Creepy Pete Posted April 19, 2022 Share Posted April 19, 2022 (edited) My first build for this GB will be something silly. A Soba & Udon noodles vending machine in 1/12 scale. It's a Hasegawa kit, who have been producing lots of fun stuff the last few years. As you can see it has a surprising amount of parts and for some reason 2 sheets of stickers. Nice and simple instructions: This should be fun! Edited April 25, 2022 by Creepy Pete fish 17 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andwil Posted April 19, 2022 Share Posted April 19, 2022 Classic! Nothing says Japan like a vending machine. Brilliant. AW 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helios16v Posted April 19, 2022 Share Posted April 19, 2022 This is awesome! Now I want one of these to go w/ one of my 1/12 bike kits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyrich Posted April 19, 2022 Share Posted April 19, 2022 welcome along Pete, with probably the last thing I expected to see in this GB, but also one of the most iconic...... a vending machine!! It's actually a nice looking model and should be fun to build. I wonder what other vending machines they do...... probably not the ones you find at the back of some of the market stalls around Ueno Station!!! Good luck with the build, should be lots of fun to do........ gosh now you've made me hungry for some noodles (actually had Ramen noodles last night!) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zebra Posted April 19, 2022 Share Posted April 19, 2022 Brilliant! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted Posted April 20, 2022 Share Posted April 20, 2022 Love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bianfuxia Posted April 20, 2022 Share Posted April 20, 2022 Awesome. My favourite vending machines are the Boss Coffee ones. For a while I had an awesome collection of different Boss Coffee cans bought and drunk from various vending machines - so many different ones! But basically it was them or the marriage, so...😂 (To be clear I ditched the cans haha) 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creepy Pete Posted April 21, 2022 Author Share Posted April 21, 2022 They do love their vending machines in Japan, alright. They are everywhere! @trickyrich, I haven't been to the ones near Ueno station, but I can imagine they have some truely weird ones in some dark alleys. Hasegawa do a few. This one, a Hamburger version, which I also have, one for Toast Sandwiches, and one similar like this, but with Ramen instead of Soba & Udon noodles. They also do a crane game and a gachapon. You could do a whole diorama with them and their office furniture in 1/12! No color is given for the machine, so I settled on ModelMaster Light Gull Grey. One panel on the front seems to have a light colour on the real things, so I sprayed some Revell 371 on that, which is a very light grey. The rear, bottom and sides have been clicked together, and I will start masking for the metallic edges on the front panels. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creepy Pete Posted April 24, 2022 Author Share Posted April 24, 2022 I've painted the metallic frames with some Vallejo aluminium, and I started on the stickers. They are pretty nice, if not a bit tricky to allign properly. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazzio Posted April 24, 2022 Share Posted April 24, 2022 That is looking really cool, although I am getting an 80's vibe from the colours. Very cool though. I learned an interesting fact about the vending machines in Japan a few months ago. Apparently, if there is an earthquake, the machines are set to release their contents for free. I am not sure if that means you have to select what you want, or it spits them all out at once or if it has to recieve a signal from the government/owners. Still pretty cool if it is true - I haven't had a chance to verify it yet. That vending machine would look good on a mountain pass/midnight service station diaorama for cars/bikes. Kind regards, Dazz 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Filler Posted April 24, 2022 Share Posted April 24, 2022 19 minutes ago, Dazzio said: I learned an interesting fact about the vending machines in Japan a few months ago. Apparently, if there is an earthquake, the machines are set to release their contents for free. Can’t say that was my experience during the Kumamoto earthquake of 2016. Having said that, at least whilst it was happening, the last thing on my mind was a can of Pocari Sweat. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bianfuxia Posted April 25, 2022 Share Posted April 25, 2022 8 hours ago, Filler said: Can’t say that was my experience during the Kumamoto earthquake of 2016. Having said that, at least whilst it was happening, the last thing on my mind was a can of Pocari Sweat. Fair enough, but a Boss Coffee would have calmed the nerves 😹 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazzio Posted April 25, 2022 Share Posted April 25, 2022 22 hours ago, Filler said: Can’t say that was my experience during the Kumamoto earthquake of 2016. Having said that, at least whilst it was happening, the last thing on my mind was a can of Pocari Sweat. Some people might read that as a failure of advertising. How could you possibly *not* be thinking of Pocari Sweat during an earthquake?! Although some people might be queuing up for the saki one at Niigata (?) station. Kind regards, Dazz 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creepy Pete Posted April 25, 2022 Author Share Posted April 25, 2022 No earthquakes here, and despite a lack of Boss Coffee, Pocari Sweat or Calpis, it's finished! This was really fun to do. No glue was required, and painting was pretty straight forward. More pics in the RFI section 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helios16v Posted April 26, 2022 Share Posted April 26, 2022 Congrats on the finish, well done. That could be box art. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Filler Posted April 26, 2022 Share Posted April 26, 2022 すごい! It looks like a photo of the real thing in a sales brochure. I wonder if any aftermarket company will produce a conversion kit for the mythical recycled ladies underwear vending machine... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CliffB Posted April 26, 2022 Share Posted April 26, 2022 I missed the build, but the result is brilliant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyrich Posted April 27, 2022 Share Posted April 27, 2022 well done that was a great build and something we're never thought we'd see here. Thanks for bring it along, was just to watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dansk Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 I love this its so thoroughly Japanese 👌 great job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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