[Carlos Kyamo] Hosomi 1/7 scale
This is a garage kit of a Girls und Panzer character Hosomi. If you have watched only anime version of GuP, you are unlikely aware of this character.
Hosomi is a gunner of Chi Ha Tan type 97 which Nishi Kinuyo commands. She makes no appearance in the TV show and makes a few appearances in the movies. Where she does appear a lot is GuP official 4 strip web comic as a comic relief character.
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As you may notice, her signature is how she rolls her hair like a pair of lollipops or hurricane. She has been seen a few times with her hair rolled down which makes her really unrecognizable.
Her height is unknown. Her hair color is brown and her eyes are dark green.
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This kit is by Carlos Kyamo. It’s not a name of a circle. It’s a name of a guy. He has a twitter @carlos_kyamo.
He looks to be a modeler that does a lot of things. Well, let’s check on the kit.
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Generally speaking, the rein quality is okay. The torso has some air bubbles and a small broken part on back, but the broken part may have been caused later. Air bubbles themselves are embedded under surface, so those don’t actually worsen overall quality.
Overall, I give 7 out of 10 for resin part quality.
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The kit does not come with its own eye decals. The instruction paper has no mention of eye decals, so I assume it was never included to begin with.
The eye decals you see up there is from Bronze circus Ogin kit. I will paint it green later.
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The process has been smooth. This is not a complicated kit to begin with. What I am pleased about is that the parts fit onto each other adequately, making it easy to glue.
I am also using a lazy method to “paint” her underwear. I simply covered the area with a tasking tape, preventing the area being painted when airbrushing skin color, effectively differentiating skin and underwear.
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And, while this is classified as 1/7 scale, it is more likely that it is 1/8 scale. The figure height (from foot to tip of head) is 18cm. Given there is no height info for Hosomi, I will never know for sure but 18cm is just too short for any 1/7 figures. What I do know is that she is shorter than Nishi whose height is 158cm.
Let’s assume that Hosomi’s height is 153cm based on a fact that she is quite a bit shorter than Nishi. At 153cm, the figure height needs to be 22cm to be 1/7 scale. 19cm for 1/8 scale and 17cm for 1/9 scale.
The figure height is 18cm but her pose shortens her slightly, so I believe this figure is exactly 1/8 scale.
Until next time.