Cat Posted July 23, 2020 Share Posted July 23, 2020 1980s, whew! Marked safe from dekotora. : 3 Link to comment
Pauljag900 Posted July 23, 2020 Share Posted July 23, 2020 8 hours ago, defor said: New motor....? when did this new motor come out (I have a tram I bought for my daughter last summer) and can it be purchased separately to upgrade existing? Sorry mate,I may have misled you there,I had the old one but it ran rubbish so I sold it. i ve just bought another one with the new motor in it,I think it cost about £37. Link to comment
defor Posted July 23, 2020 Share Posted July 23, 2020 1 minute ago, Pauljag900 said: Sorry mate,I may have misled you there,I had the old one but it ran rubbish so I sold it. i ve just bought another one with the new motor in it,I think it cost about £37. No problem! thanks for the reply- Personally I feel it runs exceptionally well but wasn't sure if I should be worried about anything... It has a wierd "fluid" movement feel, but possibly its just using a coreless motor like some of my Green Max trains- I haven't really checked. Link to comment
Pauljag900 Posted July 23, 2020 Share Posted July 23, 2020 59 minutes ago, defor said: No problem! thanks for the reply- Personally I feel it runs exceptionally well but wasn't sure if I should be worried about anything... It has a wierd "fluid" movement feel, but possibly its just using a coreless motor like some of my Green Max trains- I haven't really checked. Depending when you bought it it may already have the newer motor in it. the newer model is 14-503-1,I think the -1 indicates the newer motor👍😀 Link to comment
katoftw Posted July 23, 2020 Share Posted July 23, 2020 (edited) New version with better motor was only just released Edited July 23, 2020 by katoftw Link to comment
Pauljag900 Posted July 23, 2020 Share Posted July 23, 2020 Yeah that’s why I gave him the no so he can check it with his,depends when he bought it I only got mine a few weeks ago runs superb,better at low speeds,the other one was really jumpy even with extra weight added Link to comment
JR 500系 Posted July 23, 2020 Share Posted July 23, 2020 Wow those Dakota trucks look really interesting! You sparked my interest! 🙂 Got a couple (more) buses that i have been eyeing on for sometime.... I am especially eyeing on that Keio CNG bus from collection 5 for sometime now, it's such a sweet model! Surprised to see the 'bus ticket' is made of metal! 🙂 5 Link to comment
ED75-775 Posted July 23, 2020 Share Posted July 23, 2020 (edited) Another new arrival today - just the thing to brighten up an unwanted sick day at home! It’s the Kato 10-815 Koki 50000 container car two-pack. These originally retailed at around $40.00 NZD roughly; I got mine second hand but in like new condition for $70.00. Seems to be common with a majority of Japanese N scale stuff sold here... irrespective, I like ‘em and they’re a good score all the same. No photo as it’s apparently ‘too large’, I will have to try cut it down when I have time. Edited July 23, 2020 by ED75-775 2 Link to comment
maihama eki Posted July 23, 2020 Share Posted July 23, 2020 (edited) Received these recently - World Kogei plastic kits. Has anyone built any of these? They come with pre-assembled motor/gears/wheels that is ready to run. The body, details, etc. are the kit part. Edited July 23, 2020 by maihama eki 4 Link to comment
cteno4 Posted July 23, 2020 Share Posted July 23, 2020 I’ve been thinking of a small parking lot scene with a little meetup going on with a good crowd around. In the heyday of dekotora they use to do pretty big spontaneous shows in parking lots and fields. I have a nice little coffee table book of just truck pictures. I remember reading an interview that was with a bling shop owner that sold all the addon parts talking about the drivers who were doing it. One was great he was like a 3 pack a day smoker and finally decided to quit and to keep himself from smoking spent all the cig money on parts and would be by every day or two just buying a light and then kept himself occupied by adding things bit by bit everyday and not smoking! There was also a funny movie way back where one of the main characters is a dekotora driver, it’s been like 15 years since I saw it and the plot is sort of all merged with several other quirky little japanese movies in my head now. jeff 6 Link to comment
Cat Posted July 23, 2020 Share Posted July 23, 2020 59 minutes ago, maihama eki said: Received these recently - World Kogei plastic kits. Has anyone built any of these? They come with pre-assembled motor/gears/wheels that is ready to run. The body, details, etc. are the kit part. I would love to see a report on how they run when you get them together! Link to comment
disturbman Posted July 24, 2020 Share Posted July 24, 2020 (edited) Two packages made it to Berlin with a total value of 20.000¥ without any interference of the German Customs and the German Post. This was a good day. I am very impressed with the JR West painted trains. The livery is truly beautiful. Edited July 24, 2020 by disturbman 11 Link to comment
Pauljag900 Posted July 25, 2020 Share Posted July 25, 2020 (edited) The final piece(for now😂) for the theme park, the rock band(aka Marc Bolan and T. rex) 😂😂 i llglue then in place later. Edited July 25, 2020 by Pauljag900 6 Link to comment
Kamome Posted July 25, 2020 Share Posted July 25, 2020 Took a short drive to Shimonoseki and scored a junk Romance Car from Hobby Off. The set cost ¥4000 as a non-runner junk lot. This particular set was produced in 1993 according to the documentation. After a strip down and a good clean up etc.., the thing runs smoothly, as good as new. The interior lights are filament bulbs so a bit dim but nice that the whole thing is lit. Also picked up the latest RM and one of the recent supplement publications. Stumbled across the JRF yard On the way back thanks to my satnav taking me the scenic route. 7 Link to comment
Claude_Dreyfus Posted July 25, 2020 Share Posted July 25, 2020 (edited) Two new lorries have been added to the Dreyfus fleet. Mainly obtained for the tipper truck (to be used for deliveries to the cement works on Kenekimura), they represent older trucks of a suitable period for the layout. Ironically, I suspect the cement mixer will be of less use to me on the layout as the cement loading facilities are aimed at rail wagons. The tipper load will need to be painted and detailed to represent limestone. Edited July 25, 2020 by Claude_Dreyfus 8 Link to comment
nah00 Posted July 26, 2020 Share Posted July 26, 2020 (edited) A few months of orders from HS, yet another DD51. Strangely I paid less for the motor car for the Tohoku KiHa 40 that for the trailer as it was on sale at HS at the time. Also a new plane for my air base, Shin's X-29 from Area 88 (my favorite manga). Not exactly something you would see at a Japanese airbase but considering I have a VF-1 on the tarmac I think I can get a pass on this one. Also with the 'survival game' figures the rifles fit much better if you cut off the hand grips and glue them that way. Also really impressed with the printing on the Evangelion buses and as always the painting on the Hokkaido KiHa set is fantastic. Edited July 26, 2020 by nah00 9 Link to comment
ED75-775 Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 First of my new arrivals in today: the Kato 8001 Toki 15000 gondola, and Tomix 2714 Wamu 80000 boxcar. The latter turned out to have TN couplers installed, very interesting! Somewhere along the line a mistake was made, not a massive one and it won’t be hard to fix. I think a Tomix Thomas coupling might fit, and if I’ve read Rakuten right, they’re cheap enough anyway. If that’s the worst I have to deal with, then it’s not too bad considering I brought these before lockdown started! And yes, that’s my pair of Koki 50000 wagons in behind. They look smart behind that ED75, maybe not the right one for them but still smart! 6 Link to comment
Pauljag900 Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 Looks good buddy 👍😀 as you ve no doubt worked out I m not a big fan of following rules,if it looks good do it! 😂😂 not that there’s anything wrong with following rules,in fact at times I m in awe of those who do and take the time to research things.👍😀 1 Link to comment
defor Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 Some Groove Garage 19D 50L stackable containers arrived last Monday (as well as other stackable containers for a group buy)... they simply were shipped to the wrong address so I didn't get them until today. 6 Link to comment
cteno4 Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 Uh oh we are going to have confusion at the train shows! jeff 2 Link to comment
defor Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 32 minutes ago, cteno4 said: Uh oh we are going to have confusion at the train shows! jeff Hah, these are the second batch I own (Also have a few blue 18D) 🙂 Wish shipping was cheaper sadly, but they're great for under-bench storage. 2 Link to comment
cteno4 Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 Yeah it’s like the train cases it can be 50-100% shipping! I used the excuse it was cheaper per item to ship two than one so I got 2. jeff Link to comment
roadstar_na6 Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 I got the red Popondetta one from ModelTrainPlus recently, it cost me 5.5k and 6k for shipping 😄 Initially I wanted the green one but that was sold out everywhere apart from amazon where prices exploded within the time I saved up the money to buy one 😕 Link to comment
Yavianice Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 Perhaps you got it just before the re-release? I got mine for 4K shipping on Amazon at usual prices? Link to comment
Cat Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 Amazon shipping prices on these have been pretty good lately. Link to comment
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