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Building Tamiya Fairey Swordfish Mk.II 1/48 — Part 4: Camouflage & Decals [JP]
Building HS442 “L” of 811 NAS / HMS Biter, 1943. This installment covers the upper-surface camouflage, markings, and custom decals.
299 MODEL WORKS / ISSUE 001CREATED BY 299 WORKSHOP CHIEF
MODEL MAKING / TOOLS / AI / 3D
Build models.Build tools, too.
Not just finished models — the process, failures, tests,
and the tools that grow out of the work.
MODEL MAKING / TOOLS / RECORDS
MODEL MAKING299 TOOLSPAINT REFERENCEBLENDER3D PRINTINGAI EXPERIMENT
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Research — London Bus RML2273: Routemaster, Route 76 & Advertising [JP]
Revisiting Revell's 1/24 London bus to research RML2273: Route 76 to Victoria, its red body color, advertising history, and later retirement.
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Building Tamiya Austin Mini Cooper 1275S Mk.I 1/24 — Part 4: Chassis 02 / Tires 01 [JP]
Converting the Mini to 970S specification while continuing the chassis work and creating period-proportioned tires with Tripo and Blender, comparing them with the kit parts.
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Research — Avro Lancaster ED905 / BQ-F: The 100th Sortie [JP]
Researching ED905 / BQ-F as flown on its 100th operational sortie on November 2, 1944, using aircraft photos and squadron records to examine the propellers, H2S fit, and bomb load.
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AI Original Figure — 299 Black Cat Racer 1/12 — Part 7: Gallery [JP]
A gallery of the AI-created 1/12 299 Black Cat Racer, photographed with the completed Suzuki GSX-RR '20 and showing the custom decals and final finish.
FEATURED
What represents this workshop today.
01 — 2026
299 TOOLS / WEB APP
Model paint,
beyond color matching.
With Finisher’s added, search model paints by approximate color, use, color standards, legacy codes, and more. A model-paint reference database covering 2,296 colors from seven makers.
PAINTS2,296
MAKERS7
KITS45
REFERENCES953
TOOLS
Build tools from the problems
that slow the work down.
BLENDER / CALCULATOR / GPT
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BLENDER ADD-ONS
299 Tools for Blender
Seven Blender helpers for figure-scale adjustment, simple pose changes, automatic segmentation, surface bridging, freehand cutting, backface inspection, and clearance booleans.
OPEN GUIDE02
CALCULATION TOOL
299 Chain Builder
Calculate sprockets, center distance, and chain-link count to support CAD drawing and printable model parts.
OPEN TOOL ↗03
THE TOOL BEHIND THE TOOLS
Making with GPT
Turning rough ideas into usable tools through conversation, testing, iteration, and practical model-making feedback.
OPEN GUIDEMAKE
Selected finished work.
SELECTED WORKS / 5
Honda NSR500 ’84
A representative motorcycle build and a starting point for the MAKE section. BUILD LOG [JP]
BIKER GIRL & Ninja ZX-10R
A figure and motorcycle presented as one finished display piece. BUILD LOG [JP]
Lockheed Vega 5C
A quiet aircraft display built around the silver airframe and wood-grain base. BUILD LOG [JP]
Panzer IV Ausf. H (D conversion)
A 1/12 Hachette Panzer IV project being converted to a Girls und Panzer-inspired specification. Work in progress. BUILD LOG [JP]
Mobitec EV-01Z
A 3D-printed kit presented as a finished scale-model build. BUILD LOG [JP]
MORE FINISHED WORKS
These are only a few of the finished builds.
More finished models and gallery posts are collected in the Japanese build log.
SEE MORE BUILDS [JP]JOURNAL / 6 THEMES
Follow the build records,theme by theme.
Related posts are grouped by project so the process is easier to follow from the beginning. Detailed build-log articles are currently in Japanese.
01SERIES / 6 ARTICLESBuilding the 299 Black Cat Racer 1/12
From character design and AI-assisted 3D generation to Blender edits, resin printing, painting, custom decals, and the finished helmet — a six-part 1/12 racing figure build.
Building the 299 Black Cat Racer 1/12
From character design and AI-assisted 3D generation to Blender edits, resin printing, painting, custom decals, and the finished helmet — a six-part 1/12 racing figure build.
02SERIES / 7 ARTICLESFinishing a Marui Porsche 935-77
Opening the vintage motorized kit, body corrections, custom parts, interior, decals, final assembly, and gallery.
Finishing a Marui Porsche 935-77
Opening the vintage motorized kit, body corrections, custom parts, interior, decals, final assembly, and gallery.
03DEVELOPMENT / 8 ARTICLES299 Paint Finder Development
From the original 189-paint release to 2,296 colors across seven makers. In addition to finding paints from images, it can now search by use, paint name, color standards, legacy paints, and more, with Japanese / English display support.
299 Paint Finder Development
From the original 189-paint release to 2,296 colors across seven makers. In addition to finding paints from images, it can now search by use, paint name, color standards, legacy paints, and more, with Japanese / English display support.
00READ PAINT FINDER GUIDE→01FIRST RELEASE [JP] ↗↗02v0.2.6 — 746 COLORS [JP] ↗↗03v0.2.8 — VALLEJO [JP] ↗↗04v0.2.9 — AMMO [JP] ↗↗05v0.5.1 — BEYOND COLOR MATCHING [JP] ↗↗06v0.6.3 — AK / 2,194 COLORS [JP] ↗↗07v0.6.4 — ENGLISH UI & SEARCH [JP] ↗↗08v0.6.5 — FINISHER’S / 2,296 COLORS [JP] ↗↗TOOLOPEN 299 PAINT FINDER ↗↗
04GUIDE / 3 LINKSBuilding a Custom Ninja ZX-10R Exhaust
CAD design from real-bike references, roughly ten prototypes, and heat-stain painting for a 1/9 model exhaust.
Building a Custom Ninja ZX-10R Exhaust
CAD design from real-bike references, roughly ten prototypes, and heat-stain painting for a 1/9 model exhaust.
05GUIDE / 4 LINKSBuilding a GSX-RR Chain from Scratch
Pitch, tooth count, center distance, and link-count calculations that eventually became 299 Chain Builder.
Building a GSX-RR Chain from Scratch
Pitch, tooth count, center distance, and link-count calculations that eventually became 299 Chain Builder.
06SERIES / 8 ARTICLESFinishing a Union Ferrari 512S
Eight posts covering body corrections, paint, decals, engine, rear assembly, completion, and gallery for a difficult vintage kit.
Finishing a Union Ferrari 512S
Eight posts covering body corrections, paint, decals, engine, rear assembly, completion, and gallery for a difficult vintage kit.
ABOUT THE MAKER
One hobby led to
more things to build.
Scale models, figures, and small tools that make the work easier. This site collects what I build and the records behind it.
AI, Blender, and 3D printers are simply tools I use when they help. Repeated problems gradually become small web tools or Blender add-ons.