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Plamax 1:32 Sirbine from Aura Battle Dunbine plastic model build photoset July 18th, 2022

The Sirbine is from the Aura Battler Dunbine OVA series, which I have not seen and it is not commercially available in English. I imagine that there must be fansubs out there somewhere. This is a plastic recreation of a sofubi kit that Max Factory made back in 1988, during the garage kit heyday. I’ve never seen the OVA, but after seeing a build-up review of this kit in Model Graphix magazine, I knew I had to get this kit. The beautiful nude sculpture on the shield is so cool-looking.

The main body color is Gaia Notes AM-06 Aura Pale Blue from their Dunbine paint line. The woman sculpture is Gaia Notes 122 Star Bright Gold, set onto a background of Mr. Color 76 Metallic Blue. I hand-painted much of the details with Mr. Hobby Aqueous acrylics. The instructions give several ways of painting this kit, sometimes with a silver nude sculpture, sometimes gold. Well heck, I just painted this robot how I wanted it to look.

I employed high-powered magnets from HiQ parts in the hand and the shield so that the shield can be removed easily. It would be a shame to have glued the shield into place, only for it to break off. This way it can be easily removed and not disturb the paint. Two right hands can be chosen, one with an empty hand and one holding a sword. The kit comes with a sword hilt to place into the scabbard. This works great, rather than trying to put an entire sword into the scabbard, only for the silver paint to wear away.

This is just a handsome kit, and a fantastic subject. I love the bio-mechanical appearance to the mecha in the Dunbine universe. Cool.