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Souvenir sales on the Hong Kong MTR
Hong Kong’s MTR system is famous around the world, so perhaps it is no surprise that a wide variety of official souvenirs are available. The range includes such trinkets like watches with an Octopus chip inside, allowing you to pay […]
Posted in Tourism
Tagged Hong Kong, Mass Transit Railway, model trains, MTR, scale models, tourist trap, trains
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Hong Kong bus models for every budget
What does a young kid on holiday in Hong Kong and loaded up with red envelopes do? In the case of my son – spend the cash on pull-back action models of Hong Kong public transport! Cheap and cheerful The […]
Posted in Transport
Tagged 80M Bus Model Shop, buses, hobbies, Hong Kong, kids, model buses, model trains, scale models
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Scale model of a MTR works train
Found over at Wikipedia – a scale model of a MTR works train, located in their head office in Kowloon Bay.
Photo by TeaLaiumens, via Wikimedia Commons
Posted in Transport
Tagged Hong Kong, locomotive, maintenance, Mass Transit Railway, model trains, MTR, rail operations, railway, scale models
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Model railway shops in Hong Kong
While in Hong Kong I visited a number of model railway shops to see if they had anything interesting – so what did I find?
Posted in Everyday Life
Tagged 80M Bus Model Shop, hobbies, Hong Kong, model trains, scale models
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Japanese collectable models: the random 12 piece collection
During my no-so-recent trip overseas I encountered the uniquely Japanese way of selling collectable models – the 12 piece “collection”. On finding this collection of boxes on the hotel floor, I’m sure that housekeeping thought they had stumbled on some bizarre kind of drug runner.