› Mainline › N/Z and Smaller Modeling
It was worth the 12 weeks wait

Threaded Mode
It was worth the 12 weeks wait
Fatso Offline
Switchman
Posts: 30
Threads: 10
Joined: Jan 2009
#1
01-13-2009, 03:38 PM
:hey: Two of my kato europwan high speed traind arrived today the british eurostar and a french one heres a few pics        
Find
Reply
Tom Offline
Conductor
Posts: 410
Threads: 17
Joined: Dec 2008
#2
01-13-2009, 04:40 PM
Those are COOL. I wonder if something similar is what the State of California here has in mind for the "High Speed Rail" route they want to build?

I once saw someone paint a TGV model into a Silver and Orange Sacramento Northern scheme since it was an interurban back in the day. Pretty neat actually.
Tom Carter
Railroad Training Services
Railroad Trainers & Consultants
Stockton, CA
<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.railroadtrainingservices.com">http://www.railroadtrainingservices.com</a><!-- m -->
<!-- e --><a href="mailto:tomwcarter@railroadtrainingservices.com">tomwcarter@railroadtrainingservices.com</a><!-- e -->
[Image: gaugetraingifsigUP.gif]
Website Find
Reply
Sarge Offline
Conductor
Posts: 221
Threads: 11
Joined: Dec 2008
#3
01-13-2009, 10:43 PM
Those are pretty cool Thumbsup Thumbsup
Jim

<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://dieseldetailer.proboards53.com/index.cgi">http://dieseldetailer.proboards53.com/index.cgi</a><!-- m -->

<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.okmtc.com/community/index.php">http://www.okmtc.com/community/index.php</a><!-- m -->
Find
Reply
Biased turkey Offline
Switchman
Posts: 91
Threads: 12
Joined: Dec 2008
#4
01-14-2009, 12:10 AM
Very impressive.
I envy you because I'll never be able to run such nice TGVs on my 23" X 36" oval layout with 9" 3/4 radius curves.

Jacques
Find
Reply
Cannonball Offline
Switchman
Posts: 85
Threads: 11
Joined: Dec 2008
#5
01-14-2009, 10:23 AM
Careful! You'll poke an eye out with those things! :mrgreen:

Sharp looking trains, man.
I'd like to see those babies running.
CANNONBALL
Baby likes to rock it like a boogie-woogie choo-choo train!
Find
Reply
Jesso Offline
Conductor
Posts: 218
Threads: 4
Joined: Dec 2008
#6
01-14-2009, 10:52 AM
Jacques,
Kato makes their stuff to run on fairly tight curves, my SD70m's run without a problem on 9 3/4, I think Herc has run SD90's on 9 3/4.

Plus I bet they launch off of tight curves really nice at really high speeds Smile .
Scott
Website Find
Reply
scubadude Offline
Conductor
Posts: 388
Threads: 34
Joined: Dec 2008
#7
01-14-2009, 11:08 AM
Mike,
Nice stuff, I'm sure it was worth the wait. Do you and your son still have the website?? I forgot the address.
Cheers,
Richard
T & A Layout Build http://bigbluetrains.com/forum/viewtopic...=46&t=7191
Find
Reply
tetters Offline
Engineer
Posts: 1,797
Threads: 81
Joined: Dec 2008
#8
01-14-2009, 01:17 PM
Oooo...those are slick!
MMR Album
Find
Reply
Herc Driver Offline
Conductor
Posts: 989
Threads: 55
Joined: Dec 2008
#9
01-14-2009, 06:19 PM
Those are beautiful! Wow, they really look good. If they'd run on 9.75 inch curves - I'd seriously consider getting them too just 'cuz they look so good. (And yes....Kato makes even the SD90's run on 9.75 curves so maybe there's a slim chance these passenger trains would too. Granted, there's a pronounced overhang that's not prototypical, but oh well, I can live with it.)
Mark

Citation Latitude Captain
--and--
Lt Colonel, USAF (Retired)
Find
Reply
Wiredup Offline
Conductor
Posts: 206
Threads: 28
Joined: Dec 2008
#10
01-14-2009, 11:17 PM
damn those are dead sexy!

I want some for my own layout (how unprototypical would that be? Euro high speeds traveling in the mountains alongside Canadian steamers...)
-------------------------------------
-Luke
<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://greatfallsrr.blogspot.com/">http://greatfallsrr.blogspot.com/</a><!-- m -->
http://www.the-gauge.net/forum/viewtopic...212#p15212 = Traction of the Pacific South Eastern
Find
Reply
Fatso Offline
Switchman
Posts: 30
Threads: 10
Joined: Jan 2009
#11
01-15-2009, 03:02 AM
Hi new website coming soon new track plan will more of a german feel to it as i have bonn station built with 5 line coming into it to hold the 5 main european high speed train also have nice kibri castle built and karlsbebege station with 6 lines going in and outplus ice 3 german high speed loco al in N SCALE
2285_


Attached Files Image(s)
   
Find
Reply


Forum Jump:


Users browsing this thread: 1 Guest(s)