Bandai Plamodel

Bandai Hobby Division edited several plamodel (Japanese short name for plastic model kits) dedicated to the famous ships that the Straw Hat crew has ridden during their adventures: the Going Merry and the Thousand Sunny.

They were never made part of an identifiable brand line apart from the obvious One Piece advertising. Upon completion, the non-scale model kits measure around 25-28 cm long and come with unpainted figures of the crew and a display stand.

As any regular model kits, they need a complete hobby toolset to be painted and get assembled:
 * Building tools:
 * Nippers, pliers or side cutters to cut parts from plastic runners.
 * Utility knives to trim the excess plastic, also called nubs or sprues.
 * Sandpaper or files to thin sprues further down in delicate areas.
 * Tweezers to help applying stickers and decals on parts.
 * Modeling putty (optional) to fill gaps, seams and unwanted crevices. It should be sanded down and painted over later, as it dries to a grey color.
 * Scoring tools (optional) to make custom panel lines, mostly useful for robot/sci-fi kits.
 * Glue or plastic cement (not required) to hold parts together. As Bandai produces snap-in parts, they're really of no use here.
 * Painting tools:
 * Mixing containers to mix paint with thinner or mix different paint colors.
 * Syringes to suck and drip thinner or paint.
 * Painting grips to hold parts during painting and drying processes.
 * Brushes or airbrush set following your preferred way of painting.
 * Paint and paint thinner.
 * Primer (optional), base paint to smooth out scratches or neutralize a dark base color.
 * Masking tapes (optional) to guard parts that don't need painting.
 * Panel line markers (optional), an alternative to scoring tools, mostly useful for robot/sci-fi kits.
 * Topcoat (optional) to apply a protective layer to the model and paint. As it adds thickness to parts, it should be applied carefully on joints.

Regular Ed.

 * Release date: mid-December 2010
 * Price: ¥3,990 (VAT included)
 * Japanese: ゴーイング・メリー号

Flying Model
This version has some added parts to add wings and a tail.
 * Release date: late July 2011
 * Price: ¥5,250 (VAT included)
 * Japanese: ゴーイング・メリー号 フライングモデル

Regular Ed.

 * Release date: late March 2011
 * Price: ¥3,990 (VAT included)
 * Japanese: サウザンド・サニー号

New World Ver.
This version is identical to the previous one but with different included figures.
 * Release date: late October 2011
 * Price: ¥3,990 (VAT included)
 * Japanese: サウザンド・サニー号 新世界編Ver.