All Posts by  J Train Freak

I decided to make a photo studio for shooting figures and other small subjects. I had made one from an old carboard box when I was playing with ebay auctions a couple fo years ago. I wanted something better and decided to make a new studio. This t...

Hobby Link Japan is having reverse sale right now: www.hlj.com They've raised their price 2%. But if you buy your loot from them now they will donate 4% to the Tsunami relief. So you share in providing some help for the tsunami victims and get you...

I like trains. Last Year my Nikon D40 and I had an awesome year, both in my neighborhood and in Japan. Especially train pics, though I got a bunch of other stuff too. Here's the show I gave for my National Railway Historical Society chapter meetin...

Just saw this: http://www.cnngo.com/tokyo/visit/how-shoot-tokyo-48-hours-988332 I thought to myself, I can do better than this. So I'm posting some pics from my Japan trip last October with Pop Japan Travel. Shinagawa, Harajuku, Akihabara, Tokyo To...

My friend, Mark's basement functions as our unofficial anime club's meeting room. Mark does professional videography and had a theatre size TV and sound system with full surround sound. Mark is an old time radio guy and superb audio engineer and the...

The other day Danny mentioned opening a fab store in Akihabara. That's a very good idea. There are a lot of creative people going in and out of there as potential customers and all too frequently when you are inventing quite frequently you can't jus...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5gCeWEGiQI Just about anything happens on the IRT And here's how it was done: http://improveverywhere.com/2010/07/14/star-wars-subway-car/

A friend of mine and I went out shooting this train last week with his movie grade video cameras. video and sound came out great. I've haven't actually shot video since high school- along time ago. This was fun.

Because Danny asked for it I made this post for the Tokyo Japan Times site. I would encourage people with Tokyo pics to post and liven the site up. Otherwise it's just becoming ads for the normal people can't afford. http://tokyo.japantimes.co.jp/...

When I was small I wanted to go into space. I wanted so hard it hurt. As I grew up I was one of the biggest space boosters around. I read science fiction mags like Galaxy and Analog. I read Heinlein, Asimov, Anderson and Pournelle. I joined the...

Maybe the ultimate D&D room. From makezine. Picture from the article.: http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2010/03/ultimate_dd_room.html

I'm starting to plan my next Japan trip and thought I would post some of the links I have found concerning going to Tokyo. My dream tour would be a figure tour with a visit to either the Max Factory of Good smile offices along with the guided Akihab...

A Japanese TV show looking a NYC http://www.vimeo.com/5033585 This episode looks at nerd in NY The pic is Times sq, but I couldn't find an DUMBO pics.

Trouble for the anime industry? Here's an intresting article from saturday's Wall Street Journal: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703819904574551834260925714.html I suppose that none of this comes as much of a surprise to anybody who ha...

Just my loot from the NY Animefest yesterday: 1 figure, Kotobukiya's Black Widow 2 busts Kotobukiya's Niniane and Mirei san Geshikan complete series Geshikan series 2 vol 1 Full metal panic, the second raid complete series Dominion tank police Burst...

Here's my loot from my Japan trip. Not a lot, as I spent most of my time doing stuff and not shopping. Some garage kits from Chara Hobby, A couple of books and soundtrack CD from the Ghibli Museum. Some figures and a couple of GKs from Max Factor...