Kowloon Castle : Noboru Tachikawa Painted fabric finished HO(1:87)
Shin Tachikawa Pre-painted HO (1/87) Size
Kowloon Citadel, Hong Kong's Den of Evil
Size (including case): approx. 370mm (W) x 160mm (D) x 320mm (H)
Note: Acrylic case included.
This work was featured in the monthly railway model magazine "RM Models No.286".
Information edit: Sakatsu Gallery
It was the most densely populated place in the world, with 50,000 people living on land smaller than the Tokyo Dome in housing complexes built by refugees and others on their own initiative since the 1960s.
It was a place of lawlessness due to poor sanitation and high levels of crime, but has now been demolished and turned into a park.
The building frame is made of cinnamon veneer or wooden sheets. The entire building was first sprayed in a dark grey, then the shaded areas under the eaves were masked off and sprayed in a lighter concrete colour. This gives the building depth and definition.
The security fence is soldered with 0.4 mm copper wire. The laundry is made of 0.1mm thick lead sheet (bought at Home Depot) painted with a thin water-based white paint to give it a worn look. On the rooftop there were many barracks, roof top slums, which are not possible today, so I dug lines with an iron brush into a 1mm thick sheet to represent tin roofs etc.
The tramcar is made from plastic bags.
Other works by Shin Tachikawa
Kowloon Citadel, Hong Kong's Den of Evil
Size (including case): approx. 370mm (W) x 160mm (D) x 320mm (H)
Note: Acrylic case included.
This work was featured in the monthly railway model magazine "RM Models No.286".
Information edit: Sakatsu Gallery
It was the most densely populated place in the world, with 50,000 people living on land smaller than the Tokyo Dome in housing complexes built by refugees and others on their own initiative since the 1960s.
It was a place of lawlessness due to poor sanitation and high levels of crime, but has now been demolished and turned into a park.
The building frame is made of cinnamon veneer or wooden sheets. The entire building was first sprayed in a dark grey, then the shaded areas under the eaves were masked off and sprayed in a lighter concrete colour. This gives the building depth and definition.
The security fence is soldered with 0.4 mm copper wire. The laundry is made of 0.1mm thick lead sheet (bought at Home Depot) painted with a thin water-based white paint to give it a worn look. On the rooftop there were many barracks, roof top slums, which are not possible today, so I dug lines with an iron brush into a 1mm thick sheet to represent tin roofs etc.
The tramcar is made from plastic bags.
Other works by Shin Tachikawa
