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My last day in Tokyo, they had some sort of maid c My last day in Tokyo, they had some sort of maid convention in Akihabara.
A small building to do promo shots of my small veh A small building to do promo shots of my small vehicles in front of. This is a 1:220 scale (Z gauge) card model I bought in Japan. It went together very easily, and looks neat. I'll probably do some weathering and dry brushing for a little more detail. Then I need to start making a street scene for it to sit in.
A selection if cars and bikes from the Tokyo stree A selection if cars and bikes from the Tokyo streets.
There were quite a few craft beer bars near my hot There were quite a few craft beer bars near my hotel. Ottotto Brewery was a little more expensive, but the branding was awesome, and the beers and food good. Sadly, they didn't have any Black Owl T-shirts. #microbrewery #beerstagram #beer
Mascots and cuteness everywhere. #mascot #kawaii Mascots and cuteness everywhere. #mascot #kawaii
I bought a mangaka starter set, with a selection o I bought a mangaka starter set, with a selection of nibs, some ink, a few sheets of screen tone, and some postcard size paper samples. Some of them have blue line art on them for practice inking. Without a knife for the screen tone, I did some scratchy shading. The urge to create comics is upon me again. #manga
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Younger me would have been ashamed to buy just 4 d Younger me would have been ashamed to buy just 4 drinks tickets. Current me was just glad he made it back to the hotel. #sake
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Captain Slow on the rails

This entry was posted in Model Railway Nostalgia video on June 7, 2007 by Ian Pattinson

Car blog Jalopnik are currently crushing on James May, or “Captain Slow”, of Top Gear. Today they found this clip of him explaining the enduring attraction of model trains.

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