20th Anniversary Nankai Rap:t

[bill937ca]

Nankai 50000 series in a new livery to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Nankai  Rap:t airport service.

 

http://www.nankai.co.jp/traffic/info/rapit20th.html

 

Edited April 26, 2014 by bill937ca

[Densha]

This looks really cool!

[The Next Station Is...]

Red is much more flattering for this than dark blue. Since it's such a crazy design, I think bolder colours are 'in the spirit' of the design.

[bikkuri bahn]

Red is much more flattering for this than dark blue. Since it's such a crazy design, I think bolder colours are 'in the spirit' of the design.

Indeed.  Might as well go all out, after all it's not what you would call a subtle design.

[ToniBabelony]

It looks amazing! Even crazier would be a full chrome livery or some nasty dark purple (or maybe dark green) with gold combination, but this is also very very eye-catching.

[Darklighter]

Nice, I already have some 1/144 Gundam Unicorn models that could accompany a model of this train. 

[E6系]

Very classy.

 

I hope MA announce the product release this year.  A-0751 is very lonely on my roster.

[westfalen]

I'll have to go against the tide of opinion here and say I prefer the blue ones, the red is too garish and over the top to me.  I always thought the dark blue gave the train a bit of a ninja look, I don't think you'd ever see a ninja wearing bright red, a bit hard to sneak up on anyone.

[Keikyu]

It looks a bit like a hotdog.

[ToniBabelony]

Very classy.

 

I hope MA announce the product release this year.  A-0751 is very lonely on my roster.

 

Lol. If MA survives the next coming months/weeks anyway xD

[Densha]

Some very cool shots:

https://www.flickr.com/search/?user_id=47885254%40N07&sort=date-posted-desc&text=nankai

[cteno4]

I have to agree with Westfalen here. Deep blue is very classy, and one of those things that I think is much better in person at 1:1 than in pictures or a model. It matched well with the strong Jules Verne design scheme and the wood on the interior. Red one is fun and ultra flashy, but not at all as dignified as the original deep blue.

 

Jeff

[JR 500系]

While i'm a great fan of Gundam, i'm not really a fan of the Nankai Rap:t... The design looks too bold for me.. I like the idea of the commemorative sticker sheet and the 3 different seat colours for the legendary New Zeon 3 pilots...  

[stevenh]

Just to confirm... this is actually a collaboration with Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn:

http://gundamguy.blogspot.com.au/2014/04/mobile-suit-gundam-unicorn-x-rapit.html

 

 

 

To commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Limited Express Rapi:t, the operating company Nankai Electri Railway Co., Ltd will open a special Mobile Suit Gundam UC - Neo Zeon Limited Express Rapi:t Line from April 26th thru June 30th, 2014.  This line will run from the Namba Station (Osaka) to the Osaka's International Airport (Osaka Bay). 

Edited April 28, 2014 by stevenh

[Ochanomizu]

Hello Mr E6系

 

Perhaps you are somewhat biased toward the red end of the spectrum?  I also prefer the dark blue, believing the strong, dark colour matches the geometry.

 

Perhaps the 50000系 is trying to be a E6系?  :D

[Martijn Meerts]

I have to say, I prefer the red version, and this would be a definite pre-order should any of the brands release it ;)