bill937ca Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 An elevated storage yard may not be everyone`s ideal, but it provides lots of tracks. Link to comment
westfalen Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 I'm getting ready to go to work so I haven't watched it all but in first minute I noticed Thomas getting overtaken by a 0 series. Link to comment
keitaro Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 there is no such thing as too many trains 1 Link to comment
cteno4 Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 One of my most favorite shirts given to me by my best friend in grad school simply said: "he who dies with the most toys wins" While I was on train hiatus in grad school (except for the tomix russel plow set on my desk sans engine that I found in the student union store and who knows how it got there, maybe someone traded it for a text book!) I had many, many wind up toys RC trucks, and an inflatable 6' goji above my lab bench. Jeff Link to comment
sid21177 Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 TGV "La Poste"! who made these in n-scale ?? Link to comment
CaptOblivious Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 At 0:05, is that the Chinese variant on the E2? I'm guessing it was scratch-built or kitbashed? Link to comment
disturbman Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 Yes, it's a CRH livery. Looks like an home made train to me too. Link to comment
Martijn Meerts Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 Some say 'too many trains', I just say 'not enough storage tracks' :) Link to comment
Lawrence Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 Wonder what camera they were using for that "in cab" shot - nice Link to comment
jappomania Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 TGV "La Poste"! who made these in n-scale ?? http://www.fmrprod.net/FMRProductions/modeles/variantes-de-tgv/ but is better if you sit down before asking price.. Link to comment
disturbman Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 You sure it's the same guys? The version in the video seemed much closer to the prototype (mostly on the nose detailing and the colors) than the ones featured in the link you gave. Link to comment
jappomania Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 No, this one is a personal handmade La Poste and, believe me, is completely wrong. the 2 cars in the middle are like the R1/R8, in the real train, R2 to R7 have one jacobs boogie between 2 cars (like PSE and all the other TGV, excluding cars near the loco, all the other have common boogie. I'm not 100% sure but the Eurostar can be different because can be splitted in 2 trains for tunnel emergency) the second La Poste livery have big La Poste logo on car R1, R3, R6 and R8, small logo on car R2-R4-R5-R7 The nose was simply painted in Yellow, in the real train the original cover with logo was removed and changed with smooth surface type before the second livery was applied, only some PSE set retain for a small period the nose cover with logo but painted in orange like the rest of the nose. another one french guy that modify TGV PSE to La Poste and all the other types is Metienne78 (you can find he on Forum Echelle N), but FMR is the only I know that produce small series to sell it and make kitbashing at request (question was: who made these in n-scale ??) BTW FMR product is not completely correct, the boogie suspension are wrong because retain the original PSE spring type instead the right active air suspension. La Poste is the first TGV that adopted active suspension, after extended to all the PSE fleet (but is a different type), the only correct model produced until now is the first H0 Lima in H0 (original livery with grey stripe on locos and part of R1/R8), the second livery model was equiped with the same PSE boogie ciao Massimo Link to comment
westfalen Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 I finally watched it all the way through. Wow. They've got just about everything covered, I even saw a Bachmann Acela sneak past. Link to comment
Tecchan Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 I'd call this "high-speed-porn"! Too bad they run most of the rains way too fatst, they seem like they will tilt and derail at each curve... They would look even nicer at a more prototypical speed. Did you also notice this?! =) Link to comment
disturbman Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 Yes, I had. Same goes for Massimo, I had noticed the problem with the two sets put together. That said I still have the impression the color is nearer to the original one. It always was a bit deep not as clear as the one from FMR productions. But that can be a problem of lighting. Link to comment
jappomania Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 FMR site is really poor, Francis is greath Master modeler but not a good photographer and web-designer about color I'm sure that FMR use "Interfer peinture" (like me) that sell all the original SNCF color code like the correct TGV orange (eg.Kato is totally wrong, Lima is perfect) (Pantone and RAL table respected like the real train) unfortunately the price is .. ehm.... around 400€ for 10 car set p.s. if someone will try to kitbash the "La Poste", just a couple of sites who you can buy decals for first and second livery. http://www.alp2m.fr/index.php?nofrm=1&idp=29 http://www.sos18.eu/product.php?id_product=164 Ciao Massimo Link to comment
bill937ca Posted January 30, 2012 Author Share Posted January 30, 2012 Did you also notice this?! =) A Maglev. Is it a toy or a model? Link to comment
bill937ca Posted January 30, 2012 Author Share Posted January 30, 2012 I'd call this "high-speed-porn"! Too bad they run most of the rains way too fatst, they seem like they will tilt and derail at each curve... They would look even nicer at a more prototypical speed. Most of the trains are high speed trains being run for an audience of children. I don`t think the speeds are too high for high speed trains. Link to comment
jappomania Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 Did you also notice this?! =) A Maglev. Is it a toy or a model? it's half of the JR-Central Pavillion special model from Nagoia Expo (made in Bandai), it's in N scale. the other half set is the MLX 001 head car http://magnetbahnforum.de/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=37560&sid=1d0fae002c22f3daeafc208ed37dbf81 ciao Massimo 1 Link to comment
Densha Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 I hate these kind of empty layouts. I only like model trains when there are trains AND a layout. Link to comment
bill937ca Posted January 30, 2012 Author Share Posted January 30, 2012 I hate these kind of empty layouts. I only like model trains when there are trains AND a layout. Its very common in Japan especially with on the floor layouts and I find it refreshing. How many layouts actually get finished to magazine article standards? Link to comment
cteno4 Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 well this kind of setup is just a quick day or two by a bunch of guys with some track on tables in a community center. everything is temporary. many japanese modelers dont have space for their own layouts so these little temporary setups is all they get. mainly just to run some trains. next step is to make some scenery sections to pop in there and buildings, but it does take a lot to make stuff to use with a temporary setup and takes a lot of transport. also setting a large bunch of track like this takes time and by the time you are done with that you want to get to running trains! jeff Link to comment
bill937ca Posted January 30, 2012 Author Share Posted January 30, 2012 well this kind of setup is just a quick day or two by a bunch of guys with some track on tables in a community center. everything is temporary. many japanese modelers dont have space for their own layouts so these little temporary setups is all they get. mainly just to run some trains. next step is to make some scenery sections to pop in there and buildings, but it does take a lot to make stuff to use with a temporary setup and takes a lot of transport. also setting a large bunch of track like this takes time and by the time you are done with that you want to get to running trains! jeff And you know when you go out the door there you are never very far away from a fantastic array of trains that most of us should be so lucky to see let alone live there! Link to comment
quinntopia Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 Another reason this kind of set up is pretty cool...all the kids who got to get close to the trains...future modellers being formed! I really wish I understood what was being said however! Link to comment
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