Good day brick fans! Today's blog post goes out to all you Initial D manga and anime fans. I hope you like my highly modified Japanese themed Fujiwara Tofu not Lego shop that I made from the Cada C61033W scenic diorama set.
Cada recently held a contest on their Facebook page and I won the gift pack which includes both the Tofu shop facade and the Initial D C55018W Toyota Trueno AE86 car. I made some changes to the AE86 which I reviewed in my blog post:
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In this blog post, I will review the process of transforming the Tofu shop small diorama scene into a complete modular building. However, I must note that Cada offers a Lego style modular version of the Fujiwara Tofu shop (set number C61031W) that I highly recommend purchasing to save significant time and effort. This set includes 1908 pieces and features a complete interior on both floors, which my own creation currently lacks.
My decision to build the modular Tofu shop from scratch was based on the fact that I already possessed the building's front portion. With this in mind, I wanted to test if I could fashion the rest of the building using my collection of non-Lego bricks.
To construct my own modular building, I first had to decrease the width of the front facade from its original 20 studs to 16 studs. Then, I had to locate all the necessary bricks for the side walls, back wall, floors, and roof, as well as acquire windows, railings, sidewalk tiles, and other accessories for the building's exterior.
While I managed to retain the front windows and doors, I had to downsize the awning. The Tofu shop's name, which is displayed on the awning, is a large sticker that spans the entire width of the shop. I have not yet affixed the sticker as I am trying to determine the best way to do so while achieving a pleasing Japanese themed aesthetic result.
From the above picture, you can see the entire length of the newly modified Tofu shop. The box-like roof structure has been extended further back and a new sloped roof has been added to replicate what I've seen in pictures.
I added two sets of windows on the second floor and two smaller windows at the rear of the main floor, one on the side wall and one on the rear wall.
I included three portable wall mounted A/C units, which the original tofu shop doesn't have. Don't mind the shitty bricks that form the roof back wall, I ran out of bricks. :(
More windows here too.
This is one of the plainer wall surfaces. Luckily, I have all these beige masonry bricks to serve as accents on the otherwise plain walls.
Coming around the front again, I stole the utility pole from the Cada Japanese Bun shop which looks a lot nicer than the one that comes with Cada's full modular version of the Tofu shop. Wires from the utility pole attach directly to the shop.
The tree is one I borrowed from the Funwhole Wood Cabin set. I was going to make a tree but this one looked pretty good, so maybe I will copy it again one day to replace the Funwhole tree.
The back fence is my own creation, which I copied from the rooftop box structure.
My modified AE86 sits on the attached parking pad. I also added some extra bins and boards to my setup.
These minifigures are supposed to represent Takumi Fujiwara and his dad Bunta Fujiwara. What do you think, yes or no?
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Initial D Fujiwara Tofu Shop Modular Building C61031W
Well, that's all for now. Please let me know in the comments what you think of my version of the Lego compatible Fujiwara Tofu shop. Did I miss anything important that needs to be added or changed?
Thanks for looking! Bye!
