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

[railsquid]

On 2/19/2024 at 7:12 AM, cteno4 said:

These books are heavily picture oriented and great references just visually and inspirationally. For text I will use mobile device camera and translate apps to read some of the text to get specific details when curiosity piqued by pictures. Many of the modeling books have interesting stepwise phtots that speak a 1000 words without google translate.

 

On 2/19/2024 at 8:51 AM, Tony Galiani said:

@Kingmeow - ditto to what Jeff said.  Also, I have a lot of trouble coming up with scenic ideas when building layouts so the pictures are a big help for me.

For example, when I was leaving YFS, the owner threw in one of his shrine sets to my purchase.  In looking in the first book above, on page 107, there is a shrine scene with the same elements in that set.  Perfect - I plan to use that as a template for a scene with that kit.

 

I've got a fair few books and magazines like that, even though I can read the text, the main value is the pictures. And to be slightly cynical, for layouts at least the text is often very much a variant on the same story ("My interest in trains began around the time Commodore Perry came over with the Black Ships, but I was busy with work for decades and only now I've retired have I had time to build my dream railway" 😉 ).

 

Edited February 25 by railsquid

[railsquid]

Meanwhile first genuinely new arrival for a long time, a delightfully unbalanced Minobu Line pair from Tomytec:

 

Tomytec Minobu Line 32 series by Rail Squid, on Flickr

 

Tomytec Minobu Line 32 series KuMoHa by Rail Squid, on Flickr

 

Slightly annoying is that the KuMoHA 14 doesn't come with a corridor connector.

[Kamome]

Big fan of these old electrics from the Minobu and Iida lines. They do really look thrown together but iconic and benefit from a panel line wash. 

 

As Kato have got me by the knackers and decided to release yet another diorama contest Kyushu based Kiha 58, I of course couldn’t pass up adding it to the others.

The Toro Q was run as a 5 “coach” formation with 3 converted tora 70000s in the middle which are currently absent. Hope to hear of a kit or  release of the 3 wagons at a later date. The original JR Kyushu liveried one from 3 years ago had some exclusivity to shops submitting diorama entrants although this latest release seems to be available across most retailers, so he’s hoping for the 3 wagons. 

 

Head marks are only included stickers so need to mount to some plasti-card as well as add the priority seat stickers to some of the windows. 

 

I can currently run it as the 6 coach special from 2008 on the Hisatsu line. Here are the 3 together.

 

A short clip of the real formation. 

 

[disturbman]

51 minutes ago, Kamome said:

I  can currently run it as the 6 coach special from 2008 on the Hisatsu line. Here are the 3 together. A short clip of the real formation. 
 

 

That's a very nice formation. Would love for Kato to release it as a special set. Not that it would happen, but one can dream.

[railsquid]

15 hours ago, railsquid said:

Slightly annoying is that the KuMoHA 14 doesn't come with a corridor connector.

 

On the plus side I noticed they didn't come with those brown plastic "display" rails, which I have absolutely no use for and suspect the vast majority never gets used.

 

11 hours ago, Kamome said:

Big fan of these old electrics from the Minobu and Iida lines. They do really look thrown together but iconic and benefit from a panel line wash.

 

The Minobu line was almost as eclectic as the Iida line, but gets less attention. It fits somewhat into my Chuo Line-centric strategy, hence my preference... Additional detailing (beyond basic parts upgrade) will have to wait until I have more quality time.

[SL58654号]

Today I made another visit to Nikkyosha hobby center and I happily picked up the Aso 1962 (my first JNR diesel cars) and Mani 36 (5229), another great JNR passenger car that goes well with steam models. Mr. Nikkyosha also gave me a good discount since I purchased both together. Money well spent! 
The Aso 1962 diesel cars will doubtless go well on my Hisatsu Line-themed layout, as they did occasionally run on the line to Hitoyoshi.

 

And for a billion-quadrillion dollars, can anybody tell what book is opened to the right of them? 

 

Next on my list to collect:

• C62 2 (2017-8)
• C56 160 (2020-2)
• C57 (2024)
• Welsh Pony 009
• JR West Old Model Passenger Car set (10-1893)

Edited March 3 by SL58654号

[SwallowAngel]

Don't know the book, but the locomotive pictured is one of the funky american-built locos used by the Midland Railway (Wiki)

[SL58654号]

5 hours ago, SwallowAngel said:

Don't know the book, but the locomotive pictured is one of the funky american-built locos used by the Midland Railway (Wiki)

Excellent try! American Locomotives of the Midland Railway by David Hunt. I bought it specifically because it focuses on these anomalous American engines on this English railway. 

And btw, I put the photo used for the 2501 Class Wiki article! 

Edited February 26 by SL58654号

[SwallowAngel]

What a small world this is…

[mr bachmann]

On 2/26/2024 at 9:39 AM, SwallowAngel said:

Don't know the book, but the locomotive pictured is one of the funky american-built locos used by the Midland Railway (Wiki)

What must Midland drivers must have thought , after all , been used to 4-4-0’s ……

[mr bachmann]

In the mean time awaiting the postie with track & other bits via Plaza 

[bc6]

I ordered all of the items below and it was promptly undelivered by FedEx 😭😭😭😭😭😭

 

KATO 10-1421 Koki104 (without Container)　/　￥1,350 JPYｘ2：￥2,700 JPY

MicroAce A0301 JR Maya 34-2002 Modernized Remodeled Car　/　￥4,930 JPY

ARU Model A1049 Very simple wooden bogie composite car (B type) 　/　￥1,800 JPY
ARU Model A1050 Very simple wooden bogie observation car (B type) 　/　￥1,800 JPY
TOMIX 3172 Zentsu 31 foot Container pkg of 2　/　￥960 JPY
TOMIX 3169 Private ISO20ft tank container (Sun/2 pieces included)　/　￥1,920 JPY
TOMYTEC 220893 Police car D set　/　￥1,152 JPY
GreenMax 5803 Pantograph PT42N (2 pcs) (N scale)　/　￥600 JPYｘ2：￥1,200 JPY
GreenMax 5811 Pantograph PS13G (2 pcs) (N scale) 　/　￥600 JPYｘ2：￥1,200 JPY
GreenMax 5020 Bogie Brill　/　￥400 JPY
GreenMax 5020 Bogie Brill　/　￥600 JPY ***
Kigei Book Inspection and repair warehouse　/　￥1,500 JPY

TOMYTEC Bus C set　/　￥2,604 JPY

Kato EF64-1010 

Edited February 29 by bc6

[cteno4]

What happened? Sent back?

 

jeff

[bc6]

Delivered to the wrong person.

[cteno4]

Groan, hopefully they get it back!

 

jeff

[bc6]

Yeah fingers crossed 🤞🤞🤞

Good news the package is here!!!!!!!!!

 

 

Edited March 1 by bc6

[Suica]

After a lot of back and forth because it doesn't really fit my collection policy I ended up ordering the Kato 300 Series Shinkansen after all.

 

 

It's such a cool model and only my second full 16-car Shinkansen. 

Interesting that Kato makes do with only one motor car where everyone else would use two. 

[Kamome]

Nice @Suica I was really on the fence about the 300 too. Thought they’d sell through quickly but there seems to be stock around over a year later. Definitely not my favourite design of all time but glad I got one as I rode many in the mid 2000s and I know I would’ve regretted not including one in my collection. 

 

I managed to grab a 2nd motor unit but these optional parts tend to disappear.

28-227

[lighthouse]

Some new historical books arrived a few weeks ago (railwaylines & tram in the 50/60´in Hokkaido)

 

Edited March 3 by lighthouse

[SL58654号]

Today, during a slow Saturday afternoon I had the pleasant surprise of the delivery man handing me this EF57 (3069) that I had ordered this week.
A good and powerful runner, two thumbs up! It's a classic EL that I'm glad to own in my roster. 
Maybe I'll get the DD16 next?

 

[SL-san]

Arrived today (March 3) from RG-R (shipped Feb 29) and beautifully packed as usual, a few buildings and bits and pieces to create a diorama...the Shinto Shrine set looks pretty amazing!  Now to get to work on them!!

Graeme

[Zeether]

On 11/29/2023 at 2:53 AM, disturbman said:

They are both half-trains. If I'm not mistaken, the second car in the package with the green stripe doesn't have a cab even though the car end is shaped like it does. You will notice that the cab-looking end doesn't have a door for the driver.

The MicroAce A8489 which models a similar formation also does not have cabs on the intermediate cars, but it models the train as it ran before its retirement in 2015.

Horribly late on this but yeah, I noticed that when I got both. I'll have to track down a second set at some point.

[Kamome]

On 2/28/2024 at 10:43 AM, bc6 said:

Good news the package is here

I, as I am sure others, would be interested in your views of the HTC-100 controller. Keep umming whether to get one. 

[bc6]

@Kamome Unfortunately I haven't used it yet I've been building my kits and detailing locomotives but hopefully soon.

[katoftw]

Would be interested in a review also. Been considering this controller for a while.