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« on: March 31, 2009, 01:58:34 pm »
Despite being the namesake of my blog, and despite 2 years of mulling, I've never really posted much about the diorama of Akihabara Station that I'm working on!

So, here's a first go at it:
http://akihabara.artificial-science.org/2009/03/30/a-new-start/



Somewhat obnoxiously, JR East has apparently begun renovating the outside, since Akiba Depato closed—which was two days after my visit!
before: http://www.flickr.com/photos/minami/18659580/
after: http://www.flickr.com/photos/odashinsuke/3353975156/
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« Reply #1 on: March 31, 2009, 02:21:30 pm »
Ooooh.....nice work! I was reading in your blog how you were putting diorama together, very interesting the methods you're using.
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« Reply #2 on: March 31, 2009, 04:27:08 pm »
The project looks great, but I don't know about the "after" look of the real station. The old version may have been messy, but that big blank wall isn't too inviting.

Can this kind of diorama be fit into a layout so that you can run trains through the station?
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« Reply #3 on: March 31, 2009, 04:41:01 pm »
Quote from: pilotfish on March 31, 2009, 04:27:08 pm
The project looks great, but I don't know about the "after" look of the real station. The old version may have been messy, but that big blank wall isn't too inviting.

Can this kind of diorama be fit into a layout so that you can run trains through the station?

That's the plan! I will eventually by a couple loops of double-track viaduct, so that I can actually operate trains through the station. In the distant future, I hope to incorporate this into a larger layout.
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« Reply #4 on: March 31, 2009, 05:05:41 pm »
Sounds like a good project--it'll be interesting to see how it's put together.
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« Reply #5 on: April 01, 2009, 02:04:59 pm »
I cannot wait to see how it progresses.  Perhaps I can learn from you to get started on my own station terminal.
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« Reply #6 on: April 01, 2009, 05:12:36 pm »
OMG ,look at all that Elmer's white glue :P
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« Reply #7 on: April 13, 2009, 03:44:50 pm »
A couple of updates:


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« Reply #8 on: April 13, 2009, 07:45:58 pm »
Everything I go to Akihabara I get accosted by street venders. Never have that problem in Ikibuko.
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« Reply #9 on: April 13, 2009, 10:41:22 pm »
nice work, i wish i could do something like that.  i have never really been impressed with the kato overhead stations so might as well build one!
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« Reply #10 on: April 13, 2009, 11:53:42 pm »
LOL AkiPla

I'll meet you at AkiPla

Nice building by the way  ;D
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« Reply #11 on: April 24, 2009, 03:37:14 pm »
Hey, Don, when it's done are you going to litter the front of the station with cosplayers?
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« Reply #12 on: April 24, 2009, 04:03:48 pm »
Quote from: Shashinka Ichiban on April 24, 2009, 03:37:14 pm
Hey, Don, when it's done are you going to litter the front of the station with cosplayers?

Maybe. I'll certainly be including a few of these, though:
http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10087162
http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10087161
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« Reply #13 on: April 25, 2009, 05:46:00 am »
That's going to be awesome.

By the way, what's a 'cosplayer'?
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« Reply #14 on: April 25, 2009, 05:47:34 am »
Quote from: quinntopia on April 25, 2009, 05:46:00 am
That's going to be awesome.

By the way, what's a 'cosplayer'?

:D

Better you didn't ask…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosplay
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« Reply #15 on: April 25, 2009, 07:28:08 am »
GOOD



BAD
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« Reply #16 on: April 26, 2009, 11:06:47 am »
Quote from: quinntopia on April 25, 2009, 05:46:00 am
That's going to be awesome.

By the way, what's a 'cosplayer'?
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« Reply #17 on: April 27, 2009, 08:59:28 am »
hahaha wow they have maid girls?!?!


im definately gonna be buying a set of those, but they tend to hang around Harajuku although you might find one or two in ahkihabara,
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« Reply #18 on: April 27, 2009, 01:31:54 pm »
Quote from: SubwayHypes on April 27, 2009, 08:59:28 am
hahaha wow they have maid girls?!?!


im definately gonna be buying a set of those, but they tend to hang around Harajuku although you might find one or two in ahkihabara,

Oh, my friend…more than one or two.

http://images.google.com/images?q=akihabara+station+maid+girl&btnG=Search+Images
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« Reply #19 on: April 28, 2009, 12:42:12 am »
Quote from: Sushi Train on April 25, 2009, 07:28:08 am
GOOD



BAD





I've seen more of the BAD at cons than the GOOD anywhere.
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« Reply #20 on: April 29, 2009, 07:24:45 am »
LOL, thanks for clearing that up for me!  ;D
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« Reply #21 on: May 01, 2009, 02:03:28 am »
Quote from: Shashinka Ichiban on April 28, 2009, 12:42:12 am
I've seen more of the BAD at cons than the GOOD anywhere.
Trust me man, you lower your standards just a little bit and you'll have a lot more fun...
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« Reply #22 on: June 22, 2009, 06:28:57 pm »
Back on topic: I've added a bunch to the diorama:



http://akihabara.artificial-science.org/2009/06/airbrushing-the-sidewalk/
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« Reply #23 on: June 22, 2009, 06:36:21 pm »
Quote from: Mudkip Orange on May 01, 2009, 02:03:28 am
Quote from: Shashinka Ichiban on April 28, 2009, 12:42:12 am
I've seen more of the BAD at cons than the GOOD anywhere.
Trust me man, you lower your standards just a little bit and you'll have a lot more fun...


The bar can only go so low, I'm not a professional Limbo-man, ya know :P
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« Reply #24 on: June 23, 2009, 06:41:13 am »
You need to hurry up and finish that, Captain. :)
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« Reply #25 on: June 23, 2009, 12:50:17 pm »
Quote from: Tenorikuma on June 23, 2009, 06:41:13 am
You need to hurry up and finish that, Captain. :)

LOL, oh my. A more than full time job and a baby mean I get maybe, on average, an hour a week to work on this…it's going to take a while! I hate to disappoint…
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« Reply #26 on: June 23, 2009, 05:06:35 pm »
But I could use the fact that you have a baby to your advantage. She wakes you up at night, you give her what her needs and then modell a little bit. I know fathers that were able to play strategy game at nights. 
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« Reply #27 on: July 13, 2009, 03:11:35 pm »
And I thought I was lucky in that my little girl slept through the night a lot!.. If only I'd realised all the modelling I could've gotten done I would have woken her up! 

of course then my wife would've probably been upset!

lovely looking Diorama, I hope its coming on well

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