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I have often bemoaned Tomix’s model of the DE10. It’s a poor runner. DCC conversion is difficult. “Ole’ Growly”, as one friend has nicknamed the model, needs to be put down once and for all. But, rejoice! would-be DE10 owners. Kato has announced two new DE10 models, one for warm weather, one for cold. No details are [...] Happy birthday to me! This set was a gift from my wonderful wife. Actually, we kinda picked it out together, for reasons I won’t yet reveal. The box reads “J.R. Limited Express Sleeping Cars Series 24 Type 25 ‘Yumekukan’ with Electric Locomotive Type EF81″ (which is far more terse in the original Japanese: “JR ＥＦ８１・２４系２５形特急寝台客車（夢空間）セット”). The centerpiece of [...] Just in, after a long wait for it to make it back into production: A Tomix DE10 (seen here pulling HOKI 800 empties down the Ikea Line). This is easily my favorite diesel locomotive, perhaps ever. Although new, this model has a reputation for being a noisy, uneven runner—and sadly mine lives up to this reputation. [...] Just before the winter holiday, I ordered and received a new bit of rolling stock, Kato’s キハ (KiHa—the designation for standard class diesel passenger cars) 110 diesel multiple unit (DMU—and yes, it’s hard to call a single car a multiple unit, but that’s what it is). Say hello! I need a little warm-up project to get me [...] |
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