Went detailing crazy today on my E531's

Today I was looking at YouTube videos on Kato E531's and decided to add the antennas to the end cars. I did 4 in total leaving one more to do. 

Anyone like MOW trains, I do lol.

Here's my almost completed MOW train.

Employee #1 has been hired

He's the Foreman on the TMC-100 running the MOW train. 

What's a Tie Shear?

I have no idea what a Tie Shear is but I'll leave s link to one below. I purchased the .stl to the N scale Tie Shear on Cults which is a 3D design portal for people who want to sell their designs. I had to have this Tie Shear for my Japanese trains so I purchased then found a 3D printer online and had it printed in resin. Pics of the 3D model are below and a link to the print as well. Below are some actual pictures of the 3D print which are the best but I'll be posting better pics once I get the model in hand.

https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/game/n-scale-tie-shear-mow

r/JapaneseNscale reaches 106 members today

Its HAUL day with some goodies

Today is HAUL day with some goodies, I got some used Kato track including some switches, straight track and bridges. 

I also got some laser waterslide decal paper to make some signage for buildings.

Finally I got a Kato 20-871 V12 Double Track Up & Down Variation Pack. 

Its finally done with my MOW train!!!

Or is it I think I need a gondola or a flatcar to move all of the wheeled vehicles around, What do you think?

I can do details like the YouTubers, I detailed my EF200

I was in a detail frame of mind today so I took out my Kato EF200 and decided to give a go at detailing it. The locomotive came with an assortment of antenna's, GPS, Number boards and grabirons. All these parts are tiny after all its N scale, To tell you the truth I wouldn't have attempted this if it wasn't for my new Helping Hands from KOTTO. Putting those parts on the loco was stressful as I lost a few of the parts luckily there was some spares and I completed both ends of the locomotive. I also added a led to the Digitrax board that goes in the EF200. So all in all it was a busy day with lots of stuff accomplished.

KOTTO Helping Hands with magifier

Today Amazon delivered a new piece of kit called the KOTTO Helping hands with magnifier. I was in the market for a magnifier but didn't want to do a head worn type so I decided to get the KOTTO helping hand. I also got some flux paste and some 3mm solder. 

Aru Nine new motor kit for the TOMYTEC DMV Bus

If you're like me I purchased the TOMYTEC DMV bus when I first heard about its announcement. I thought to myself why doesn't this have a motor now it does. The motor kit is from Aru Nine who make a lot of etched brass kit that use various powered chassis. The YouTuber in this video shows how to install the motor kit into his TOMYTEC DMV bus, I think its pretty cool if you ask me.

My first decoder install in a while Kato Series E531

It was a pretty straight forward install, Take off the cover then remove the power bogie. Slip in the EM13 and do the reverse. 

TOMYTEC Maintenance Set

 Finally out of the box the TOMYTEC Maintenance set 

Its cute I guess with bonus build photos

I completed the GreenMax MOW set at least the engine part of the kit. Here is the kit next to the TMC 100, I think with some weathering and some grime it'll be a real looker.

Got some tiny LEDs

 I got the magnet wire now the leds, Today I got 200 tiny leds which I will attempt to solder magnet wire onto. Let's see how this plays out because they are really tiny.

TMC 100 Arrives

I have this thing for small motorized things and the TMC 100 scratches that itch for small motorized devices. I've been interested in MOW equipment such as the Green max maintenance set which I recently acquired but through my searches I found the TMC 100 which is a motorized version of the GreenMax engine which I was going to hack a motor into I may still do that.