Description

The 681 Series 'Shirasagi' links Nagoya with the Hokuriku region via Maibara and Tsuruga. Following extensions of the Hokuriku Shinkansen, the route has changed, but the 'Shirasagi' remains a popular limited express subject.

This set represents 681 Series stock converted from former 'Thunderbird' and 'Hakutaka' use after the 2015 Kanazawa extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen. The model captures the variation seen in the current 'Shirasagi' trains, including the newly produced Saha 681-300 car.

Features

• 6-car basic set representing W14 and V41 formations from Suita General Rolling Stock Depot, Kyoto Branch.
• Newly produced Saha 681-300, car 4, with the former petit cafeteria area altered to business/staff rooms.
• Grey window frames on KuMoHa 681 and KuHa 680 reproduced, including the grey area below the front window on KuMoHa 681.
• Car-end underfloor equipment represented on each car.
• Cars corresponding to motor cars on the prototype, cars 3, 6 and 8, use wheels representing disc brakes.
• Seat colours moulded to match the appearance of the real train.
• Gangway cab couplers use body-mounted close-coupled couplers without hooks.
• Front electrical couplers and coupler covers included with the basic set.
• Open front gangway-door parts included.
• GM-5 motor fitted; bogie-mounted close-coupled couplers with hooks used elsewhere.
• Headlights and tail lights light up with warm white LEDs, except where not fitted on car 7.
• Destination display stickers included.
• The 6-car basic set book case can also store the matching 3-car add-on set.