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trainspotter-usa
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Now available to reserve (April deilvery) at Hobby search
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I CAN see how cool this stuff is!!!
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DJdeTrainman
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DJdeTrainman
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Oh, and they finally have the people now, too!!! YAY!!!
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zomer
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Hehehe Awesome!!!
Ill use the piece of track for sure but I might continue to make my own signals. Great that they are now starting to broaden their range from the initial track and train that was first released.
Cant wait to see it in real life to see if my scaling was close 
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B 67
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Would be nicer if they'd assembled it properly before taking the photo.  But nice to see an actual photo of the product. Looks like you could very easily use them for an Australian or North American layout with only a repaint - oh, and putting the signals on the other side of the road for Canada and USA. 
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TBA
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The roadway has a nice shine to it.
The signals could pass for N. American use with a repaint, but IMHO the Japanese gates wouldn't quite look right. Maybe seen on a layout, and not in a photo they won't be noticeable?
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B 67
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Not obvious in the way they are modelled, but there would really be 4 gates. When I get them, I'd be tempted to cut them in the middle to make this more obvious. The crossings in Taiwan are almost identical to the Japanese ones. Many gates there are are bamboo, although they seem to be getting replaced by what is probably aluminium.
The gates look a bit low in the photos, but that's probably because of the way they have been poorly set up for the photos.
Yes, that is a very shiny road. Must've just rained.
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DJdeTrainman
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Yeah, and also, has anyone else taken the time and noticed that just one crossing costs TWICE as much as a set of three tracks?
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trainspotter-usa
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| DJdeTrainman wrote: | | Yeah, and also, has anyone else taken the time and noticed that just one crossing costs TWICE as much as a set of three tracks? |
I hadn't noticed.
How does that compare to like products in HO or N or Z?
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rmyers
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| Quote: | Yeah, and also, has anyone else taken the time and noticed that just one crossing costs TWICE as much as a set of three tracks?
I hadn't noticed.
How does that compare to like products in HO or N or Z?
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That's a hard one in N. A Kato crossing which is similar in concept, but which is just the crossing and road fills - no gates, is cheap $2.50 list vs. a 4 pack of same length straights for $7.00.
However, 'toy train' crossings with track, crossbucks, gates, and a hunk of road tend to be expensive $15..20 list according to Walthers. Example - Peco Crossing w/gates (British style) $15, Bachmann E-Z Track $22.50.
(All prices from my 2007 Walthers cat. Maybe a little out of date, but indicative.)
Most US outline N scale modelers, once past the 'toy train' state, tend to by crossbucks, gates, crossing fillins, etc. ala carte and roll their own.
Twice a three pack, doesn't IMO, sound outrageous.
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