Product Description
-- The EF58 No. 89, which was the only active locomotive equipped with an icicle cutter and gained popularity as an event train in its later years, is now available as a product!
[Product Introduction]
- The EF58 was introduced in 1946 as a locomotive to meet the demand for passenger transport after the end of the war.
- Originally the car had a box-shaped body, but it was later modified to have a streamlined body, and 172 cars were manufactured by 1958.
- Among them, the No. 89 locomotive, equipped with an icicle cutter, was painted brown (grape color No. 2) in 1984, towards the end of the JNR era, and was used to pull event trains.
- After that, it was repainted in standard colors for a time, but it was popular as the only one of the few active EF58s equipped with an icicle cutter, and it was used to pull various event trains until 1999.
- It has since been preserved as an exhibit at the Railway Museum in Omiya.
- The EF58, equipped with icicle cutters and featuring a brown (grape color No. 2) body, is now available in HO gauge.
- It is also recommended as a locomotive for pulling the currently popular 1-501 to 503 (HO) 12 series passenger cars, and the 1-512/514 (HO) Oha 35 series and 1-552/553 (HO) Suha 43 series, scheduled for release in September.
[Product Features]
- The No. 89 model is painted brown (grape color No. 2)
- The front is equipped with a small window, icicle cutouts, and an electric heating indicator light [Joetsu type], but it does not have a snowplow, and reproduces the characteristics of the Utsunomiya Locomotive Depot locomotive
- The H-rubber on the front window is black, recreating the whistle without the cover.
- Handrails, jumper tubes, wipers, and other separate parts are used to recreate three-dimensional details.
- Both the driving and leading wheels have gaps between the spokes
- Adopting a power unit with a flywheel enables stable driving
- Headlights turn on (using warm white LED)
- Optional license plates: [89][90][102][105]
- Printed maker's plate (Hitachi). Reproduces the distinctive character [立]
- Safety device notation [P] [SN], conversion notation [11.5], inspection notation [4-3 Omiya Kogyo] are printed
- Minimum passing curve radius: R550
[Set contents]
- EF58 (with icicle cutter, brown)
[accessories]
- Optional number plates: [89][90][102][105] Front/side x 1 each
- 4x Grip Sticks
- Jumper tube
- Train radio antenna
- Wipers
- Handrail
[Related Products]
- 3-531 (HO) 24 Series Sleeper Express [Hokutosei] Orone 25, Orohane 25
- 3-522 (HO) 24 series <Dream Space>
- 1-571 (HO) Sleeper Express [Hokutosei] Mani 24 500 series
- 1-572 (HO) Sleeper Express [Hokutosei] Ohane 25 0 series
- 1-573 (HO) Sleeper Express [Hokutosei] Ohanfu 25 200 series
- 1-324 (HO) EF58 (with icicle cutter, blue)
- 1-501 to 503 (HO) Oha 12/Suhafu 12/Ohafu 13
- 1-512 (HO) Oha 35 Brown
- 1-514 (HO) Ohafu 33 Brown
- 1-552/553 (HO) Suha 43 series blue modified type various
- 3-515 (HO) 24 Series Sleeper Express [Hokutosei]
( This is a machine translation. Please allow for possible misinterpretations in the text. )
Item Size/Weight : 32 x 8.9 x 6.5 cm / 589g
Product Specifications
- Item code
- 1-325
- JAN code
- 4949727692982
Purchase Information
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This item is limited to 1 per household.