mrpig Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 Let's get the LE thread rolling and see if we can entice some guests to get into Japanese modeling. L to R. 251 Series Super View Odoriko (Kato, 6 cars) 285-3000 Series Sunrise Express. JR Central Version (Kato, complete) 781 series Doraemon train (Microace, complete) 787 Series Relay Tubame (Kato, complete) 885 Series Kamome (Kato, 6 cars) Nankai Railway 50000 Series Rapi:t (Microace, complete) Series 281 Haruka (Kato, 6 cars) in the mail Link to comment
Claude_Dreyfus Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 You bad man.... ;D I see you have managed to obtain a Nankai Railway 50000 Series unit. Someelse on this forum is I'm sure thinking exactly the same thing.... Link to comment
Bernard Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 It's me. it's me......How did you get that set?? :o :o I only found it once when it was posted here as a listing on ebay but with the shipping and "buy it now" offer, it was just too expensive. Gordon, your roster gets better with every post. Link to comment
Claude_Dreyfus Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 Okay, I'll add my offerings. The observant amongst you all will no doubt note that all this lot operate in the Tokyo area. All these units are Kato, and from left to right are: Superview Odoriko - with four-car add-on set Nanohana (also seen it called Colza Flower) Odoriko set Resort 21 (Izu) Asuza Kaiji Narita Express Link to comment
quinntopia Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 Ack! I love the Nankai 50000! I want one too! :-) Link to comment
ChrisV Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 I'll post some pics of mine soon - I only have a few. :'( Link to comment
mrpig Posted April 11, 2009 Author Share Posted April 11, 2009 I was very lucky with the Rapi:t. Got it in Feb last year just looking through a dealer on the bay called Samurai Express. I had only been in the hobby for a month and did not know much about it, it just caught my eye and cost 94 pounds including shipping from Japan to Oz. He also included a dvd that went for over a hour of trackside footage. Some of the shots were close enough to make the camera shake a little. Claude - real nice fleet, I quite like the Asuza Kaiji. ChrisV - cant wait to see your pics. Doesn't matter how many there are, i think these photos give everybody a better idea of what is available. After seeing some of these pics I have added a few to my wish list that I had not even considered when looking at the dealer pictures. Link to comment
scott Posted April 11, 2009 Share Posted April 11, 2009 Series 281 Haruka (Kato, 6 cars) in the mail Ack! That's one of my favorites. I passed on one for $120 on ebay a while back, since I had just bought $$$ of track etc., but now the only one on there is $200 with shipping. (and thanks for starting this thread!) Link to comment
scott Posted April 11, 2009 Share Posted April 11, 2009 Nankai Railway 50000 Series Rapi:t (Microace, complete) I only have two problems with this train: 1) It looks like a Romulan train. :) 2) I can't help thinking the ":" in the name is like a "*" waiting for a letter to be filled in. And unfortunately (and not to make a joke about this, or be creepy) the only letter that makes an actual word is "s." :-\ Link to comment
Guest ___ Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 Series 281 Haruka (Kato, 6 cars) in the mail Ack! That's one of my favorites. I passed on one for $120 on ebay a while back, since I had just bought $$$ of track etc., but now the only one on there is $200 with shipping. (and thanks for starting this thread!) Sadly, I rode the Haruka, and was on my list of sets to buy, but they're jsut going for too much money these days. Link to comment
Sushi Train Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 I dont understand why you guys only buy one carriage!? :-* Link to comment
mrpig Posted April 12, 2009 Author Share Posted April 12, 2009 ROTFL Coffee table layouts ;D Link to comment
Sushi Train Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 LOL! What a strange looking train all those would make joined together. Link to comment
scott Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 285-3000 Series Sunrise Express. JR Central Version (Kato, complete) The Sunrise Express is such cool design--somewhere on Flickr I found pictures of the the inside of one of the cars. It'd be great to see a picture of the whole set. Anybody else have anything to post to this thread? It was off to a good start, and these trains are some of the most interesting designs.... Link to comment
Bernard Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 Can you post the photos of the interior of the Sunrise Express? Most of the time you get to see the outside of a train but not always the interior. Link to comment
scott Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 Here are some links (they're not my pictures): And another from a different user, who seems to have had a compartment, whereas the sleeping areas above looked almost like "dorm" or hostel accomodation: An upper-level compartment here: And a corridor view here: And here are two useful pages from the jr-odekake.net train gallery: http://www.jr-odekake.net/train/sunriseseto_izumo/seat.html http://www.jr-odekake.net/train/sunriseseto_izumo/accommo.html OK, dangit, now I really want one of these. :-[ Link to comment
clem24 Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 I posted this pic in another thread - MA 789 Super Hakucho. Link to comment
scott Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 That's a nice one--I don't really care for their color choices, but the train itself is pretty interesting. Link to comment
clem24 Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 That's a nice one--I don't really care for their color choices, but the train itself is pretty interesting. In pictures, it's alright. But in person, it's a stunning model. After acquiring, it quickly became one of my faves; it's a very attractive train. So much so that I also put in a reservation for it's brother, the Super Kamui (just waiting patiently for them to release it heh heh). But it's a shame that the train is only an ok runner (older release) and the headlights suck (the white/bluish HID variety). Time to whip out the clear paint! Otherwise fantastic set, and almost impossible to find add-on sets outside of Japan. :-[ Link to comment
Guest ___ Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 I posted this pic in another thread - MA 789 Super Hakucho. One of my more fav. models, and paint livery. Link to comment
scott Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 One of my more fav. models, and paint livery. 'em's fightin' words! Link to comment
Bernard Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 Scott - great photos of the interior of the Sunrise Express, that is one train I would love to take a long trip on. Link to comment
scott Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 Yeah, it was really interesting to find those. I wouldn't mind taking a long trip on that one, either--but only after I'd taken a bunch of daylight trains, so I didn't feel like I was missing anything. :) Link to comment
clem24 Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 I'll continue with my Hokkaido topic. Here are the rest of my Hokkaido trains: MA 785 Lilac (I believe this has become Super Kamui) MA 281 Super Hokuto Kato 283 Super Ouzora Tomix 183 Super Tokachi MA 781 Doraemon Train MA 485-3000 Hakucho MA E751 Tsugaru (ok I cheated a bit .. not quite Hokkaido but close enough) :D Tomix 183 Hokuto This last pic I was trying out a new program that lets you combine the sharpest part of a series of pictures to produce one sharp overall picture. Still needs work as I cannot steady my camera without some kind of wireless shutter control, so ends up with slight ghosts. The program is called CombineZP for all those interested, and it's free. It seems to work really, really well, as long as you can steady the frames... Anyways, as per my comments in the other thread re. photos and techniques - mods let's get a new photo/gallery/video forum started! ;) Link to comment
disturbman Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 The pictures are so good that I'm pretty sure the trains aren't so gorgeous in real life. Me jealous. ;D Link to comment
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