{"id":1759,"date":"2024-10-21T14:48:43","date_gmt":"2024-10-21T05:48:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/?p=1759"},"modified":"2024-10-21T14:48:43","modified_gmt":"2024-10-21T05:48:43","slug":"nautilus-submarine-model-kit-by-bandai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/2024\/10\/21\/nautilus-submarine-model-kit-by-bandai\/","title":{"rendered":"Nautilus submarine model kit by Bandai"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69ef50f358dcd&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"590\" height=\"546\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-async--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on-async--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-async-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Nadia-model.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1760\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Nadia-model.png 590w, https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Nadia-model-300x278.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Enlarge\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on-async--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.imageButtonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.imageButtonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Recently I signed up for a Mercari account. It&#8217;s an online fleamarket. Often you can find stuff cheaper there than on YAJ, and a greater variety of smaller items. Lots of neat Sega stuff and whatnot. I&#8217;ve sometimes asked my wife to get stuff for me through her account and I&#8217;d pay for the items at the convenience store, but I decided to create my own account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although I bought the newer 1:1000 scale Nautilus model by Kotobukiya, I wanted to build the old 1:700 scale Bandai kit and give it another go. It is OOP and goes for a bit on YAJ, but I found it cheaply on Mercari (about half of what it goes for on YAJ). I built this when I still lived in America, and it was the first fully-airbrushed kit I ever built. This time, I want to drill lots of holes and use clear UV resin to try to light it. This Bandai kit is from the &#8217;90s, back before they made all of their models snap kits. While this Bandai kit does not have as great of detail as the smaller Kotobukiya Nautilus, since it is not a snap fit model , I believe it has more hollow sections. I think I can drill out the window portals and replace them with Wave H-Eyes lenses, as well as casting the captain&#8217;s quarters on top in clear resin to light it up. That would be neat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I made a page for my old build on my model gallery I stopped updating about 10 years ago <a href=\"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/life\/models\/024nautilus.htm\">here<\/a>. It comes with a small 1:20 scale Nadia figure, and it was the first figure I ever painted. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently I signed up for a Mercari account. It&#8217;s an online fleamarket. Often you can find stuff cheaper there than on YAJ, and a greater variety of smaller items. Lots of neat Sega stuff and whatnot. I&#8217;ve sometimes asked my wife to get stuff for me through her account and I&#8217;d pay for the items &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/2024\/10\/21\/nautilus-submarine-model-kit-by-bandai\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Nautilus submarine model kit by Bandai&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6,4,3],"tags":[22,57,169],"class_list":["post-1759","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anime-manga","category-modeling","category-science-fiction","tag-nadia","tag-plamo","tag-plastic-model"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1762,"url":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/2024\/10\/22\/han-solo-sofubi-figure-kit-by-kaiyodo\/","url_meta":{"origin":1759,"position":0},"title":"Han Solo sofubi figure kit by Kaiyodo","date":"2024-10-22","format":false,"excerpt":"I was actually looking for Kaiyodo's R2-D2 sofubi kit when I found this. 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