Keicraft Loggerhead Turtle

**Vermin_King** · #1 04-29-2023, 05:50 PM

After seeing the New Website, I saw that the old Loggerhead Turtle is for sale there. It was originally located at the Caretta Shiodome website for its first anniversary back in 2006. I had seen the model in several places, with only partial success in finding it. Many times Mr. Kei (or is it Mr. Goto?) will have separate Parts (tenkaizu) files and Instruction (setumeizu) files.

Last week I was looking for it again (before seeing it at the webstore, Captcha Challenge - STORES ) and started building without instructions. At the site it said it could be completed in 1-2 hours. I probably had 4 1/2 hours into just trying to come up with a build order and figuring out part number 3.

Last night I did a more thorough search and found intructions. Since the model is now For Sale, I will not provide links, but I will show photos

Feels good to build something again

**billmcc** · #2 04-29-2023, 10:17 PM

Nicely done. It is more life like than most turtle model I have seen. You were brave to do it without instructions. I don't try any model with instructions.

**Philip** · #3 04-30-2023, 02:26 PM

I do like that one. It's so cute.

**Michael Mash** · #4 04-30-2023, 02:39 PM

Authentic, and fun. Nice work.

**Vermin_King** · #5 04-30-2023, 07:30 PM

Thanks. It evidently was up for two months or less. That made it one of those papercraft urban myths, that kept nagging at me to find. You see pictures, but never the model.

As Bill said, it did seem much more lifelike than most of the one-page models out there.
As Philip said, it was cute without being silly.

But those points are the reason I now have three people wanting one ...