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Bandai Best Hit Chronicle - Cup Noodle

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12 26 September 2020, 08:09
Nathan Dempsey
I was hoping someone would build this kit 🙂
26 September 2020, 08:17
Tom
I couldn't resist it, Nathan. I used to live off these, trying to cut my habit 🙂
26 September 2020, 08:18
Nathan Dempsey
Be careful entering this in a show. Someone might walk off with it.
26 September 2020, 08:26
Tom
Good point - there is at least a warning on the box not to eat it 🙂 Although maybe the concern is not so much how life-like the model looks, but how much the real ingredients look like the plastic parts... That said, I still love cup noodle 🙂
26 September 2020, 10:08
Rod -
Hehe when finished, side by side photo of kit and real noodles. Who can pick the difference? ????
26 September 2020, 11:00
Rod -
Gah, again! the ???? was an emoji.
26 September 2020, 11:00
Tom
You're on, Rod! I've got a couple on the shelf in the kitchen 🙂
26 September 2020, 12:58
Donald Dickson II
I think I am gonna actually get this one as well. LOL
26 September 2020, 13:19
Tom
Donald 👍 - consider it a tribute to pop culture 🙂
26 September 2020, 13:26
Tom
Only just started, but early signs are it is a quality kit. Detailed mouldings and the parts feel solid and sturdy.
26 September 2020, 14:34
Ben M
How did you get yours already? Mine arrives Oct 2.
26 September 2020, 14:48
Tom
I'm in Thailand, so nearer to the source, maybe 🙂 I opted for DHL delivery, they are very good this end.
26 September 2020, 15:17
Donald Dickson II
Lord help me, I just ordered it. LOL
26 September 2020, 16:21
Mike Szwarc
Pretty amazing and detailed kit. I'm still astonished that there is enough of a market for a noodle cup kit! I do admit that the complexity and quality of the moldings is drawing me to this kit.
26 September 2020, 16:46
Nathan Dempsey
I see you have it sitting on some inspiration.
26 September 2020, 18:01
Ben M
my older daughter and i are going to each build one when she comes back from her first semester at college.
26 September 2020, 23:10
Gary Kitchen
What madness is this? 😉 😛
27 September 2020, 05:52
Tom
Resistance is futile Gary! 🙂
27 September 2020, 07:21
Tom
> Donald - yes!

> Mike, the quality and detail is great, it is a really nice kit. I guess Nissin maybe put a fair amount of backing behind this, I think it is their 50th anniversary. I know it is just a cup noodle, but maybe we are underestimating it - there is a fair amount of technology and innovation behind it (I mean the whole cup noodle story, not just the kit).

> Nathan, not any more, I just had that one for lunch 👍

> Ben, enjoy the kit, it'll be a fun build for you both. The instructions are 8 pages - there is a bit of nice background info in there, I won't post spoilers (actually I did post one). It is great quality and goes together well, but it is not simplistic. There are some details to look out for, and there are a couple of stickers that are basically just 1mm dots 🙂
27 September 2020, 07:30
Łukasz Gliński
Curiously waiting for the weathering phase 😄
27 September 2020, 12:45
Tom
Didn't think I'd ever say this, Łukasz, but I am thinking about ways of weathering the shrimps and the mystery meat... 🙂
27 September 2020, 14:05
Tom
The "ingredients" come off the runners looking a bit shiny, so gave them a once-over with Tamiya clear flat (TS-80). I think it helps quite a lot (photo 36). The egg parts look quite realistic, and the mystery meat looks better, but it is still a little way from actual. Actual mystery meat contains soya, so it looks a bit more spongy and lighter in colour.

The shrimps are interesting, they get their own stickers in the kit. I thought these would be a nightmare to apply but they are not. The stickers are very thin, and can be moulded well around the shrimps. I applied a bit of hair-dryer heat as well, then Tamiya clear flat. Photo 37 shows the original shrimp off the runner (left), shrimp with sticker (middle), and shrimp with sticker and clear flat (right). I think the fully finished one on the right even looks slightly edible. However, it is certainly bigger than any shrimp found in a real cup noodle 🙂
1 October 2020, 00:59
Nathan Dempsey
That's impressive Tom, especially the shrimp!
1 October 2020, 01:08
Tom
Thanks Nathan 👍 I'm busy thinking how to achieve a dusty look - the ingredients tend to pick up the powdered flavouring.
1 October 2020, 01:59
Bob Hall
All I can say is !

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1 October 2020, 02:56
Tom
Bob - it combines 2 favourite things: model making and eating. I've opened a lot of cup noodles for research... Win-win 🙂
1 October 2020, 03:20
Bob Hall
Whats next ? Revell Ramen (shrimp weathered) ! LOL !!!!!!!!!!!
1 October 2020, 04:21
playtime 222
Go to Akihabra in Tokyo. There's a whole industry around modelling food for restaurant windows.
1 October 2020, 12:06
Donald Dickson II
I was wondering how I was gonna achieve that look on the shrimp. Dont have to worry it seems. LOL
1 October 2020, 19:45
Ben M
Mine was supposed to arrive today, but I got a note from Amazon saying they cancelled my order due to it being out of stock. I ordered it months ago 🙁
2 October 2020, 15:55
Donald Dickson II
Ben, I just had to approve the delay on my order. There is clearly a high demand for it.
3 October 2020, 00:31
Tom
Ben, Donald - sorry to hear that guys 🙁

I got mine from Hobby Link Japan. I just checked the site and they have stock:
hlj.com/1-1-scale-be..up-noodles-bans60591
I suppose the delivery costs will be higher, but HLJ is a great store, always a good source for Japanese products.
3 October 2020, 05:26
Tom
Ben, Donald, Nathan, Łukasz - the bar has been raised! >>> twitter.com/cupnoodl../1306775010112012290
Golden Cup Noodle 1:1 kit... golden!
Unfortunately not for sale, and only available via a promotion to residents in Japan. And I think it is already over. 🙁
Edit: And I think there were only 50 made.
6 January 2021, 02:34
Nathan Dempsey
Golden noodles! Mmmmm
6 January 2021, 03:43
Jan Peters
This must be one of the strangest kits I've ever seen
6 January 2021, 05:33
Łukasz Gliński
Pure madness, but at least the builder doesn't have to worry about realistic colours and weathering 😄
50 only? That might be better investment than the Bitcoin😉
6 January 2021, 08:28
Brandon H
I don't know why this kit exists but I'm so glad it does 🙂 nice work!
6 January 2021, 11:55
Tom
Łukasz, not quite, but still eye-watering - how about $1,099 on eBay!! 😄

Edit: free international shipping tho
7 January 2021, 08:47
Tom
Nathan, the images of the golden noodles don't look so great tbh. So even though I really want one, I don't mind not having one. And I think my life would be over if I spent a grand on a kit 😄
Jan, Brandon, I guess it is pretty strange, but you summed it up perfectly, Brandon 👍
7 January 2021, 08:53
Tini Hendriks
Very very awkward ?, but I love it ???
30 March 2021, 08:37
Alexander Grivonev
The Japanese are a very fascinating people 😄
30 March 2021, 08:48
Tini Hendriks
$29,50 and a Humbrol jar with gold paint would do the trick for me as well ?(no offending)
30 March 2021, 10:18
Tom
Tini, Alexander, the golden version is not on ebay anymore, so either someone paid a grand for it or the lucky and undeserving owner still has it. Plenty of standard kits on there though, get one while you can 😄
30 March 2021, 14:20

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