Hi, folks![:)]
Mr. Yoshioka of the Military Modeler’s Club of Osaka, Japan (my club!) has put together a report of “The 17th Armour Modeller’s Conference in Kansai,” held September 7th.
Here’s the link:
http://homepage1.nifty.com/lefthand/afv2003/17afv_1.html
Check out all the great stuff!
You can even see my li’l JS-II diorama. [;)]
Enjoy!
If you have any comments or questions, let me or Norio know, and we can pass 'em on to the fellas.
Okay,
I’m most certainly feeling a little behind on my modeling skills here! WOW What AWESOME WORK!![:p] Yes, inlcuding your JSII![:D]
I had to giggle at the Hisaya Takemura dio depicting the French H35 (PzKpfw 35(F)???) with the German TC and French women flocking the German soldiers… I think there was only one kind of French woman who really went after the German soldiers! LOL Spies… of course.[;)]
Anyhoo, super, super work! Shows what a lot of patience can do!
Ron.
I agree. What beautiful stuff. Such great imagination on some of those dioramas.
Definitely some good work there!!! Even the JS-II [;)] [:D]
I really like the last dio of the train station by Kaz Yoshioka!! I’d like to see some more pics of that one. He really put some work into that!
Eric
Oh yeah, Kaz is an amazing guy! His stuff is in Armour Modelling all the time. I have some beautiful closeups of that diorama that he sent me while building it. I’ll ask him if it’s OK to post a few. Ya gotta see the detail on the building! Unbelievable.
Some great workmanship on display there Brian, very nice indeed.
Thanks for keeping us posted.
Thanks for the link J-hulk. I loved the pictures.
mark956
That’s some awsome work there.
some great models there
i love the Jagdpanther with 128 fixed gun
oh and the 1 76 JS 2 Brian looks very good (it is your isnt it?)
i like the idea of an Anti Aircraft Tank Contest(or group build)
Brian are there any more photos of the last diorama the one with a kingtiger and Borgward(i think?)
Thank you all,
I am glad to see that many of you enjoyed our works.
Today,I got a proof sheet of my dio for next issue of Armour Modeling magazine,I will show you my work here soon after it is published.
The title is " Road to Beirut", the IDF T55 diorama and three pages in color.
Thank you, Brian!
A whole bunch of really amazing work ther for sure. My feelings were a little bit hurt to read that many Japanese modelers don’t like Europeans to do Samurai subjects. I’ll get over it though. You know, a Dutch/English ships navigator became Samurai a long while back. Bushido is in the person, not the race.
Back to the issue at hand, your JS-2 looked great, that diorama with the wind-blown grass really wiped me out. Such attention to detail, I’m really amazed. Keep posting this kind of thing if at all possible. I also really liked the English translations!!
Glad ya’ll like the stuff! [:)]
Madda, looking at the Japanese text, it doesn’t mean they don’t like Europeans painting Samurai figures (actually, it doesn’t mention Europeans at all in the text!), but it is just trying to express the old adage “nobody knows a subject quite like the subject itself,” and was primarily talking about capturing the uniform colors, patterns and such, not so much the philosophy of “bushido.”
I’m not sure who translated the Japanese into English (I think Mr. Yoshida did it himself, but I’m not sure!), but it’s all quite good. However, sometimes subtle nuances can get lost, or even mistakenly turned around, and I think that’s just what happened here. Gosh knows we all love a good figure, no matter who does it![:D]
Norio, I’m really looking forward to seeing your pix, too! I think you changed the diorama since I saw it last May.
I’m sure all the folks here are gonna love it!
We keep hearing about Norio’s work. Now I want to see the Master’s work. Come on Norio, you wouldn’t want an “unruly” mob here would you my friend.[:D] The masses unite and want to see it…[:D][:D][:D][:D][^]
I feel so sloppy and insignificant after seeing all that, at least it gives me something to shoot for:-)
Hi, Tim!
I am not “Master”, just an ordinary modeler.This is very first time to show my work on the magazine though I have monthly column on it. I am so excited because AM mag is very popular among Japanese military modelers,yes! same as FSM here. I am so lucky! Let me show my dio here in next month,wait a moment,please!
I’d like to tell you about my column on Armor Modeling mag, because I think you will be interested in the content. It is something like " a daily life of an old amateur modeler in Osaka" ,.
Why Osaka is so special?
Of course “Osaka” is just a name of city, but “Osaka” has some special meaning to Japanese. Mumm, my English is too simple to tell you details. Help me,J-Hulk!!
That’s some pretty detailed work J-Hulk. I really liked your JS. My compliments to you and your modelling club!
Roy
Thanks, fellas!
Didja see my post of JS-2 pix a coupla days back?
Don’t let Norio fool you: he is indeed a master!
And like all true masters, he’s modest, too!
Osaka…A great city, with great traditions, which does hold a special place in the hearts of all Japanese (and some foreigners, too!).
It’s hard to describe precisely, but Osaka and the Kansai area has a special atmosphere and attitude, considered to be very friendly, warm, and outgoing. Folks here like to have fun. The pace is slower compared to other large Japanese cities. Having spent two years living in Tokyo and 8 years in Osaka, I’d certainly vouch for that. I had a chance to return to Osaka, and I jumped at it! It’s a great place.
How’s that sound, Norio?
Ah, well, okay, my mistake then. It seems maybe I took the text a little too personally with no reguard to the vagaries of translation. I’m glad everything’s okay after all[:D][bow]
The work there was all truly excellent, once again, I’m overly impressed!
Hi, Madda![:D]
No, no, you interpreted the English just fine! The way it was worded certainly sounded as you took it, no doubt.
Makes you wonder how much of the trouble we have in the world today is due to simple little mistranslations of the nuances of words and prases, eh? Yikes!!!
These models are really great, ain’t they?
So know ya’ll know what kinda stuff I get to compare my meager efforts to on a daily basis! I’m surrounded by masters. And I’m very, very thankful for the experience. [bow]