Good evening, Kapinozuka here.
The annual Railway Model Show at Matsuya in Ginza!
We went to take a look, and here is the report of it!
However,
This [Spoiler] article consists of content based around the newly announced products from the show, so for those of you that wish to actually make a visit and find out, you may want to stop reading any further and
check this out instead.
Right then.
The products that will be introduced here are yet to begin reservations as of yet, so please bare with us until we officially start taking pre-orders.
Ah and with that out of the way, let's get onto the report!
Tomix
Product currently under development, The new Airport Access Limited Express
Series E259 "Narita Express"
This summer, the extreme battle of railways for the Narita Airport Access has shifted to second stage, and the trump card of JR East is the series E259 "Narita Express".
Type EF510-500 "Hokutosei"
The mixed formation currently active, Series 24 Type 25 (Hokutosei) slated for release
The Hokutosei that's currently the hot topic.
The prototype of EF510 was on display.
The New type locomotive for towing Cassiopeia
Type EF510 decided for production
This was also announced at the
Tommytec Product Announcement Fair the other day,
the Type EF510 Cassiopeia Coloring.
Decided for production!
The Type ED79-0 (Single Arm Pantograph equipped car)
Taking the roll as an escort between Honshu and Hokkaido, the current Type ED79. Loaded with a single armed pantograph will be reproduced.
The famous train that disappeared due to the service schedule changes,
the "Hokuriku" will make it's return in N-Scale!
Decided for production, Limited product!!
(HO)
The new item of the sleeper express train,
The Series24 Type25 No 0~ has been lined up
(HO)
The container series will be ever so enriched with the addition of 4 types.
The latest cargo container freight car type Koki 107 has been decided for production.
(HO)
Lined up on the HO-Scale too, decided for production!
"EF510 Hokutosei" and "EF510 Red Thunder"
Sayonara Series 489 "Noto"
The Sayonara series 489 "Noto" was displayed at its full formation.
The characteristic car in this formation, would have to be the lounge and convenience car.
The interior part was displayed separately.
The leader cars are slightly different, between the train leaving towards Ueno and the one heading towards Kanazawa.
Type Kiha 48 Color Variation
JR West "Obama" decided for production!!
The Type Kiha 48, which had been used on the line with same pronunciation as a certain president, the Obama Line will be reproduced.
Limited Edition Product for the JR West "TrainBox".
*We will not be dealing this product at Hobby Search.
Limited Edition Product for Events
Type EF65-0 Electric Locomotive (No.116 JR Freight Test Coloring)
After the JNR had spilt, the JR Freight had tested many patterns of coloring designs on their locomotives, and this is one of them.
*We will not be dealing this product at Hobby Search.
JAM Commemoration Sales Product
Cargo Container Freight Car w/JAM logo
*We will not be dealing this product at Hobby Search.
Event Hall Commemoration Sales Product
Original Design Container Freight Car (Blue)
*We will not be dealing this product at Hobby Search.
Event Hall Commemoration Sales Product
Original Design Container Freight Car (Green)
*We will not be dealing this product at Hobby Search.
TOMYTEC
The moving Bus Collection
Bus and road that can be connected to the "Wide Tram Rail" will be released from the Diorama Collection!
The Huge enjoyment from the Little Bus
Seen in the display at the
Shizuoka Hobby Show too, the Moving Bus Collection.
There was a display of it actually running, so make sure you check it out if you visit.
The Car Collection Vol.12
On the top left, the Nissan Wingroad, on the right is the Nissan Paramedic.
On the bottom left is the Toyota Crown Sedan, and the right is Toyota Prius.
Ah that's some interesting stuff there!
Light Style Roll Sign
The light has become enjoyable with changeable plates
Lower in price than the electric roll sign, the manual plate change type roll sign.
The items displayed seem to be the Chuo Line on the top and Keihin Tohoku Line at the bottom.
The Railway Collection JR series 201 5-car set A/B Chuo Line H7 Final Formation
From the Railway Collection, the unexpected series 201 will be released!
Although the actual train will be retire from the Chuo Line soon
The Railway Collection JR series 201 No.900~ 5-car set A/B Chuo Line H7 Initial Period Formation
The series 201 Test Car formation that no longer exists, will also be released in the Railway Collection. The double Pantographed roof, the wide windows, the slightly long leader car, the characteristic difference between the mass produced car have been well captured.
Modemo
Announced at the Event
Enoshima Electric Railways Type 100 No.108 car (M-car)
The exhibit by Modemo with most effort this time was the
"Tankoro of Shonan" aka. Enoshima Electric Raliways style 100 type 108 car.
A prototype model was displayed at the exhibit. Compared to the existing.
Exhibits, the car height has become more realistic.
Also, the headlight and taillight can be switched on.
To the top right, the sample product Enoshima Electric Railway type 100 Trolley Pole version. On the bottom left is the
Old Product (Prod.ID:NT6), which was released in Nov, 1999.
So that means the earlier product was from around the time Hobby Search was established!
Re-release
Tokyo Toden Type 1000
The nostalgic Toden Type 7000 before the renewal.
Apparently this item hadn't been re-released since Feb. 2000.
By the way, the actual Type 7000 currently running have been switched with a newer body when changed to One-Man Operation car on lines such as the Arakawa Line etc, so they really differ in appearance.
GreenMax
Slated for release in late December 2010
Nankai Series 10000 Southern~ Old Painting
We are still taking reservation for the popular series 10000 current coloring ver.
But the old coloring has been decided for production too!
Slated for release in early December 2010
Hanshin Series 9300 6-Car formation Set
The Hanshin series 9300 that had been out of stock for a while now, will be back with new set contents.
With improved coloring accuracy, pre-printed car number and company logo etc. in a 6-car formation set, so that's basically the changes to the content specifications.
Kato
The new type power pack will arrive this fall!
22-013 Power Pack Hyper D
A simple large capacity power pack will arrive!
For long formations with interior lighting, a heavily linked locomotives, HO-scale models etc, it is compatible with anything that requires great power to run.
There was the prototype product displayed.
It had appearance very similar to that of
...
The product is still under development, thus the appearance is just a temporary one.
Also, the EF510-500 Cassiopeia Color was also announced,
but I failed to take a photo of it. So please take a look at the event if you visit!
Micro Ace
The Blue Dolphin Train! Series 485 K40
There was an announcement for the JAM Event Hall Limited Edition Product.
Out of the series 485, the formation K40 positioned at the Katsuta Train Yard was originally used as the
"Viva Aizu" train, and had been changed to this coloring at present.
Also, the sample product was displayed too.
The illustration of the dolphins below the drivers cabin window is the characteristic of this train.
The actual train is only used as temps, so it is a rare sight.
*We will not be dealing this product at Hobby Search, as it is a JAM Event Venue Limited Product.
Kawai
I was thinking that there weren't anything particularly new at the Kawai display booth, until I noticed oddly positioned items quietly displayed to the side labeled Sample Products.
Sample Products
- Classic Passenger Car Type A
- Classic Passenger Car Type B
Unexpectedly, they were old passenger cars.
The prices and release dates are apparently still undecided.
Having a name like "Classic Passenger Car", I guess the time setting for this train would be around the Meiji era.
The yellow car is apparently the "Cultivation Car".
The National Railways in Hokkaido possessed these in the late 1800s, and was used by the highly ranked political figures back then, so you could think of it as a VIP passenger car.
Apparently the actual train is preserved in the Saitama Railway Museum.
Now this is something worth checking out, don't you think?
Many of the trains that are called "Classic Passenger Cars" from the Meiji era have appearance that really doesn't suite the Japanese railway train. And that is simply due to the fact that, back in those days, the trains were generally imported from Europe or America etc.
This passenger car seems to be created by an American company, imported by the Japanese government. So its all pretty natural, if you consider this piece of history.
Right, with some mysteries starting to pop up, I think we will end the 32nd Annual Railway Model Show 2010 report [Spoiler] here.
For a detailed report on each of the booths, I plan to have them up later.
The
Matsuya Railway Model Show is open until the 26th of July, so have a visit if you can! (*note that the site is in Japanese)
By Kapinozuka
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32nd Annual Model Train Show 2010 Report (Part 1) (2010/07/22)