Starbond CA & Others

There's a new CA in town and its called Starbond, I found them on eBay and picked up a few different kinds like Medium Thick, and Medium Gap Filler Thick. Of course, there are the standbys like BSI, Hobbybond, Gorilla Glue, Loctite Ultra Gel.

New stuff new trains from RG-ROKKO

It's that time again when a new delivery from RG-ROKKO has shown up and these are the things that I got. 

I picked up another EH200 locomotive from Kato I just like them for some reason and they are easy to install a decoder in. 

I decided to get a set of GREENMAX JR103 cars with the intention of turning them into MOW trains. I can't find the ones I'm looking for because they are not in stock so I have to make my own.

I got a few replacement part like traction wheels and some locomotive parts and antennas plus some bogies.

There's a cool Mook about soldering brass HO cars in full color. It's a very informative read on how to assemble brass HO scale kits

The second pic is of my new D51 from Kato with the Aru Nine passenger cars that I built. I think that set makes a nice excursion train 

Aru 9 Trolley WIP

This Aru 9 kit I think is one of the first kits that I've purchased and put off building it for the longest. The trolley kit has been the most complicated to assemble because of the small parts that need to be fabricated from the brass sheet. I took my time looked at the instructions and double-checked them three times lol. I did a dry fit and so far so good this is what the completed model should look like without the chassis.

I found ANOTHER one Very Easy (Totemo Kantan) Kit Series Wooden Bogie Observation Car Type B Body Kit (N scale)

While going through my train equipment I happily found a Very Easy (Totemo Kantan) Kit Series Wooden Bogie Observation Car Type B Body Kit (N scale). It looks like the window layout is different from my other passenger cars.

Below are some build pics hope you enjoy them.

The Aru crew

I had a brainstorm to take a picture of all of the Aru 9 models that I have in a group photo and this is what I got. They are not finished but some day I hope to complete paint and run them all. 

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EH200 has new decoder installed and test run.

 

A new fleet of Koki and some other things

Today from RG I received.

TOMIX 8746 JR Koki106 Early Model (New Paint/No Container) 2 Cars

TOMIX 8737 JR Koki 104 (new paint / with Yamato Transport container)　

CASCO YP-544 Freight car case (Koki I/black)　

Aru Nine A1045 Steam Engine x1

dRM Digital Decoder for EH200 x1