Rokuhan Z-scale 500 series EVA set!

[JR 500系]

Oh my! Z scale beat N scale to it!

 

http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10400769

http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10400774

 

And through an open normal retail channel!

 

 

 

 

 

Even comes with a starter set for those who really loved the Eva 500 series and couldn't wait for N no more...

 

http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10400766

 

 

Edited July 6, 2016 by JR 500系

[cteno4]

Wow makes you want to do z scale!

 

Jeff

[ozman2009]

Wow makes you want to do z scale!

 

Jeff

 

Really?

[ozman2009]

Very nice, and if Rokuhan's other products are anything to go by, very good quality.

[kvp]

And you have to get the 5 car set, otherwise it will look like a DMU...  :)

[bill937ca]

Just stick the Z scale at the back of your layout for forced perspective.

[ToniBabelony]

Not too bad! I wouldn't get one, despite me owning some 6.5mm gauge track, but I can vouch for the quality of Rokuhan. They're quite on par with Kato. I hope to visit their HQ in a few weeks, if not in the summer vacation.

[cteno4]

Really?

Yeah I always get snagged looking at z scale but always manage to escape! One of these days I fear... It might start with a loop around the computer monitor and I don't want to think where it would end up leading to. I know, I know resistance is futile and all that Borg stuff. ;-p

 

Now with the zero and eva...

 

Jeff

[dabsan]

Oh wow, there goes a load more money i guess!

Looks great!!

[westfalen]

In Z scale you could get the long straight runs needed to do a Shinkansen justice that you'd need a basket ball stadium for in N scale.  That's the reason I don't have many Shinkansens or run the ones I do that often, to me they look a little ridiculous running round a normal N scale layout.

[Ochanomizu]

Hello,

 

I do not see Rokuhan making a big deal about the difficulty in coloring the model either!

[ozman2009]

In Z scale you could get the long straight runs needed to do a Shinkansen justice that you'd need a basket ball stadium for in N scale.  That's the reason I don't have many Shinkansens or run the ones I do that often, to me they look a little ridiculous running round a normal N scale layout.

 

That's why I will not be getting a Shinkansen, no matter who makes it.

[kvp]

Z scale is just 33% smaller than N, so you'll get 33% more space for running. In case of an oval, that comes out to be around 50% more straights thanks to smaller curves. If your space in N comes out to be barely enough to fit the train between the two curves, with Z, you will have half a train length of straight track. That's still not much to speed up and slow down.

[railsquid]

T scale is presumably the ultimate solution for long trains in small spaces.

[kvp]

Yes, until an even smaller scale comes around, like H scale (H=like half a milimeter).  :)  :)  :)

 

Or this scale:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUoa55uBGWI

[Drunkenclam]

Clever way of doing it. Not to dis the creator.i think its fantastic.