Green with the accompanying green liveried Tsubame. I think this was a Tenshodo loco.

 

They have also modelled the roundhouse once found at Nogata, which is where the shop is located. Nogata used to be a popular coal mining area and the roundhouse sat alongside the main station, which is no longer there. It is now a rural town with little reason to visit apart from the shop of course. The car park has a purpose built shed with an almost running 9600. It should be running sometime this year apparently. They have also taken on D51 10, an old slug type D51 which is sadly nothing but a cab and boiler at present. The plan is to rebuild this into a stationary display. The rest of the land is filled with old JR sleepers, cab ends of EMUs, an SL front end and the last remaining running late JNR era bus, which they use occasionally for school excursions.

 

Nogata is on a branch line (Chikuho Line) which runs off from Wakamatsu and dissects the Kagoshima Line at Orio. It runs alongside the Fukuhoku Yutaka Line  which rejoins eventually at Hakata. They are now running the BEC819 series which have catenary as far as Orio and then run on the battery up to Wakamatsu.

 

A great little shop which you could look around for hours but due to their passion, a little more pricey than the big corporations. Definitely find things you wouldn't find easily elsewhere though.

[Yavianice]

Do you have the Google Maps location of this secret shop?

 

 

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[Kamome]

Here's their website

 

http://www.kisyaclub.gr.jp/

 

and their location

 

Its easiest found by car, just off the route 200. You can get bus from Nogata station but there's a 15-20 min walk involved if you know where you're going.

 

In true Japanese fashion, you'll also need to take your shoes off to go into the shop.

 

There are a number of videos on YouTube of their layout.

Edited July 18, 2017 by Kamome

[Fenway Park]

Thanks for the link. Very interesting to see the Kajima Colliery loco is part of their remit. I thought it was part of the Nogata Mining Museum.

Great layout. Hope to go to Japan in 2019 but I don't think I can persuade my wife to go to the area.

[Fenway Park]

Kato Roundhouse EF10-24 arrived today. I sold my Micro Ace version some years ago. Will keep this one though.

[linkey]

My recently newly additions are the KATO C62-2 and C62-3 with the Tomix E3-2000 Yamagata SHINKANSEN `Tsubasa` (Treasureland Tohoku-Japan) Set and with the cheeky little tank engine Percy to run with Thomas to give the kids who sees our display some enjoyment not just the Shinkansens.

Starting to get a collection of C57's, D51's and C62's next thing I might need to get is the Roundhouse and a turntable :)

[lighthouse]

Today a package with the following content arrived:
 

Kato Series 781 JNR and Tomix KiHa 40-1700

[GCS]

I've been spending again. My Japanese addiction is burning a rather large hole in my wallet... :icon_scratch:

[cteno4]

uh oh, he is in deep! intervention needed?  ;-P

 

jeff

[JR 500系]

I've been spending again. My Japanese addiction is burning a rather large hole in my wallet... :icon_scratch:

 

Wow! 3 limited express from 3 different companies running in 3 different regions~ Sweet!

 

Welcome to the club!

[Sascha]

Thanks to Nariichis sale, the E3 2000 Yamagata (old color) came today, plus the Tomix Catalog.

[nah00]

A HS order that came right before I left for vacation, the DE-10-1000 in the renewal colors, Oito Line E-127, two of the new Kato Crossings and an extra track set, some containers and the set of boys trying to peek up girl's skirts from Kobaru. From Serrota I got the lovely E3-0 and 200 series both seen taking a break at Mitakihara Station after their runs.

Edited July 21, 2017 by nah00

[GCS]

Wow! 3 limited express from 3 different companies running in 3 different regions~ Sweet!

 

Welcome to the club!

I'm modelling the Kyushu region, but, I was in Osaka a few years ago so I had to pick up the 281, and I've never owned a roundhouse model before so why not lol.

[Gryphr]

A HS order that came right before I left for vacation, the DE-10-1000 in the renewal colors, Oito Line E-127, two of the new Kato Crossings and an extra track set, some containers and the set of boys trying to peek up girl's skirts from Kobaru. From Serrota I got the lovely E3-0 and 200 series both seen taking a break at Mitakihara Station after their runs.

Seeing DE10s makes me want to get one everytime, I think I need to hit the Buy-Button soon :D

 

Btw, can that new road crossing be extended to double track or is it single track only?

[nah00]

Seeing DE10s makes me want to get one everytime, I think I need to hit the Buy-Button soon :D

 

Btw, can that new road crossing be extended to double track or is it single track only?

The Tomix DE-10 is really nice, good runner and easy to install parts. It's a tad bulkier than the Kato one but comes in more (soo. To be way more) liveries.

 

The crossing can be expanded to as many tracks as you want it to be so you add 10 extra sections in there. It's a big improvement over the old one but does look a bit toy-like up close.

[Gryphr]

The Tomix DE-10 is really nice, good runner and easy to install parts. It's a tad bulkier than the Kato one but comes in more (soo. To be way more) liveries.

The crossing can be expanded to as many tracks as you want it to be so you add 10 extra sections in there. It's a big improvement over the old one but does look a bit toy-like up close.

Thanks, I think I'll get one of those then, the automatic version was a bit pricy for my taste but this manual one has a really good price :) Does it need a special part to extend it, or can you use the middle pieces of the light- and gateless crossings?

[Eurostar25]

Thanks, I think I'll get one of those then, the automatic version was a bit pricy for my taste but this manual one has a really good price :) Does it need a special part to extend it, or can you use the middle pieces of the light- and gateless crossings?

Extendable with this piece here

http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10465926

[Gryphr]

Extendable with this piece here

http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10465926

Thanks :)

[railsquid]

And another step down the Chuo Line/Yahoo Auctions rabbit hole...

 

Kato E257 Azusa/Kaiji by Rail Squid, on Flickr

 

Not a big fan of the E257s (the ride is not as smooth as the E351s on the curvy mountain sections for a start) but the Squidlet knows them (for simplicity's sake they're "Kaiji", aka "aidi!") so that's a good enough excuse...

 

Also the new Tomix platform (version without the lighting, those have all sold out), out of the box it looks very narrow due to the edge markings, but in situ looks much more convincing, partly because it's the right hight for modern trains.

[nah00]

Not so much in the post but rather at a train show this weekend, got an older (my guess is early 90s) Type 0 Shinkansen from Kato and a Tomix Hokutosei EF-81. Sadly no box for either and no number plate for the EF-81 but I used leftovers from the Rainbow EF-81. Both are great runners once I cleaned the wheels and the Type 0 is so loud on the track it's almost like a real train. Also glad it has metal pantographs, the smaller plastic ones scare me. 

[Kiha66]

Wish my 0 came with metal pantographs, the plastic version of the kato PS202 pantograph is about incredibly fragile.  My 0 series is missing two, and I ended up ordering enough to replace the whole trains worth when they came back into stock in preparation of loosing even more. 

[cteno4]

Could not resist another painted train! Fun and decent looking.

 

http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10454207

 

Jeff

[nah00]

Wish my 0 came with metal pantographs, the plastic version of the kato PS202 pantograph is about incredibly fragile.  My 0 series is missing two, and I ended up ordering enough to replace the whole trains worth when they came back into stock in preparation of loosing even more. 

 

This was actually what was keeping my from getting one. The pantos on the 200 series I have are plastic and they just don't feel solid enough but these definitely do. Plus I paid $10 a car for the train so that was a big selling point...