ALPHA-X in N gauge for June 2023

[Doddy]

MABOROSHI are preparing their APLHA-X for a June 2023 release.

 

https://maboroshin.buyshop.jp/p/00002

 

Video behind the Tohoku Shinkansen

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtU77h1B5TM

 

The model follows the prototype in having individual cars (1 and 10) with different nose types to get an extra 40km/h increasing its speed to a service speed of 360km/h, the video covers how Shinkansen track walls with sound absorbing panels added to Shinkansen infrastructure is being developed to reduce noise from the trains impacting the environment.

[tripel7]

Is it me, or is it not yet possible to preorder or find a price? 

[Beaver]

Front page suggests you add them on Twitter or Line for updates.

 

Bear in mind that the site is only a few days old and still has a lot of stock photos and other filler content in places.

[jappomania]

mhh..🤔   the web page title is "Customer-made works"

I'm not sure it will be a complete train model, but probably a 3D printed set (shell+add-ons+decals etc..) for DIY model, similar to the old sets for T2 Dr.yellow and WIN350 released more than  20 years ago

They also planned the Fastech 360 S https://maboroshin.buyshop.jp/p/00007

I'm not on twitter or facebook , if somebody ask to them more info please let us know..

I'm tempted, but I still have doubt about aged resin, some old models I done form myself are now like crystal , just a little touch and are destroyed, another like the WIN350 and T2 are like a banana, nothing compared with tomix yellowed end frames, but if the price is not completely out of brain...who know

 

ciao!

Massimo

 

 

Edited May 23, 2023 by jappomania

[Beaver]

Indeed it will probably be a kit. Why else would they provide a list of all the paints needed? And a page of assembly instructions?

 

Nice easy kit too given the printed bodyshells - the hard bit is whether you can paint well enough to do justice to their printing!

[jappomania]

oops.. sometime it's a short hunt

https://maboroshin.buyshop.jp/

(scroll down)

declared all sold out, but 55/57K JPY for a 3D printed kit, add 12/15K and more JPY for a used Kato E5, paint and assembling work..

well, probably I try something like this, it's not at the same level, but is cheap (enough)..

http://ho-tec.la.coocan.jp/tec/s9-2.html

http://ho-tec.la.coocan.jp/tec/s13-2.html

 

maybe one day, fortunately I already found the blueprints for all the prototype, Freecad is good, but buy a Rhino licence probably is better... for now I continue with "old school method", cut & paste with ABS and Putty until I'm sure at 100% that my work don't become like this after 3-4 years

https://buyee.jp/item/yahoo/auction/e1092906217