That's awesome, moreso when you realise that in real life, the JR 193-00 Series that this is a model of had, you guessed it, only 2 cars! This one ran in eastern Japan including the Tokyo area under both the JNR and JR systems, being built in the early 1980's specifically for the role.
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Honestly, attention to detail like this is why I love Plarail so much, they could have just released it with the middle trailer in the correct colours and had done with it so all they had to do was recolour the stock 485 model, but no, they made sure it was the correct 2-car configuration.
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And since we're on the subject of slightly obscure JNR/JR inspection trains, here's the other 193 Series unit that was built, the 193-50 Series. This was rebuilt from the unique JNR 495 Series which itself was a test-train used for more or less the same purposes as the 193 within central Japan. This was built in the 1960's making it the older of the pair, and had dual-voltage equipment initially but this was removed when it was converted into the 193-50.
This one had a squared-off cab which to me makes it resemble many of the classic JR locomotives like the EF65, especially with it's blue/yellow colour scheme making it look quite similar to some of those units. Both were retired by the early 2000's and neither has been preserved [one set survived in semi-preservation before scrapping in 2013].
Honestly, attention to detail like this is why I love Plarail so much, they could have just released it with the middle trailer in the correct colours and had done with it so all they had to do was recolour the stock 485 model, but no, they made sure it was the correct 2-car configuration.
And since we're on the subject of slightly obscure JNR/JR inspection trains, here's the other 193 Series unit that was built, the 193-50 Series. This was rebuilt from the unique JNR 495 Series which itself was a test-train used for more or less the same purposes as the 193 within central Japan. This was built in the 1960's making it the older of the pair, and had dual-voltage equipment initially but this was removed when it was converted into the 193-50.
This one had a squared-off cab which to me makes it resemble many of the classic JR locomotives like the EF65, especially with it's blue/yellow colour scheme making it look quite similar to some of those units. Both were retired by the early 2000's and neither has been preserved [one set survived in semi-preservation before scrapping in 2013].
Been building Plarail worlds since 2001; Building when I can in 2023 
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