{"id":1036,"date":"2018-08-13T10:19:48","date_gmt":"2018-08-13T01:19:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/strobez.ca\/wp\/?page_id=1036"},"modified":"2025-12-29T10:47:32","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T17:47:32","slug":"area-88-1-12-scale-figures-projects","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/strobez.ca\/wp\/area-88\/area-88-1-12-scale-figures-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"Area 88 &#8211; 1\/12 scale figures projects"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7565 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/strobez.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Header-Area88.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1440\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/strobez.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Header-Area88.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/strobez.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Header-Area88-300x83.jpg 300w, https:\/\/strobez.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Header-Area88-1024x284.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/strobez.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Header-Area88-768x213.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>So, although my Area 88 Project is primarily about the airplanes and tanks, etc. that appear in the manga, I&#8217;m not above dabbling in a few other areas.\u00a0 As I already mentioned in my <a href=\"http:\/\/strobez.ca\/wp\/index.php\/area-88\/area-88-1-100-scale-projects\/\">1\/100 scale projects page<\/a>, I&#8217;m also interested in figure painting.\u00a0 While the 1\/24 scale figures that accompany many of the Takara 1\/100 scale kits are nice, they&#8217;re still the minor leagues compare to the 1\/12 scale beauties.<\/p>\n<p>No Area 88 model collection can be complete without the combo 1\/12 scale figures and 1\/144 (and 1\/400) scale models that were released by Hasegawa in 1996.\u00a0 Given that 1\/144 is not one of Hasegawa&#8217;s &#8220;house scales&#8221;, most of the airplane kits are reboxings of Dragon kits.\u00a0 While the kits are nice, you should really be buying these for the highly detailed resin statues of several of the series&#8217; main characters.<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Although many of the planes will be used in my\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/strobez.ca\/wp\/index.php\/area-88\/area-88-1-144\/\">1\/144 scale projects<\/a>, the resin kits will be stand alone projects.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Box Art<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Figure<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Plane<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/strobez.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/1-12-Shin.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1072 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/strobez.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/1-12-Shin-300x141.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"141\" srcset=\"https:\/\/strobez.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/1-12-Shin-300x141.jpg 300w, https:\/\/strobez.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/1-12-Shin.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td>Shin Kazama<\/td>\n<td>1\/144 F-5E (by Dragon)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/strobez.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/1-12-Ryoko.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1070 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/strobez.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/1-12-Ryoko-300x139.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"139\" srcset=\"https:\/\/strobez.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/1-12-Ryoko-300x139.jpg 300w, https:\/\/strobez.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/1-12-Ryoko.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td>Ryoko Tsugumo<\/td>\n<td>1\/400 747-100 (by Hasegawa)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/strobez.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/1-12-Mickey.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1069 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/strobez.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/1-12-Mickey-300x141.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"141\" srcset=\"https:\/\/strobez.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/1-12-Mickey-300x141.jpg 300w, https:\/\/strobez.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/1-12-Mickey.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td>Mickey Simon<\/td>\n<td>1\/144 F-14A (by Dragon)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/strobez.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/1-12-Saki.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1071 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/strobez.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/1-12-Saki-300x142.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"142\" srcset=\"https:\/\/strobez.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/1-12-Saki-300x142.jpg 300w, https:\/\/strobez.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/1-12-Saki.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td>Saki Vashtahl<\/td>\n<td>1\/144 Kfir C2 (by Dragon)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/strobez.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/1-12-Sirene.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1073 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/strobez.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/1-12-Sirene-300x139.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"139\" srcset=\"https:\/\/strobez.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/1-12-Sirene-300x139.jpg 300w, https:\/\/strobez.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/1-12-Sirene.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td>Sirene \u201cSera&#8221; Barnack<\/td>\n<td>1\/144 AV-8A Harrier (by Dragon)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So, although my Area 88 Project is primarily about the airplanes and tanks, etc. that appear in the manga, I&#8217;m not above dabbling in a few other areas.\u00a0 As I already mentioned in my 1\/100 scale projects page, I&#8217;m also&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1072,"parent":32,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1036","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/strobez.ca\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1036","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/strobez.ca\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/strobez.ca\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/strobez.ca\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/strobez.ca\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1036"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/strobez.ca\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1036\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8508,"href":"https:\/\/strobez.ca\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1036\/revisions\/8508"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/strobez.ca\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/32"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/strobez.ca\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/strobez.ca\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}