1:20 Golden hamster (Mesocricetus auratus)

As you know I am a convinced supported of keeping animal models collections embraced by the same scale. One of the beauties of these collections is the view of relative sizes of the real animals.

That is why I have selected 1:20 as the best scale, at least for mammals.

For some time I have been rolling on my mind the thought about which could be the limits using this scale. I calculated the size of a Blue Whale in about 1,3 meters what means that, despite taking a lot of room, it is possible to keep some of them at home, even if you have to hang  them from the ceiling

What about the smallest mammals like some rodents...?

So I decided to take a break in my Felidae Project and find out which could be the lower limit for 1:20 scale.

I selected the following one to be my new model:

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THE GOLDEN HAMSTER!!!

I knew that some other sculptors made small figurines of these tiny pets for doll houses like the one you can see below, which is adorably perfect:

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However, even this small model, which is about 2 cm long, is huge if you compare with how it should be in 1:20 scale.

A real Golden Hamster, a big one, could be something like 18 cm long, that means that a 1:20 model should be less than 1 cm (0.9 cm to be exact). It means less than the half of the one of the previous picture...

AND THIS IS THE CHALLENGE!!!!

To make a 1:20 Golden Hamster model which should measure less than 9 millimeters...

So, we´ll see....

Holy, hopping...errhm, - hamster

This is surely a challenge, - it will even be a challenge to take a picture of it

OK, it is not an Etruscan pygmy shrew but at the scale you are working, a golden hamster is really a challenge that is over what I ever expected!
That is such a tiny figure, you'll need a magnifying glass to check your work. I thought that anything under your smaller felines could be not possible. Will you start a series of the main prey of your cats?

Etruscan pigmy shrew????

I´ll think about it!!!!

Meanwhile you have to get along with this one:

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WOW ! WOW !!!! Amazing !!!!!

some other pictures...

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On the "H" for Hamster...
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Wow! Great job. I'm impressed :) 

That's truly a (small) masterpiece!

I'm very impressed and you can be proud of yourself!

That's incredible! Amazing work!

Unbelievable! It looks wonderfully precise and that picture with the keyboard is impressive!

thankyou very much Susanne, Roger, Laura, Bonobo and LeeAnn

Now I have to encourage myself (...and my wife) to cross to the opposite side of the range...the 30 meters long Blue whale !!!, the biggest animal ever, which is going to reach 1.5 meters!! in his 1:20 version....    

...I have to concentrate and strengthen myself first.

AMAZING

Take care of big vacuum-monsters and other hamster-horrors

Very cute!!

Wow, he is so tiny and so nicely done! Congratulations!

So small with so many deatailles.
Great job omg i wish you the best of strengt for the whale (if this was not a joke)
Great compare for the show us yours; biggest and smalles hahaha

Oh, this is wonderful! I'd love to see a photo of him with one or more of your larger cats, or maybe your moose!

I'm fairly fascinated with small scales too, trying to work at 1:24 - Here is my chipmunk at that scale:

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And a star-nosed mole:

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These both are really impressive, well done and beautiful. Congrats!!!

And 1:24 scale is even more difficult for these little animals....at this scale my hamster should have measured only 7.5 millimeters...

By the way, it is a good idea to take pictures with a coin...here is mine!!!

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Gosh !

It seems that the pool of talents in this forum is unlimited

It is soooo small o.0 That must been a heck of a job sculpting so small.
I would be in total panic if I tried that XD With 4 cats around, it is only a matter of time when one finds a small hamster like that and...

I love the hamster! I look forward to your small pet rodents series - gerbils, mice, degus, and guinea pigs!

I hope the blue whale won't ruin you. That's what I call a huge challenge. Kaiyodo just released a gigantic blue whale and yours will be even larger!