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(Japanese Model Train Newsletter)

Enoshima is going to Japan !!!

As probably everyone knows, Enoshima is IN Japan, so while that title may sound stupid, what I mean is that it is being planned that my latest ‘N’ scale Japanese model railway layout ‘Enoshima’ will be attending 2 exhibitions in Japan later this year. Full details follow …
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January 17, 2009 Posted by redracer | Bandai, Enoshima, Greenmax, Kato, Kawai, MicroAce, Modemo, Tomix, Tomytec | | 4 Comments

Tomix N700 Shinkansen model review

Well I finally got rid of my Kato N700 set and replaced it with the Tomix N700-3000 version that had just come out when I was in Japan in December …

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January 14, 2009 Posted by redracer | Kato, Tomix, model review | | 2 Comments

MicroAce releases for June 2009

MicroAce have announced their releases for June 2009. I didn’t see a list for May, but April’s list was rather larger than usual !!!

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January 10, 2009 Posted by redracer | MicroAce | | No Comments Yet

More new Tomytech re-releases

Tomytec have seen how popular their releases are, and have announced another set of either straight re-releases or repaints …

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January 7, 2009 Posted by redracer | Tomytec | | 2 Comments