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A New Chapter Begins

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1872

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train-set 4 of the EM1000 type is now finally complete at the NSCR Malanday depot, making a total of 4 out of the 13 sets ordered

I wonder how long it’ll take until train-sets 1 and 2 of the EM1100 type arrive at the port and get delivered too, I wanna chase those

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Finally got a decent amount of wagons for the D50 to haul

I’ve also got plenty of stock for the C54 too, but I still haven’t found the time to mark any of them

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Does anyone have clearer photos of 270’s tender ? I know it’s of the larger type but I can’t figure out that’s been attached on top of the tender

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@killdane1 Lwk would buy it for shite and giggles

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First coat of black

Though now that I scrutinise it more
The chimney doesn’t look straight enough, I might go back and fix it

Otherwise, 270 is progressing nicely

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Progress has been going smoothly

It doesn’t help with how limited photos are, especially of that tear drop shaped dome

Once everything’s been sanded I’ll probably give it another once over with red to check the smoothness

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Progress has been going smoothly

It doesn’t help with how limited photos are, especially of that tear drop shaped dome

Once everything’s been sanded I’ll probably give it another once over with red to check the smoothness

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So far progressing well

Still trying to get the shape right before fully sanding and refining it down

I fully shaved off the original smokebox door and used a Nakamura Semitsu smokebox front in its place, it fits well funnily enough, perfect size too

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So far progressing well

Still trying to get the shape right before fully sanding and refining it down

I fully shaved off the original smokebox door and used a Nakamura Semitsu smokebox front in its place, it fits well funnily enough, perfect size too

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C51-276 ²

Recently got my hands on a Micro Ace C51 to be used for a project, just so happened to be C51-276, the same member I finished my Kings Hobby C51 as

So before modifying the Micro C51, I decided to pose the two up

For those curious I’m turning 276 into 270

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C51-276 ²

Recently got my hands on a Micro Ace C51 to be used for a project, just so happened to be C51-276, the same member I finished my Kings Hobby C51 as

So before modifying the Micro C51, I decided to pose the two up

For those curious I’m turning 276 into 270

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@killdane1 Paired with that Great Eastern blue and red trim

I would kill just to get a model of one

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The Miyazawa D50 finally arrived

I honestly never thought I’d get into Japanese HO, but now there’s 3 locos and a bunch of rolling stock

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The 8th and final car of the third NSCR train-set has finally set out for delivery

I can’t wait for when the fourth set starts to be delivered too

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The second set of motor cars are now headed to the depot

The third NSCR commuter train-set is nearly complete

All that remains is the second head-car

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After ages of sitting in Japan

I’m happy these EMUs are finally getting delivered to the depot

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A set of before and after photos

The original photos are from the seller I got the C62 from, the loco was absolutely filthy, first thing that was done was immediately give it a soapy scrub

The last photo is a test fit of the scratch built front loco steps

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C62 9

I’ve restored plenty of N scale locos before, but this KTM C62 is my first HO restoration

Got it at a good price, though it had several paint chips, bent/missing parts, and some questionable repairs, I didn’t even know you can bend steps that badly

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Got myself a KTM C62 for a really great price to start my first HO restoration

I’ve done many in N before but not HO

I’m currently fixing up issues the previous owner left, namely old quick fixes that used double sided tape and really thick rubber glue to hold things together

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#日本車両130周年
I have a fondness for these 3rd generation train-sets, still serving commuters everyday

I should make a drawing of them soon

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@valkyriexb70a2 It’s amazing to know a brilliant mind of Miyazawa is behind World Kogei, i was extremely sad when World Kogei announced to close

We need more manufacturers willing to make modest locomotives for affordable prices

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Got myself a 宮沢 D50, already my second 宮沢 locomotive after the C54

Very happy that older HO models from makers such as 宮沢 exist, because with the prices of 天賞堂 model, while you get high detail, you can barely afford to get into Japanese HO