Darren has sent me an update on his health, and asked me to share the good news with y'all. Darren was diagnosed with a cancer not very long ago; but with his current course of treatment, he has been told that a full recovery is likely by the end of the course, in about two months. He is feeling considerably better than he has been, although he is maintaining his hiatus for now. He offers his thanks to those here who have wished him well.

So: While things are not the best for Darren (cancer never is!), they are looking up for him. We look forward to seeing him here again soon!

Don

So it's a fact of life that you can't just buy a train in any number you want (unless it's unnumbered and you have skill with decals). With freight, given that Japan doesn't ...... Read More

I notice that Hobby Search's notes on the future release of Kato's D51.498 states a scale of 1:150.  I was under the impression that Kato's steam locos were at a scale of 1:140, ...... Read More

It's been quite a while since I posted here!

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Unfortunately with little work, I have free time, so I spent the day at Shinjuku Station. My two favorite spots are the at the northern edge of platforms 7/8 (Chou line to Tokyo) and more recently, ...... Read More

Hi all,

First post here - I've been reading a lot and think I have a basic plan, but still wondering about a few things.

I've got a 4x8 table in my basement that right ...... Read More

I'd like to share a design I made for a small tram layout, which fits on a 30x88 cm Ikea Ribba picture frame (I love using these as a base for layouts!). It uses the following items,all Tomix: ...... Read More

Hi all,
Just stumbled onto this and I know some of you might be interested in finding out more.

Info from Railway Gazette
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I know a few people have bought one of these recently, either the Kato (various JR East) version or the Tomix (Coca-Cola) version. I don't know the history of the Tomix tooling, but I think ...... Read More

Hello.

Nik & I are planning on using the Kato overhead transit station (the one with the red roof) on our new layout.  Originally we were going to put the downtown\city on the ...... Read More