August 09, 2024

Yeah I know another ARU Nine Passenger Car Blah Blah Blah

I wanted the put together a couple of configurations of the ARU Nine passenger cars with the D51 and the DD200, Which do you like better. Oh yeah there's another ARU Nine passenger car lol.





Only a Mother could love a face like this.

There's a company called Kofu that makes the paper kit below which I thought was so unique that I had to buy it It's called Confirmation Car No1. Don't you think it's the face only a mother could love?

https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/11112449




 

Starbond CA & Others

There's a new CA in town and its called Starbond, I found them on eBay and picked up a few different kinds like Medium Thick, and Medium Gap Filler Thick. Of course, there are the standbys like BSI, Hobbybond, Gorilla Glue, Loctite Ultra Gel.




August 08, 2024

New stuff new trains from RG-ROKKO

It's that time again when a new delivery from RG-ROKKO has shown up and these are the things that I got. 


I picked up another EH200 locomotive from Kato I just like them for some reason and they are easy to install a decoder in. 


I decided to get a set of GREENMAX JR103 cars with the intention of turning them into MOW trains. I can't find the ones I'm looking for because they are not in stock so I have to make my own.

I got a few replacement part like traction wheels and some locomotive parts and antennas plus some bogies.

There's a cool Mook about soldering brass HO cars in full color. It's a very informative read on how to assemble brass HO scale kits

The second pic is of my new D51 from Kato with the Aru Nine passenger cars that I built. I think that set makes a nice excursion train 





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.