[REPORT] Shizuoka Hobby Show 2013

The 52nd Shizuoka Hobby Show 2013 was held on May 16-19 at Shizuoka in Japan. As always, the show focused on the hobby products to be released this spring and summer.

Also modelers of 227 clubs including Taiwan and South Korea exhibited about 7,800 works at the Modelers Club Exhibition.

The world's largest class show started in 1959. This year is the 52nd time. Major model kit manufacturers in Japan are located at Shizuoka. The city might be "a world capital of model kits."

The 52nd Shizuoka Hobby Show 2013

Aoshima 1/700 Gigant at Shizuoka Hobby Show 2013

Hasegawa 1/72 Jet Beatle at Shizuoka Hobby Show 2013

Hasegawa 1/144 Ultra Hawk 001 at Shizuoka Hobby Show 2013

Hasegawa 1/24 MAT Vehicle (Mazda Cosmo Sport) at Shizuoka Hobby Show 2013

Pegasus 1/144 The Nautilus Submarine Kit at Shizuoka Hobby Show 2013

Moebius 1/32 Colonial Viper MkII and Mk I at Shizuoka Hobby Show 2013

Moebius model kits at Shizuoka Hobby Show 2013

Revell 1/500 U.S.S Enterprise NCC-1701
Star Trek: Into Darkness
at Shizuoka Hobby Show 2013

Diamond Select 1/650 U.S.S Enterprise NCC-1701 Cutaway
at Shizuoka Hobby Show 2013

Revell Star Wars easykit pocket
at Shizuoka Hobby Show 2013

The 24th Modelers Club Exhibition
with the 52nd Shizuoka Hobby Show 2013

Galaxy Express 999
Modelers Club Exhibition, Shizuoka Hobby Show 2013

Laputa
Castle in the Sky
Modelers Club Exhibition, Shizuoka Hobby Show 2013

Goliath
Castle in the Sky
Modelers Club Exhibition, Shizuoka Hobby Show 2013

Tiger Moth
Castle in the Sky
Modelers Club Exhibition, Shizuoka Hobby Show 2013

1/20 Robot Soldier (Gardener version)
Castle in the Sky
Modelers Club Exhibition, Shizuoka Hobby Show 2013

Sheeta and Pazu with Robot Soldier
Castle in the Sky
Modelers Club Exhibition, Shizuoka Hobby Show 2013

Laputa
Castle in the Sky
Modelers Club Exhibition, Shizuoka Hobby Show 2013

Speed Racer Mach 5
Modelers Club Exhibition, Shizuoka Hobby Show 2013

Garamon
Ultra Q
Modelers Club Exhibition, Shizuoka Hobby Show 2013

Fishing
Modelers Club Exhibition, Shizuoka Hobby Show 2013

Going Merry
One Piece
Modelers Club Exhibition, Shizuoka Hobby Show 2013

Spinner
Blade Runner
Modelers Club Exhibition, Shizuoka Hobby Show 2013

Discovery
2001: A Space Odyssey
Modelers Club Exhibition, Shizuoka Hobby Show 2013

Porco Rosso
Modelers Club Exhibition, Shizuoka Hobby Show 2013

Porco Rosso's base
Modelers Club Exhibition, Shizuoka Hobby Show 2013

Fio Piccolo and Porco Rosso
Modelers Club Exhibition, Shizuoka Hobby Show 2013

1/750 Cardassian Galor Class Ship
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Modelers Club Exhibition, Shizuoka Hobby Show 2013

1/350 Enterprise NX-01
Modelers Club Exhibition, Shizuoka Hobby Show 2013

Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
Modelers Club Exhibition, Shizuoka Hobby Show 2013

Princess Mononoke
Modelers Club Exhibition, Shizuoka Hobby Show 2013

Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea
Modelers Club Exhibition, Shizuoka Hobby Show 2013

Catbus (Nekobasu)
My Neighbour Totoro
Modelers Club Exhibition, Shizuoka Hobby Show 2013

AT-AT
Star Wars
Modelers Club Exhibition, Shizuoka Hobby Show 2013

Jedi Gunship
Star Wars
Modelers Club Exhibition, Shizuoka Hobby Show 2013

Republic Star Destroyer
Star Wars
Modelers Club Exhibition, Shizuoka Hobby Show 2013

Trade Federation Tank
Star Wars
Modelers Club Exhibition, Shizuoka Hobby Show 2013

LAAT/c and AT-TE
Star Wars
Modelers Club Exhibition, Shizuoka Hobby Show 2013

Falco
Conan, The Boy in Future
Modelers Club Exhibition, Shizuoka Hobby Show 2013

Gigant
Conan, The Boy in Future
Modelers Club Exhibition, Shizuoka Hobby Show 2013

Fleet of Paper Craft
Modelers Club Exhibition, Shizuoka Hobby Show 2013

Thunderbird 5
Modelers Club Exhibition, Shizuoka Hobby Show 2013

The Mole
Thunderbirds Are Go
Modelers Club Exhibition, Shizuoka Hobby Show 2013

Flying Sub
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
Modelers Club Exhibition, Shizuoka Hobby Show 2013

[REVIEW] U.S.S. Defiant Plus Pack1997 AMT/ERTL #8398 (scale: 1/420)

REVIEW

The model kit is very simple and consists of a few parts. The guide lines for color painting on the body surface were different from the studio model in some respects. Some details were also omitted. However, I enjoyed color painting. It was like a watercolor canvas rather than a model kit.

Although the kit also contained a glue, a poor paint brush, and a paint pot with nine colors, I did not use them. The paint pot is compact and is equipped with the lid which can be opened and closed easily. That is very convenient to keep some acrylic paints temporarily. I wish sale of the container only.

The model kit does not contain any clear part. If you want to illuminate warp engines and main deflector, you need to purchase the clear parts of DLM (Don's Light and Magic).

I have two images for Defiant. One is a studio model and another is video image. I thought whether I could express both two images.

First, I sprayed mat white on the whole body. Second, I traced the joints of steel plates with the black pen. Third, I mixed mat colors faithfully looking at the photograph of the studio model.

However, the result differed from the expression of video. For example, the body, which appears in darkness, has metallic gray. Moreover, the blue is darker. Then, I changed the blue color scheme into the darker thing, watching video. In order to give metallic gloss, I sprayed mat white and gross silver on the whole body like fog from about 2 meters away.

Since various colors are overlapping little by little, coloring of the body is different according to the angle of light.