Kato Series 100 Grand Hikari

Isn't this train just simply gorgeous, yes it is that's why Ive reserved it. This is the first train reservation Ive ever made. Hopefully sometime in November this baby will be heading my way from Japan. What I like about the Grand Hikari are the sharp angles mixed with the smooth curves. This is one of few Shinkansen's I think earn the name Bullet train, I mean it looks fast sitting in its box doesn't it.




Heres a nicely edited video of several Series 100, Of course this isnt my video.

Ambitious Japan Video

While surfing Youtube I found this pretty cool video. This is the song that JR uses in its commercials. Im assuming the guys in the video are the singers. Anyway its a cool video.

The Mailman cometh with goodies

Today the mail carrier showed up with some goodies for me, first was a Kato Double Crossover and a Tomix Dr. Yellow 4 car add on set. I have to say Im pretty impressed by the Tomix casket, its made out of tough plastic. The Tomix inserts are really tight to put the cars in however, I guess that'll change over time though. Below are some pics of my new goodies. Sorry for the flash, Im a amateur photog lol.

Casco N-Gauge Storage Cases

Cascco is a Japanese company that makes aftermarket storage cases for N-Gauge model trains.From what I can tell by the item description over at Hobby Search they make window storage cases & inserts for Tomix & Kato storage cases as well as their own brand of storage cases.. They look really cool and Im looking to score one for my Dr. Yellow 7 car set.I think its really cool that you can remove the sleeve and see your trains without having to take your trains out of the box. Cases come in several different colors like Orange, Blue, Red etc, as well as 8 &,10 car cases, one fun fact is the word case translated from Japanese to English is casket lol.

Woot woot, Scored a Tomix Dr. Yellow 4 car add on set

Thats right you know Im a Dr. Yellow nut, I got a notification from ebay saying there were some matches to my request for Dr. Yellow. I thought it was a notification for the basic set but it was for the add on set, man thats a miracle. Soon as I got home I pulled the trigger on the add on set, good thing I hesitated on getting a Tomix track cleaning car phewwwwwwwwwwww. To tell you the truth Ive never seen an Dr. Yellow add on set on ebay and never on Yahoo Japan auctions, Ive just seen the full sets. I cant wait to run the full set when it shows up so stay tuned I'll be putting up a video asap.

My Roster

comming soon.

Ran some more trains today

Well in observance of Columbus Day and the MTA screwing up the transit system I decided to stay home and run some trains. I ran my Dr. Yellow, Super View Oridoriko, Nozimi Series 500 and American freight. Hopefully after I edit some decent looking video I'll post it but Im no Spielberg you know. Dr. Yellow ran like a champ today, it ran much better than I expected. I may pick up some more Tomix stuff in the future.

Im really taking advantage of this long holiday before I have to return to work. I ran some more trains although the footage of the american freight trains ended on the cutting room floor. I thought I came up with a nice minute clip of my Dr. Yellow and Eizan Railway Type 900 "Kirara" tram. Oh click the HQ button and throw me a comment or two lol.

Ive combined both videos into one just to make it easier to view.

Got to run some trains today, yippie!!

See above post please.

Old Yeller

Well here she is, here it is my new Dr.Yellow from Tomix. This sucker is bright thats for sure, the paint job reminds me of a highlighter, but Ive been told it should be that bright. Ive seen some videos of Dr. Yellow's and they kind of look like my model does. plus the color is growing on me lol.

One other good thing has come out of this purchase, I was never into the Series 923 Shinkasen but now Im planning on buying the regular version Series 923 from Kato pretty soon.

I have to say the packaging is certainly not Kato quality, no nice bookcase style packaging or hard plastic box. You get a color sleeve with your model packed in foam with protective plastic.The coupling system is a simple hook and latch type of deal, no prototypical couplers on this one.

The more I look at my Dr. Yellow the more the color is starting to grow on me. Im going to post a Youtube video of a Dr. Yellow and let you be the judge.

I haven't had a chance to run my Dr. Yellow yet but I will real soon.

Update 10/10/09

The strangest thing happened, I took another look at my Dr. Yellow this morning and I'll be a monkeys uncle if the color changed on me. It looks like the light in my room sucks. The color looks like Yellow and not my previous described highlighter yellow color. So be aware of your lighting sources when being critical of model painting.

Dr. Green?

no that's not Dr. Yellow cousin thats what I got in the mail yesterday. I was expecting a yellow train but what showed up was a fluorescent green looking train impersonating my beloved Dr. Yellow. The train looks nothing like the advertised picture Ive seen elsewhere.

Looking for Tomix Dr. Yellow

Hey guys Im looking for a Tomix Dr. Yellow set like the one pictured below. If you know where I can find this set at please let me know thanks.


Update: 10/4/09
I got in contact with a store called Popondetta and they had the Doctor Yellow set I wanted in stock. I may pick up the add on set if I find it for a good price someday. I should have my Dr. Yellow sitting on my tracks in a week or so. This is my first Tomix purchase as well so we'll see how this goes. I forgot to mention that I got ti cheaper than where I was originally going to buy it, cant beat that.