Yes folks I’ve been to Volks model shop in Kyoto. It’s unexpectedly hot here in Japan for autumn with 30 plus days the norm. I caught an Uber to the shop as it’s a bit off the beaten track.

What follows is lots of photos. I’ve got to say it’s the first model shop I’ve ever been to with two real aircraft engines and props from a 109 and a 190.

Inside is fairly heavy on being like a model show along the walls with lots of finished works on display.

Being Japanese there is an element of some fetishist figure hobbies which I’ll skip over with the other extreme being costumes for sale like this penguin one.

There were a lot of modelling tools for sale including the following – I’ll be picking up sone of the faux Tamiya tape when I get to Tokyo.

The Tamiya glue was interesting as I’ve never seen it in Australia or sone of their other tools.

Next up is some of the display models

Size wise the store is broken up into two halves connected by a small corridor with the more serious models and trains in the back half and the tools etc in the front.

Most of the kits were Japanese with a thin sprinkling of European kits but nothing unusual I had to have.

I did pick up some thin masking tape, some guns for my SWS 1.48 Shinden and a model magazine and that was it. I hope to get more in Tokyo at the end.

I left there and on the way back discovered the Kyoto Train Museum so had a pleasant time before walking home after 14,000 steps. Glad I got the Uber one way at least.

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