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JR Express Series 181 "Shioji" "Hato" - 7 Cars Set - Kato 10-352

• Seven (7) cars set (Limited Edition)
• Excellent quality and performance
• Wonderful craftsmanship with realistic details
• Working head and tail lights (Car 1 & Car 7)
• Lights change in direction of travel
• Illuminated head mark - Car 1 & Car 7
• With four (4) pantographs
  • Car 1: Type KUROHA 181 Coach
  • Car 2: Type MORO 181 Coach
  • Car 3: Type MORO 180 Coach
  • Car 4: Type SASI 181 Coach
  • Car 5: Type MOHA 180 Coach
  • Car 6: Type MOHA 181 Coach (powered - motor)
  • Car 7: Type KUHA 181 Coach
• Scale: N
• Special Order Item - Due to very limited stock we will need to confirm product availability to insure order can be processed. If item is not available we will issue a full refund. If available, item will ship within 10-15 days.

The prototype series 181, nicknamed "Kodama (Echo) type" or "Bonnet Express", was made as a powered-up version of the earlier modern express trains, series 151 and 161. The Series 181 was first operated as "Kodama" on Tokaido Mainline. But when the Tokaido Shinkansen bullet train wider-track line was laid in 1964 alongside the conventional line, making the conventional express obsolete there, the conventional line 181 express train started its second life as the express "Shioji (Strand)" and "Hato (Pigeon)" on the conventional Sanyo Mainline in Western Japan; where no Shinkansen line was yet laid. The express train with a pilot car Kuroha, equipped with a luxury compartment following the cabin, attracted many fans with its elegance.