Kiha66 Posted May 29, 2018 Share Posted May 29, 2018 My Kato Legends Collection 381 series showed up today! The listing said used but it's actually brand new other than a scratch on the box, how lucky is that? Super happy with this one, I think it might quickly become a favorite! (Please excuse the kitchenbahn, I'll try to take some better photos tonight at the club.) 9 Link to comment
chadbag Posted May 29, 2018 Share Posted May 29, 2018 16 minutes ago, Kiha66 said: (Please excuse the kitchenbahn, I'll try to take some better photos tonight at the club.) There is no excuse (needed) for the kitchenbahn. It is the best sort! And the 381 is nice as well. That JNR livery evokes a certain emotion and image of another time. 1 2 Link to comment
Philphil Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 (edited) Picked up some track yesterday, nothing exciting, just a single Peco X-over crossing and, um, (slowly counting in head) ... 22 switches. Edited May 30, 2018 by Philphil Miscounted, haha Link to comment
JR 500系 Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 12 hours ago, EH500 (9) said: One week of Ebay madness. Atleast the Aoshima figures were a gift. I saw a bus! 😛 Well seller was great to include those gifts! Link to comment
bill937ca Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, Philphil said: Picked up some track yesterday, nothing exciting, just a single Peco X-over crossing and, um, (slowly counting in head) ... 22 switches. You do this every week? Edited May 30, 2018 by bill937ca Link to comment
Philphil Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 37 minutes ago, bill937ca said: You do this every week? Two weeks from now is going to be a lot more costly than just a couple of switches like this week, haha! And actually, the worst part is that it turns out I DID happen to get 32 switches, not 22... 😵 Lots of miscounting today on my part! 2 Link to comment
EH500 (12) Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 8 hours ago, Philphil said: Well now you'll have to change your username! Maybe something along the lines of EH500 (9)/EH800 (3) Lets not go down this slippery slope, that would lead to a looong name. Link to comment
EH500 (12) Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 2 hours ago, JR 500系 said: I saw a bus! 😛 Well seller was great to include those gifts! Can't say no to a 3€ bus! Those gifts are not from a seller though, got these from a friend who has a scale model shop and ordered them without noticing the scale. 1 Link to comment
sid21177 Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 41 minutes ago, EH500 (9) said: Lets not go down this slippery slope, that would lead to a looong name. You could do EHx00(12) 😈 Link to comment
Philphil Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 6 hours ago, EH500 (9) said: Lets not go down this slippery slope, that would lead to a looong name. Woah, woah, woah, we haven't even included your collection of EH200's into your name yet! Link to comment
Das Steinkopf Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 2 hours ago, Philphil said: Woah, woah, woah, we haven't even included your collection of EH200's into your name yet! Luckily they are out of region so I don't think we will see masses of them being collected, that is unless somebody decides to switch from Hokkaido to Chuo Mainline. Link to comment
Philphil Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 Oh no, my auction item apparently was outbid, AFTER it reached the ZM warehouse! 😂 (Will upload pictures soon, hopefully.) 2 1 Link to comment
nah00 Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 (edited) Though they've been retired for a decade a Suigun Line KiHa-110 showed up on my layout helping to keep my promise to stick with only JR East and Hokkaido. Edited May 30, 2018 by nah00 9 Link to comment
nah00 Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 20 hours ago, Kiha66 said: My Kato Legends Collection 381 series showed up today! The listing said used but it's actually brand new other than a scratch on the box, how lucky is that? Super happy with this one, I think it might quickly become a favorite! (Please excuse the kitchenbahn, I'll try to take some better photos tonight at the club.) My experiences with Mandarake have taught me that in Japan 'used' has a much different context. I bought a figure once that had 'severe box damage' and had 'paint damage'. Needless to say I paid close to $75 less than normal and the 'severe' damage was a slightly crushed corner and the paint damage was a small inconspicuous chip. 1 Link to comment
chadbag Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 30 minutes ago, nah00 said: My experiences with Mandarake have taught me that in Japan 'used' has a much different context. I bought a figure once that had 'severe box damage' and had 'paint damage'. Needless to say I paid close to $75 less than normal and the 'severe' damage was a slightly crushed corner and the paint damage was a small inconspicuous chip. I'll double thumbs-up 👍 this post. I bought a "used" KATO 10-865 Shinkansen 800 on Amazon.co.jp from a marketplace vendor for significantly less than the other vendors had this set. It was brand new -- if run, only test run. The outside sleeve had a slightly crushed corner. I've since bought other "used" sets on Amazon.co.jp from marketplace senders and in every case, have gotten a basically brand new older set with maybe some slight cosmetic problems in the sleeve or a slightly crushed corner or something. I've not shied away from the "used" stuff based on my experiences. Link to comment
bill937ca Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 (edited) 4 hours ago, chadbag said: I'll double thumbs-up 👍 this post. I bought a "used" KATO 10-865 Shinkansen 800 on Amazon.co.jp from a marketplace vendor for significantly less than the other vendors had this set. It was brand new -- if run, only test run. The outside sleeve had a slightly crushed corner. I've since bought other "used" sets on Amazon.co.jp from marketplace senders and in every case, have gotten a basically brand new older set with maybe some slight cosmetic problems in the sleeve or a slightly crushed corner or something. I've not shied away from the "used" stuff based on my experiences. This is one of the reasons why it is so hard for Western goods to get a toe hold in Japan. Any garment with loose threads, not necessarily anything unusual in some retail circles here, immediately gets dumped into a clearance bin in Japan. I'm happy with my used train experiences also. Edited May 30, 2018 by bill937ca 1 Link to comment
Ultratram Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 I have taken a liking to greenmax kits. Just got my keikyu 600 blue sky kits. From amiami. Also picked up my first TGW mini Koppel. It's even smaller than I thought! I have it linked up with my tomix yo8000. Running best on my rokuhan rc01 controller. 12 Link to comment
serotta1972 Posted June 2, 2018 Share Posted June 2, 2018 Got my second Greenmax Model and the lame excuse for getting this one is because I rode it, actually I also really like the Kintetsu Urbanliners as I have 3 of the originals. 🙂 Got a super deal on eBay on a brand new Kato 10-421 313-0 Series to add to my 1700, 2500, 5000 and 8000 sub series. Pretty plain and boring but I really like the 313 Series. 8 Link to comment
Densha Posted June 2, 2018 Share Posted June 2, 2018 Just picked up this baby from @Yavianice! 7 Link to comment
JR 500系 Posted June 2, 2018 Share Posted June 2, 2018 3 hours ago, serotta1972 said: Got my second Greenmax Model and the lame excuse for getting this one is because I rode it, actually I also really like the Kintetsu Urbanliners as I have 3 of the originals. 🙂 Got a super deal on eBay on a brand new Kato 10-421 313-0 Series to add to my 1700, 2500, 5000 and 8000 sub series. Pretty plain and boring but I really like the 313 Series. Two of my favourite trains! Man I gotta seriously lurk at Ebay! I'm missing all the good deals! 1 hour ago, Densha said: Just picked up this baby from @Yavianice! Beautiful! Now I know where the 8000 series went! Sweet isn't it? And my small little parcel from Ami.... Always loved how Kato allows the case to be changed using a simple decal... Much better to look at then a 増結セット written on it... 9 Link to comment
railsquid Posted June 3, 2018 Share Posted June 3, 2018 (edited) All change on the Chuo line local services west of Tokyo, with a 211 series and (soon to be withdrawn) 115 series (both Kato) passing at the mouth of one of the many tunnels along the line, probably sometime in early 2014. kato-115-211-series by Rail Squid, on Flickr Edited June 3, 2018 by railsquid 9 Link to comment
JR 500系 Posted June 3, 2018 Share Posted June 3, 2018 I have a sudden liking to the 211series just before you posted this picture... and i'm glad I have gotten lucky with yahoo auctions and gotten for myself a Kato 4-car set ! (In Tokaido colour) ~ Cant wait for it to come and maybe even couple with the 313s! 1 Link to comment
railsquid Posted June 3, 2018 Share Posted June 3, 2018 I'm not a big fan of the 211 series, but they're essential for contemporary Chuo Line operations west of Tachikawa. Link to comment
Philphil Posted June 3, 2018 Share Posted June 3, 2018 6 minutes ago, JR 500系 said: I have a sudden liking to the 211series just before you posted this picture... and i'm glad I have gotten lucky with yahoo auctions and gotten for myself a Kato 4-car set ! (In Tokaido colour) ~ Cant wait for it to come and maybe even couple with the 313s! Now that means it's time to buy six more 211-series sets! 1 Link to comment
Pauljag900 Posted June 3, 2018 Share Posted June 3, 2018 3 hours ago, Philphil said: Now that means it's time to buy six more 211-series sets! And he probably will 👍👍😂😂😂😂 Link to comment
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