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Keiben (HO 1/87 9mm) narrow gauge layouts


bikkuri bahn

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IMHO, some of the best railway modelling being done in Japan is by the members of the Keiben Modelling Group, who hold an exhibition in Tokyo every year. The scale is 1/87, but the track used is n scale, to simulate the 762mm narrow gauge.

Video of the latest gathering a couple months back- I especially like the module setup from 1:49 to 4:35.

My absolute favorite from several years back, this has been posted elsewhere in this forum, but it's worth a repost. More along the lines of a "heavy" electric railway than a keiben line, if it wasn't for the 9mm track. Just stunning:

 

What makes these layouts successful (IMO)? A focus on the railway itself, the rolling stock and the infrastructure, and the immediate scenery. Weathering, but not too over the top to make it "Tooonervillesque" a la Malcolm Furlow. Focusing on the mundane and everyday, but making it realistic, rather than trying to recreate the unusual, improbable, or spectacular.

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Thanks for posting this bikkuri - some really great modeling.  I liked the modules with the really tight turns - so different from the boringly straight modules we're used to.  I was also impressed with the high river bridge.

 

 

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My absolute favorite from several years back, this has been posted elsewhere in this forum, but it's worth a repost.  More along the lines of a "heavy" electric railway than a keiben line, if it wasn't for the 9mm track.  Just stunning:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9duKWxbyfI

 

 

Yes...the yard and the substation modules are just some of my favourite...

 

 

Cheers NB

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Ah yes, the Keiben Matsuri. After some recent ventures into this world, I really want to visit the next time! Although the mainstay is HO, with some O gauge, N sometimes also appears, if rarely.

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