Welded rail trains

[Atobit]

I don't understand the translation either. How should be the organization with the Kokis? You have to interlace the Kokis with the cars in the kit? It would need 11 or 12 Kokis?

 

 

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[velotrain]

Since much of my interest was related to the Deki 600's, I've acquired two of those and four Koki104's, so will use these to scratchbuild a Meitetsu HO welded rail train - at some point.

[Atobit]

Or just the two end cars are provided + the accessories to fit with the 11 Kokis you have to purchase separately?

 

 

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[Atobit]

This kit seems to be a variant of a one that went on market in April :

http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10315808

Better explanation are provided here.

[velotrain]

I'd say those assembly guide pages will help you decide if you really want to tackle this (or not) !

 

Talk about alphabet soup ;-)

 

This could be one of those kits where less than 50% of those sold ever get built.

 

However - I'm sure it's very impressive when done, with the rail loaded.

[cteno4]

but still not clear how many cars you get of actual equipment to go on the kokis... they show pictures of the three rail handling cars so i expect you get those, but the diagram shows 10 cars with just rail racks on them, i assume you get the rail racks fort hose cars as well?

 

it is an impressive etched metal kit. The Pairhands car carrier truck is really a great kit, they do great work. the rail transporter is the perfect thing to do in etched metal like this.

 

its starting an itch...

 

jeff

[velotrain]

its starting an itch...

 

 

Kind of makes sense that an etch would start an itch ;-)

[Atobit]

but still not clear how many cars you get of actual equipment to go on the kokis... they show pictures of the three rail handling cars so i expect you get those, but the diagram shows 10 cars with just rail racks on them, i assume you get the rail racks fort hose cars as well?/quote]

 

Step 5 shows the rail rack assembly of those 10 cars. So it Should be in the kit

 

 

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[katoftw]

I read 13 cars worth.

[Atobit]

From imon, another view of the kit:

http://www.imon.co.jp/webshop/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=138702

 

 

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[velotrain]

^{Sort of confirms that it's for masochists only.}

[cteno4]

As kits go it does not look very bad. If you want unique mow equipment a bit of work will be needed, but this should be fine for the average modeler to do. Bit of work, care and time, but not not anything like some of the advanced kits.

 

Jeff

[velotrain]

I meant it in terms of the multiple bags of very many, many small parts that need to be painted and mounted.

 

Not so much absolute difficulty as perhaps tediousness.

[cteno4]

Not anywhere as tedious as the rocket kit would be to build!

 

Jeff

[Atobit]

I finally got one set of Pairhands "welded train set" on Yahoo Auctions. It has the number 821, it seems there were already severals that went on the market. All are probably variants.

Here some pictures of the kit:

 

 

 

There is several pages as documentation.

 

 

Overview of the kit content:

 

 

The etched parts:

 

 

 

 

 

The aluminum casted parts:

 

 

 

The decals:

 

 

 

Additionally I purchased a bunch of Kato Koki 5500 cars. I will try to work on in it in the coming weeks.

[velotrain]

> The aluminum casted parts:

 

I believe they're more likely white metal (AKA pot metal).

[cteno4]

Atobit,

 

Wow, looks very nice! How was the price for the older kit on yahoo.jp?

 

I'm getting more and more tempted!

 

Jeff

[Atobit]

Velotrain,

Ouuups! Yes that's white metal.

 

cteno4

It started at 10K, ended up at 18K JPY. Not that's cheap.

 

The kit is very nice indeed!

 

 

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[katoftw]

For something a little cheaper (joke) plus abs parts, not metal:-

 

http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10323968

 

Edited December 24, 2015 by katoftw

[velotrain]

Not the Meitetsu, but I found a video of a welded rail loading / unloading demo (open day?) using 12 onboard cranes.

 

Edited December 31, 2015 by cteno4

[cteno4]

Interesting! Another fun one to model with the cranes! Those could be 3D printed.

 

The cars look like they have extra trucks.

 

Jeff