Here are pictures of some models I've built. These include both ones built from kits and also some scratchbuilt ones. Here are build logs and in-progress pictures of some models.

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Anime Figures

Shinguuji Sakura from Sakura Taisen

She's scratchbuilt in 1:6 scale.
She was my first full scratchbuilt anime girl.

She's from a 1:6 scale Kotobukiya kit.
The base and fence are scratchbuilt.

Fujiwara Zakurao from Tokyo Mew Mew

She's scratchbuilt in 1:6 scale.
A friend actually took this master and made a kit from it. They're available from him at Back to the Garage.

Here is the master and parts breakdown

Kuribayashi Amika from This Ugly and Beautiful World

Major conversion from ``standing nude'' figure given by a friend.
All joints except elbows (including neck) repostioned. Hair resculpted from epoxy putty as were joints and bikini.
The first image here is the picture which inspired this conversion.

Shao from Mamotte Shugogetten

She's scratchbuilt in 1:6 scale from epoxy putty.
The ring she's sitting in is scratchbuilt from styrene.

This model of her is from a 1:8 scale Kotobukiya kit.
The base and lantern are scratchbuilt.

Serio from To Heart.

She's from a 1:8 scale Kotobukiya kit.
The base is an actual wafer if HP PA-8000 processor chips, which is is fitting as Serio is a robot.

Midorikawa Ryo from NOëL ~La niege~

She's from a 1:8 scale Kotobukiya kit.
I made the stripes on her jacket from strips of painted decal film rather than masking and painting them directly.

Maetel from Galaxy Express 999

She's from a 1:8 kit.
The railroad platform is built from styrene.

Miko from Tsuki Kagerou

She's from a 1:8 A-Brand kit.
The base and veranda she's seated on are scratchbuilt, while the lantern is from a gaming accessory.

Sakaki and Maya from Azumanga Daioh

She's from a 1:6 scale kit by Zan.
The base is built from styrene.

Ryuuzaki Umi and Shidou Hikaru from Magic Knight Rayearth

They're from a 1:8 scale kits by Kotobukiya.

Misumaru Yurika and Hoshino Ruri from Martian Successor Nadesico

They're from a 1:8 scale kits by Kotobukiya.
Ruri's pose was modified from sitting on the floor, and her chair, Yurika's bridge-console and base were scratchbuilt from styrene.

Ayukawa Madoka from Kimagure Orange Road

She's from a 1:8 scale kit by Max Factory.

From various 1:6 scale kit by Max Factory.
The "Abcb waitress" version was modified from the kit of her in a miniskirt immediately to the right.

Modified from a 1:5 kit of her in a bikini.
This was my first major conversion of an anime girl kit. It started when I had real trouble with the hip joint on this hollow vinyl kit.

Kobayakawa Mizuho from Friends (Dosoukai)

She's from the 1:6 kit by Kaiyodou

Belldandy from Ah! Megami-sama

She's from the 1:8 kit

Other Anime Models

Maison Ikkoku

Scratchbuilt in 1:87 from styrene etc.
The difficult part of this was determining the exact layout of the building itself. It was drawn 2 different ways in the Anime and Rumiko Takahashi never seemed to draw it the same way twice in the manga.

Space Ships

Deep Dimension Escort Ship PJSS287 Bathyscaphe from Narue no Seikai

Scratchbuilt from styrene and epoxy putty.

Deep Space 2nd class Cruiser

Scratchbuilt from styrene to a design I drew up back in high school.

Arcadia from Captain Harlock's series

Built from the Bandai kit.

Other subjects

SMS Mackensen

From 1:700 kit by NTT.
The Mackensen was a WW I German battlecruiser which was still building and incomplete by the war's end.

Fuchs, Weasel, BTR-80 in UN colors

From 1:35 kits by Revel, AFV-Club and Dragon.
A set of 3 armored support vehicles in UN colors. Yes, the Weasel really is that small in comparison.

created with igal + ghr patches