Sara Mayuki "Competition swimsuit"

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The original design originated in the 1960s and has since been replaced by more functional swimming costumes, but it is still an item that recalls youth and is represented in various illustrations and sculptures. 

Well, this is the resin kit that Hasegawa released last September.
The wrinkles are wonderfully expressed. 

Back side.
Glamorous! 

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. 

The shaft was attached and the pose was checked.
It looks good. 

Back side too. 

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. 

The face was rounder than the illustration on the package, so I corrected it... but I'm not sure. 

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. 

I set it on a pedestal. 

Sculpted lines of a swimming suit. 

I worked especially hard on the back side. 

I filled in the gaps where the arms were attached. 

Surfacer was applied but had to be redone due to the many bumps. 

Fill with polyester putty and scrape again 

Sometimes compromises have to be made. 

The skin colour is applied. 

Masking completed. 

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. 

I decided to equip her with a swim cap and goggles.
The logo on the swim cap is that of Sukhoi (hard to tell). 

Mission complete!