EF64-1000 with the color scheme of French TGV?

[Atobit]

Hi Everyone,

 

As my Japanese is very poor and my background of the Japanese railway history and train model not better, I need some help to clarify what I’ve got recently:

 

 

It’s an EF64-1000 locos and wagons with the color of the first French TGV.

Did the JR really colorized the E64-1000 as the TGV? Or it was more like a toy made by MicroAce?

When this kit would have be made? In the early 80’s?

 

 

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[railsquid]

It's a special set produced to commemorate the inauguration of the TGV, so presumably 1981. As far as I'm aware this is a fantasy livery, as are the others in the range.

[Atobit]

Thanks for the translation Railsquid!

I'll clean it up and put the decal on it, and seated it by my TGV, for the fun.

 

 

 

 

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[railsquid]

Knew I'd seen this referenced somewhere recently:

 

The part outlined in red is about these sets, and confirms they were made in 1982/83 and that they're ficticious. Interestingly the stickers on the right include ones for the British APT but evidently MA never "did" that.

[Atobit]

Great!

On what magazine is has appeared?

I'm curious to know why today they have mentioned those train set.

[railsquid]

This one, which is a collection of articles on "historical" N gauge models which were previously published in "RM Models".

[westfalen]

Reminds me of how Con-Cor in the 70's and 80's painted Kato Japanese electric locos and DD13's (sold as GE centre cabs) into several U.S. railroad paint schemes, but they made no attempt to acknowledge they were fictional.