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

[JR 500系]

Another long overdue post, sharing more imports

 

One from Ami, no trains, just even more buses ~  🙂

 

 

 

One from Mandarake, couldnt resist the Tozan as i rode on it, and the painting reminds me of Switzerland, a very beautiful country which i visited and loved ~

 

 

 

 

 

 

These HO scale vans are pretty nice!

 

 

Love the colour scheme on this one!

 

 

 

Would prefer the two car set, but this was available and finally i get to complete another colour that limited express trains Kintetsu has!

 

Final two from Rokko, one from last month:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And one from this month hot off the delivery man ~

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finally got my hands on the elusive MUE Train! Thanks to a very helpful Masaharu san!

 

 

A little mishap, no biggie, but VERY VERY rare as Rokko packs their trains super well. It was some thing that they couldnt foresee and wasnt due to improper handling or packing, the bogie was just too loose to begin with ~

 

 

 

[Dave K]

18 hours ago, Kamome said:

This JR East poster and others like it appeared around late 2010 to early 2011 for the E5 debut. The tag line was “Made in Dream” which might be slightly grammatically wrong, but English is often used as it looks cooler.  I really liked this campaign. Definitely generated a lot of excitement and I don’t recall any other shinkansen introductions since that had quite the same impact.

 

Here is the N700S Kamome launch poster. Some others say “Come On Kamome”

 

https://www.sogohodo.co.jp/ooh/14518/

 

I always wonder why large Japanese corporations rarely get their English checked. Thankfully this has created a sub-culture of “Engrish” spotting.

Thanks, Kamome, for posting this.

 

 

Made this today.

 

Dave

 

Edited October 23, 2022 by Dave K
Fix spelling.

[chadbag]

On 10/22/2022 at 5:17 PM, Kamome said:

This JR East poster and others like it appeared around late 2010 to early 2011 for the E5 debut. The tag line was “Made in Dream” which might be slightly grammatically wrong, but English is often used as it looks cooler.  I really liked this campaign. Definitely generated a lot of excitement and I don’t recall any other shinkansen introductions since that had quite the same impact.

 

Here is the N700S Kamome launch poster. Some others say “Come On Kamome”

 

https://www.sogohodo.co.jp/ooh/14518/

 

I always wonder why large Japanese corporations rarely get their English checked. Thankfully this has created a sub-culture of “Engrish” spotting.

 

Whenever I see posters like that I think of Mao and the cultural revolution.  Same sort of vibe in a modern day guise.

[Kamome]

13 hours ago, Dave K said:

Thanks, Kamome, for posting this.

 

The “Come On Kamome” ones can be found here

 

https://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/news/__icsFiles/afieldfile/2022/03/22/220322_Press_kamome_promotion_1.pdf

[Kamome]

23 hours ago, JR 500系 said:

These HO scale vans are pretty nice!

Wish Tomytec would produce HO vehicles more regularly. At least some 1980s Piggyback trucks are coming soon

[katem]

On 10/23/2022 at 9:38 AM, JR 500系 said:

On 5/14/2021 at 6:50 PM, katem said:

 

They are exchange students 😄 

[lighthouse]

Get a second set of "Yuttari Yakumo" Series 381 😄 KATO 10-1452

 

 

Regards, Ulli

[Tony Galiani]

Here are some pictures of the items I just received from Sakatsu Gallery.  4 books and some detailing bits and bobs:  fencing, vending machines and such.  Super fast service and nicely packed - each book had its own protective wrap.  Hopefully tons of inspiration and ideas inside each one!

Tony

[katoftw]

How did you find their shipping costs? High / low / acceptable?

[Tony Galiani]

It was US$28 for Fed Ex and US$40 for DHL. EMS was higher but I do not recall the exact price.  Based on my recent experience, these prices seemed reasonable.  They aren't great but this seems to be the way things are nowadays.  And the super fast service helps.

Ciao,

Tony

[Wolf]

Just a small RG-R delivery today with spareparts, but the New 300 Series made it just in time for the package to tag along ^^

 

[cteno4]

Wow super fast FedEx from Nariichi San, shipped yesterday afternoon and at the door this afternoon! 
 

any train with a squid and crab on it is a good train!

 

jeff

[Wolf]

Just a "little" something I grabbed of Buyee ... (and wich immideately helped to take a picture if the motorcar on a different thread)



 

[cplchanb]

2 hours ago, Wolf said:

Just a "little" something I grabbed of Buyee ... (and wich immideately helped to take a picture if the motorcar on a different thread)



 

is that the mythical 8 car set that sells for a kidney if it were ever available on the resale market??!!

[Wolf]

49 minutes ago, cplchanb said:

that the mythical 8 car set that sells for a kidney if it were ever available on the resale market??!!

 

I think the "mythical" ones are the Tomix made ones. This is the Kato Version. Still costs a Kidney and your Firstborn sadly ye.

[E233 Series]

DHL Express just delivered the Odakyu Romance Car 50000 VSE (Last Run Edition) from Tomix that I preordered in June. I really like the design and packaging.

 

[Martijn Meerts]

Well, been a while since I (pre-)ordered anything, but after a couple of visits to @roadstar_na6 club and running some trains, motivation to work on my own layout has slowly been building up again. And with my focus now being mainly JNR era and lots of steam, I decided I needed some more trains:

• Several Tomix C55s
• Tomix JNR Soya main line local passenger coach set
• Tomix JNR Hokkaido freight car set
• Kato Iida line Kumoha52
• Kato SL Hitoyoshi
• Kato D51-200 Yamaguchi
• Kato series 35-4000 Yamaguchi
• World Kougei C51 247/249 Tsubame kit

 

[JR East]

4 hours ago, E233 Series said:

DHL Express just delivered the Odakyu Romance Car 50000 VSE (Last Run Edition) from Tomix that I preordered in June. I really like the design and packaging.

 

I'll receive mine in  March 2023 ... I've made couple of pre-orders and I want to group the delivery. Option is to have an intermediate delivery in Jan 2023 for the 3 first items of the list. 

 

 

Edited November 2, 2022 by JR East

[Arctic]

From a recent delivery:

 

 

Some JNR Joban line in the 80s

[Wolf]

Last Package for a while, just some slooooow shipped Casco cases for the club.

(Random colors that where available, and 8x the Poppo 8 car inlay)

 

[JR 500系]

The trains and buses kept pouring in ~~

 

A small parcel from Ami, with some of my fav transport ~

 

 

 

 

While those Popondetta buses do cost a little more, the light features is pretty interesting, and it's great Ami is reducing the prices on these beauties

 

 

 

 

 

One of the best wrapping any retailer could have done, caring for the items like it's their own! 

 

 

 

 

The E129s are pretty nice, now i'm thinking if i need one more of the 2-car set just to fill up the case   😛

 

 

 

The GM 311 series are pretty neat, albeit expensive. They do come with exchangable front coupler assemblies so you can change either a Kato or a Tomix type to couple with your existing 313 rolling stocks ~

 

 

Didnt know how i missed the 521 series 3rd edition, that had a different face the the 2nd edition. Am glad Rokko still has them in stock~

[Wolf]

2 hours ago, JR 500系 said:

While those Popondetta buses do cost a little more, the light features is pretty interesting,

 

Popo Buses have lights? Never realised, just front and back or interior as well?

 

Inpressive haul!

[railsquid]

Some bit's'n pieces from the Kato shop:

 

 

in part to fix up this other recent-ish purchase, which was suffering from a damaged diaphragm connector but otherwise in excellent condition:

 

Kato E4 series Shinkansen "Max" by Rail Squid, on Flickr

 

Not something I really needed but I was curious about the unusual driving mechanism on these.

[katoftw]

Nothing major.

 

Shipping and taxes was 60% of total cost. Yay.

[cteno4]

Ouch!