KaiDon Posted June 24, 2021 Share Posted June 24, 2021 I am a fan of Japanese LS , Big thank, if you can show us on the layout . Link to comment
KaiDon Posted June 24, 2021 Share Posted June 24, 2021 9 hours ago, lighthouse said: The next steam-locos arrived! Kato 2016-3 D51 Standard & 2016-4 "Quetschesse" Both are at home in Hokkaido until the mid-70s. Link to comment
lighthouse Posted June 24, 2021 Share Posted June 24, 2021 4 hours ago, KaiDon said: I am a fan of Japanese LS , Big thank, if you can show us on the layout . Thank you, i don´t have a layout, but i can let them run on the desk :-) Link to comment
lighthouse Posted June 24, 2021 Share Posted June 24, 2021 (edited) 6 hours ago, JR 500系 said: Another parcel dropped off from our dear friend at Rail Rokko... As usual, the packing is just superb... the boxes are well protected and stay where they are throughout shipping, thanks to those thick cardbox spacers! See how nicely packed it is? Really wowzers on the packing... Each box is also individually wrapped in bubble wrap First the Kiha-150... I have yet to have a Kiha 150, and best yet one with 2 different colour schemes... Now we can all couple with the Kiha-40s and Kiha-143s! Time to hunt for a Kiha-54 to complete the collection... The 733-3000 series Airport express.... Missed this set when it first got released.... Just love the U-seat carriage! Nice sets, wait for my package with Series 733-3000, KiHa 283 and Kiha CR70/75 in the end of june! Edited June 24, 2021 by lighthouse Link to comment
James-SNMB Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 On 6/12/2021 at 6:54 PM, gavino200 said: I finally succumbed and bought a model of the ugly sister. I love it. I first saw this train in the Maglev museum. I thought it must be a concept train. It was just so awful looking. But I've come to develop a certain fascination with it. That's funny, I actually really like the 300 series unironically. Hearing so many opinions on the other side makes me wonder why I feel so differrent about it! I'll have to give it some thought and post it in the "What's your favourite shinkansen" thread in the Japanese prototype sub-forum... 4 Link to comment
chadbag Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 1 hour ago, James-SNMB said: That's funny, I actually really like the 300 series unironically. Hearing so many opinions on the other side makes me wonder why I feel so differrent about it! I'll have to give it some thought and post it in the "What's your favourite shinkansen" thread in the Japanese prototype sub-forum... I don't think the 300 is particularly ugly. Just dated in design. I've ridden my fair share of them. 2 Link to comment
Arctic Posted June 26, 2021 Share Posted June 26, 2021 I've had two packages from Rail-Gallery Rokko recently containing: Sorry I don't have any pre-opening pictures of the parcels! One parcel contained the 103 and Family Mart Konbini. The JR 103 Series in that style is one of my favourite trains, as I rode it a few times in Japan, and I have driven it a lot in Train Simulator. The other parcel contained the EF210, DF200, Koki + containers and Takis you see (effectively my JR Freight starter set I guess!) These were delivered by DHL and interestingly, for the parcel which contained the 103 + family mart, for some reason I did not have to pay any customs fee (I live in the UK) which seemed strange, is there a lower limit to the parcel value for which customs fees do not apply? Or was I extremely lucky? I understood that with DHL you would always get charged the customs fee which there was a chance you could avoid with other delivery methods? Also it gets mentioned a lot here anyway but I also have to say Rail-Gallery Rokko are second-to-none in customer service. 8 Link to comment
JR 500系 Posted July 2, 2021 Share Posted July 2, 2021 And after like more than one year after its initial release, here they are! One of the last few Ami orders i have left outstanding Yes finally i am reunited with them! Grabbed a few more urethane for 10-cars to organise the trains neater (since i am also running out of space...) 701 series Morioka Colour ~~ (what better time with the new release news of the 701 series Akita colour!) The 701 series Aomori Tetsudo... Really love the cute graphics on these guys! (and with superb timing with the new release news of the IGR 7000 series!) \ Hannover tram, cute little tram, runs really well, but a pity no headlights.... 7 Link to comment
Englehart Posted July 5, 2021 Share Posted July 5, 2021 those 701 series Morioka Colour looks really good 🙂 Link to comment
beakaboy Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 my sales order finally arrived from Plaza Japan. Good prices and managed to get some spare parts as well which were not available elsewhere 6 Link to comment
ED75-775 Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 Lucky me! Exhibit I landed today: the 98735 JNR goods express train set. Haven’t had it running yet, this weekend will be a good bet for it though! 8 Link to comment
gavino200 Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 It looks like you’re 14 cars short!!! 5 Link to comment
ED75-775 Posted July 7, 2021 Share Posted July 7, 2021 18 hours ago, gavino200 said: It looks like you’re 14 cars short!!! Ohhhh no, don’t go there! Slippery slope indeed... 1 Link to comment
cteno4 Posted July 8, 2021 Share Posted July 8, 2021 But ocd says those slots must be filled! 😜 jeff 2 2 Link to comment
the_weird_one Posted July 8, 2021 Share Posted July 8, 2021 When's a Shinkansen not a Shinkansen? 3 Link to comment
ED75-775 Posted July 8, 2021 Share Posted July 8, 2021 11 hours ago, cteno4 said: But ocd says those slots must be filled! 😜 jeff Nice try Jeff! Seriously though, I could relocate some of my Kato stock into that casket. Or leave it as it is and purchase something else. If I do buy more freight stock, I'd love to have either A.) bogie goods wagons like the WaKi 1000 and WaMuFu 100 that could run with that set, or B.) some steam-era flat deck wagons. Nobody makes any appropriate steam-era flat decks RTR so far as I'm aware. If someone did then my wallet might magically open up...😄 Currently though I'm eyeballing another JR West 103 series set from Tomix, the new Osaka Loop Line version in orange. Although the eight-car limited edition looks pretty tempting, I'm leaning towards the four-car standard edition. It's more practical both in cost and on my small UniTrack setups, and would be the same length as my previous Nara Line 103 series which I absolutely love. Link to comment
maihama eki Posted July 10, 2021 Share Posted July 10, 2021 (edited) Some items received in the last month or so. Several Tomix/Tomytec items. I really like the Tarumi Railway Plarail Wrap car. I have been waiting for Tomytec to do a road/rail truck, and they obliged with 2 sets in different color schemes. I recognized one or two, or maybe all of the HND buses, and who doesn't want more buses? Some more cardstock kits. The Sankei's are a favorite and I look forward to completing one of the Plum kits. The Plum monorail is intended to be a display item. I have a thing for monorails. Finally, a tool that looked useful - a slide tool for sanding stock to various angles precisely. This was a little expensive for what it is. I hope I get some use out of it. Edited July 10, 2021 by maihama eki 5 Link to comment
cteno4 Posted July 10, 2021 Share Posted July 10, 2021 Ohh want to see how the sanding slider works! Jeff 1 Link to comment
Kanpai Keith Posted July 10, 2021 Share Posted July 10, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, cteno4 said: Ohh want to see how the sanding slider works! Jeff Video here https://www.hiqparts.com/products/detail/4753 Edited July 10, 2021 by Kanpai Keith 6 Link to comment
cteno4 Posted July 10, 2021 Share Posted July 10, 2021 Thanks Keith! Much like the old sand-it, but this is nice being all milled aluminum! https://www.micromark.com/Sand-It jeff 1 Link to comment
Kanpai Keith Posted July 12, 2021 Share Posted July 12, 2021 On 7/10/2021 at 5:23 PM, cteno4 said: Thanks Keith! Much like the old sand-it, but this is nice being all milled aluminum! https://www.micromark.com/Sand-It jeff I know what I’m making at work later. Although I’m thinking it would be better to pivot the guide and slot an arc in the base. 1 Link to comment
cteno4 Posted July 12, 2021 Share Posted July 12, 2021 I like the notch track to run the sanding block in of the Japanese one. I may talk to my metal worker friend for a little Tim on his mill… jeff 1 Link to comment
maihama eki Posted July 12, 2021 Share Posted July 12, 2021 The sliding part of this tool is made out of a high density plastic - maybe Delrin/Acetal. This makes it slide nicely. If I was making this tool, I might anodize the aluminum pieces. If I am ever back in the office/factory, I might ask the guys in our machine shop to anodize the aluminum parts for me. Link to comment
cteno4 Posted July 12, 2021 Share Posted July 12, 2021 Ohh that’s great. Yes anodized surface would give better grip for the item being sanded to not slide around. nice to work around a shop like that! Always can glue down a piece fo like 800 sandpaper, works great in situations like that. I’ve got a hunk of hdpe left over from a saw fence, may try to make one using some waxed hardwood for the runner. Probably 98% of the time I’m sanding off 90 degree ends. jeff Link to comment
railsquid Posted July 13, 2021 Share Posted July 13, 2021 A quick fly-by posting to show my offerings at the Temple of Surprise Interior Lighting have borne fruit: Kato Tokyo Metro 10000 series by Rail Squid, on Flickr Tomix 209 series (Keihin-Tohoku Line) by Rail Squid, on Flickr Tomix 115-300 series by Rail Squid, on Flickr 12 Link to comment
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