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

[gavino200]

13 hours ago, jappomania said:

@gavino200

don't worry, no particular problems with this MA model, just take care of red pantograph (too fragile) because you can forget spare parts - Tomix/Kato can be adapted with small modification, but "only original parts" is better

 

 

Thanks for the warning. I'm not even going to touch the pantograph. Though at some stage I may very carefully paint them.

[Rod.H]

Guess what appeared on my doorstep, gotta love holiday Saturday parcel delivery

 

Broke out the Starter pack A track for the test, and she no scoooch! This new to me Shinkansen was supposed tested as working by the seller - a local retailer whose only exposure to Japanese trains is USA Kato rollingstock.

 

Go through the diagnostics flow chart till I hit mechanicals, one power bogie was loose from the body and slightly over lubricated, put it back in after wiping off the excess, slight improvement as sporadic movement is now happening. Right, recheck. Take the ex-loose power bogie out again, remove bodyshell in case it's something else in the drive train, note the other power bogie has a limited pivot range and remove that....

 

Okay...come back to that after testing the motor with dc power applied directly to the frame bus, wipe off more excess lube, re-coil that spring back into a more cylinder shape. Refit the power bogies, test, good, reverse the disassembly processes, test again, still good, couple up the rest of the bookcase to make a 6-car and run. Looks a bit strange on plain C280 curves but that's the minimum radii it's designed for. May yet break out the viaduct tracks for grade testing.  

 

Just one more thing, the cab cars, they are mean to have functioning tail and headlights yes? They're not working on mine, guess that mean new light boards.

[disturbman]

  

10 hours ago, Kamome said:

There’s a small Hobbyland Pochi in Hakata and it’s always pretty expensive for most complete sets or new condition used stock. It’s good for “junk” items and individual cars without boxes.

Yes, I know. Pochi is a good last ressource. You can get some good prices but they usually are on the higher end of the spectrum and rare sets are overpriced. Other than YJA, Popondetta and Mandarake are better sources for second hand sets.

 

8 hours ago, gavino200 said:

One if comes with interior lights. I don't know if that was factory or added by the previous owner. But they're expertly installed with no flickering.

Railsquidded!

I bet it was user installed. MA doesn't pre-install interior lights in its sets. The previous owner probably installed Popondetta's anti-flicker lights. Is the board black?
 

6 hours ago, Rod.H said:

they are mean to have functioning tail and headlights yes? They're not working on mine, guess that mean new light boards.

I would say yes. It's a pretty old set, maybe something else is loose somewhere.

[railsquid]

22 minutes ago, disturbman said:

Railsquidded!

 

Hah! I have become a verb!

[cteno4]

7 hours ago, disturbman said:

I bet it was user installed. MA doesn't pre-install interior lights in its sets. The previous owner probably installed Popondetta's anti-flicker lights. Is the board black?

I seem to remember the easti being fitted with leds. I think a few point up at catenary. Maybe I’m confusing it with another of the later release test train models. I’ll dig mine out.

 

7 hours ago, railsquid said:

Hah! I have become a verb!

You are a verb squid!

 

jeff

[gavino200]

44 minutes ago, cteno4 said:

I seem to remember the easti being fitted with leds. I think a few point up at catenary. Maybe I’m confusing it with another of the later release test train models. I’ll dig mine out.

 

jeff

 

I'd bet that at least the green and yellow inspection lights were installed.

[disturbman]

Yes, afaik it comes with lights for catenary inspection. I was talking about the interior lights.

[Rod.H]

23 hours ago, disturbman said:

  
I would say yes. It's a pretty old set, maybe something else is loose somewhere.

 

I've not taken the cab shells off yet and that might be the case as while it was running around the loop the head and tail light intermittently turned on and off but they stayed mostly off. Also adding interior lights is going to be a pain, as only the motor and cabs have the bogies with contacts and springs

[JR 500系]

More deliveries, it's raining trains!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The lot from the recent HS sale. My N700S is now complete and off to the diplay shelf it goes. Also managed to grab some lovely GM Kiha-54s to finally have a small fleet of motorised Kiha-54s for Hokkiado ~

 

 

LOVE these mini urethane! they fit perfectly into Kato mini (4/5 car smaller book cases), and can hold up to 7 cars!

 

 

 

Amazing how a mini case and now fit 7 cars! Now off to re-ogranise to create more space!

[railsquid]

7 minutes ago, Rod.H said:

 

I've not taken the cab shells off yet and that might be the case as while it was running around the loop the head and tail light intermittently turned on and off but they stayed mostly off.

 

Given its apparent age, it's very likely all contact surfaces could do with a good clean; this often improves things. Also, it has the old-style pickups, which "rest" on the axles; it's possible they've picked up gunk there.

 

11 minutes ago, Rod.H said:

Also adding interior lights is going to be a pain, as only the motor and cabs have the bogies with contacts and springs

 

Those used to come together with the appropriate lighting part (0751, released in 1984 and very much not LED) but it's not listed in the 2020 Tomix guide, and I get the impression it's been out of production for a few years (there is one listed on Amazon at an eyewatering 13200 yen at which point you'd be better off putting the money towards a modern version). The contacts might be available individually as part JS21 and the springs as JS06 (you might want to replace the damaged one anyway).

[disturbman]

There might be third parties light boards, like by MTP, Torm and others. It could be worth a search. I have seen a lot of them for older locomotives.

[Rod.H]

3 minutes ago, disturbman said:

There might be third parties light boards, like by MTP, Torm and others. It could be worth a search. I have seen a lot of them for older locomotives.

Found one all ready https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10588045 and if cleaning doesn't fix an order with MTP will be on the cards

[Jimbo]

just recived a Kato DD54,, Ha i should have done more research on it!! before hand didnt know i got a lemon!!   its going to pull one of passanger trains,i have,,

[disturbman]

On 12/18/2021 at 1:04 AM, Brennan91 said:

Back to inspection trains, is there any good place to find an MA East-i D/E? They were sold out on Hobbysearch but that’s the only online shop I’ve checked. I guess an online auction like yahoo would be my best bet, but a quick search doesn’t find anything.

Another one popped up on YJA, https://page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/v1026912126

[The Birmingham train spotter]

@JR 500系 Nice haul you have there! I'm loving the Series O Shinkansen carriage add one,it's one of my all time favourites!

[gavino200]

52 minutes ago, disturbman said:

Another one popped up on YJA, https://page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/v1026912126

 

What is it? Like an East i or Doc Yellow for regular electric track?

[disturbman]

Yes, JR East inspection train for electrified and non-electrified standard tracks.

https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/JR東日本キヤE193系気動車

It has a twin, the キヤE491.

Edited December 19, 2021 by disturbman

[cteno4]

Didn’t this have a little derailment a few years back?

 

jeff

[disturbman]

Yes, while working on the Watarase Valley Railway.

[railsquid]

A little off my usual territory but I do have a slight affection for Keikyu, partly for the "slam the controller to the max" driving style, partly as it once formed part of my regular travelling experience, and the nice thing about that was you never knew what kind of train would come along.

 

These were reaching the end of their life around when I was commuting:

 

MicroAce Keikyu old 1000 series by Rail Squid, on Flickr

 

Despite being cheap 2nd hand Microace, all it needed was a wheel clean. I shall use "Aoto" for the destination boards in memory of a long-ago relationship.

[disturbman]

Four or eight-car set? I quite like the version with the single a/c unit.

[JR 500系]

It's Christmas so who cares about the wallet? 

 

 

 

 

 

 

JR West commuter fleet is completed with this addition ~ 🙂

 

 

 

This guy is REALLY nice~ Glad i got it !

 

 

The mirror effect is amazing. you have to see it in real to appreciate it, really!

[disturbman]

😲 Oh my, you decided to do a walleticide.

[cteno4]

Only one bus, but two trains?! What’s with that? 😛 

 

jeff

[cplchanb]

do you have any pics of the pendulum mechanism? I havent seen one from Kato before.