What is this stunning livery?

[velotrain]

Has it ever been released as a model?  If not, why not

 

It's maybe 50-75 (100?) images down on this site - http://rail.hobidas.com/rmn/archives/0200jr/

 

 

[katoftw]

What train it is is right underneath the picture on that website.  Hit the translate button on your browser.  Happy holidays.

 

Edited December 13, 2015 by katoftw

[kvp]

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/253_series

[miyakoji]

Yeah it does look pretty cool.  When I left Japan in 2007 I took the 253 series NEX, I didn't really care for the interior that much, it seemed claustrophobic.  These two sets that they kept were refurbed which apparently included a completely new interior.

 

I'm not sure anyone has made a model of the 1000 subseries, a few I've seen online are handmade, such as this one: http://blog.goo.ne.jp/kotehasitetudou/e/8078c9d8bc251dba47041a563e6b2e06

[Kabutoni]

I've ridden it last May from Shinjuku to Kinugawa-onsen: http://www.jnsforum.com/community/topic/10010-golden-week-adventures It's a nice and comfortable ride wich gets interesting only after Kurihashi when entering the Tōbu network. The tracks get more curvy and the scenery also becomes more interesting.

[JR 500系]

I've ridden it last May from Shinjuku to Kinugawa-onsen: http://www.jnsforum.com/community/topic/10010-golden-week-adventures It's a nice and comfortable ride wich gets interesting only after Kurihashi when entering the Tōbu network. The tracks get more curvy and the scenery also becomes more interesting.

 

Yap.. And also which is where the JR Pass holders need to pay extra for using non JR rail tracks...

 

Just curious, between this (the E253 Nikko) and the Tobu Spacia, which seems to be a better choice?

 

Regarding the model, I don't think we have seen this livery yet, but since both Kato and Tomix did the 253 former N'EX, it is simply a re-painting of the train set... Perhaps it can be nice to have this in model too.... Tomix did the 253 into the Nagano Snow Monkey sets too...