I Bought a HO Shinkansen High Speed Train from eBay - Will it Run?
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- Опубликовано: 9 ноя 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. 
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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. 😊😊
While yes in theory you could undent them, it would most certainly damage the finish on the models. There’s only one method I know of to undent brass models which require tools on both sides of the metal. You can always give it a shot tho!
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.
Agreed, you'll have to anvil out the bumps on the shell. Epoxy resin glue would also be great to stick things back. I like it because it's not running all over the place. At the end of the day, any metal glue should do.
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!
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 🙂
Congratulations on 100k SMT!! Always love watching these videos, they’re interesting, relaxing, and helpful for everyone in the hobby.
Thanks a bunch!
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……
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.
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!
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!
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 👀
Another cool vid. The directional lighting is very impressive. Looks very sharp. From Texas
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!
Awesome video, SMT, as usual! Can't wait to see this on livestreams! Congrats on 100K as well!
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
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!!
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.
Nice addition to the fleet. Well done on the 100k subs buddy. Keep up the great videos as always.
I've been waiting for you to upload SMT! Nice to see ya again!
Cool, I love the close-up shots at high speed.
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.
Well done! Congrats on 100k that’s a huge milestone!
Great episode Harrison. Great looking train set
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.
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
Very sleek looking set. Bullet trains are so cool.
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.
Outstanding as always Harrison
That’s freakin’ cool!!!!
Happy Veterans Day Harrison :)
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.
What an awesome train mate great work, thanks for sharing
happy 100k been here sense 20k i am so happy for your!
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
I rode one of these in 1971 when I attended the 13th Boy Scouts Jamboree. So o had to have one and ended up with this: ruclips.net/video/kOWNt4cznKM/видео.htmlsi=cNvkE4drcZtkhl8g
Congrats for 100k as well.
Thanks!
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 👍
Those sets are cool!! I have a kato N scale series 0 Shinkansen and I love it!
Congrats for 100K SMT!! 🎉🎉🎉
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 .
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 🙂
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!
Very cool. Congratulations on 100k. Well deserved.
Looks so cool running
Take it to one of those guys that do scratch less dent removal.
Hello from Siesta Key Florida
Congrats on hitting 100k dude !!!
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.
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
100k!!!!! Congrats my man💯💯
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.
Like you said awesome train nice find!
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.
Congratulations on 100,000 subscribers SMT
Thank you very much!
Congratulations on 100k SMT!
Great looking set! I would imagine at high speed, you wouldn't be able to see the defects. Good luck!
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
Congratulations on 100k❤️
You know it’s a good day when SMT uploads
Congrats on 100K. Nice looking train.
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!
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.
Running smooth, fast and quiet. Nice!
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.
I love how the sound of it is alomst exactly like the big one swooshing by.
Nice ❤️ 👌 👍 trains reminds me of the citrus anime I see but anyway another great running
Dont try to fix it; the small amount of damage adds character. I mean who knows with all the problems Japan has had with floods ect, character is especially important in this case. I do enjoy your videos as a new viewer; please keep them coming.
Congrats on 100k🎉
Great job like always.
Thank you! Cheers!
Beautiful set im sure you will be able to sort out the damaged cars 👍
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!
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
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.
👏👏👏 100k and growing 🎉🎉🎉
Cool looking train Aye !
Congratulations on 100K subscribers
Thank you!
100k subs. Well done!!!
Thanks!~
would love one of these in N for my collection, although it would be hard to get one being in the US. very cool!
Congrats on 100k!!!
Thank you!
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
Congratulations on 100K.
The KTM series O Is an old model and was the best as the other was Lima , There Is a New model out made by Zoukie Mura, the quality on that model is fantastic. Great vid
Hmmm. Are the other interior car shells interchangeable with the powered car? That seems easiest. Then deciding what to do with the dinged up shell would be less urgent. Most comments seem to have merit, but taking your time and learning a new skill seems to be what you are best at. Good luck and congratulations on the milestone!
I suspect they are however the power car doesn't have the lighting system the locos do.
YOU HIT 100K SUBS CONGRATS🥳🥳🥳🥳
You could warm it up and bend it back in place and then glue it together with some really strong glue
Dear SMT, on the repair of the different brass indents and folds, there‘s several ways to go forward. For the dented roofs I would recommend to make a mould from one of the unaffected roofs or sections and use this as a form to which you either could clamp the dented section back into shape, or where necessary you could use some fine dent hammer action. Might be necessary to tryout the best appropriate round or square hammer surface on an new piece of brass sheet to get the best results. For the folds along the window sides of the cars, I would recommend to clamp the affected side in a special made jig, so the action of the clamp may assist over the entire length of the frame evenly. If that’s not sufficient you may need to bend each fold back in the opposite direction. Just slightly over, so the fold will almost go the other way. That should already decrease the tension put in the material and allow for another attempt with clamping into the full side jig. As these ‘fold spots’ compromised the integrity of the material it may be necessary to reinforce the material on the inside. Don’t think you will be able to avoid any damage to the paint job. You may have to anticipate to do further repairs or strengthening before you can either touch up the paint or if you revisit the paint job on the entire affected sides of the different cars. Hope this is clear enough and that it may be of use. Cheerio
Thanks for all the advice, I appreciate it.
The “character” is on point as a good Godzilla attack backstory for your Railroad!
congrats on 100k harrison!!
Thank you!
Nice set Harrison! Kato did an N scale Shinkansen train which the prototype was painted in a special "Evangelion" scheme to promote the anniversary of the anime "Neon Genesis Evangelion" which happened to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the Shinkansen train itself. There were very few sets made and any that show up on Ebay or other sites (if you can even find one now) are going for crazy money! Last one I saw was going for over $1,000!
While they are rare, there are more of them than people think. Just very few in the West. There's usually several up at once on the Japanese auction sites, usually for around 5-700USD. There's also the Tomix one if you can put up with the simpler gangway design. I got mine (though it's missing Coach 3) from Hattons at the beginning of 2022 for around 260USD.
@jdenm8 fair enough, but that's for the Shinkansen sets as a whole. The version I mentioned made by Kato was what is hard to find as there was only a set number of them made. They came in a special box and also had a certificate of authenticity. So while the Shinkansen sets as a whole aren't difficult to find, this one limited edition set is. Now, granted, I did look up other sets similar to what Harrison has on Ebay, and the prices are all over the place, anywhere from less than $100 all the way up to well over a $1,000! Of course I think alot of that is Ebay being Ebay and sellers are just throwing obscenely high prices out there and seeing if anyone takes the bait.
@@randallellison6421 I am talking specifically about P/N 10-942. Maybe there was a High-Spec one as well that I'm not familiar with. I'm aware that the regular sets are cheap and easy to come across. I paid only US$46 for my 10-382 500 Series 7-Coach base set, and have since expanded it to the full 16 coaches using a 10-383 set and two 10-384 sets.
And yeah, the Kitsumi stuff can go really high. Small production runs for the most part.
Don't forget the Hello Kitty 500 Series too but please forget the abominable Waku Waku Mickey Mouse 800 Series colour scheme that totally ruined the best shinkansen ever!
Congrats on 100k!
Thank you!
That's one pretty train. Not to mention it's speed. Very nice.
Hello! 100 thousand subscribers! Congratulations!
Shinkansen is one of the symbols of Japan. Great model! Apparently the train was attacked by Godzilla)
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 .
congrats on 100k!
Thank you!!
@@SMTMainline are you doing a special video?
Knowing the Japanese, there is NO WAY they would put up with dents on the prototype.
Nice early model Harrison. I actually like that body style better than the new ones they use currently.
One of the best Japanese trains ever HO scale