August 05, 2024

Aru 9 Trolley WIP


This Aru 9 kit I think is one of the first kits that I've purchased and put off building it for the longest. The trolley kit has been the most complicated to assemble because of the small parts that need to be fabricated from the brass sheet. I took my time looked at the instructions and double-checked them three times lol. I did a dry fit and so far so good this is what the completed model should look like without the chassis.




August 04, 2024

I found ANOTHER one Very Easy (Totemo Kantan) Kit Series Wooden Bogie Observation Car Type B Body Kit (N scale)







While going through my train equipment I happily found a Very Easy (Totemo Kantan) Kit Series Wooden Bogie Observation Car Type B Body Kit (N scale). It looks like the window layout is different from my other passenger cars.


Below are some build pics hope you enjoy them.






















August 03, 2024

The Aru crew

I had a brainstorm to take a picture of all of the Aru 9 models that I have in a group photo and this is what I got. They are not finished but some day I hope to complete paint and run them all. 


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July 22, 2024

A new fleet of Koki and some other things

Today from RG I received.


TOMIX 8746 JR Koki106 Early Model (New Paint/No Container) 2 Cars

TOMIX 8737 JR Koki 104 (new paint / with Yamato Transport container) 

CASCO YP-544 Freight car case (Koki I/black) 

Aru Nine A1045 Steam Engine x1

dRM Digital Decoder for EH200 x1