Nishizumi Maho + Miho 1/24 scale
I found this garage kit while browsing Mercari Japan. It has been emerging as a decent auction site for some time. Normally, Japanese auction sites are really old-fashioned with lots of unnecessary texts. Mercari is a modernized auction site.
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The whole thing comes in a modest package. In fact, it’s so barebone that I couldn’t figure out the circle name. Regardless, the package is adequate, and its resin quality is fairly good.
FYI, this kit cost me 5,000 yen. Add shipping and customs max, I am looking at almost 90 CAD for this tiny package.
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This is a 1/24 scale kit which, by itself, is rather awkward. Why not 1/16? Most of tanks are made in either 1/16 or 1/35. I really don’t understand the logic of choosing 1/24 scale.
Tamiya has some tanks in 1/24 scale though. Perhaps, that’s why but their kits are always more expensive than others.
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The kit has some arm options but I am going to stick to what the photo displays. It also has an interesting way to do the bucket.
It does not include the fishing poles shown on the photo but I managed to make one. Again, more on that later.
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Because the resin is skin-colored already, I am skipping out skin paint. There is also no need for any airbrushing. The parts are small enough that manual brushing will do the job fine.
These are clearly bigger than 1/35 scale figures and are far easier to work with.
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Now, about the bucket. The whole bucket is a translucent plastic piece. All you need to do is paint metal paint over it. This creates a fairly good imitation of water being in the bucket.
I simply filled the top with my blue goo just to be safer.
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As for the fishing pole, I simply took a bamboo stick and made a small cut on its end and literally peeled a piece off.
I’ve successfully managed to do this on the first attempt. It is even curved! A double bonus. A job well done, I’d say.
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Even the length fits in perfectly, wow. The bucket has come out nicely as well. The end result is pretty good in my book, especially for 1/24 scale figures.
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The Panzer I tank behind them is 1/16 scale. The figures are 1/24 scale.
But because of a fact that they are supposed to be kids, I believe the overall scale fits okay.
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Even when I place 1/16 scale figures of them, they don’t look out of the place too much. In fact, they fit in quite well.
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In conclusion, I am pretty happy with these. I had no expectations because of its scale but they’ve turned out quite alright.
I could make a diorama out of those two even. That would require me to build a new Panzer I tank though since the one featured in the pictures belongs to my GuP Kuromorimine collection.