Bandai Best Hit Chronicle - Cup Noodle

Nathan Dempsey
I was hoping someone would build this kit 🙂

Tom Autor
I couldn't resist it, Nathan. I used to live off these, trying to cut my habit 🙂

Nathan Dempsey
Be careful entering this in a show. Someone might walk off with it.

Tom Autor
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 🙂

Rod -
Hehe when finished, side by side photo of kit and real noodles. Who can pick the difference? ????

Rod -
Gah, again! the ???? was an emoji.

Tom Autor
You're on, Rod! I've got a couple on the shelf in the kitchen 🙂

Donald Dickson II
I think I am gonna actually get this one as well. LOL

Tom Autor
Donald 👍 - consider it a tribute to pop culture 🙂

Tom Autor
Only just started, but early signs are it is a quality kit. Detailed mouldings and the parts feel solid and sturdy.

Ben M
How did you get yours already? Mine arrives Oct 2.

Tom Autor
I'm in Thailand, so nearer to the source, maybe 🙂 I opted for DHL delivery, they are very good this end.

Donald Dickson II
Lord help me, I just ordered it. LOL

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.

Nathan Dempsey
I see you have it sitting on some inspiration.

Ben M
my older daughter and i are going to each build one when she comes back from her first semester at college.

Gary Kitchen
What madness is this? 😉 😛

Tom Autor
Resistance is futile Gary! 🙂

Tom Autor
> 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 🙂

Łukasz Gliński
Curiously waiting for the weathering phase 😄

Tom Autor
Didn't think I'd ever say this, Łukasz, but I am thinking about ways of weathering the shrimps and the mystery meat... 🙂

Tom Autor
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 🙂

Nathan Dempsey
That's impressive Tom, especially the shrimp!

Tom Autor
Thanks Nathan 👍 I'm busy thinking how to achieve a dusty look - the ingredients tend to pick up the powdered flavouring.

Bob Hall
All I can say is !

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Tom Autor
Bob - it combines 2 favourite things: model making and eating. I've opened a lot of cup noodles for research... Win-win 🙂

Bob Hall
Whats next ? Revell Ramen (shrimp weathered) ! LOL !!!!!!!!!!!

playtime 222
Go to Akihabra in Tokyo. There's a whole industry around modelling food for restaurant windows.

Donald Dickson II
I was wondering how I was gonna achieve that look on the shrimp. Dont have to worry it seems. LOL

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 🙁

Donald Dickson II
Ben, I just had to approve the delay on my order. There is clearly a high demand for it.

Tom Autor
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.

Tom Autor
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.

Nathan Dempsey
Golden noodles! Mmmmm

Jan Peters
This must be one of the strangest kits I've ever seen

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😉

Brandon H
I don't know why this kit exists but I'm so glad it does 🙂 nice work!

Tom Autor
Łukasz, not quite, but still eye-watering - how about $1,099 on eBay!! 😄

Edit: free international shipping tho

Tom Autor
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 👍

Teeage
Very very awkward ?, but I love it ???

Alexander Grivonev
The Japanese are a very fascinating people 😄

Teeage
$29,50 and a Humbrol jar with gold paint would do the trick for me as well ?(no offending)

Tom Autor
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 😄