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Hi friends!
Let's post something completely different from my previous job...
During a holiday trip to Japan, I realize that most of the cars there were "kei" cars, small utility vehicles subject to special taxes law:
They even had food trucks:
I fell in love with these mini cars, so when I saw a model in a hobby shop in Akihabara, I just jumped for it.
And this will be my special own "kei" food truck:
It's a food truck specialized in Takoyaki, an octopus fritter ball. The model is from Aoshima and is in 1:24 scale
My first Aoshima model, and I have to admit... it could be better, because the detail is too rough. Here you have some pics of the moulds:
First, I started with the driver station, which I upgraded adding some plastic bits to imitate the seatbelt buckle:
With some cardboard and a pair of staples, I made the side panels of the doors:
Then I painted the driver station. First, white primer:
Then bright red:
Next, I painted the seats and with sand paper, I made the floor mats:
Then I finished painting the details of the seats, the steering wheel, hand brake and with aluminium from a beer can, I made the seatbelts:
Neutral grey for the main console and those orange indicators that remind me the dashboards of 90's cars:
And bright red for the wall too:
And that's it for today!
Hope you like it
Regards!
Let's post something completely different from my previous job...
During a holiday trip to Japan, I realize that most of the cars there were "kei" cars, small utility vehicles subject to special taxes law:
They even had food trucks:
I fell in love with these mini cars, so when I saw a model in a hobby shop in Akihabara, I just jumped for it.
And this will be my special own "kei" food truck:
It's a food truck specialized in Takoyaki, an octopus fritter ball. The model is from Aoshima and is in 1:24 scale
My first Aoshima model, and I have to admit... it could be better, because the detail is too rough. Here you have some pics of the moulds:
First, I started with the driver station, which I upgraded adding some plastic bits to imitate the seatbelt buckle:
With some cardboard and a pair of staples, I made the side panels of the doors:
Then I painted the driver station. First, white primer:
Then bright red:
Next, I painted the seats and with sand paper, I made the floor mats:
Then I finished painting the details of the seats, the steering wheel, hand brake and with aluminium from a beer can, I made the seatbelts:
Neutral grey for the main console and those orange indicators that remind me the dashboards of 90's cars:
And bright red for the wall too:
And that's it for today!
Hope you like it
Regards!