J-Hulk's Gifu Castle (pix)

J-Hulk

Member since
February 2003
From: Tochigi, Japan

J-Hulk's Gifu Castle (pix)

Posted by J-Hulk on Sunday, February 8, 2004 10:25 AM

More scanning madness from my old photos!
Here are 2 pix of Doyusha's 1/350 Gifu-jo (Gifu Castle) I built back in 1995 for the Japanese Language Department at the University of Georgia.
Wonder if it's still there...

It's the first and only castle model I've ever built, but ever since then I've been wanting to do another. Nice kit, easy build.

Anyone else out there building Japanese castles?

Here are the pix, lemme know what you think!

I noticed after scanning that these pix are pretty scratched up.
Will an application of Future fix pictures, too? Wink [;)]

~Brian

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mark956

Member since
February 2003
From: USA

Posted by mark956 on Sunday, February 8, 2004 10:30 AM

Excellent looking Castle J-Hulk. Thanks for sharing.
mark956

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lizardqing

Member since
July 2003
From: Dahlonega, Georgia

Posted by lizardqing on Sunday, February 8, 2004 10:46 AM

Thats nice Brian. I've always wanted to build a scaled down european castle. Maybe you should refer to Swanny's guide about fixing the pics, I'm sure it has to be one of the 10,000 uses of Future. Thanks for putting those up.

Chris The Scale Firehouse The Lizard's Workshop

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maffen

Member since
September 2003

Posted by maffen on Sunday, February 8, 2004 11:59 AM

that a beauty j-hulk , i never seen a real one Disapprove [V]

but i think i just seen one from you Big Smile [:D]

thanks for let us taking a look , your the best

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shermanfreak

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January 2003

Posted by shermanfreak on Sunday, February 8, 2004 12:00 PM

Very nice Brian. Certainly is a change from the norm around here.

A pleasure to see !!!

Happy Modelling and God Bless Robert

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, February 8, 2004 4:31 PM

Excellent work Brian! A nice change from the battle scenes. What did you build this out of? And don't say Future! Laugh [(-D]

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, February 8, 2004 5:38 PM

Great work on the castle. 1/350 scale. Too small for me to build

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Dwight Ta-ala

Member since
July 2003
From: Philippines

Posted by Dwight Ta-ala on Sunday, February 8, 2004 6:18 PM

Hey, J-Hulk that's a great one. Looks real. And it looks even smaller that a bonsai. Those Japanese Castles are really wonderful. I have lots of pictures with the one in Tokyo which I took the last time I was there. The "angled gate entrances" is really a smart idea agains battering rams. But the guardhouses for the shogun guys near the gate is a bit funny because the ceiling is too low. (The tour guid said it is because Japanse people back then are very small.) You post really brings back some memories.

But wait! Where's Godzilla? LOL.

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, February 8, 2004 9:47 PM

Love it J-Hulk. Do you have it on display? How big is it?

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, February 8, 2004 9:48 PM

Oh. After a re-read, it is obviously on display. Sorry.

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Keyworth

Member since
January 2003
From: NE Georgia

Posted by Keyworth on Sunday, February 8, 2004 10:33 PM

I wondered who built that. Brian, it's still there, although not as prominently as before. Good work. You captured the essence of Japanese castles with this one. Nicely done.

"There's no problem that can't be solved with a suitable application of high explosives"

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, February 8, 2004 11:28 PM

Thanks for the pics, nice to see different works. Great job.

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Buddho

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March 2003
From: Newport News VA

Posted by Buddho on Sunday, February 8, 2004 11:33 PM

Excellent castle...J-Hulk

Regards, Dan

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Monday, February 9, 2004 3:59 AM

that looks amazing!!!

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djmodels1999

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December 2002
From: United Kingdom / Belgium

Posted by djmodels1999 on Monday, February 9, 2004 6:10 AM

That's very cute!

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J-Hulk

Member since
February 2003
From: Tochigi, Japan

Posted by J-Hulk on Monday, February 9, 2004 6:48 AM

Thanks, folks!
Cute? Cute?!? Big Smile [:D]

Well, yeah, I guess it is...it is actually one of the smaller castles in Japan, set high atop a mountain in Gifu Prefecture. You can see it as you pass Gifu Station on the Shinkansen (bullet train). The model is about 10 inches high.

Dwight, do you remember which castle you saw? I didn't see any castles when I lived in Tokyo (I know there's gotta be some around there, though!). We have a huge one here in Osaka. Looks great from the outside, but it was rebuilt in the 1950's, so the inside is quite modern (it has an elevator!). I went to Himeji Castle this past weekend, and it is truly amazing. It's huge, and all original. If I do another castle model, it's gonna be Himeji Castle!

Hey, should we get a castle group build going? Big Smile [:D]

~Brian

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cassibill

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February 2003
From: Indiana, USA

Posted by cassibill on Monday, February 9, 2004 2:45 PM

Nice Brian. Something different is always welcome.

cdw My life flashes before my eyes and it mostly my life flashing before my eyes!!! Big Smile The 1/144 scale census and message board: http://144scalelist.freewebpage.org/index.html

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erush

Member since
May 2003
From: USA, GA

Posted by erush on Monday, February 9, 2004 2:51 PM

That's cool Brian! They scanned pretty good, but I wouldn't future the photos!! lol, I bet it would work but if they ever got flexed the future would shatter!

Eric

Hi, I'm Eric and I'm a Modelholic too. I think I have PE poisioning.

"Friendly fire...isn't"

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SNOOPY

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December 2002

Posted by SNOOPY on Monday, February 9, 2004 4:20 PM

Very nice castle J-HULK! I'd be up for a castle group build. Was this a kit or a scratchbuild? I think I saw some Japanese castle kits in the Walthers Trains Catalog. Unsure why, it that was the place. I know I have seen them some where before. I have always loved the Japanese culture (midevil time periods). I have been trying to learn Japanese but I cannot seem to find a college close by that teaches it unless I pay with blood. Some day I would like to visit but since I am not in the near future I wouldn't mind building a castle.

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, February 10, 2004 12:54 AM

That is awesome!!! so that's what happens when one models, instead of posting, eh?! I'll have to get on that!! LOL

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J-Hulk

Member since
February 2003
From: Tochigi, Japan

Posted by J-Hulk on Tuesday, February 10, 2004 5:15 AM

Well, I built that one nine years ago, WAAAAY before I had a computer!

Snoops, I wish I could say I scratchbuilt this model, but it was in fact the 1/350 Doyusha kit. I just built it straight OOB. Very nice kit!

~Brian

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M1abramsRules

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June 2003

Posted by M1abramsRules on Tuesday, February 10, 2004 11:09 AM

thats awesome brian!!!

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SNOOPY

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December 2002

Posted by SNOOPY on Tuesday, February 10, 2004 11:18 AM

J-HULK - I went looking for some kits on the web yesterday and found one place that had five of the Japanese Castles as kits. They were very reasonable. The one thing a little odd was that out of all the Japanese sites I have visited, this one actually had the price in dollars. I think they were all close to $40.00. I could be mistaken since I did not stay there long.

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, February 10, 2004 4:44 PM

COOOOL

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J-Hulk

Member since
February 2003
From: Tochigi, Japan

Posted by J-Hulk on Wednesday, February 11, 2004 6:20 AM

Thanks, guys!

Snoops, sounds kinda expensive, but as exports, that may be the going rate.
Haven't priced 'em in a while, though.

~Brian

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