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

[cteno4]

Nice haul Tim!

 

They all sound like reasonable prices and when you factor in the cost of shipping (especially on the track) it was a good deal and you got to look at it before buying and like you say support local sales of Japanese stuff. 

 

Sounds like you can now do a large viaduct loop to run trains on! It works well on the floor as the tracks are not on the ground and schmutz issues. Also the double viaduct track is very sturdy and puts up to abuse and irregularities in the flooring.

 

have fun!

 

jeff

[Drunkenclam]

Got some stuff today, to go at the end of my local line. The station platform set is just to extend existing.

 

 

 

[railsquid]

The Tokyo Metro Tozai Line fleet continues to expand, this time with the addition of a MicroAce 07 series:

 

MicroAce Tokyo Metro 07 Series (Tozai Line) by Rail Squid, on Flickr

 

Found at a fairly sane price, due to some cosmetic issues with the power car which don't stand out unless you look closely, and which can probably be easily fixed.

[JR 500系]

Havent been posting for a while so here are the arrivals:

 

First up from MTP, the lovely Pokémon with you! It's really cute!! 

 

 

Next up is from Ami, the extremely beautiful (and expensive) Blue Symphony, and the much awaited Truck collection 12! And yes I got the special truck too! 

 

 

Much amazing is that the 'uncoloured' version that came with the case, also came with the railway wheels on the excavator ~ It would then be better NOT to have the secret variant if you get the case, since technically the excavator is also easily available... Cause having the secret meant giving up the roller... 

I really like the dump trucks though... they are really VERY detailed, and looked very beefed up, much more than their previous dump trucks versions... 

 

Now to find that Yellow Roller to complete the set... 

Edited September 18, 2019 by JR 500系

[cteno4]

Woaaa Sammy the super special! I’ve only gotten two of those unpainted and clear versions in all my vehicle sets (I don’t want to admit him many I have...)

 

It is a hard one like what will do with this on the layout and painting will be a pain... maybe sell off on yahoo.jp! 

 

I know my pearlescent 280z was going for a lot there just after release, like twice the price of the whole set of a bit, but that was at the height of the Tomytec vehicle set craze.

 

jeff

[nah00]

July order that I forgot about, nothing terribly exciting. I wish the guidebook had more maps and pictures but it does squeeze in a lot of info. The rollsigns are for the Takisaki 211 series from Tomix. Kind of don't like the fact they only give 8 of each sign, it's kind of nice to get an extra in case you mess one up.

Edited September 19, 2019 by nah00

[TimWay4]

On 9/16/2019 at 7:10 PM, cteno4 said:

Nice haul Tim!

 

They all sound like reasonable prices and when you factor in the cost of shipping (especially on the track) it was a good deal and you got to look at it before buying and like you say support local sales of Japanese stuff. 

 

Sounds like you can now do a large viaduct loop to run trains on! It works well on the floor as the tracks are not on the ground and schmutz issues. Also the double viaduct track is very sturdy and puts up to abuse and irregularities in the flooring.

 

have fun!

 

jeff

 

Yeah nothing was overly expensive. Unfortunately in the process of trying to move house, so the track has just gone straight into storage 😞. The C62 set ran well, and was a little surprisingly a big hit at the club when I took it down for testing. The Camera train had some issues, I could only get the app to connect briefly, but there was an image there, so I know the camera works, I just need to spend some time looking into what I was doing wrong (there's bound to be something) to get it to connect to the app.

 

Really happy with my purchases and they run well, so all is good 🙂 

 

On a different note, my micro z-gauge layout is due to turn up tomorrow 🙂 

[Fenway Park]

My Pair Hands YO 9000 kit arrived from HS. This uses the Kato new YO 6000 as the base for the brass sides and hangers and axle box bits. 

 

Apparently there were were two of these introduced in Kyushu in 1968 to work with the new higher speed wagons. They then went to Hokkaido. I knew nothing about these vans. So I presume the HS translation is accurate. 

 

The kit kit contains two sets of decals, one is a yellow band which I thought meant the wagon had a restricted top speed as with the Seki 3000/6000 etc as well as the Sera 1s. 

 

Now in the to do pile. 

 

Malcolm

[Welshbloke]

If the camera app uses wifi then check whether your phone is set to automatically search for a stronger Internet connection. That could cause it to dump the camera link (as there's no Internet access there). I think the GoPro app on mine specifically advises to disable that setting for this reason.

[nah00]

Get an Amazon.jp account I thought. What could possibly go wrong I thought...

The Eizan Kirara is way out of area for me but for some reason it grew on me over time, plus it was on sale. I've seen most of the layouts in the 50 Layout Plans book but it's nice to have them not on a computer, one thing about it is that it really makes you wish Kato did a curved turnout. The other book is more introductory than I thought but has some neat scenery ideas (using empty plastic drink bottles as support for scenery is genius) and lots of pictures of the techniques used.

[railsquid]

18 hours ago, Welshbloke said:

If the camera app uses wifi then check whether your phone is set to automatically search for a stronger Internet connection. That could cause it to dump the camera link (as there's no Internet access there). I think the GoPro app on mine specifically advises to disable that setting for this reason.

 

Interesting, that might be why it would only work with an older phone for me.

 

Meanwhile I went to Akihabara and came home with a bunch of junk, in anticlockwise order:

• a pair of intermediate 103 series cars to expand a Tomix 4-car Yamanote line basic set
• an intermediate E353 car to expand a Kato E353 series 4-car basic set
• some side destination stickers for the Tomix JR 209-1000 Series (Chuo Line) set
• a whole bunch of Revolution Factory detailing accessories

 

Edited September 20, 2019 by railsquid

[Welshbloke]

I think I'd just end up known as "That mad westerner who buys all our Kato Shonan junk" if I lived there...

[nah00]

2 hours ago, Welshbloke said:

I think I'd just end up known as "That mad westerner who buys all our Kato Shonan junk" if I lived there...

 

I would have to declare bankruptcy but man I would have sooooooooooo many containers for my kokis...

[TheNicofabi]

18 hours ago, nah00 said:

I've seen most of the layouts in the 50 Layout Plans book but it's nice to have them not on a computer, one thing about it is that it really makes you wish Kato did a curved turnout. The other book is more introductory than I thought but has some neat scenery ideas (using empty plastic drink bottles as support for scenery is genius) and lots of pictures of the techniques used.

 

Litteraly the same two books I bought just before leaving Japan, good books those two!

[shiniji]

Hello Guys :)

 

Here are the models that have arrived the last days. Unfortunately, I have pre-ordered too much at Hobbysearch again 😅

[Welshbloke]

The Casco 12 slot case in Shonan livery arrived:

 

 

Cue shuffling of other stock into the two Kato seven slot cases it replaced (which had a couple of extra 165 Series cars in as well as this).

[railsquid]

Finally found a Kato Chuo-Sobu Line 201 series:

 

Kato 201 series (Chuo-Sobu Line) by Rail Squid, on Flickr

 

at a very reasonable price, because according to the seller:

- it came from a pet-infested household

- the lights don't work

 

so I was half-expecting the mechanism to be clogged with hairs and I will replace the lighting units anyway, but apart from the usual wear'n'tear on the cardboard sleeve it was as good as new, and the lights started working once it had run a while (not a materials expert or anything but I suspect the metal contacts oxidise or something  after a long period in storage and the mere act of running the train freshens everything up).

[Claude_Dreyfus]

Just back from a couple of weeks in Japan and Malaysia, making full use of the the rail pass for the Japanese part.

 

The options for shopping were a little limited time as well as space in the luggage; however I did take the opportunity to drop into Poponetta in Hiroshima.

 

Only a couple of bits, a MicroAce EF67 2 (I saw several EF67s stabled at Hiroshima) and a set of Tomytec cars.

 

 

The 'Hello Kitty' series 500 forms part of our general Tourist Tat haul. We took the 730 Kodama from Hiroshima to Osaka on this very unit. This souvenir came from the train itself...which has a very pink shop in carriage 1. I also bought a couple of Tomica vehicles - a taxi and Hiroshima tram.

[Keith]

I believe it was Jeff who mentioned a sale at Hobbysearch a couple of weeks ago and now this has arrived.

 

 

[Kiha66]

My hobby search sale order also arrived, I love the paint scheme!  Hopefully the local club will have a DC night soon so I can run it.

[railsquid]

More set-bulking-up junk :D

 

junk-2019-09-27 by Rail Squid, on Flickr

[nah00]

I don't suppose they have, you know, like kokis bagged and sold like this, do they...?

Edited September 28, 2019 by nah00

[Welshbloke]

I did find a video of someone browsing an Akiba junk section, unfortunately I didn't press subscribe so I've not seen it since. Was mostly a case of me shouting "I need that one. And that one. And those!" at the screen though...

[railsquid]

8 hours ago, nah00 said:

I don't suppose they have, you know, like kokis bagged and sold like this, do they...?

 

Quite often.

[cteno4]

You are an evil man squid.

 

jeff