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11th September, 2005 |
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CONTENTS
Other Pages
Index page of previous Product & DVD
RELEASE INFORMATION
NEWS |
EDITORIAL
My apologies again for the time between this and the last Newsletter
:-( I was in Japan for 2 weeks, and spend a lot of time (and
money) in the shops there !!! I also went to the annual JAM
exhibition, and saw lots of samples of the new model releases, like
the Tomix E4 Shinkansen, Odakyu VSE50000 (both excellent models),
and the new series of car, buses, and trucks. It was very crowded
though, and hard to get a good look at some stands. Kato had nothing
at all to offer, and MicroAce only had some of their releases on
display. This newsletter is available by subscription, unless you are a customer of 'Japanese Model Supplies'. Normal rate is US$1.00 per month, payable 12 months at a time in advance. The 12 month subscription period will be from June to May inclusive. We hope to supply at least one issue per week, more if there is more news. We believe this amount is good value, and very modest for the amount of information you will receive - it represents (per month) a lot less than just 1 coffee at a 'trendy' cafe (eg Starbucks), or a burger & fries at a family restaurant (eg McDonalds). Please do not reveal the page addresses to non- members. If they want to see it, they are free to take out a subscription like every one else. Also please note that the contents of this publication are
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11th September 2005 MicroAce announced their tentative releases for February 2006 ... A0568 183-1500/189 series EC 8 car set 'Shiosai' (Cream / red) - „23,200 Their new catalog #2 will be out on the 29th of September ...
Bandai have announced their next two series of 'Working Vehicles' ... October 2005
12 mini buses - Enoshima, Keio, Keihan, Niigata, Fuji etc December 2005
12 Cement mixer trucks with 6 each of two types of truck 9th September 2005 MicroAce announced their releases from September 14 Sep 2005 A8671 Kiha261 series DC 6 car set 'Super Soya' (JR Hokkaido - original type) A8680 Kiha22 series DC 2+2 car set (both powered) Tomix announced the re-release of the following on the 15th ... 92733 400 series TEC 7 car set 'Tsubasa' (new colour) 7th September 2005 Kato announced the release on the 13th of the following ... 10-435 221 series EC 4 car set 5th September 2005 Kato announce the release of the following in January 2006 ... 10-413 183-1000 series EC 7 car set 3rd September 2005 Kato announced the releaser in December of the following ... 10-253 101 series EC 10 car set (Chuo line) special anniversary edition release. 1st September 2005 Tomix announced a special release for November ... 92941 Kiha181 series DC 3 car set 'Sayonara Isokaze'
Here are some photos from JAM2005 ...
getting there, on the Yurikamome
along with every other man, woman and child going to Odiaba for a Saturday outing
Modemo Enoshima 'Yoshitune'
new Tomy 'Truck Collection' items
the mechanisms for the new 'Train Collection' - even has flywheels !!!
the E4MAX looked VERY nice !!!
as did the Odakyu VSE50000
Kato were showing some paper mockups of a new old style wooden house range
some Modemo Tokyu 300 sets nicely repainted in current advertising colour schemes
proving you don't need much space for a diorama - this is very
Aussie!!! |
Kiesarishi Resshatachi
Company : Vicom This series from Vicom has many titles, and is basically a 'Big Parade of passing trains'. This particular title translates as 'Disappearing Trains', and shows all trains that are not currently running any more, from passenger, electric, diesel , Shinkansen, both JR and private. There are too many to list, so hopefully you can read the contents from the back cover.
It is interesting to note that there will be a freight train issue in this series, released next month. 9th September 2005 Tomix re-released the 2140 EF210 EL. 6th September 2005 Kato re-released the following ...
3024 EF64-1000 series EL (with A/C) 1st September 2005 Tomix released the following items ... 2133 EF81 series EL (Hokutosei)
2215 DD51 series DL (Hokutosei)
92725 E3 series TEC 6 car set 'Komachi' 31st August 2005 Kato released the following ...
10-258 E231-500 series EC 5 car set (Yamanote line)
10-259 E231-500 series EC 6 car add-on (Yamanote line) 30th August 2005 Kato re-released the 10-453 0-2000 series TEC 8 car set.
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(ADVERTISING) This information service is sponsored by ... Japanese Model Supplies o New and second-hand Japanese trains As mentioned above, this service is sponsored by 'Japanese Model Supplies', the only Japanese-only model train and other hobby item supplier in the world, outside of Japan. Other suppliers have recently been broadening their ranges, and supply other things like computer games, and Chinese & European trains - 'Japanese Model Supplies' will always stay with Japanese-only products. It is often difficult to source these type of items and get accurate and timely information in English, when you do not live in Japan, cannot read Japanese web pages or do not have any contacts there. We have the facilities to access this information and these products, and whilst based in Australia, currently supply customers all over the world, including Australia, New Zealand, England, Scotland, Ireland, France, Germany, Holland, Belgium, Italy, Sweden, Switzerland, Israel, South Africa, Canada and the USA. Therefore you will find that the items you see presented are not just 'fantasy' items that get released in Japan and you have no way of acquiring them - 'Japanese Model Supplies' CAN get these items, and CAN ship them to anywhere in the world (unlike some other retailers of Japanese model trains, who refuse to ship to the USA etc) !!! See their web page at the address listed above for all the information on what has been
produced and how to get it. If you are in Japan, and visit the Osaka area, I recommend you take the time to visit "Railcraft Awaza". They have a large range of products available, together with friendly advice and service (but only in Japanese). Some photos on this site are taken by them and appear with their permission. For details of their shop location, see their web page at ... http://www.rc-awaza.com Some photos also thanks to Dave Fossett. |
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Abbreviation |
Explanation |
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TEC |
Shinkansen (Bullet train) |
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EC |
Electric car (EMU) |
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DC |
Diesel car (DMU) |
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PC |
Passenger car |
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FC |
Freight car |
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SL |
Steam loco |
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EL |
Electric loco |
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DL |
Diesel loco |
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