Japanese Auction Wins...

what a monster!! she is simply stunning, well done!

I have to admit it did surprise me when it arrived as when you see a photo of the goods/box etc... you build a mental picture as the auctions rarely list sizes of things. So I expected a box to arrive about the size of a large shoe/boot type box. But oh no, this box was about 30" long by 12" high by 8" deep lol!!

Again the engine, I know 'O gauge' is generally 1/42th scale so should have expected 1/40th to be a bit bigger, but we so rarely see 'O gauge' loco's as they are pretty rare and expensive (saw some in a local store the other month which were ~ £500). But this one the loco alone is about a foot long with another 4-5" or so for the tender, even the wagon is a good 6-7" long

I did do a bit of research before bidding, but let's just say I got an absolute bargain, especially as this is new/un-run and now out of production