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Shops added to the shop ショップにお店

2024-04-30 by David

お店の模型コレクションもオンラインショップに追加いたしましたので、ぜひご覧ください!

 

A collection of 8 highly-detailed model shops have been added to the online store.

 



▲ You can choose from a pottery shop, music shop, toy shop, rice shop, sake (ricewine) shop, cloth/kimono shop, umbrella shop, and the tea shop pictured above.

 


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Repainting a (mini) car ミニカーのリペイント

2024-04-29 by David

AliExpressで乗っている「ポルシェ356」のモデルを買ってしまった!

 

モデルは1/24大きさで詳細は素敵ですが、選べる色は「黒・赤・黄色・銀」しかないので、パーツをバラバラにして大好きなブルーにリペイントしました。

Just for fun I bought myself a 1/24 scale model of my little blue car! The model is highly detailed and quite lovely, but you can only buy it (on AliExpress) in 4 colours; black, silver, red and yellow. So I decided to take the one I bought (in silver) to pieces and respray it.





▲ まずはパーツをバラバラしました。そして、スプレーのためにメッキのパーツなどをマスキングテープでカバーしました。テープだけが3時間もかかりました!

 

Masking all of those absolutely tiny chrome strips and details took about 3 hours with a sharp knife, and a steady hand.





▲ 車の「Meissen Blue」と結構近いAsahiPenの「Smoky Blue」でスプレーしました。ペイントがつや消しですので、その上にツヤありのラッカースプレーも致しました。

 

My car's colour is a bluey-grey tone called "Meissen Blue", it seems, and the closest I could find was a spray can called Smoky Blue. Since that colour is only available in matt, I followed that with several coats of clear gloss spray.





▲ テープを外した時に感動しました!綺麗にできていますね。

 

Slowly and carefully peeling off the masking tape strips was really good fun, and I was delighted how well it worked!




▲ インテリアパーツも前の黒から乗っている車のワインレッドに変更しました。それは筆でペイントしました。

 

I repainted the interior details too, from the model's previous black plastic to this oxblood red colour, to match my own car.





▲ この1/24モデルのディテールも素晴らしい!

 

The details on this 1/24 model are really accurate, and even feature a complete frunk interior.





▲ なかなか近いでしょう?!

 

That colour turned out to be a pretty darn good match, eh? Love it!

 


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Buying land in Otohime 乙姫で土地探し

2024-04-27 by David

去年から新しいプロジェクトのためにこの乙姫ペンション村で土地を探していました。

 

ネットにあっちこっちで探していったが、不動屋ホームページはいろいろありました。勉強したときに以下の地図に売っている土地や家の広さと合計価格、そして一坪の価格も載せました。この辺で土地又は家を探している方のためにブログに載せますね。クリックすると大きいバージョンに飛びます。

 

I've been searching for a new bit of land nearby, for an interesting new project I'm planning. The obvious choice was to look inside the little "Pension (B&B) Village" here in Otohime, as it's all within walking distance of my house.

 

After many, many hours spent scouring multiple estate agent sites on the net, I compiled all of the available info onto a large map of the area. I thought it might be of interest to anybody else looking for cheap land in this beautiful green area near Aso, so if you click on the map below it will open up the large-scale version with all of my notes written on it.





▲ 線で囲まれている情報が家が付いているという意味です。線なしの情報は土地のみです。乙姫の市場価格は大体一坪1.6万円ですが、ほとんどの土地がコズキ不動屋さんの管理になりますので、ありえない価格になっています。残念ですね。

 

青い部分の一番上に一坪1.5万円の広い土地はあります。しかし、素敵なホテルっぽいの建物も付いていますので、大きいホテルの営業を考えている方にはお勧めですね!以下のリストに1番目になります。

 

Each bit of land I could find information on has three pieces of information; the total size of the land, the per-tsubo price (useful for comparative purposes), and the total price for the land. Any text surrounded by a rectangular box also contains a house/building, and those are usually slightly more expensive.

 

The average land price in Otohime is 16,000yen per tsubo (3.3m²), although since many of the pieces of land for sale are being sold by the local golf course, they are occasionally stupidly overpriced! The stand out property is a massive piece of land at the very top of the map, with an equally massive and modern building in good condition - the overall price is large, but the per-tsubo price is dirt cheap and would make a bargain for any business looking for an easy large-scale hotel property. Anyway, it's the top link in the list below, which are links to the various properties, for those who are interested....

 

 

結局、新しいプロジェクトのために安い土地が見つかりましたので、先週自分で購入しました!間もなく情報を教えますね!

 

Ultimately, after much searching and ringing of random telephone numbers, I found my perfect (i.e. cheap!) land tucked away, and just a few days ago I finally took possession. So my new project can now move ahead, and I'll be revealing more details over the coming weeks!

 


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Scale model of the Inaba Residence 稲葉家下屋敷の模型

2024-03-29 by David

スタジオの新しい模型が展示しております!大分県臼杵市の「稲葉家下屋敷」の1:56スケール模型ですので、120x120cmになっています!ぜひ見に来てくださいね!

 

There's a new MASSIVE model display in the studio at the moment! This is a 1:56 scale recreation of the Inaba Residence historical house in Usuki City, Oita Prefecture, and it measures 120x120cm in size. This has been the project I've been designing and printing for the past few months, so please come a take a look if you're in the area?

 

 


















写真撮影のために大きいテーブルを配置しました。ビデオをご覧ください:

 

Here's a quick timelapse video of me setting up the display ready for a photo session...

 

 


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Customer request - Pokemon Ball! ポケモンボール

2024-03-19 by David

ご近所の子供が3Dプリンターを見て、何か作りたかったらしいです!このポケモン用ボールをお願いしましたので、次の日にペイントして、完成品はこんな感じでした:



▲ A couple of neighbourhood kids (10 and 7-ish, I think) popped in at the weekend, and asked if they could see the printers working. They asked if I could make them a quick something, and settled on this Pokemon Masterball. Printed in pieces, and painted the next morning, they seemed quite happy with the finished ball!

 


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