There are a lot of great vehicle and technology designs in Akira. Everybody (me included) loves Kaneda’s bike, but it’s hard to find models of many of the rides. So I had to make the flying gun platform when Fichtenfoo put a file on their Patreon page.

The markings aren’t accurate to the manga or the anime, but it’s another build I’m glad to add to the display case.

The Fichtenfoo Patreon is on a hiatus, but you can buy their 3D printable designs at Industria Mechanika.

I decided to paint and detail the Bench and Bin set from Hasegawa. Maybe it’s not as neat and tidy as you’d find it in a Japanese park, but I like what I got.

You can get the set from HobbyLink Japan if your local hobby shop doesn’t have it.

The food cartons were printables downloaded from here.

The Disposable Coffee Cups are available from Spinneyworld in a number of scales.

I decided to spotlight a few favourites from the Fitted UK show. These are the vehicles I shot the most footage of, and hopefully give you an idea of my taste in modified vehicles, and potential inspiration for future builds.

Unboxing two Airfix kits from the early eighties. But they’re not Airfix kits. Sort of…..

All will be explained in the video.

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Here’s an update on the ongoing projects on the work table.

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Soviet Bus Stops is available from Bookshop.org in the UK and Amazon elsewhere (Affiliate links.)

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Hobbylink Japan’s private warehouse (affiliate link) makes it even easier to build up a delivery and ship it at the best value rate, especially now they’ve extended the time and space available to you in it.

The Kickstarter for Car Wars 6th Edition ended two and a half years ago, but then…. stuff happened.

So the game only shipped in the last few months, and I finally got my copy this week. This is a first look in the box, to see what I got. Playthroughs and painting videos may come later.

There’s a section of the Spinneyworld store with 1:64 scale accessories perfect for Car Wars and Gaslands if you’re interested.

Experimenting with the YouTube Shorts format. Obviously, this works best on a phone screen in portrait mode.

I haven’t been to the Crewe model show- previously South Cheshire Militaire- for years, even before Covid. But I made it this year, and I think I got every model on video.

Inner Light by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence.

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Some models I found whilst searching through the stash. These three hotrod/vintage Fords were a mystery to me at first. I definitely can’t remember where I got them from (it was probably Ebay ;-P), but I’ve got a better idea what they are now. Look out for one or more of them becoming builds in the next few months.

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