NozomiFan Posted January 3, 2010 Share Posted January 3, 2010 The Super View Odoriko. Teh bestest sightseein car evar.(LOLcats) Sooo.. When I got my Christmas goodies, it was 15min before I left for a New Years vacation to Sunriver Resort. The Odoriko has some very distinct qualities to it. Like The window design, and lighting styles. It also has factory fitted lighting, and what might be a flywheel. The Bad: The lights flicker, and the door cover keeps coming off, but other than that this is a great Limited Express train. The V11 curves. Not much to say but they do require easement curves at the start of a circle to help "ease" the train onto the curve. The Bad: The joiners are a little weak, and the track seems uneven when put together. Questions are always welcome. Link to comment
inobu Posted January 3, 2010 Share Posted January 3, 2010 On the Super Elv's you have to match the tracks. If you look at the bottoms of the track you will see little arrows by the joiner notch. These must match up with one another. (The elevated has the arrows) Even with me knowing this I still seem to miss one or two when I layout the track. Sometimes you will get away with them being uneven but this depends on the direction that the train is traveling. Rolling off a uneven point verses running into one will cause derailments. Inobu Link to comment
westfalen Posted January 3, 2010 Share Posted January 3, 2010 I have the first Kato release of the Super View Odoriko in the original paint scheme which I think is better looking than the gaudy colours the train wears today. Sounds like Kato have improved the mechanism though. I don't have any photos of the model, but here's the real thing in 1994 and me standing beside it at Atami in 1990 when the train had been in service for a week. Link to comment
Bernard Posted January 3, 2010 Share Posted January 3, 2010 Westfallen - It looks like you're about to drive the train yourself, which I think you would have done in a heartbeat! I told you this on TB but that must of been a fun ride and I'm jealous. I also have the older version of the Kato Super View. It a unique train and really tests your skills when installing a decoder and then trying to hide it from the large windows. NFan - As to the light flicker I also get that often but try cleaning the track it might reduce it. Link to comment
NozomiFan Posted January 3, 2010 Author Share Posted January 3, 2010 Nice pictures. Were they a disposable camera and scanned into your computer? I kinda like the green and grey color. It seems like it could be on a resort island. @inbou: I don't see the arrows that you were talking about. Could you point them out? Link to comment
to2leo Posted January 3, 2010 Share Posted January 3, 2010 SVO is a very nice trainset indeed! I got the expansion set when I went back to Japan back in Nov. Here is the front view of the train going toward Tokyo station. Sorry about the older ladies talking, they were too excited like me too! Link to comment
westfalen Posted January 3, 2010 Share Posted January 3, 2010 Nice pictures. Were they a disposable camera and scanned into your computer? I kinda like the green and grey color. It seems like it could be on a resort island. @inbou: I don't see the arrows that you were talking about. Could you point them out? I think I was using a Praktica SLR at the time and scanned into the computer, my photography skills and technology have advanced a bit since then. I may have to dig out the photos and rescan them one rainy day. P.S. I just realized, someone else must have taken the one with me in it. Link to comment
westfalen Posted January 3, 2010 Share Posted January 3, 2010 Westfallen - It looks like you're about to drive the train yourself, which I think you would have done in a heartbeat! I told you this on TB but that must of been a fun ride and I'm jealous. I also have the older version of the Kato Super View. It a unique train and really tests your skills when installing a decoder and then trying to hide it from the large windows. NFan - As to the light flicker I also get that often but try cleaning the track it might reduce it. I was a station master back in those days, the Super View Odoriko was so new its driver was still under instruction with his trainer standing behind him watching over him. We traveled on the Super View Odoriko from Shinjuku to Atami, Shinkansen to Shizuoka, local train to Kanaya then steam train on the Oigawa Railway to Senzu. Only in Japan could you travel on such a variety of trains in one morning. Link to comment
inobu Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 Nice pictures. Were they a disposable camera and scanned into your computer? I kinda like the green and grey color. It seems like it could be on a resort island. @inbou: I don't see the arrows that you were talking about. Could you point them out? There are two types of curves 20-181 (1 pc) and 20-182L and 20-182R (2 pc). The short piece is where the confusion occurs. There is a L and R side. You can mix them up and create an un-even connection. Here is the image. All SE have this labeling. [smg id=786] I think the Super View is a nice one to have on a layout. Inobu Link to comment
NozomiFan Posted January 4, 2010 Author Share Posted January 4, 2010 Nice pictures. Were they a disposable camera and scanned into your computer? I kinda like the green and grey color. It seems like it could be on a resort island. @inbou: I don't see the arrows that you were talking about. Could you point them out? There are two types of curves 20-181 (1 pc) and 20-182L and 20-182R (2 pc). The short piece is where the confusion occurs. There is a L and R side. You can mix them up and create an un-even connection. Here is the image. All SE have this labeling. [smg id=786] I think the Super View is a nice one to have on a layout. Inobu Thanks for pointing that out! Link to comment
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