Christmas is coming...

What was that I said about a 'unique' repaint?

Yep it looks like it was actually an unusual re-stickering of the front and rear cars of the 'Kirishima & Hyuga' 485 Series limited express unit, meaning it really is the Japanese equivalent to the TW Kamome repaint, in that it's an actual JR livery but with 'Tomy' stickers added to create a custom train.

Personally I find it more bizzare they did this in Japan where unlike the export markets who wouldn't have probably noticed the livery, there was every chance this model would have been sold in the regions where this train ran - Makes you wonder if anyone at the time noticed and was similarly baffled by Tomy appropriating a real JR limited-express livery to make their own custom train lol

But, maybe there could be a modern equivalent to this practice, if TakaraTomy wanted to try?






I guess we can dream, right lol