Interesting products

Japanese model trains run great on Peco track. Peco also makes useful accessories, although not typically Japanese, I thought these products are too useful not to mention. Peco makes excellent model railway track for nearly all popular modelling scales, including narrow gauges. There is also a German Peco page.

Atlas offers N-scale track in both code 55 and the classical code 83 cross-section and US-prototype locos. wagons and structures.

Model Rectifier Corporation has a large range of model railway control equipment, for all scales including G-scale, AC (Lionel) powered trains and DCC.

Dallee Electronics offers a large range of electronic accessories, including controllers, a wide range of sound systems and train detection circuits.

Viessmann offers a whole range of electronic and electric products, German-style catenary and signals and a range of very nice trees. DCC and Selectrix decoders for locos and accessories are also supplied.

Uhlenbrock offers a whole range of electronics, including DCC equipment. New is the 'Lissy' address feedback system, which uses infra-red light. German language.

Heathcote Electronics offer a range of electronic accessories like train detectors (infra-red reflection technology!), automatic stops etc.

TDP offer a train speedometer and some other electronic stuff. The signalling system looks promising.

RF Systemlab, offered by RF System lab from Japan is a miniature camera-transmitter-receiver system, small enough to mount in N-scale trains. Microwave- frequency transmission offers a quality image.

Richmond Controls offer special lighting products, including several types of white LEDs, like 'golden white', 'sunny white' and 'warm white' versions. Most products are aimed at N-scale modellers.

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The 'whispering point motor', basically a R/C modelling servo and some additional electronics. German language. Other electronic circuits are also available. Worth mentioning is the DCC point control system.

Custom Signals offer US-style signals and electronic circuits to control these. There are possible application for Japanese prototypes too! Atlas have based their new N-scale signals on circuit boards and signal designs offer by Custom Signals. Well worth a look.

Micro Railway Products also offers HO and N scale signals, but modelled after UK and Dutch prototypes. The Dutch signals are easily modified into Japanese-style signals.

Henckens offer dutch signals that could easily be transformed into japanese-outline signals. Dutch language only.

CR Signals offer UK-prototype colour-light signals, including mounting kits to convert the Ratio signal gantry.

Brawa, from Germany offers lights, electric accessories and working trolleybuses, funiculars and ropeways.

Anita Decor makes trees, tree kits, foliage and scatter materials, adhesives annd paints and lots more...

ER Decor makes a lightweight sculpting mass, without plaster! Easy to use, great results and re-usable! Multi-lingual (english, dutch, french, german, spanish, italian). UK distributor is Tasma Products. Lots of other scenery products too.

Heki offers a wide range of scenic products, plus a modular conrtol panel system. German language.

Busch makes a range of scenic products, German-style signals as well as model cars and even a UFO!

Noch offers a range of scenic products, tennis court, barges and tugs, tunnel mouths etc. Noch is one of Kato's didtributors for Germany.

Artitec from Amsterdam offer very detailed resin kits for structures, ships and some military vehicles in H0 and N scales. Artitec also work on the mega project remembering 400 years of the VOC (Dutch United East India Company)

Faller from Germany may be the world's best-known manufacturer of scenic products. Only very few of their structures would be suitable for a Japanese-prototype layout.

Simonmodel, a manufacturer from Hong Kong offers architectural models, model trees and ground foam.

Hobby Kit offers a wide selection of airbrushing equipment, paints etc. German language. The owners of this business are modellers themselves and they really know what you need. - Recommended.

Gunze Sangyo offer a wide range of hihj-quality paints, airbrushes and modelling tools. Many suitable colours for those modelling japanese railways. Sold by the shops mentioned above.

Midwest Products offer wooden craftsman kits and a range of styrene sheets and shapes for scratchbuilding.

Plastruct makes a range of ABS plastic shapes and sheets. You need a special adhesive to glue ABS parts together.

Modellers often need to stick things together, good adhesives and glues are essential.

Greven offers a wide range of glues and adhesives. A catalogue is available as a *.pdf document, Adobe's Acrobat Reader needed.

Evergreen makes a range of styrene sheets and profiles, for building your own structures and whatever...

Taskboard is a wood-like material that is very suitable for scratchbuilding houses, viaducts, tunnel mouths etc.

Sievers Benchwork offer a modular benchwork system, which may speed up your layout building.

Many of the products mentioned are available at Japan Model Railways, Wiemeling 7, 59174 Kamen, Germany.

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