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

[angusmclean]

 

I think you will agree that if you were relying on these holes to supply the firebox with combustion air, the fire would go out rather quickly.!  

 

 

I would. It's just that there is usually a glow from these holes which could be represented by orange paint on the model.  Can you paint them on your C56?

 

Angus

[scott]

I shouldn't have, but I caved when I saw that HS had the Kato green-striped Niigata 115 (10-583) on sale. So now I have a second one on the way--it'll be nice to either run a double set or have two sets going at the same time. And now I see that they're out of stock and back to regular price, so phew!

[cteno4]

Well it wasnt the postman, but it was curt. he had ordered a couple of boxes of the car collection 12 and extra taxis from poppendetta that we split up. im a happy boy with 5 yellow taixs and a load of priuses a few vans and a couple of ambulances! was a good split as he wanted the older stuff and i wanted the newer stuff mainly!

 

cheers

 

jeff

[angusmclean]

Firebox door air vents

 

 

  'Erected above the grate and immediately below the first row of tubes, the arch slopes upwards towards the firehole door. Its purpose is to direct unburnt gases towards the firehole door to mix with air entering there to ensure complete combustion.

 

The brick arch works in conjunction with a baffle plate fitted in the firehole door; this directs air into the path of the flame and gases to complete combustion and burn off excessive smoke. Further, the baffle plate directs the relatively cold air entering the firebox away from the tube plate.'

 

Quote extracted from a UK steam loco preservation site. Yup. Doors are sometimes opened to encourage a draught, sometimes  when the loco is at rest  but butterfly doors are there to keep down the cold air entering when topping up the firebed.  Presumably the vent hole sizes are designed to a specific recipe for optimum air  mixture to encourage the final burn of carbon laden smoke.

 

Angus

[Martijn Meerts]

Just ordered a Kato series 151 "Kodama / Tsubame" base set + add-on =)

[Krackel Hopper]

hey hey,

 

Haven't posted lately, so I've got a good little stash of new stuff!

 

Over the last 2 months I've spent too much money!

 

B-Train Shorty - "Best of" repeats 9 & 10 (locomotives)

B-Train Shorty - Skyliner

B-Train Shorty - Kintetsu Series 10100

B-Train Shorty - Koki Container Set (Koki 104s & 106s)

B-Train Shorty - Series 20 (basic 4 car set)

B-Train Shorty - Series 20 (2 car add-on)

 

 

Kato - DD51 Hokutosei

MicroAce - EF510-501

MicroAce - Series 50000 Rapi:t

MicroAce - Kumoha123-5 Uno Line 'Seagulls'

Tomix - Kiha 130 'Hidaka Pony Train'

Tomytec - Ichigo & Tama Series 2270 trains

 

For the Holidays I received some awesome stuff as well!

 

Tomix - EF66 Blue Train (Basic 3 Car Set)

MicroAce - North Rainbow Express - woot! 

 

Also received & purchased some Sankei kits too..

 

Waiting for..

MicroAce - Yufuin No Mori (4 Car Set)

MicroAce - DD53 Rotary Plow (since friggin' August!!!)

 

RapitBunny also has the Tomix Hikari Railstar on order..

 

After that - I have nothing on order until the N700-7000 Sakura in March.. but Kato had to announce the E5 for March as well.. ugh.. I want it.. I need time to replenish the wallet after these last few months..

[Bernard]

Just got my Series 885 Shirio Kamone.

It was lost by the post office and probably has seen more US States than I have. 

[sedril]

New stuff arrived today!

 

A bunch of track (turnouts, controls for turnouts, DC feeder track).

2 Rapido CN Coach cars (Picture #1).

1 Microace C55-20 Streamlined (Picture #2 & 3).

 

(Edit:  Fixed giant pictures down to a reasonable size)

[Martijn Meerts]

My Kato series 151 base set and add on, Kato GS-4, and the Sankei Totoro house kit got shipped today. Knowing customs here though, I'll have to wait about 3-4 weeks before it arrives, and that's with EMS ...

 

Looking forward to seeing the 151 bonnet first hand, and obviously the GS-4 is going to be quite a sight :)

[cteno4]

My Dr Tokai just showed up. nicely detailed! it had been waiting for the dd53 snow plow as they were to be released about the same time and i preordered them together at hw, but finally decided to split the shipment for fear the dr tokai might get lost in the shuffle waiting for the plow! hw is really great at holding stuff till the whole order is in though! they are nice about splitting the order though and also combining orders.

 

cheers

 

jeff

[westfalen]

New stuff arrived today!

 

A bunch of track (turnouts, controls for turnouts, DC feeder track).

2 Rapido CN Coach cars (Picture #1).

1 Microace C55-20 Streamlined (Picture #2 & 3).

 

(Edit:  Fixed giant pictures down to a reasonable size)

The Rapido CN coach looks good with the lights on, dad has a UP version from them that has the whole side of the car glow when the lights are on.

 

A couple of packages with decoders and lighting kits for my DD51's and Hoketosi cars made it through between the Christmas and New Year post office shut downs so I'll have something to do over the long weekend.

[Nozomi4ever]

I got this Sexy new black Siemens Taurus on order.. *MRCE BosporusSprinter by Märklin

(*MRCE stands for Mitsui Rail Capital Europe , A Japanese company 's subsidiary in Europe)

My own pictures posting soon...

Chan :)

[Bernard]

I got this Sexy new black Siemens Taurus on order.. *MRCE BosporusSprinter by Märklin

(*MRCE stands for Mitsui Rail Capital Europe , A Japanese company 's subsidiary in Europe)

My own pictures posting soon...

Chan :)

 

 

 

 

Is this Z or HO scale? I've always have been impressed with the details on Marklin models, but in the USA they are very expensive.

[Claude_Dreyfus]

That Taurus is nice... Lemke/Kato are producing a rather naughty range of these in N Gauge...including this livery...

[bill937ca]

The Modemo NT111 and NT112, a 1997 Meitetsu 600v interurban train that was equipped to load either at floor level platforms or on the street.

[Fenway Park]

My Kato D51 arrived today from Hobby Search. It is superb.

[spacecadet]

I just ordered the Kato 10-570 and 10-571 basic and add-on "A" Joban line set.  Also a few sets of the Tomytec "the humans" people.  This is my first order from Hobby Search.

 

Does anybody know if the E-531 Joban line set is DCC friendly?  I'm still running DC but just planning for the future.

[westfalen]

I got this Sexy new black Siemens Taurus on order.. *MRCE BosporusSprinter by Märklin

(*MRCE stands for Mitsui Rail Capital Europe , A Japanese company 's subsidiary in Europe)

My own pictures posting soon...

Chan :)

 

 

 

 

Is this Z or HO scale? I've always have been impressed with the details on Marklin models, but in the USA they are very expensive.

They are very expensive everywhere.

[Bernard]

I don't have the Joban line but taking a look at Kato's design of the train (which is typical of their passenger lines) I would say it will be easy to install a decoder in the future.

[Nozomi4ever]

I got this Sexy new black Siemens Taurus on order.. *MRCE BosporusSprinter by Märklin

(*MRCE stands for Mitsui Rail Capital Europe , A Japanese company 's subsidiary in Europe)

My own pictures posting soon...

Chan :)

 

 

 

 

Is this Z or HO scale? I've always have been impressed with the details on Marklin models, but in the USA they are very expensive.

 

@Bernard As usual.. This train is in HO scale fitted with a sound decorder with automatic registration system unlike other Japanese trains which there is no sound decorder equipped and when you equipped the Kato or Tomix trains with DCC decorders , you will have to register the locomotive) yourself. That 's what makes Marklin expensive... "The easy to understand Multifunctional Digital system and the automatic or Semi automatic registration system(MFX or FX system) makes a piece of Marklin locomotive expensive..

Cheers

Chan

[Martijn Meerts]

Well.. I have analog Marklin locomotives that cost about the same as 10 Kato/Tomix locomotives, so it's really not just the sound and mfx that makes them expensive.

 

I find Marklin to be a hit and miss affair. I have some Marklin locomotives that are absolutely amazing (Big Boy, GT2 4x4), and I have others that are not worth the money spent on them (ICE2, Mickey Mouse train), and then there's the questionable ones, like the BR103 which is absolutely amazing looks wise, apart from the 2 ugly screws on top that hold the shell in place =)

 

Regardless, the trains always do seem to run extremely well.

[Nozomi4ever]

Well.. I have analog Marklin locomotives that cost about the same as 10 Kato/Tomix locomotives, so it's really not just the sound and mfx that makes them expensive.

 

I find Marklin to be a hit and miss affair. I have some Marklin locomotives that are absolutely amazing (Big Boy, GT2 4x4), and I have others that are not worth the money spent on them (ICE2, Mickey Mouse train), and then there's the questionable ones, like the BR103 which is absolutely amazing looks wise, apart from the 2 ugly screws on top that hold the shell in place =)

 

Regardless, the trains always do seem to run extremely well.

 

 

Lol..You mean this one.. (Mickey Mouse train)

@Martijn..

Of course , ICE 2 is not a nice model in my opinion as well.. It is a waste of money. But I must say that Marklin 's high price is due to its good quality control and reliable running system.. The box may not be as nice or as classy as Microace , Tomix or Kato 's but the reliable running system is there.. :)

[Martijn Meerts]

Yep, that's the Mickey train =) It looks great, runs well too, but the motor noise is terrible. I've converted it to digital and the newer 5 pole motor type, but it really sounds like a 30 year old Lima locomotive on a bad day =)

 

Their quality control isn't what it used to be anymore actually, they have issues quite regularly. I guess it's because they've been fighting bankruptcy for so long now, they just let some things slip through once in a while.

 

Actually, I think Marklin really needs to rethink their strategy, because the banks are getting sick and tired of not getting their money, and there's no investors willing to spend any money on the brand anymore. From what I've heard, if Marklin doesn't start turning a profit within a year, they might close shop completely, which would be a shame.

[KenS]

I just ordered the Kato 10-570 and 10-571 basic and add-on "A" Joban line set.  Also a few sets of the Tomytec "the humans" people.  This is my first order from Hobby Search.

 

Does anybody know if the E-531 Joban line set is DCC friendly?  I'm still running DC but just planning for the future.

 

Yes, it is one of Kato's "DCC Friendly" trains. I just opened mine up to double check.

 

Also, as someone else noted a while back, you can check the Japanese Kato Site's stock page (if you end up on an English description, click the "Japanese" link to get that version; this page for the E531).  If it's DCC Friendly it will say "DCCフレンドリー " on the page.  You'll need to click on the red arrow in the description to see the additional text that includes this. For some reason they don't always include this on the English pages (and I've seen it omitted from the Japanese ones a time or two).

[Nozomi4ever]

Yep, that's the Mickey train =) It looks great, runs well too, but the motor noise is terrible. I've converted it to digital and the newer 5 pole motor type, but it really sounds like a 30 year old Lima locomotive on a bad day =)

 

Their quality control isn't what it used to be anymore actually, they have issues quite regularly. I guess it's because they've been fighting bankruptcy for so long now, they just let some things slip through once in a while.

 

Actually, I think Marklin really needs to rethink their strategy, because the banks are getting sick and tired of not getting their money, and there's no investors willing to spend any money on the brand anymore. From what I've heard, if Marklin doesn't start turning a profit within a year, they might close shop completely, which would be a shame.

 

Haha.. Don't worry , Martijn. Marklin will be out of bankruptcy by next year.. 

See here  :http://www.marklin-users.net/forum/default.aspx?g=posts&m=263702