Billy T. Pilgrim

I LOVE this. Nicely done, and I've such a soft spot for fanciful or "what if" paint jobs.

Thanks, Corsair. I think what I'm going to do is keep posting RFIs and WIPs in here as it's closer to the actual subject matter, the aircraft themselves, and then just have a single post in the sci-fi forum for the whole flying Circus, which links to these and which I can update.

Nice work! Keep it up :-D

They're looking gorgeous, all of them. I'm curious as to how the Horten and the Gladiator were to build? I've been thinking about picking up both kits for a project I'm working on.

Hi! So I've started a Youtube channel that I'm hoping to put build videos on - there's not much there right now but what there is is a build / tutorial video on my current build, Tamiya's 1/48 scale Mosquito NF Mk.II. I'm not the greatest modeller in the world, but I noticed that most build videos on Youtube tend to assume a certain level of knowledge as taken for granted, so I've been pitching these at absolute beginners. Still, might be an interesting way for you all to see the progress of my builds. Here's the first two parts of my Mosquito!

I find most Turians to be a bit stiff, but I make an exception for my beloved pineapple catbird :-D And I'm not a Jack fan as a character, but I think the look will translate well. Well, I originally had the A-1 down for Javik due to the sheer amount of weaponry it carries (going to disregard the historical accuracy and just cram as much onto those wings as I can), but then I got the Tamiya kit for Christmas, and I realised that a plane as ugly as that could only belong to one character. So I'm going to do it with what *used* to be a sort of stylised wasp stripe design along the fuselage and bare metal wings - but that's going to be barely visible due to how much of the paint has come off and how grimy it is. In-universe, that's because Zaeed insists on maintaining it himself, and he doesn't give a heck about anything other than how it runs. I just got the hang of the hairspray technique so that'll be employed heavily, and I'm thinking I might use it as my first foray into alclad paints.

I'm lucky enough to have a 3D printer, a Flux Delta. This is it: That central printing head is removeable - the arms attach magnetically - and you can put in other interchangeable heads. For the top surface of the wing I used the laser engraver head, which works as a laser cutter on thin enough material, on Tamiya tape overlapped to make a sheet and coloured in black (to better absorb the laser). That worked well enough as a mask, but the laser didn't burn the glue from the tape very well, so it held on at the edges and made the lines slightly wobbly. Then I tried using the vinyl sticker cutting head to make a mask with the same tape. This was trickier, as it needs the surface to be very flat so I couldn't overlap the tape, so I had to butt each piece up against each other and carefully reassemble them on the model. It came out super smooth and sharp though, I'm really pleased with the results. Here's a comparison between the knife cut version on the left (or top, depending on your browser), flipped for comparison purposes, and the laser cut version on the right (or bottom). Thank you so much! Part of the fun for me is the design.

Nah, working on a couple. I want to get Garrus' exactly right as he's one of my favourite characters, and I'm having a little trouble finding a really good P-38 at the scale. I'm working on Ashley's Mosquito at the moment, about to close the fuselage up on that and I'll be posting it in the WIP forum tonight probably. A mate of mine is doing a Bf110 Zerstorer for Jack, the one with the big-bottom 37mm tank cannon in the nose. I've got Miranda's Fw190, Zaeed's Skyraider and Javik's 109 in the stash ready to go to.

NOM. Got to get me one of these.

Mmmmm, nice. I've got this kit in my stash and was planning to start it soon for practice, maybe get a couple more if it goes well. I tend to write off snap together kits as undetailed and more like 'toys', but this looks stunning. It's nice to see the results that cam be achieved.

Verrry nice. Who makes these? I've got the Revell 1:112 X-Wing in my stash for a bit of cheap fun, but I'd not seen any at 1:144 scale before.

Lovely work.

Gorgeous! Simple and super effective.

Hi all! So I'm embarking on an overambitious but fun project to reimagine the main cast of the Mass Effect games as models. I know, bit nuts. But I enjoy making WWII era planes, doing interesting paint jobs and I'm obsessed with Mass Effect, so it makes sense to me. I'm posting my WIPs and finished builds in the Aircraft section, but I'd like to cross-post a list here if that's alright by y'all, as it was suggested that the sci-fi crowd might be interested too. Read the in-universe background here! The first plane I ended up completing was Jacob Taylor's: Followed by Urdnot Wrex: And the wonderful Liara T'Soni: Here's the plan for the other characters going forward: Kaidan Alenko: Gloster Gladiator, paint scheme TBD Admiral Anderson: Polikarpov I-10, white-blue-space fade Dr. Chakwas: TBD Kelly Chambers: TBD Steve Cortez: P-51D Mustang, horizon paint scheme EDI & Joker: Identical A6M Zeroes (they race them) in custom noseart schemes Kasumi Goto: Horten Ho229 in black and crimson Jack: Messerschmitt Bf110 Zerstorer in silver with tattoo markings Javik: Bf109G in burgundy Thane Krios: M6A1 Seiran with wave motif Miranda Lawson: Fw190A-8 in black and white Legion: TBD Zaeed Massani: A-1 Skyraider with wasp patterning Tali'Zorah vas Normandy: Bell 47 medical version, in lilac and purple Samara: Ju87 Stuka, paint scheme TBD Mordin Solus: Blohm und Voss Bv141 in white and orange Sam Traynor: De Havilland Vampire, paint scheme TBD Urdnot Grunt: Me262 with shark patterning Garrus Vakarian: P-38 Lightning in blues James Vega: P-47 Thunderbolt, paint scheme TBD Ashley Williams: De Havilland Mosquito in metallic blue and silver And the big one - the part of the Normandy SR-2 will be played by the B-17G Flying Fortress, with a paint job as close as I can get to the ingame ship. I've started Ashley's plane and a friend has started Jack's. Feel free to comment if you've got any questions, or if you fancy tackling a build yourself! Let's face it, it'll take me YEARS to get through all this lot alone.

THE SSV NORMANDY REMEMBRANCE FLIGHT (link here for what this is.) Liara T'Soni: Supermarine Spitfire Mk. VIII Dr. T'Soni could not be reached for comment; the design was provided by a personal friend, Matriarch Aethyta. The choice of aircraft was inspired by the Spitfire's reputation as both beautiful and deadly. Slight customisations include a piloting VI of unknown origin, and additional armaments from stock. This is another that's been sitting half-finished on my bench for an age. This kit is by Eduard, which means it has around eight million parts. You get a wonderfully detailed model with those eight million parts though. I b****cksed it up in a couple of areas, but generally I'm actually really pleased. The paint mask for the wing and the nose text - they are painted on, not decals - was done using the laser cutting tool on my 3D printer. It worked pretty well, but the edges are a bit fuzzy due to unburnt bits of glue sticking to the edge of the masking tape. Subsequent experiments with the vinyl cutting tool have given even better results, so expect to see that on the next one. Still trying out weathering techniques - I've run into a bit of trouble with polishing yet again so no glossy finish on this one. The final weather was done with oil paint and Tamiya panel line accent colour, and a lot of wiping off. I clearly still need to get the gloss better though, as it's way too dirty. I may attack it with some spirits over the next couple of days before the oil paint dries. Love that exhaust staining though, never tried it before. Mods are minimal - cockpit detailing was done using the photo etch included in the kit, with the addition of Glyph, Liara's VI personal assistant, who pilots the plane and is visible in the cockpit photos. Glyph just consists of a piece of transparent sprue melted into a clear bead and painted with transparent paint. Overall the cockpit looks good, I'm quite happy with it but I'm itching to put more wiring and other scratch built detailing in the next one. The extra wing cannons are turned brass. They're actually 1/32nd scale .50 cals, but at 1/48 scale they look the part for 20mm cannons.

Hi there Luca! New myself, so I'm looking forward to meeting everyone.

Ey up!

Hi there!

I know nothing about vacform kits, but this looks stunning.

Gorgeous build of an ugly chopper! Are those custom decals?

Thank you so much Corsair! I'm not sure what happened was to do with the Future to be honest - it's the Tamiya gloss clear I was referring to as goopy, and I think the issue with the Humbrol wash was just the wash itself. I have discovered that their brand of decal softener eats Tamiya paint, so maybe the wash does the same. These first few kits I'm posting I was muddling through so much! I brush Future on too, as I'm leery about it gumming up my nice airbrush. As far as the sci-fi section goes - I wasn't sure where to post these to start with, as they're pretty different to the other stuff I'm seeing in here, but at the same time they are WWII aircraft after all. What do you recommend - here, there or is both an option? I do have some purely sci-fi kits that I'll be putting in that section in due course, but as I say I wasn't sure about these.

Thanks! I'm still working on "subtle" :-)

Nice. It's subtle as hell in a way I'd kill to be able to pull off :-)

That's gorgeous. Did you preshade?

Really it's just an excuse to do a bunch of fanciful paint schemes, like an excuse is needed. Edit: And thank you!