Ultratram Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 2 hours ago, Welshbloke said: The rest of the Twilight Express arrived along with the first DD51. Hopefully next week I can order the other one and the first two packs of the Cassiopeia... 3 Link to comment
Welshbloke Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 Should be ok now? The embedding code glitched so I edited the post and pasted it in again, working this end. Link to comment
Welshbloke Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 And the ED79 arrived. Interestingly it didn't include a Twilight Express headboard but does have a Cassiopeia one. 2 Link to comment
JR 500系 Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 This is so exciting, having to wait for my own Twilight Express set while admiring the Twilight express sets from others! Glad it was a good (and easy) choice to make, it looks great as a nice sleeper train! I feel that it looks even better than the boring Grey Cassiopeia! Link to comment
scotspensioner Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 (edited) 2 hours ago, Welshbloke said: And the ED79 arrived. Interestingly it didn't include a Twilight Express headboard but does have a Cassiopeia one. On a YouTube film I've seen taken at the Hokkaido changeover point,the Cassiopeia arrives with the ED79 carrying the headboard followed by the Twilight Express which doesn't have a headboard..Both trains leave behind the customary pairs of DD51s with headboards. The two trains are reversed during the changeover process and are in the platform's simultaneously Edited July 18, 2018 by scotspensioner Additional details Link to comment
Welshbloke Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 I'm somewhat committed to the Cassiopeia next anyway, ordered the motorised KaYa 27-500 for it last week. Waiting for a dispatch email from Plaza Japan, presumably they're waiting for the Tomix parts I ordered at the same time. Link to comment
Pauljag900 Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 I ve been so so excited to get this parcel from my good friend serotta1972 Big shout to khia66 for the EF30 and for sending it to junior for me,thanks Sam. bigger shout to Junior for getting me the trolley also,saved me postage there buddy👍 But a special thank you to Junior for these Trains and cars,I m so pleased,I feel like e ten year old on xmas day. Gave me a real lift when I got the letter from Royal Mail, a perfect end to an absoloute crap week !!😀😀👍 thanks Junior and sam. 11 Link to comment
AllScales Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 Note the lower right hand corner: 5 Link to comment
bill937ca Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 2 hours ago, AllScales said: Note the lower right hand corner: Its online in German. Link to comment
Kiha66 Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 5 hours ago, Pauljag900 said: I ve been so so excited to get this parcel from my good friend serotta1972 Wow, what a haul Paul! Glad to see everything arrived safely, looks like you should be set with trains for a while now! 1 Link to comment
chadbag Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 1 minute ago, Kiha66 said: Wow, what a haul Paul! Glad to see everything arrived safely, looks like you should be set with trains for a while now! At least a day or two... 1 Link to comment
gavino200 Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 5 hours ago, Pauljag900 said: I ve been so so excited to get this parcel from my good friend serotta1972 Big shout to khia66 for the EF30 and for sending it to junior for me,thanks Sam. bigger shout to Junior for getting me the trolley also,saved me postage there buddy👍 But a special thank you to Junior for these Trains and cars,I m so pleased,I feel like e ten year old on xmas day. Gave me a real lift when I got the letter from Royal Mail, a perfect end to an absoloute crap week !!😀😀👍 thanks Junior and sam. Nice. Are you starting a little German collection? 1 Link to comment
Pauljag900 Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 12 minutes ago, Kiha66 said: Wow, what a haul Paul! Glad to see everything arrived safely, looks like you should be set with trains for a while now! I am until Junior gets to me again!!!😂😂👍 Link to comment
Pauljag900 Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 11 minutes ago, gavino200 said: Nice. Are you starting a little German collection? Hi Gavin, just the one,and a couple of American freight trains. I liked the look of the Br103 and I ve got six german coaches which at the mo are being pulled by one of the dd51’s. Link to comment
chadbag Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 2 minutes ago, Pauljag900 said: Hi Gavin, just the one, That is how it starts... 2 minutes ago, Pauljag900 said: and a couple of American freight trains. I liked the look of the Br103 and I ve got six german coaches which at the mo are being pulled by one of the dd51’s. You'll start liking the looks of some others real soon now. 2 Link to comment
JR 500系 Posted July 21, 2018 Share Posted July 21, 2018 Amazing haul there buddy Paul! That's quite a huge box of trains!! I love the 313s! 1 Link to comment
JR 500系 Posted July 21, 2018 Share Posted July 21, 2018 On 7/6/2018 at 8:13 PM, JR 500系 said: What's really strange is, isn't all bus cases supposed to hold 18 buses? (last picture) Why does mine only holds 16 (2nd last picture) I found my answer.... https://www.tomytec.co.jp/diocolle/news/20180718/index.html It seems Tomytec will replace the decal and not the urethane? A cheap trick to what was printed wrongly... It looked like the Urethane should be able to hold 18... Even Tour buses in collection 17, which are much taller, can hold 18 buses... 3 Link to comment
lighthouse Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 Get a new train 😄 Kato 10-1328 Series 711-0 (Legend Collection) as JNR-Version of the early 70´s 9 Link to comment
JR 500系 Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 2 small parcels form Ami: One containing another 521 series... and that beautiful Kiha-130 painted train... Graphics look so nice! The other parcel contains the much awaited B.B. Base! The painting is really nice! 7 Link to comment
katoftw Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 Kato JR 225-100 4 car train. Started collecting all the 4 car sets from JR West in the Kansai region. 2 Link to comment
Yavianice Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 Received my unremarkable order of EF58, EF66, and a casco box and some couplers from AmiAmi. What IS remarkable about this very usual order is that it weighs 1.3 kg and should have been shipped with SAL small packet. Instead, AmiAmi shipped and invoiced it with SAL Parcel, insisting that it weighs 2 kg and is not eligible for Small Parcel, even when I pointed it out to them that the shipping and their weight estimates was clearly incorrect. Sending yet another angry complaint e-mail to AmiAmi.... (second botched shipment this year!) 😡 Or does gravity work different in the AmiAmi warehouse? 1 2 Link to comment
chadbag Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 Got my first ZenMarket.JP parcel. They don't tell you the cost estimates for shipping beforehand. I chose DHL. That was the second cheapest, and was beat bye Fedex by some 7 cents. SAL Parcel (it was over 2kg) and all the others were more expensive -- often significantly. And DHL got it to me in about 2 days. First non-Amazon DHL from Japan. I won't be doing a lot on ZenMarket because I am not supposed to be getting new stuff -- self imposed moratorium -- and I can get my SIL to get me stuff and keep it and periodically send it, which may save over time... Anyway The box -- well wrapped, and a small box just big enough to fit stuff (important for dimensional weights for international shipping) KATO Cassiopeia EF81 and 10-399 "CASSIOPEIA" car set came together and with Japan GST and domestic shipping was around US$ 75. DD51 was separate and with domestic shipping was around US$ 34. Some MicroAce HB-E300 "resort liner" 2 car sets. They were separate listings from the same guy and together with domestic shipping were US$ 124 all together. Will add to my KATO HB-E300 4 car set (with the trees) Greenmax Nanohana KiHa 200 with motor car. And separately a Greenmax KiHa 220 motor car. I already had a double trailer Nanohana and wanted a motor car. About US$ 76 with domestic shipping. The KiHa 220 was from a broken up set and came with some couplers and small pieces and was about US$ 34 with domestic shipping. I got that to use with my doble trailer SSL and Red KiHa 200 cars. 8 Link to comment
Pauljag900 Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 (edited) Nice haul there buddy👍😀 you ll be receiving another one pretty soon I m guessing?👍👍😀 Edited July 25, 2018 by Densha Removed unnecessary quote. Link to comment
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