Kato is rereleasing the C11 and old time passenger cars in a few days, and I'm tempted to order more then 1 despite not having been able to test one. I've heard that it operates well enough and I have no problems with it in the look department. However one reason I'm after a tenderless engine is I want to start seriously looking at putting together a diorama layout small enough to fit on my desk or be stored (probably with Tomix mini-curve, R140 or R177) so that I won't always be running on a featureless temporary layout.
To that end, does anyone have any idea what the minimum radius of the C11 is, or at least some curves that it has successfully navigated?
On a similar subject, what are some good "small" locomotives that are in production now or in the near future? Steam, diesel or electric.
For example the recently discussed, but mostly unavailable DD16 diesel http://www.jnsforum.com/index.php/topic,2360.0.html
Micro-Ace has also re-released the ED17 and ED18 electric locomotives
http://www.hwjapan.com/sh/ACE09992.aspxhttp://www.hwjapan.com/sh/ACE09995.aspxA little bit longer are the ED74 and ED79 types available from Micro-Ace and Tomix, for example:
http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10035526Oh, and I can't forget the smallest of them all, the imported Deki 3 electric locomotives:
http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10094235
