The legendary SuperĀ 
Ā I've seen loads of your posts on here!Ā
Yes, I will definitely keep things updated as they progress; I realised just now the picture I uploaded was from over a week ago; before I added a load of extra Tomica Hypercity road and buildings including the Honda dealership and the Tomica garage they releasedĀ
Ā It looks more complete now, although obviously will be better with the extra track, accessories and other stuff addedĀ .
It's been a good ongoing project so far actually, it's bought myself and a number of my university freinds together over the web, most of whom had the Plarail track system under the Thomas Motor Road & Rail line as kids, but never realised there was a wider range of Japanese equipment for the same lineĀ
Ā They've all been rather surprised at how good it looks, most saying that they never remembered it being so good, so maybe I've created some Plarail converts, who knows lol.
I'm hoping to add one of the Mr Motorman RC units in January so I can actually take full control of some of my collection out on the layout; That was another thing I learned about thanks to this blog, as I was mulling over getting one of the elusive Tomica World RC units with the Series 300 RC train, but I prefer the idea of a unit that works with basically any of the Plarail system via the battery reciever/power unit that the Mr Motorman uses.
Incidentally, I've also been working on my first customĀ train too, as recently Fisher-Price bought out a TrackMaster model of the Thomas character 'Kenji'; a Series 0 Shinkansen. Needless to say, it's not nearly as accurate as the TOMY models of the Series 0, and it's not in the correct JNR/JR livery as-bought, appearing in flat aluminium silver [incidentally, the prototype carried the correct JNR/JR livery, and had connecting rodsĀ
] but that's what I'm changing, as I bought 2 units to make a 6-car consist [the shortest that ever ran under JNR/JR] and am in the process of re-painting it into the correct livery; I also removed the face and replaced it with a home-made nosecone; I wanted an accurate Shinkansen as opposed to the Thomas character, and I had to remove the gearbox on one power unit to create a rear-facing power car [Unlike Plarail, the newest TrackMaster trains don't free-wheel when turned off]Ā 
Prototype [with connecting rods and correct livery]
![[Image: 71xs2o-EY-w-L-AC-SX425.jpg]](https://i.postimg.cc/GTtT6cDJ/71xs2o-EY-w-L-AC-SX425.jpg)
Production [Aluminum silver, no connecting rods]
![[Image: 71-SUgv-DL2-LL-AC-SX679.jpg]](https://i.postimg.cc/zLpm35Lg/71-SUgv-DL2-LL-AC-SX679.jpg)
It's been a fun challenge, but I suspect I'll get a genuine Plarail unit when I can, since the 0 Series is such an iconic train for Japan, and to date the only Japanese train I've ever seen in real life at the National Railway Museum in York, so it's kind of a favourite of mineĀĀ .
In any case, thanks for the welcome, and I'm looking forward to seeing where things go from hereĀ
Ā I've seen loads of your posts on here!Ā Yes, I will definitely keep things updated as they progress; I realised just now the picture I uploaded was from over a week ago; before I added a load of extra Tomica Hypercity road and buildings including the Honda dealership and the Tomica garage they releasedĀ
Ā It looks more complete now, although obviously will be better with the extra track, accessories and other stuff addedĀ .It's been a good ongoing project so far actually, it's bought myself and a number of my university freinds together over the web, most of whom had the Plarail track system under the Thomas Motor Road & Rail line as kids, but never realised there was a wider range of Japanese equipment for the same lineĀ
Ā They've all been rather surprised at how good it looks, most saying that they never remembered it being so good, so maybe I've created some Plarail converts, who knows lol.I'm hoping to add one of the Mr Motorman RC units in January so I can actually take full control of some of my collection out on the layout; That was another thing I learned about thanks to this blog, as I was mulling over getting one of the elusive Tomica World RC units with the Series 300 RC train, but I prefer the idea of a unit that works with basically any of the Plarail system via the battery reciever/power unit that the Mr Motorman uses.
Incidentally, I've also been working on my first customĀ train too, as recently Fisher-Price bought out a TrackMaster model of the Thomas character 'Kenji'; a Series 0 Shinkansen. Needless to say, it's not nearly as accurate as the TOMY models of the Series 0, and it's not in the correct JNR/JR livery as-bought, appearing in flat aluminium silver [incidentally, the prototype carried the correct JNR/JR livery, and had connecting rodsĀ
] but that's what I'm changing, as I bought 2 units to make a 6-car consist [the shortest that ever ran under JNR/JR] and am in the process of re-painting it into the correct livery; I also removed the face and replaced it with a home-made nosecone; I wanted an accurate Shinkansen as opposed to the Thomas character, and I had to remove the gearbox on one power unit to create a rear-facing power car [Unlike Plarail, the newest TrackMaster trains don't free-wheel when turned off]Ā Prototype [with connecting rods and correct livery]
Production [Aluminum silver, no connecting rods]
It's been a fun challenge, but I suspect I'll get a genuine Plarail unit when I can, since the 0 Series is such an iconic train for Japan, and to date the only Japanese train I've ever seen in real life at the National Railway Museum in York, so it's kind of a favourite of mineĀ
Ā .In any case, thanks for the welcome, and I'm looking forward to seeing where things go from hereĀ
Been building Plarail worlds since 2001; Building when I can in 2023
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