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I am getting starting building a Japanese model railroad. Does anyone have suggestions for helpful online resources?
eBay store, Plaza Japan, is N Scale "eye candy!"
For example, good 'N' steam is hard to find, but you can get JNR (Japanese National Railways) prototypes for less than $100 US; motorized chassis for under $35 US (you find "your own" engine shell), and; Japanese traction or diesel is under $65 US. Japanese 'N' at 1:150 will work on United States 'N' track at 1:160.
Detail on Japanese structures (Tomytec, Rokuhan, Greenmax, Tomix, Kato, etc.) is quite nice for N Scale, and the prices are reasonable.
For what it worth, I've settled on 'N' Peco track (an English product) instead of Atlas (due to manufacturing shortages) for the N Scale CR&T, and; there'll be at least one JNR steamer on the layout with its smooth-running mechanism.
Also, from Plaza Japan: I'm going to convert a firehouse (Tomytec Firehouse A #036) as a rural traction station (note space "under building" for tracks), and; convert a bank (Tomytec Bank #035) to become a union station for CR&T's traction + PRR passenger interchange -- To go along with my Greenmax platform (including subway-style steps), and Greenmax freight station kits. Here is CR&T's prototype inspiration for its union station.
