── Nostalgic Meitetsu Kiha 8500 Series Upgraded for thin interior lights!
[actual car]
- In 1991, Meitetsu introduced the Kiha 8500 series as a successor to the Kiha 8000 series for the Takayama Main Line limited express [Northern Alps].
- At that time, JR Tokai was able to connect with the Kiha 85 series that was introduced for the limited express [Hida], and it was equipped with a British engine and boasted a maximum speed of 120km/h.
-A total of 5 cars, the leading car (Kiha 8501 to 8504) and the middle car (Kiha 8555), have appeared, of which the front through road of Kiha 8501 and 8502 has the same dimensions as Kiha 85.
-The car body is made of rounded ordinary steel, and features large side windows that follow the Meitetsu 1000 series and rooms that take into consideration the view, such as the adoption of a high-decker structure.
- The body color is ivory with light green and bright yellow stripes, and the windows are painted dark brown.
- Since its appearance, it has been active in the limited express [Northern Alps] and some limited expresses on the Meitetsu line, but retired in 2001.
[Product Summary]
- Further enhancement of Micro Ace private railway vehicle series
- A set that can reproduce the time from the time of appearance to the time of Meitetsu retirement
-Reproduce the different front shapes and dummy coupler positions for Kiha 8501/8502 and Kiha 8503/8504 according to the actual vehicle
- Can connect A7192 and A7193
- Headlights, taillights, front display lights. LED use (with ON-OFF switch)
- Equipped with power unit with flywheel
- Orange band on the white body! Meitetsu Kiha 8500 series
-Improved to support thin interior lights from this production (conventional products cannot be installed)
- Cooler and Meitetsu antenna have been improved to have a more realistic shape
- Reproduce the appearance of the cooler floating from the roof according to the actual car
- Different details are created for each car, such as the top car / middle car, two types of front with different heights of through doors, etc.
- Kiha 8504 and Kiha 8555 reproduce the roof without a water tank
- Telephone antenna installed on Kiha 8504 and Kiha 8555 end plates
-Micro coupler installed on the front, replacement dummy coupler included (wife side is Arnold coupler)
-Includes front hood adapter parts that reproduce the state where the gangway is raised
- [Northern Alps] Train mark printed
[Knitting diagram]
Kiha 8502 +
Kiha 8555 +
Kiha 8503 (M)[accessories]
- sticker,
- dummy coupler
- Hood adapter
[option]
- Thin interior light: G0009/G0010
- Micro coupler self-contained gray: F0004
( This is a machine translation. Please allow for possible misinterpretations in the text. )