*This set does not contain a motor car
Series 883 introduced in 1995 to speed up services and improve customer experience on the Nippō Main Line. It was JR Kyushu’s first tilting train and Japan’s first AC tilting train in commercial service. The front end styling varies by production year. From 2005 the fleet underwent renewal work and was unified in a dark metallic blue livery. In 2025 the 30th anniversary was celebrated with a commemorative wrap applied to the first set AO-1 for a limited period.
Product Features and Option Details
- Series 883 Sonic renewal car (first-batch)
- Models AO-2 formation assigned to Oita Rolling Stock Center
- Faithfully reproduces the dark metallic blue exterior after renewal
- Basic set (4 cars) offered as a value Best Selection package
- Add-on set (3 cars) supplied in a 7-car book case and can store the contents of the basic set
- Front end cover specific to the first-batch, different from previous models, with three fog light positions and a working central fog lamp
- Equipped with KATO’s unique body-tilt mechanism to reproduce car body inclination toward the inside of curves, as on the real train
- Head and tail lights illuminate; headlights reproduced in white, fog lights in yellow
- Powered by the well-regarded GM-5 motor for stable running
- Underframe and bogie color reproduced in bluish gray; couplers in black
- Intermediate car connections use KATO close couplers with jumper pipes
- Destination display stickers included
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