H0 1:80 Kiha110 from Kato

[marknewton]

These are too modern for me, but I'm sure they'll appeal to other forum members:

 

http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10512327

 

All the best,

 

Mark.

[Ken Ford]

I have a real soft spot for Kiha 110s. Time to email Nariichi-san...

[Ken Ford]

From the Kato website:  http://www.katomodels.com/ho/kiha110/

 

I'm a little concerned about the translated description - for one, it implies the grabirons are molded on. 

Edited January 3, 2018 by Ken Ford

[Ken Ford]

I’m taking a wait and see attitude on these, I want to see preproduction photos before I commit.  At this price point I would expect separately applied detail parts...

[keiichi77]

These are definitely on my want list, they are just what I was looking for, a small 1 to 4 car DMU for HO scale, but with so many N scale Japanese trains coming out this year that I want and few HO scale Canadian trains that I already have pre ordered it is a tough decision on what to sacrifice. :(

[marknewton]

Perhaps they will be like the Kiha28/58 series models, and have moulded grabirons/handrails, or maybe they'll be like the recent Kumoha12 models which have no grabirons or freestanding details. Instead there's a separate detail pack available for them.

 

cheers,

 

Mark.

[Ken Ford]

Has anyone seen more information about these, or pilot model photos?  I’m hesitant to preorder until I see what the detail looks like.  They are too expensive for me to justify heavy use of molded on details.

[marknewton]

Ken, there's photos of the models on this page - scroll down to the bottom:

 

https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipO6JB1Fp_UBR1PTQgFSoNgdwMImD6Q_J9PjStALYHP8g1RHXVk4EObwmb4y2yS3-w?key=VnpZT3BpTDhLQjFWbVlMamZFY0N4S0FaTzlfY1Fn

 

Cheers,

 

Mark.

[keiichi77]

They look decent for the price point, I ordered the 2 car set but had to sacrifice getting the Hikari Rail Star :(

[Ken Ford]

I’m very disappointed in what I saw, the molded on grabirons are totally inappropriate at that price. I may order them anyways but I’m not thrilled about them. It’s a shame, because otherwise they look great.