KATO USA
Precision Railroad Models
Join us for the 2024 Mini Diorama Circus at Trainfest!
What is the Mini Diorama Circus?
KATO MINI DIORAMA CIRCUS is an event where small dioramas are built using Kato’s Mini Diorama base and enjoyed by connecting the dioramas together at the events. The event, which started in Japan, has already attracted more than 800 participants worldwide, with N-gauge model trains running on the dioramas. The fun doesn’t just end with making the Mini Diorama, at the Mini Diorama Circus we take it even further, allowing people to connect their modules to create an interesting array of themes, ideas, and creations! Learn More
How to Join us at Trainfest?
Bring a completed Mini Diorama to Trainfest and drop it off at the Kato booth!
Have a Mini Diorama already made? Want to make one at home? Just stop by our Booth at Trainfest and drop it off for the duration of your stay at the show! When you are ready to leave stop by again and pick up your creation!
- Ship Us your Mini Diorama
- What to join the Circus, but can’t make it to Trainfest? Ship us your Mini Diorama to 100 Remington Road, Schaumburg, IL 60173 before Friday November 8th and we will bring it to Trainfest for you! Once the show is over, we will return your Mini Diorama to you! Please submit this form before you ship to Kato USA
- Build A Mini Diorama at Trainfest
- At Trainfest we will have the Mini Diorama Base kits and tables full of free scenery so you can build your own Mini Diorama creation in person at Trainfest! After you finish creating your Mini Diorama at our craft tables in our booth you can add your creation to our running layout! While you explore the show floor you can leave your Mini Diorama at our booth and let other admire your hard work! Once you are ready to go home stop by our booth and pick up your Mini Diorama. Mini Diorama Base Kits will be sold at Trainfest for $10 a piece.
- Enter into our Online App
- Want the world to see your creation? Upload your creation to our online app and share what you have made to the world! Click the link HERE
- Please note by only submitting to this Online App you will not be entered into our drawing for the Kato N Scale Starter Set.
- Want the world to see your creation? Upload your creation to our online app and share what you have made to the world! Click the link HERE
More Information:
For more information on the Mini Diorama and STEAM programs click HERE
By Submitting a Mini Diorama in person or shipping the Mini Diorama to us you will automatically be entered into the drawing for a Kato N Scale Starter Set! This is a random drawing, and we will ship the set to the Winner after the show.
