Tokyo Tower - detailed version - UHU - scale 1:400

[Philip]

What you have come up with so far is just wonderful, Ruben.

[elliott]

Delicate and lacy effects. I think your photography is great and your skill and impeccable workmanship are gonna make this a model to be proud of indeed.

[romanmodels]

good work Ruben

[Rubenandres77]

Some real life have come in the way of modelling.
But I'm still advancing in the tower.


The basic structure of "Foot Town", as the building under the tower is known, has been finished.




It looks simple, but it is not.


Far from it.

The 4-walled structure with the layered windows totals 1206 cuts.
And I have not even added the structures on top, or the other details.







The texture is wonderful. UHU included the tiles of the facade.

By the way, this model represents the tower as it was in the early times,
when the building was beige and blue. Today it is brown.








Oh yes, handrails are counted among the 1206 cuts.

Tiny, tiny handrails.







Thanks for reading, and for your kind comments.
Until next time!








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[Vinalssergio155]

Your blades have an arduous job in this tower. And I complain when I cut the links of a caterpillar, I feel embarrassed. Ruben, looks great.

[ricomon35]

Build looks like it's going very well. Soooooo much detail, I love it !

Reminds me of my German Nuke plant model I've yet to attempt.

I tried looking at the PDFs for this kit, VERY large size. Is this due to the texture detail? 1st page was 54mbs !


Ricardo

[Rubenandres77]

Originally Posted by ricomon35

Build looks like it's going very well. Soooooo much detail, I love it !

Reminds me of my German Nuke plant model I've yet to attempt.

I tried looking at the PDFs for this kit, VERY large size. Is this due to the texture detail? 1st page was 54mbs !


Ricardo

Thanks for your words.


Yes, the amount of detail in the graphics is huge. Every single rivet is represented at scale, literally.

[Rubenandres77]

Foot Town is finished.


It's got a lot of small parts.

I really wonder why UHU decided not to include enough tabs to hold the
roofs of the small structures.

Actually he included none. Just one tab to hold the walls vertically.
Looks like he wanted all the roofs to be edge-glued.

But that's risky, as those small rooms are big enough to collapse without
internal reinforcement.

Or it may have been a mistake, maybe he just forgot to add those tabs.
In any case, you will need to improvise all the tabs for the roofs, and to
glue the substructures to the floor.






This structure is wonderful, and a forerunner of what will come later in the construction.


Stairs. Cleverly designed.
But lots of small cuts.



The porch roofs and their columns will not be glued until a later stage, but they're done.
By the time being, the front porch lacks two of the front columns because I'll need to
carefully measure them to adjust to the changes I made in the surrounding terrain.








View from the rear:



Some of the work made on the stairs gets lost when the outside cover is
put in place. But when looking carefully, or using macro in the photos,
some detail can be seen. So it is worth to do it.
And remember: the devil's in the details.





And a view from the front.

The support structures of the two round water tanks is quite delicate.
Cuts are less than 1mm width.





Now that the base is mostly finished (but for a few small details) I'll go back now
to the main structure of the tower.



At this point, 7.045 cuts have been made including the base and the tower.



Thanks for reading!!

[lorenzomartinez07]

Amazing work, but most impressive is how you managed to count every single cut, i´m not sure which one is more time consuming, if cutting or counting, it looks really outstanding!

[57townsman]

Absolutely stunning! Here’s a suggestion for the porch posts. Cut out the locations for the two legs, then they can pass through the pavement layer without having to cut them to length. Just a thought, keep up the amazing work!