While browsing through my photo library, I came upon some photos I took of my Yamato battleship. It’s of 1/700 scale from Tamiya’s waterline series. Waterline models have a flat base. I like the waterline series. Very easy to display the ships because of it’s flat hull. If you’re into ships, you would know that the waterline refers to where the hull meets the water surface.
There’s something about Yamato that mesmerizes me. I even visited the drydock in Kure where she was constructed.
So, I was at Hobby Complex 6 on Sunday. My very first appearance at hobby complex. Heard that it was twice as big as last year. Probably has something to do with the cancellation of winter wonder fest. I took quite a few photos. Some NSFW.
It’s alot smaller than wonfes I attended earlier, but still an interesting event. Loads of figures and stuff.
Can’t leave hobby complex without any loot in hand. ^^. The ikkitousen figure on the left for me, and the GN-0000+GNR-010 00 Raiser (with light-up GN Drive lights) christmas present for a friend. A steal too. ¥3740 for Gundam 0000, usually ¥5200ish.
Panther told me of these series of vids detailing the creation of his latest figure in YouTube uploaded by sleepylafiel. It details the creation of a Japanese figurine. The vids are from a DVD whose cover is pictured here….
It’s a rather long vid, about 90 minutes total and it’s all in Japanese. Despite the language barrier (if you don’t understand Japanese), I’m sure you’ll be able to understand the techniques and attention to detail that is given to make just one of these figures just from watching the videos. It’s like a documentary really.
Although I recommend watching the whole thing, you can always start off with part 2 and part 8 to wet your appetite. In part 2, you see how the whole figure come into being and in part 8, see the attention to detail when it comes to painting the “cat’s ear”, the techniques used to make it look realistic under different lighting.
Here are the vids
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6
Part 7
Part 8
Part 9
Enjoy.
Just more photos from my previous Tamiya post. I published that on the go. Photo quality not that savvy ^^. Here are some more high res pics. See the “starting track” in the first pic? ^^ Also got some other shots from lunch and watermelons!
Some photos from lunch. ¥980 each.
That’s the restaurant right there. Yakiniku (焼肉) restaurant.
Watermelons and more watermelons. Summer’s here isn’t it. ^^
I wrote about the Tamiya Plamodel Factory many suns and moons ago. Today (when the photo was taken), Fuji TV was interviewing the “Master”. Looks like we’ll see him on TV soon.
If you thought tamiya racing was only a trip down memory lane and isn't around in this modern age, think again! Look at the number of kids who have come to particiate in this race! Still have your super fast avante with hyper-dash engine lying around somewhere? ^^
Update: check here for more photos. ^^
Bought this gundam a while back. Strike freedom has to be one of my favourites. I even have the master grade model locked up tightly in my cupboard… awaiting the day I get my own airbrush! Was messing around when I took these pictures. It was pretty late at night and I was getting crazy ideas. As you can see, this figure is pretty detailed for its size. However, I was thinking of adding some modifications. hmmm… maybe this can be a before shot. With golden week (continuous public holidays in Japan) around the corner, I should be able to find some time to get around to it. In fact, let’s do it! Let’s do that and take some more photos! Maybe next time round, he can pose with his big guns ^^.
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