Toki 21100 - coiled steel plate car, and thoughts on modeling

[velotrain]

I noticed the Kato Toki 15000 on HS and was curious about it. I found some proto photos, but the cars were mostly empty or carrying something that was hidden below the sides.

 

I then found an image of a Toki 21100, which is a 15000 with the sides removed and concave racks installed to carry rolls of coiled steel plate.

 

https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ja&u=http://www.noble-joker.com/nj_home/%405top_fc/toki21100.htm&prev=search

 

I later found - on a related blog, a photo of a HO Toki 15000, with the sides still on but with some of the coil racks installed.

 

https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ja&u=http://www.noble-joker.com/nj_home/%402model/toki21009.htm&prev=search

 

And some more photos, one showing a car with four coils loaded.

A very strange car in the top photo, but I didn't try to track it down as I already had about eight windows open and was having a hard time keeping track of them as it was.

 

http://tekkenweb.sakura.ne.jp/railways70/70fc/70fc102.html

 

Any yet more coil car images, showing variety in the racks, and that the side panels/doors were not always removed.

 

http://www16.plala.or.jp/goerlitz/Freight_wagon2_2.htm

 

And lastly, a HO car modified into a 21100 by what was apparently a Mokei conversion kit from an earlier era.

 

https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ja&u=http://ut-mokei.xsrv.jp/rail/mokei/mokei1_seisaku_daikou_syaryou_rei-244.htm&prev=search

 

 

I see that Micro Ace offered a set of these cars in 2011, which likely shows up rarely and sells high on the auction sites.

 

http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10142299

 

 

I don't know if anyone else finds these racks appealing, but I did briefly allow myself to think that they looked ideal for 3D printing . . . . .

 

 

OTOH, if you had a reasonable looking coil, with the sides still on you could likely use rather crude racks and get away with it, OR - just throw a tarp over it and fake everything ;-)

. . . . sort of like catenary poles suggesting that there are wires there . . . . .

[Pashina12]

That ToKi1000 on the 70s Railway site is definitely an intriguing car. I'm curious enough that I might dig after it some more. 21516 on the plala link is also quite nifty... both of those could be worth modelling even if they don't fit one's locale/era, I think. The others are also interesting, but those two in particular especially grab my attention. Thanks for sharing this!

 

As for 8 windows... I don't know when the last time was that I had less than 50 tabs open in my browser...

[velotrain]

I found a bit of info on the Toki 1000, "It is a mass production car of Toki 9000 with a hollow exclusive for steel plate coil." from:

 

https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ja&u=http://www2s.biglobe.ne.jp/~r_shiina/truck.html&prev=search

 

I also discovered that it has a half-brother:

 

https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ja&u=http://hatiroku222.seesaa.net/category/22219185-3.html&prev=search

 

It turns out that the telescoping top #21516 that Pashina liked is also a steel coil car, with a Toki 21500 designation.

 

The first site has an interesting note on the Toki 21100, "Unlike Toki 21000 which has the same structure, we do not load steel gobs on the return route, so we have reduced the weight of the AOLI door." I don't know how to interpret this, other than that the doors have been removed. Here's the original site if anyone wants to take a shot - http://www2s.biglobe.ne.jp/~r_shiina/truck.html

 

In the background of that first image on the plala site is a large crane that looks quite similar to the Walther's HO Bridge Crane.

 

Just found the Japanese Wiki article on the Toki 1000

 

https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ja&u=https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%9B%BD%E9%89%84%E3%83%88%E3%82%AD1000%E5%BD%A2%E8%B2%A8%E8%BB%8A&prev=search

[Pashina12]

Here's more on the 21500: http://highland.hakuba.ne.jp/~natsume/kamotsu/fcmugai/tok215h1.htm

 

This is in its entirety a fantastic site for freight cars... http://highland.hakuba.ne.jp/~natsume/fcindex.htm ... go to http://highland.hakuba.ne.jp/~natsume/kamotsu/ichiran.htm for car type pages...