I Bought a HO Shinkansen High Speed Train from eBay - Will it Run?
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- čas přidán 9. 11. 2023
- I've been on the lookout for a Shinkansen 0 series train set for many years. I remember seeing pictures of them in a book titled "Locomotives" when I was younger and was always fascinated by the design.
As of recently I found a set at a decent price on eBay and after purchasing it the seller contacted me to let me know he also had the rest of the passenger cars.
I wasn't sure what condition the cars would be in as apparently they were involved in a flood many years ago. Fortunately they all turned out to be in decent condition despite some dents.
As I've experienced with nearly all brass products the locomotives needed some cleaning and oiling before they ran properly. After doing so I was amazed by the speed this set could achieve. - Zábava
I bet if you took the dented bodies to an automotive collision repair shop and talked real nice to them they could easily repair them for you for free.
I'm a collision repair tech in the states and if someone brought something like that to me I would definitely work those dents out for ya. If something like that came into the shop I work at all my coworkers and a few a few of the desk jockeys would be all over those bodies, sometimes it's really nice to work on something other than automobiles, I bet we would even have a contest on which one of us could do it the fastest. 😊😊
The repair on the sides of that one car? How about some super-glue and a little pressure? And that top dent? Well, if it's a brass or metal car body, you could get a set of jeweler's tools (a jeweler's hammer and some small punches) and do some "auto body" work on it and simply tap it out. That said...you've done another very fine SMT repair/refurbish job on this set!!!
That's what I was thinking about adding a little bit of super glue on the passenger car. To hold it together.
The Shinkansen set always a two ends. With the power car in the middle you'll find it works better. Kato does that in most all their N Scale passenger trains. Very nice model, definitely need your touch.. Reminds me of my Jouef RTG Turbotrain.. For the bent siding I would use two pieces of wood that's the size to be able to fit inside the car and use a rubber mallet and straight the bends on the sides.
Thanks for the advice. Did I place the power car in the incorrect direction? I believe I did have it in the middle
Even TOMY (under the Tomytec brand) did their Shinkansen trains with the powered car in the middle
I have one I found at train store 3 unit someone painted in Santa Fe colors it runs great with powered unit only
I know it's off topic but congratulations on 100k subscribers. From starting to watch your videos many years ago when you only had about 9k subscribers, So much has changed and its really cool to see you reach an amazing milestone like this.
Thank you so much. It's been quite the adventure seeing the channel get to where it is. Thanks for sticking around all these years 🙂
@@SMTMainline The round dome at the tip of the actual lead car does not shine.
Never really seen those couplers on a train car like that before. Still a very cool locomotive! I really like that directional lighting as well!
Wow! You got the very very rare Shinkansen 100model. Original KTM. You cannot find these uneven in Japan. They will pay the top price for these now. Take a good care of them……
Great video Harrison. Congratulations on your 100k subscribers. I have watched you almost from the beginning . There are a couple of other RR channels I watch faithfully, and I love watching you and them repairing the trains. You guys inspire others like me to understand better how these machines work, and how to repair them. I thank you all for helping us mere mortals in our pursuits of this hobby. Thank You
Congratulations on 100k subscribers! I’ve been watching since around 750 subs and it’s amazing to see how much the channel has grown. Your repair videos helped me expand my collection because I can buy things cheaper now and fix them. You videos also have been entertaining and it’s always amazing to see the new projects and the layouts progression.
Thank you so kindly. I'm surprised by how far its come but it's been an amazing experience. Thanks for sticking around 🙂
I've been waiting for you to upload SMT! Nice to see ya again!
A new item opening and a minor reconditioning in one video? I love it. This train is really sleek and cool looking. Congrats on 100k and to many more in the future. I drop everything and click when you post a new video. Thank you.
I've decided to start combining some unboxing with repairs. It's a much more direct approach to adding things to the collection.
Congratulations on 100k SMT!! Always love watching these videos, they’re interesting, relaxing, and helpful for everyone in the hobby.
Thanks a bunch!
Happy 100k! I joined in the long ago days of 2017 and I am so happy to see how this channel has evolved!
This is a nice addition to your collection. Also congrats on 100k subscribers!
Outstanding as always Harrison
SMT - Maybe pressing inside the pushed-in roof with something cylindrical - like an XACTO knife handle - would help to restore the curved contour. Also, you could take a pair of pliers, with pieces of cardboard taped over the teeth, to straighten out the car's walls.
I thought about using pliers but I was worried the teeth would leave marks in the paint, your cardboard idea just might be the ticket.
What a great looking set. And with your touch it’s running like a champ!!! It looks great running on your layout. Thanks for sharing.
What a nice engine Harrison, seeing a HO Bullet train run is amazing and I’m glad you fixed it up when it was not that good in motors also that coupler moment. I’ve only seen Bullet trains in N scale at trains show but this video was entertaining great vid as always!
Looks so cool running
Running smooth, fast and quiet. Nice!
That is a stunning model.. what a super find... enjoy having it on your layout😊
SMT Mainline! I was so excited to see another one of your videos! Always good to hear you!
Serenity we have a runner! When I used to run illuminated coaches at night, I'd always turn off all the lights so I could view the coaches and see how they looked in the dark. Cheers from eastern TN
Great episode Harrison. Great looking train set
Really nice purchase well done on repairing this very attractive model. Keep going with repairing the panels slowly caressing it back to the high standard you are used to.
Very sleek looking set. Bullet trains are so cool.
Cool, I love the close-up shots at high speed.
Awesome video, SMT, as usual! Can't wait to see this on livestreams! Congrats on 100K as well!
What an awesome train mate great work, thanks for sharing
Well done! Congrats on 100k that’s a huge milestone!
Another cool vid. The directional lighting is very impressive. Looks very sharp. From Texas
That’s freakin’ cool!!!!
Happy Veterans Day Harrison :)
Like you said awesome train nice find!
Very cool. Congratulations on 100k. Well deserved.
Congrats for 100K SMT!! 🎉🎉🎉
You saved my Christmas layout. Had a new Menards loco that was squeaky it was nuts loud, after watch your videos I got the same lubricant you had. I lubricated the bearings and gears lightly and it was good to go! Kiddos are happy.
My uncle sent me one of these from Japan (to the UK) in the 1960s when I was about 8. I loved the lights! What intrigued me was that it always ran in the opposite direction to all my other locomotives. Wish I still had it!
happy 100k been here sense 20k i am so happy for your!
You know it’s a good day when SMT uploads
By watching your show I learned a lot about little motors and gears and how to clean them.thank you keep up the good work
Glad to hear it 👍
Congrats on hitting 100k dude !!!
Congrats on 100k subscribers! I remember watching back before you had 1,000 subscribers, and it's amazing to see how far you've come. Can't wait to see that silver play button 👀
100k!!!!! Congrats my man💯💯
The 0 series trains were the first generation Shinkansen trainsets built to run on Japan's Tōkaidō Shinkansen high-speed line which opened in 1964. The last remaining trainsets were withdrawn in 2008 after 44 years of service.
This shinkansen type has been used in media since its start in 1964, but its most noticeable rolls are in transformers G1 in 1987 headmaster anime as a sub leader of an autobot team made of 6 different Japanese locomotive, the leader being named shouki that was a normal robot but could form the chest and the head of a bigger autobot combiner robot named Raiden in (G1) made up with the other five team members
So you know Japan isn't gonna forget it any time soon just like they haven't with the steam engines that helped build their country. I'm sure will see it for years to come on TV shows in Japan and in model trains
44 years seems like a pretty long lifespan for a first generation set, it once again highlights just how ahead of their time they were.
To be fair it did spend it's twilight years running on the slower all stop JR West Kodama service on the Sanyo Line from Osaka to Hakata and the 5 mile long Hakata-Minami Line. Btw, the 0 Series doesn't feature in either of the two Shinkalion series.
@B-A-L huh I could had sworn I saw the type 0 in the shinkalion anime at some point.guess I was wrong one that one so at least to my knowledge then anyways the type 0 series was last seen in media was the transformers headmasters. I'm sure it's been in other media since then, but I think in terms of animation/cartoons here in the west, that was the last time the locomotive made an appearance if your right about the shinkalion
Congratulations on 100k SMT!
Nice addition to the fleet. Well done on the 100k subs buddy. Keep up the great videos as always.
Congratulations on 100k❤️
See if you can find a piece of wood molding about the same radius as the damaged roofs, and a matching wooden dowel. Lay one of the roof panels on the molding, and gently rub the dowel rod along the interior of the roof panel, to gently push out the dents. It looks like you got a really nice set, it looks like a first, or second generation sinkansen, from the late 60's or 70's, the current generation is 8 or 9 I believe. Nice video enjoy your new Bullet.
I'll try the wood idea, I might need to remove the interior lighting first though. I believe this set is a "0 series" from 1964.
@@SMTMainline it's a trick I learned from restoring antique cars. It works really well for stainless steel trim, chrome not so much as the plating is brittle, but it works well with softer metals. As for the build series, I wasn't really sure as I hadn't learned series numbering, I learned from generational changes. When I was Stationed in Japan in the late 80s, there were still first gen Shinksnsen operating and I never heard them called a series number.
Those sets are cool!! I have a kato N scale series 0 Shinkansen and I love it!
You got your self a really nice train set and a start on another one as well. All you have to do now is make a dedicated rail line for it and other trains like it.
That’s a beautiful train. I think it is amazing how much it looks like a fuselage of a 707. lol. I agree with your statement that you’re better leaving something alone than trying to fix it and possibly making it worse. Unfortunately I’ve done that myself and it usually doesn’t turn out well. lol.
I've been there before. Sometimes it's best to step back and figure out a better plan before making things worse.
Congrats for 100k as well.
Thanks!
Great job like always.
Thank you! Cheers!
I love how the sound of it is alomst exactly like the big one swooshing by.
The “character” is on point as a good Godzilla attack backstory for your Railroad!
Congratulations on 100K subscribers on your STM channel 🎉🎉😊👍👍👍! Love watching your videos and seeing you work on fixing steam locomotives and diesels , box cars and tanks on your workbench ! Love the train set ! Great job 👍👍👏👏! Keep up the great work!!
Thank you so much!!
Knowing the Japanese, there is NO WAY they would put up with dents on the prototype.
Great video. As far as repair the shell, I would make a template of shape of the shell by placing the end of one car on a thick paper or like shoe box cardboard trace the shape. Cut the shape put the get a hard block of wood and shape it to match a little bit smaller so it will fit in the shell. Then you can place the shell up side down on a towel folded over a couple times then put the shaped wood inside and tap it down to re shape the roof it will also help flatten out the side. This will work. I have done it before but the wood has to be very close as far as the curve of the roof .
👏👏👏 100k and growing 🎉🎉🎉
Congrats on 100k🎉
Funny enough I actually got the Amtrak version just last weak but it was just the dummy engine in a $50 parts box and still gets power with one truck. So now I got to find the rest of the set.
Very nice haul Harrison. Still a very futuristic design and styling for a train that went into service on my 3rd birthday ( I'll leave it to you to run the math on my level of old fartness).
I've seen guys that restore old Matchbox and Corgi cars use wooden dowls and blocks to knock out dents and bends and pot metal is a lot less forgiving than what I'm assuming is brass sheet. Sufficiently small enough diameter dowl rod and a small hammer you should be able to tap out that dent.
Congratulations on 100,000 subscribers SMT
Thank you very much!
Awesome video! This makes me wonder if our train would regain the ability to have it's former stength back, since one drive shaft is destroyed from it.
Congrats on 100K. Nice looking train.
HO shinkansen are my dream, I only have n scale as a teen but seeing these huge models online especially the 0 series is just amazing , definitely show us more HO HSR trains if you get the chance
That is so cool you have one of the original 1970s bullet train they are now retired and on display in a museum in Japan
I prefer the design of the original 0 series set
@@SMTMainline very cool
There's one on display in a museum in Britain too.
@@B-A-L wow that’s so cool
What a ride, good job.
Thanks!
Congrats on 100k!
Thank you!
Cool looking train Aye !
Congrats on 100K! I think I sub'd when you were at 500. As for repairing the cars (I've worked on many brass trains, so I have some experience here) I like the ideas mentioned below, of using wood blocks and dowels to straighten the sides and roof, then super glue and clamp in place. Cardboard or waxed paper to protect the paint and lessen the likelihood of super glue sticking to the clamp. Best to use as little glue as possible. You could also use Goo, a contact cement, though it's messy stuff.
Thanks for the advice on fixing the cars, I'll give it a try. Also thanks for the congrats, I'm amazed by how far the channel has come - Thanks for sticking around 🙂
0 series Shinkansen! My favorite!
Also the 0 series was not only the first Shinkansen, it came out in the 70’s. And this type is what got me into the Shinkansen. So when I saw the thumbnail, I knew I had to watch!
One of the best Japanese trains ever HO scale
100k subs. Well done!!!
Thanks!~
Congrats on 100k!!!
Thank you!
Beautiful layout👍
Thanks so much!
Take it to one of those guys that do scratch less dent removal.
Hello from Siesta Key Florida
That's one pretty train. Not to mention it's speed. Very nice.
Love it. Thanks.
Congrats on the 100k subs. I forgot when I was subbed to your channel but I would guess it was when you were about 18 yrs old around the the time you graduated high school back when you got your grandmother's Hiawatha loco running. That's an interesting looking locomotive/ passenger set. I couldn't help you on the 6 for the passenger car myself because I wouldn't know where to go. Good luck on the restoration.
Always enjoy watching your videos , learn something all the time . Have you worked on any Trix Express locomotives ? They're similar to a Marklin , made in Germany as well . I'm working on one now so any insight or suggestions would be helpful .
Love it! My brother has the Lima one, which is a 4 cars set. I think yours is way better, so hopefully you can repair the issues. Not sure how to work with brass, but normally professionals prefer to resolder the parts than glue them, and that's not easy. Anyway, great train indeed!
I love your videos ❤❤
Now That you have Another Train You should Try To Build Some Shelves Put All The Engines and The Rolling Stock together and Really Show Off Your Trains.
Beautiful set im sure you will be able to sort out the damaged cars 👍
Great looking set! I would imagine at high speed, you wouldn't be able to see the defects. Good luck!
congrats on 100k!
Thank you!!
@@SMTMainline are you doing a special video?
Love that train
Im nuts over high speed trains
I have a CN turbo dcc sound and a TGV that i converted to dcc
Hope to get others in the future
congrats on 100k harrison!!
Thank you!
First, super jelly you found that set for that cheap, there definitely is more effort put into Kato's N-scale line as far as Shinkansen trains, but those few HO scale ones out there are definitely on my wishlist. You did a pretty decent job at getting the majority of that roof dent out, that said the problem with fixing metal is that you have to bend past the even point to get it to straighten out and that can make the metal weaker, and in the case of the roof might be a bit difficult to do. I'm not sure I would recommend trying to bang it out as you might end up spreading the metal out similar to the sides. As for the sides of those cars, not sure how thin that metal is, but it almost looks stretched out in which case you're kind of hosed as far as just straight fixing it. I might try to straight up the metal between the windows that looks a bit bent, and then see if I couldn't use some CA glue and attach it all at once and hope for the best. Or absolute worst case... try a 3d resin print?
It doesn't have to be perfect, I just hope some of the larger dents can be removed.
Congrats smt for 100 k
Congratulations on 100K subscribers
Thank you!
YOU HIT 100K SUBS CONGRATS🥳🥳🥳🥳
Holy shit that’s some layout. Absolutely beautiful. Haha I think the loco has been to flavour town 🤣🤣. I never heard that before and it tickled me pretty good.
Luckily when the coupler fell off, the train went into emergency and the passengers are all safe.😁
oh nice you hit 100K sub congratulation's That High-Speed train is awesome so slick looking I like how the nose lights up. I think you should invest in a 3D Printer there pretty easy to use. I think you can make some pretty cool train cars. and houses
0 series is the best Shinkansen model in terms of looks and longevity honestly have to respect the Japanese, great review I didn’t even know they had them in HO
You could warm it up and bend it back in place and then glue it together with some really strong glue
That's very nice for 200 Dollar's! Okay it's not new but I love it! Have many fun with the train! André from Hamburg
17:59 < Funny how a coupler broke. Not sure if I have ever seen that on this channel before!
Edit: Congrats on 100k subs, SMT!
Neat addition