Japanese Billy building kits

[Allu]

Just came back from a holiday in Japan, where I stumbled on some very interesting building kits, which are made by a japanese company "Billy Handmade Dollhouse kits", this is their website (activate your browsers translator): https://www.billy-doll.co.jp/view/category/ct2
The manufacturer informs most of their buildings are to scale 1:20 so falls into interest of our hobby. Some of the detailing parts coming with their kits are larger though, probably 1:12.
Few of the kits are based on real prototypes, including 2 different station buildings. The kits themselves are more like "material in a bag" with building instructions in japanese so I suppose they are not the easiast kits to build
Anyway, I purchased one kit and intend to build it up soon, I will update here my findings. Anybody interested in these kits have a look at eBay, Amazon or Rakuten, they seem to sell and ship them overseas.

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[StuartJ]

Interesting! Please let us know how you get on with the kit

[Allu]

Opened up the kit, all component groups were wrapped tidily in plastic. The bicycle is all metal which was a surprise. Two different kind od paints are included and also a lighting kit.
Here is what you get:

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And here are the instructions:

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[Allu]

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The main pieces are particle board and the wall sections have to be scribed for a board imitation.

[Allu]

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WIP. I decided to bash it a bit and will do a fast food kiosk out of it. Originally the kit is intended to be built as a newspaper stand.

[Allu]

Now finished and placed into position to serve hungry customers. I used the paint and stains which came with the kit. Overall a good kit and a bit different one to build. I bashed it a bit and scrathbuild the food serving desk. As it will sit always outside and it is made of delicate materials (fibreboard, carton, paper) I gave it a heavy coating of polyurethane varnish overall.

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[philipy]

That looks good Allu, as you say it makes up nicely. I'm a bit surprised that you intend to leave it outside permanently, especially with your winters, so will be interested to see how it weathers.

[Allu]

That looks good Allu, as you say it makes up nicely. I'm a bit surprised that you intend to leave it outside permanently, especially with your winters, so will be interested to see how it weathers.

Yes, the kit was cheap though as i bought it in Japan, so not a heavy loss if it disintegrates. On the other hand, my "outside" is not so harsh as it is my glazed balcony.