Sara Mayuki "Competition swimsuit"

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January 6, 2022
School swimwear (colloquially known as "sukumizu") is a type of swimwear intended for use in swimming lessons during compulsory education in Japan.
The original design originated in the 1960s and has since been replaced by more functional swimming costumes, but it is still an item that recalls youth and is represented in various illustrations and sculptures.
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January 6, 2022
Well, this is the resin kit that Hasegawa released last September.
The wrinkles are wonderfully expressed.
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January 6, 2022
Back side.
Glamorous!
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January 6, 2022
The "Sukumizu" swimming costume is good, but since we made it once last year at the same time, we decided to modify it into a more modern "swimming race" swimming costume.
The Sukumizu swimming costume has a U-shape at the neck of the back, while the swimming competition swimming costume has a more complicated structure.
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January 6, 2022
The shaft was attached and the pose was checked.
It looks good.
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January 6, 2022
Back side too.
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January 6, 2022
I also made a display stand for it.
I made it in the image of a Japanese indoor swimming pool, but I'm not sure if it looks like that.
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January 6, 2022
The face was rounder than the illustration on the package, so I corrected it... but I'm not sure.
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January 6, 2022
Sukumizu were often made of 100% polyester or nylon, which are not very elastic, and therefore have a vertical stitch line.
In modern swimming suits, the stitching lines are not in the same position and must be filled with putty.
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January 6, 2022
I set it on a pedestal.
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January 6, 2022
Sculpted lines of a swimming suit.
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January 6, 2022
I worked especially hard on the back side.
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January 6, 2022
I filled in the gaps where the arms were attached.
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January 7, 2022
Surfacer was applied but had to be redone due to the many bumps.
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January 9, 2022
Fill with polyester putty and scrape again
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January 9, 2022
Sometimes compromises have to be made.
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January 9, 2022
The skin colour is applied.
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January 9, 2022
Masking completed.
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January 9, 2022
I managed to paint the colour of my swimming costume.
I have cracks on her thighs, I dropped it and broke some parts, and I'm so close to finishing it that I'm losing heart.
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January 9, 2022
I decided to equip her with a swim cap and goggles.
The logo on the swim cap is that of Sukhoi (hard to tell).
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January 9, 2022
Mission complete!
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January 9, 2022
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January 9, 2022

Comments

10 6 January 2022, 12:42

Augie
Interesting work and subject, watching

7 January 2022, 10:06

Robin (WhiteGlint)
Watching as well.

7 January 2022, 21:12

Robin (WhiteGlint)
Breaking something is always discouraging. It happens to me all the time, most of the time in the last steps of finishing the project. 😄
Still, it's a cute little vignette. Nice job. 👍

Are the cracks on her thigh the reason you gave her the cap and goggles?
I was wondering, do you protect the paint of resin figures under some layers of varnish?

9 January 2022, 13:49

yamawasabi
>>WhiteGlint
Thank you! I sometimes think that if I hadn't made that mistake, I could have finished it a bit earlier... but anyway, I'm glad I did.

Yes, I gave her a swim cap and goggles because the glued part between the parts broke.
I applied a couple of coats of clear paint to protect the coating, but it didn't dry completely, which wasn't good.

9 January 2022, 20:16

Simon Nagorsnik
Nice paint job and presentation😁
Thumb up for your scuplting work!

9 January 2022, 20:18

Project info

Sara Mayuki "Competition swimsuit"

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1:12 "Sara Mayuki" (School Swimming Costume) (Hasegawa 52299)

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