Model railroading at a different level

[Toni Babelony]

Old man Nobutaro Hara of 92 years old still builds everything himself and wants to keep on doing it until he dies. The female presenter seems to know a bit more about trains than her male counterpart.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/a8jg65pKzpA" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/a8jg65pKzpA</a>

A great note at the end of the video: a model train museum is opening soon in Yokohama! Lucky me! I'd probably only have to hop on the Soutetsu to get there in the future. :3

[cteno4]

pretty amazing! thanks toni!

jeff

[keitaro]

that is damn awesome!!!!

I guess he has some connection with this museum ??

I know some one in yokohama may just go visit and kill 2 birds with one stone next in japan

[bikkuri bahn]

I visited an exhibition of his models at an Osaka museum last month (the segment mentions this):
http://www.jnsforum.com/index.php/topic,5292.0.html

The museum in Yokohama will be built to showcase his collection which currently resides in his (very large) home in Ashiya*, including the incredible FS E626 model built from German silver, as well as a model of Korea's first EMU, which he actually rode pre-WW2 (I think the prototype no longer exists, possibly destroyed in the Korean War).

*Mr. Hara married the heiress of the famous Kokuyo stationery/office supply corporation, which likely gave him the wherewithal to pursue his hobby.

[Nick_Burman]

Although this guy is a highly accomplished builder one notices that he also has some commercial stuff on his layout.

His interurbans and trolleys are something absolutely wonderful...


Cheers NB