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See [KATO company profile](https://www.katomodels.com/company).", "Its organisational remit includes planning, manufacturing and selling N- and HO-gauge model railway products, distinguishing it from a railway operator or a hobby retailer that merely stocks KATO. See [KATO company profile](https://www.katomodels.com/company).", "A KATO USA service relationship must be distinguished from worldwide manufacturer responsibility: its FAQ limits stocked parts to North American prototype models. 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See [KATO USA FAQ](https://katousa.com/faq/).", "questions": [ { "text": "What item number, model identity and prototype region determine the appropriate parts contact?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "regional-parts-boundary-q01" }, { "text": "Does the relevant office accept this request type, or must the agent route it to another KATO organisation?", "kind": "action", "id": "regional-parts-boundary-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "service-eligibility-and-obligations", "name": "Service eligibility and obligations", "description": "Separate request routing from entitlement to repair, replacement or warranty service.", "findings": [ { "id": "service-commitment-evidence", "name": "Service commitment evidence", "description": "Determine applicable service terms without assuming that brand affiliation guarantees coverage or spare-parts availability.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which published terms apply to this model, purchase market, purchase date and reported condition?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "service-commitment-evidence-q01" }, { "text": "What confirmation is required before authorising shipment, paid repair or replacement through the responsible entity?", "kind": "action", "id": "service-commitment-evidence-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "evidence-and-external-alignment", "name": "Evidence and external alignment", "description": "What the world already says about this thing, gathered so the model can be checked against it.", "rationale": "A model that cannot be lined up against existing standards, identifiers and practice cannot be adopted by anyone who already uses them.", "layers": [ { "id": "reported-evidence", "name": "Reported evidence", "description": "Findings from the breadth pass, kept separate from the structural claims.", "findings": [ { "id": "evidence-confidence-notes", "name": "Check these first", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; 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every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ "Japanese and North American product ranges represent different railway prototypes.", "Japanese N-scale models commonly use 1:150 for conventional railway prototypes and 1:160 for Shinkansen, while North American N-scale models generally use 1:160." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-regional-variation-q01", "text": "Which of these regional variation hold for the sense of Kato Precision Railroad Models this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-neighbours", "name": "Neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ { "name": "Sekisui Kinzoku Co., Ltd.", "difference": "The Japanese corporate name associated with KATO; distinguish the registered legal entity from its commercial identity rather than assuming two independent manufacturers." }, { "name": "Kato USA", "difference": "The US business associated with KATO's North American market, rather than the Japanese manufacturer as a whole." }, { "name": "UNITRACK", "difference": "A KATO track-system product family, not an organisation." }, { "name": "Sekisui Chemical", "difference": "A separate chemical company; 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