Gordon Werner Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 Because the current station names are apparently not clear enough. I can't imagine the confusion that people have had since 1929 when this route opened ;-) Link to comment
sandiway Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 According to Google Maps, from the station of the cable car, which is obviously what Keihan uses as reference, it is 900 meter vs 950 meter to respectively Sakamoto Station and Matsunobamba Station. So it is basically the same. I walk down from Enryaku-ji. The Matsunobamba station is significantly closer for me, maybe 10 mins vs. 5 mins. To me it's quite simple now. The station is called Sakamoto (for now) and the cable car is simply called Sakamoto Cable. So when you exit Sakamoto station there is a big sign saying go to the left to walk up to Sakamoto Cable. And at Enryaku-ji, there are lots of signs that say Sakamoto Cable this way. So it's natural that one would transfer to Sakamoto station after taking the Sakamoto Cable down. Link to comment
Gordon Werner Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 (edited) Twitter user 特急福岡（天神） @hk6005 has been busy https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C7BkDiKUwAEA9Sm.jpg https://twitter.com/hk6005/status/842283166916263936 Edited March 17, 2017 by cteno4 3 Link to comment
katoftw Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 (edited) Prefer the Mother Lake pale blue colour livery. As for station names. It is a Japan wide thing at the moment. Many transport companies seems to be freaking out about the 2020 Olympics and think everyone that attends will be confused about the station. PErsonally though, I though the Otsu area would have been safe. Kyoto being one of the most heavily visited areas in Japan. Kurama and Biwako never get any love. Edited March 17, 2017 by katoftw Link to comment
Gordon Werner Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 (edited) Twitter user "哮橋 @ikarugaB_5901" has also been busy TomyTec KER 600 series in new paint https://twitter.com/ikarugaB_5901/status/843105431610302464 https://twitter.com/ikarugaB_5901/status/843103245232873472 https://twitter.com/ikarugaB_5901/status/843099738551402497 and https://twitter.com/ikarugaB_5901/status/843352628524269568 Edited March 19, 2017 by Gordon Werner Link to comment
Gordon Werner Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 (edited) so I've been busy as well. note. Adapting the PLATZ Chihayafuru decals to fit the TomyTec model is not for the feint of heart ... took a lot of tweaking and re-scaling and sweat and tears ... The Mother Lake model is just a test while the Chihayafuru one was slowly coming together ... I think it came out ok ... might give it another pass if I have time. sorry not the best of photos ... crap inline images have been disabled ... guess attachments will have to do Next is the Patoden one (the Police Car colors) ... well I'll attempt it Edited March 20, 2017 by Gordon Werner 6 Link to comment
ToniBabelony Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 That is definitely some fine work you can be proud of! Very nice going there! Link to comment
cteno4 Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 (edited) Kudos Gordon, excellent work with the paint and decals, especially having to Frankenstein them! I think you win the decaling award! Jeff Edited March 22, 2017 by cteno4 Link to comment
Gordon Werner Posted March 22, 2017 Share Posted March 22, 2017 I guess the Hibike! Euphonium set is ready to be released any day now http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/image/10421200 Link to comment
Gordon Werner Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 In case anyone was curious as to what the 700 series cars look like with the 600 series (and earlier) cow catcher Link to comment
Das Steinkopf Posted March 25, 2017 Share Posted March 25, 2017 In case anyone was curious as to what the 700 series cars look like with the 600 series (and earlier) cow catcher Was this not long after they were converted from 350 Series to 700 Series cars. Link to comment
Gordon Werner Posted March 25, 2017 Share Posted March 25, 2017 Was this not long after they were converted from 350 Series to 700 Series cars. I don't have the specific dates, but basically right after they converted units 701-702 from former cars 360-361 Link to comment
katoftw Posted March 25, 2017 Share Posted March 25, 2017 I did not know the made the 700s from old units. Link to comment
Gordon Werner Posted March 25, 2017 Share Posted March 25, 2017 (edited) I did not know the made the 700s from old units. note: this is all included in the spreadsheet linked in my signature here below: the 500s, 600s and the 700s were all rebuilt in-house. 501-502: converted in 1979 from former cars 285-286 503-504: converted in 1980 from former cars 283-284 505-506: converted in 1981 from former cars 281-282 601-608: converted from former 300 Series cars 609-260: converted from former 260 Series cars 701-702: converted on 24 April, 1992 from former cars 360-361 703-704: converted on 28 July, 1992 from former cars 358-359 705-706: converted on 11 November, 1992 from former cars 501-502 707-708: converted on 13 February, 1993 from former cars 503-504 709-710: converted on 27 May, 1993 from former cars 505-506 Edited March 25, 2017 by Gordon Werner 1 Link to comment
Gordon Werner Posted March 25, 2017 Share Posted March 25, 2017 (edited) I am thinking of doing this next ... back in 2015, Keihan celebrated it's Centenary ... they even turned a 2600 series train into a museum train for a while with a livery reminiscent of the old 1550 series cars As the Otsu lines didn't get any love (well one train got stickers) I thought I'd make a fantasy model that'll look something like this )apologies for the crude mockup): loosely based off of this: should be relatively simple to make ... trickiest part will be which shade of green to use Will be a nice relaxing project before I tackle this one (this one will be easier than the Chihayafuru model ... but the same problems exist here ... the GM kit is oversized so that means adapting the decals to fit the TomyTec models is a challenge. At least on this one the ends are a hell of a lot simpler ... just need to get the swoops to line up and look good ... the rest can be done with paint (or so the plan goes): ツ attached pic is a Keihan Publicity photo from a PDF they published Edited March 25, 2017 by Gordon Werner 1 Link to comment
Das Steinkopf Posted March 25, 2017 Share Posted March 25, 2017 (edited) Here is a list of the conversion from 260 Series to 600 Series units, Gordon feel free to use this to update your listing. 268 - Completed 01/08/59 scrapped 04/07/88 converted to 620 269 - Completed 01/08/59 scrapped 04/07/87 converted to 615 270 - Completed 31/08/59 scrapped 04/07/87 converted to 616 271 - Completed 31/08/59 scrapped 19/04/87 converted to 617 272 - Completed 12/12/59 scrapped 19/04/87 converted to 618 273 - Completed 12/12/59 scrapped 04/07/88 converted to 619 274 - Completed 26/04/61 scrapped 17/04/87 converted to 614 275 - Completed 26/04/61 scrapped 04/07/86 converted to 611 276 - Completed 26/04/61 scrapped 04/07/86 converted to 612 277 - Completed 03/06/63 scrapped 22/04/86 converted to 609 278 - Completed 03/06/63 scrapped 22/04/86 converted to 610 279 - Completed 03/06/63 scrapped 17/04/87 converted to 613 Edited March 25, 2017 by Das Steinkopf 2 Link to comment
Das Steinkopf Posted March 25, 2017 Share Posted March 25, 2017 Here is a listing of the conversions from 300 Series to 600 Series units, as stated before Gordon feel free to use this for updating your file. 301 - Completed 24/06/65 scrapped 22/10/84 converted to 607 302 - Completed 24/06/65 scrapped 22/10/84 converted to 608 303 - Completed 24/06/65 scrapped 20/07/84 converted to 603 304 - Completed 24/06/65 scrapped 20/07/84 converted to 604 305 - Completed 25/12/67 scrapped 01/08/84 converted to 605 306 - Completed 25/12/67 scrapped 01/08/84 converted to 606 307 - Completed 25/03/68 scrapped 16/04/84 converted to 601 308 - Completed 25/03/68 scrapped 16/04/84 converted to 602 The "Brill MCB II-X" type bogie that was removed from car 306 when it was scrapped and was donated to the "RTY (Railways To Yesterday) Museum" in Pennsylvania, USA in January 1985. 2 Link to comment
Gordon Werner Posted March 25, 2017 Share Posted March 25, 2017 Here is a list of the conversion from 260 Series to 600 Series units, Gordon feel free to use this to update your listing. 268 - Completed 01/08/59 scrapped 04/07/88 converted to 620 269 - Completed 01/08/59 scrapped 04/07/87 converted to 615 270 - Completed 31/08/59 scrapped 04/07/87 converted to 616 271 - Completed 31/08/59 scrapped 19/04/87 converted to 617 272 - Completed 12/12/59 scrapped 19/04/87 converted to 618 273 - Completed 12/12/59 scrapped 04/07/88 converted to 619 274 - Completed 26/04/61 scrapped 17/04/87 converted to 614 275 - Completed 26/04/61 scrapped 04/07/86 converted to 611 276 - Completed 26/04/61 scrapped 04/07/86 converted to 612 277 - Completed 03/06/63 scrapped 22/04/86 converted to 609 278 - Completed 03/06/63 scrapped 22/04/86 converted to 610 279 - Completed 03/06/63 scrapped 17/04/87 converted to 613 Here is a listing of the conversions from 300 Series to 600 Series units, as stated before Gordon feel free to use this for updating your file. 301 - Completed 24/06/65 scrapped 22/10/84 converted to 607 302 - Completed 24/06/65 scrapped 22/10/84 converted to 608 303 - Completed 24/06/65 scrapped 20/07/84 converted to 603 304 - Completed 24/06/65 scrapped 20/07/84 converted to 604 305 - Completed 25/12/67 scrapped 01/08/84 converted to 605 306 - Completed 25/12/67 scrapped 01/08/84 converted to 606 307 - Completed 25/03/68 scrapped 16/04/84 converted to 601 308 - Completed 25/03/68 scrapped 16/04/84 converted to 602 The "Brill MCB II-X" type bogie that was removed from car 306 when it was scrapped and was donated to the "RTY (Railways To Yesterday) Museum" in Pennsylvania, USA in January 1985. awesome! thx! Link to comment
Drunkenclam Posted March 25, 2017 Share Posted March 25, 2017 I guess the Hibike! Euphonium set is ready to be released any day now http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/image/10421200 I got my (in stock/Please pay) Email on Thursday. Should hofefully be in customs in a week, Then to me about a fortnight after that. Link to comment
Das Steinkopf Posted March 26, 2017 Share Posted March 26, 2017 I got my (in stock/Please pay) Email on Thursday. Should hofefully be in customs in a week, Then to me about a fortnight after that. I will be picking mine up in two weeks time when I walk into ModelTrainPlus. Link to comment
Gordon Werner Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 if anybody would like to see what a Keihan Keshin line train (800 Series) looks like at Sakamoto Station ... https://twitter.com/kazuyuki9003/status/846923555656761344 and https://twitter.com/kazuyuki9003/status/846924652014284800 (I'm actually impressed it fit (well barely) within the Sakamoto Interlocking) 2 Link to comment
Gordon Werner Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 (edited) judging from the paint/corrosion/damage checks ... and the training wheels ... it looks like Keihan train 707F (707-708) might be the first to wear the new colors ... https://twitter.com/_hiro_aya_/status/847061548682035200 Edited March 30, 2017 by Gordon Werner Link to comment
Das Steinkopf Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 (edited) judging from the paint/corrosion/damage checks ... and the training wheels ... it looks like Keihan train 707F (707-708) might be the first to wear the new colors ... https://twitter.com/_hiro_aya_/status/847061548682035200 The workshp bogies are further proof of the Otsusen's intensive recycling program, they are the stripped down bogies of the 80 Series. https://mobile.twitter.com/_hiro_aya_/status/847061548682035200/photo/3 Edited March 30, 2017 by Das Steinkopf Link to comment
ToniBabelony Posted March 31, 2017 Share Posted March 31, 2017 if anybody would like to see what a Keihan Keshin line train (800 Series) looks like at Sakamoto Station ... https://twitter.com/kazuyuki9003/status/846923555656761344 and https://twitter.com/kazuyuki9003/status/846924652014284800 (I'm actually impressed it fit (well barely) within the Sakamoto Interlocking) That's pretty neat to see actually! Then again, I'm a sucker for door cutting operations. 1 Link to comment
Suica Posted March 31, 2017 Share Posted March 31, 2017 if anybody would like to see what a Keihan Keshin line train (800 Series) looks like at Sakamoto Station ... https://twitter.com/kazuyuki9003/status/846923555656761344 and https://twitter.com/kazuyuki9003/status/846924652014284800 (I'm actually impressed it fit (well barely) within the Sakamoto Interlocking) But why is it even there? Link to comment
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