I have started taking a garage kit building course at XenoHobby. Today was the first lesson. I will post weekly updates here after every lesson.

Day 1
Day 2

The kit I have chosen is Miina Tsukishiro from Getsumento Heiki Miina which spun off from the live action Densha Otoko series and based on the legendary Daicon videos made by the people that would go on to form Gainax. But whatever, it’s a cute girl with two ginormous carrots, alright?

Anyway, first you take all the parts out of the box (duh) and then compare it to the included part list. If any part is missing, cry and give up. Then it’s time for the most exciting part of building a resin figurine: cutting off the flash and sandpapering the hell out of everything until it’s so smooth that it slides out of your hands.

Example of a flash:

The piece above is from a different kit (I’m sure you recognize it), since I have already sandpapered the hell out of Miina and her carrots. (Kinky.)

Remember what I said about this being the most exciting part of assembling a resin kit? I lied. It sucks completely. In fact, prisoners at Guantanamo are often forced to sandpaper resin figurines until they cry and confess. It’s more effective than waterboarding.

I used two grades of sandpaper, 240C and 600C. The higher the number the finer the grain. Since I’m lazy, I tend to stick to the 240C one because it’s much faster…which is probably a bad idea since it’s rougher and destroys details more easily. Oh well.

There they are, all smooth and…white. And that’s all I did for the first lesson. This could take longer than I expected…

But at least I am another step closer to building my own customized Haruhi Bunny. :3

Check back for the second update soon (i.e. one week from now). It’ll be about…uh…I forgot to ask. Oh well, I’m sure whatever it is, it’ll be more exciting than sandpaper. :)

P.S. My lessons are tentatively every Saturday afternoon at XenoHobby’s South Bridge Road location (Tel: 65323850). The course costs S$50 including use of tools but excluding materials and kit. Come join me!