Greenmax Gangway hoods.

[katoftw]

 

Above Greenmax does not have a hood attached. And in my opinion doesn't look right without one attached.

 

I'm curious if anyone knows if one can be attached. It looks very similar to Microaces where the hood click up from the bottom of the body shell. There is a little cutout.

 

But I've searched as best I can to find an option but cannot locate one. Help?

Edited February 20, 2015 by katoftw

[railsquid]

By "hood", do you mean the corridor connection (Japanese ほろ / horo)? If so there are some listed here:

 

http://www.greenmax.co.jp/Product/car-parts/GM_car-parts.htm

[katoftw]

 

By "hood", do you mean the corridor connection (Japanese ほろ / horo)? If so there are some listed here:

 

http://www.greenmax.co.jp/Product/car-parts/GM_car-parts.htm

Yeah they are the ones. I have seen those and the description of private car, JNR car , black, grey, maroon, etc. I have no idea which to use?

[katoftw]

And forgot to add this is for Kiha 220-200s, GM4402, GM4404, GM4367, GM4368, GM4369 and GM4725

[kvp]

I would like to mention, that prototypically only one (either the up or down) end has it installed, since two cars need only a single one to couple.

 

[katoftw]

You are 100% correct kvp. But none of the cars come with them at either end. Even the 2 car set does not have them.

 

And they do run consist of 3 cars in peak period also. So some cars must have hoods at both ends.

Edited February 20, 2015 by katoftw

[kvp]

 

And they do run consist of 3 cars in peak period also. So some cars must have hoods at both ends.

Not really. As you can see, the MU connectors are asymmetric. One end has a single socket, while the other has an extra dummy one, so the unused cable can be connected there. The double socket side has the corridor connection fixed to it. This means any number of cars can be connected as long as the number 1 end is looking at the same direction. This way you only need one connection and one jumper cable on each car, instead of having 2 from everyting and always ending up not using one of them. This system works as long as cars are not turned around during normal operations.

 

On the other hand, at least 1 corridor connection must be present on a car and a double set needs 2, one on each car end with the double socket. (your model picture shows the single socket end, which imho should be painted better to show the socket more clearly)

 

ps: An alternative of this system is having half length connections and fixed cables that must be connected to another cable mid air. That allows any direction without extra cables but still doubles the equipment cost. This is the old european solution. The US version is having double from everything, like on many old JNR units. The new european solution is to have sockets only and add cables as needed. Sometimes this results in not having enough cables or not having the right connector types on hand to wire up a train.