linkey Posted July 2, 2011 Share Posted July 2, 2011 My two orders arrived today from HS (well, one arrived yesterday and spent a day at the post office because I wasn't home to sign for it). One was a bunch of track for my tram layout, the last I'll need. And one was two boxes of Tomytec Car Collection Vol. 14, which I'd preordered months ago. I was really looking forward to these, as I need more modern cars for my highway and streets, and while I have others, these were typical small and relatively modern sedans, instead of minivans, or cars from the 70s, and by the box art at least, a relatively low volume of "useless" police vehicles and ambulances (I have more than I need). Well, almost. Packed away in one of my two boxes was a "mystery" set that included a Honda Today in police colors. Now I'd been thinking I'd have to paint one of my white Today's to make one of these, so this was a very happy surprise. Now I just need to find a couple of sitting policewomen figures... That police car reminds me of another Anime series called Full Metal Panic Fumoffu where the police officer is chasing after Sousake and Kaname who are on a bicycle. http://media.dvd.ign.com/media/803/803169/img_3372330.html On another note: I just ordered the tomytech shrine set 28-2, 29-2 and 30-2 from HSJ which wil lbe released in October. Link to comment
rankodd Posted July 3, 2011 Share Posted July 3, 2011 Well, almost. Packed away in one of my two boxes was a "mystery" set that included a Honda Today in police colors. Now I'd been thinking I'd have to paint one of my white Today's to make one of these, so this was a very happy surprise. Now I just need to find a couple of sitting policewomen figures... Oh, wow! I hope I end up with one of those! It'll go well chasing my Fujiwara Tofu shop Panda Trueno :) Link to comment
Dani Posted July 4, 2011 Share Posted July 4, 2011 I ordered enough track and switches to mount 50 or 60% of my track plan. I placed the order last Friday, and today it's travelling from Hattons (from 3 to 5 days to deliver in Spain): 30 * Peco Model Railway Products SL-300F 1 yard (91.5cm) length of Finescale Nickle Silver flexible track 2 * Peco Model Railway Products SL-302F 1 Yard of Nickle Silver Flexible Track with Concrete Sleepers 1 * Peco Model Railway Products SL-14 Track Fixing Pins 1 * Peco Model Railway Products SL-310 Rail Joiners/Fishplates for N & 009 gauge (24 per pack) 1 * Peco Model Railway Products SL-311 Insulated Rail Joiners/Fishplates for N & 009 gauge (12 per pack) 1 * Peco Model Railway Products SL-347 Dummy point motor 2 * Peco Model Railway Products SL-E386F Finescale curved double radius right hand point with electrofrog 3 * Peco Model Railway Products SL-E387F Finescale curved double radius left hand point with electrofrog 1 * Peco Model Railway Products SL-E390F Finescale double slip with electrofrog 1 * Peco Model Railway Products SL-E391F Finescale right hand small point with electrofrog 2 * Peco Model Railway Products SL-E392F Finescale left hand small point with electrofrog 1 * Peco Model Railway Products SL-E395F Finescale right hand medium point with electrofrog This means work for several months... Link to comment
marknewton Posted July 5, 2011 Share Posted July 5, 2011 A bit of light reading - should arrive today. http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300565632617&ssPageName=ADME:L:OU:AU:1123#ht_753wt_907 Cheers, Mark. Link to comment
cteno4 Posted July 5, 2011 Share Posted July 5, 2011 got an interesting box last week from ebay. picked up 5 boxes of old rapido modular house kits. interesting little modular buildings that can be assembled into a number of different configurations. figured they could be useful somehow and this would be the only chance to ever get these. construction is around a clear box that you then glue the exterior panels to. lots of extra pieces. cheers jeff Link to comment
ToniBabelony Posted July 5, 2011 Share Posted July 5, 2011 Well, almost. Packed away in one of my two boxes was a "mystery" set that included a Honda Today in police colors. Now I'd been thinking I'd have to paint one of my white Today's to make one of these, so this was a very happy surprise. Now I just need to find a couple of sitting policewomen figures... NO WAY! That's awesome! The car from one of my favourite manga series! If anyone has a spare, you know who you can sell it to for triple the price! Link to comment
rankodd Posted July 5, 2011 Share Posted July 5, 2011 Well, almost. Packed away in one of my two boxes was a "mystery" set that included a Honda Today in police colors. Now I'd been thinking I'd have to paint one of my white Today's to make one of these, so this was a very happy surprise. Now I just need to find a couple of sitting policewomen figures... NO WAY! That's awesome! The car from one of my favourite manga series! If anyone has a spare, you know who you can sell it to for triple the price! If I don't get one in my box then you're going to have to arm wrestle me for it :) Seriously, though, it's got to be one of the top most iconic cars in Anime, right along with Initial D's hachiroku, Rally Vincent's Mustang, and possible whatever that French, yellow thing of Lupin's was. Link to comment
westfalen Posted July 5, 2011 Share Posted July 5, 2011 Got my Micro-Ace 15 car Tamu 5000 four wheel tank car set yesterday. They look great snaking around the layout behind a steam loco. Link to comment
ToniBabelony Posted July 5, 2011 Share Posted July 5, 2011 Well, almost. Packed away in one of my two boxes was a "mystery" set that included a Honda Today in police colors. Now I'd been thinking I'd have to paint one of my white Today's to make one of these, so this was a very happy surprise. Now I just need to find a couple of sitting policewomen figures... NO WAY! That's awesome! The car from one of my favourite manga series! If anyone has a spare, you know who you can sell it to for triple the price! If I don't get one in my box then you're going to have to arm wrestle me for it :) Oh you're ON! *IMO that's better than ordering it from Japan Auctions* Seriously, though, it's got to be one of the top most iconic cars in Anime, right along with Initial D's hachiroku, Rally Vincent's Mustang, and possible whatever that French, yellow thing of Lupin's was. Yup. Now we only need models of these in N-gauge... I know a German bloke sells Fiat 500's (Lupin the 3rd) on eBay, but these aren't really worth €7,50 and are pretty ugly IMO: http://cgi.ebay.nl/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230489970909&clk_rvr_id=245746060423&item=230489970909&lgeo=1&vectorid=229557 I'd really like to see a Toyota AE86 or even an AE65 for that matter made by Tomytec, since it wasn't only an iconic car, but also pretty prominent on the streets as well in the late 80s and early 90s. Maybe they should release a 'touge' set at that, with a Toyota Trueno/Levin AE86, 1st gen. Subaru Impreza WRX STI, R32 Skyline and a Mazda RX7 (FC or FD). This would be a guaranteed hit with the buyers! No need to put stickers from the anime series Initial D on 'em, but maybe they can strike a deal with Kodansha (unlikely, but why the hell not). Link to comment
rankodd Posted July 5, 2011 Share Posted July 5, 2011 Well, almost. Packed away in one of my two boxes was a "mystery" set that included a Honda Today in police colors. Now I'd been thinking I'd have to paint one of my white Today's to make one of these, so this was a very happy surprise. Now I just need to find a couple of sitting policewomen figures... NO WAY! That's awesome! The car from one of my favourite manga series! If anyone has a spare, you know who you can sell it to for triple the price! If I don't get one in my box then you're going to have to arm wrestle me for it :) Oh you're ON! *IMO that's better than ordering it from Japan Auctions* Seriously, though, it's got to be one of the top most iconic cars in Anime, right along with Initial D's hachiroku, Rally Vincent's Mustang, and possible whatever that French, yellow thing of Lupin's was. Yup. Now we only need models of these in N-gauge... I know a German bloke sells Fiat 500's (Lupin the 3rd) on eBay, but these aren't really worth €7,50 and are pretty ugly IMO: http://cgi.ebay.nl/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230489970909&clk_rvr_id=245746060423&item=230489970909&lgeo=1&vectorid=229557 I'd really like to see a Toyota AE86 or even an AE65 for that matter made by Tomytec, since it wasn't only an iconic car, but also pretty prominent on the streets as well in the late 80s and early 90s. Maybe they should release a 'touge' set at that, with a Toyota Trueno/Levin AE86, 1st gen. Subaru Impreza WRX STI, R32 Skyline and a Mazda RX7 (FC or FD). This would be a guaranteed hit with the buyers! No need to put stickers from the anime series Initial D on 'em, but maybe they can strike a deal with Kodansha (unlikely, but why the hell not). Wow. That would be a pretty nice set of cars - enough to convince me that a mountain road was a necessity on my layout! Alas, I've never seen most of them available in HO, never mind N. To be fair, the original Fiat 500 wasn't exactly a beautiful car, either. (And I've watched enough Top Gear to recognize it now) OTOH, Tomytec does have a Panda Celica. I know it's not the canonical Initial D car, but it's very, very close. I have 2, and I intend to try and repaint one. Link to comment
linkey Posted July 5, 2011 Share Posted July 5, 2011 I can see it now with a mountain terrain and four cars drift racing down the hill. Mmmmm if I do get the police car that was mentioned above might have it chase after the bicycle rider lol. Link to comment
clem24 Posted July 5, 2011 Share Posted July 5, 2011 I'd really like to see a Toyota AE86 or even an AE65 for that matter made by Tomytec, since it wasn't only an iconic car, but also pretty prominent on the streets as well in the late 80s and early 90s. Maybe they should release a 'touge' set at that, with a Toyota Trueno/Levin AE86, 1st gen. Subaru Impreza WRX STI, R32 Skyline and a Mazda RX7 (FC or FD). I've always had the idea of modeling the bridges of Usui Touge (I've got a ton of Usui train models) and putting up an Initial D race on the road at the bottom... And yes, you can buy most of these cars as Capsule Tomica. The size is quite obviously bigger than 1:150 but can be made to work if no other cars are near them. I'd estimate their size at around 1:130'ish. Link to comment
Claude_Dreyfus Posted July 5, 2011 Share Posted July 5, 2011 A parcel has arrived at Dreyfus Towers from nice Mr Hobby Search... This time it contained the Micro Ace E491 East i-E - something I have after for quite some time, and the Tomytec Car Collection 14. No Honda Today in police livery here though... Link to comment
rankodd Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 A parcel has arrived at Dreyfus Towers from nice Mr Hobby Search... This time it contained the Micro Ace E491 East i-E - something I have after for quite some time, and the Tomytec Car Collection 14. No Honda Today in police livery here though... We needs our Police Today, yes we do. Preciouuuussss..s.s. Link to comment
keiman Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 Initial D cars or any JDM turbo cars would be great, Subaru WRX,RB32and later Skylines, would be great. I see the latest set of Tomytec Nissans have the new GTR in it. :hello2: Have ordered the rest of my fencing and some Farmers for my Project Party module. Just won some other bits that may/may not end up on the rest of the layout. Waiting for the request from HS for payment of my Tomytec Bus system and resisting any other Train purchases due to a big purchase for the Subaru . Link to comment
Martijn Meerts Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 Got my 2 main line exit signals today, as well as the blue Enoden Type 10 and the GreenMax train repair plant kit. Link to comment
grumbeast Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 Well, Not delivered as such, but my lovely wife and daughter got me a late fathers day present.. a Kato 10-857 E5 Hayabusa and the 10-858 3 car expansion set! .. I'm going to keep them!! :grin A total suprise! Graham Link to comment
rankodd Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 Initial D cars or any JDM turbo cars would be great, Subaru WRX,RB32and later Skylines, would be great. I see the latest set of Tomytec Nissans have the new GTR in it. :hello2: Where, oh where did you see Tomytec GTR's? I need many of them immediately! Link to comment
keitaro Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 Got my decoders in today just the drop in ones for kato dcc ready. Quick question on hs while I am here I have an order with a few items originally set for July now 2 of the items are set to august now on tomix update will hs still holdthe July ones till august or make me pay double shipping separately? I chose ship together but usually you can't pre order 2 separate month releases together Link to comment
linkey Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 Got my decoders in today just the drop in ones for kato dcc ready. Quick question on hs while I am here I have an order with a few items originally set for July now 2 of the items are set to august now on tomix update will hs still holdthe July ones till august or make me pay double shipping separately? I chose ship together but usually you can't pre order 2 separate month releases together It depends on how you asked it to be shipped out either altogether or one by one. I usually go for the ship out together unless it is an item I need quickly and not want to use the EMS shipping. On other posting: I just ordered the new Kyushu 800 shinkanen "sakura" after a fellow AJMRG member suggested I should get it. i too would like to know where I can get these GTR's and all of the Inital D type cars. It would be fun to have and then get another petrol station as well to make a Inital D scene. Link to comment
keiman Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10114215 This was the set I had been looking at - new 350Z not GTR SORRY Link to comment
clem24 Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 Tomix did make the Skyline R33 GTR (item 3515), though they were very crude in nature and AFAIK, have been discontinued: http://www.hlj.com/product/TOM03515 However, none of the characters in I-D drove an R33, so that would be pointless. Kato made the Altezza as part of their Toyota vehicles 6 pack: http://forum.atlasrr.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=62303 The Altezza raced.. It just didn't last very long hahaha. I do know for sure someone made an R32. It keeps popping up in books and mags as a part of peoples' layouts. Now just have to find who makes it hahaha. Link to comment
rankodd Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10114215 This was the set I had been looking at - new 350Z not GTR SORRY We'll forgive you. This time. ( ) Link to comment
clem24 Posted July 8, 2011 Share Posted July 8, 2011 Got this guy in the mail a few days ago... She's a beaut!!!! Looks way better in person. Link to comment
DJdeTrainman Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 I just got scott's Green Liner in the mail yesterday- my first real japanese train! I've been watching run hypnotically in circles for hours... Link to comment
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