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Greeble Plating 1.0 (14921-1.0) No Scale GreenStrawberry Sci-Fi modellers often have the urge to build things that don’t exist yet, both in terms of being in the future or even another reality, or because there’s just not sufficient perceived demand to warrant a model company making a kit of it. That’s where our scratch-building skills come in handy, making things from all sorts of goodies found wherever and whenever our modeller eyes alight on something useful. It’s a weird skill, but sometimes we just don’t have the time or haven’t yet found anything suitable. Sci-Fi involves detail that is loosely referred to a “greeblies” by those that know, making areas busy and more visually appealing to the viewer, whilst making your model look more… technical and futuristic. GreenStrawberry have been my favourite Sci-fi aftermarket company for a long while now, and they’re always thinking of ways to ease our way through the process of creating these fabrications of someone’s fevered imagination. They’re looking to make a little profit of course, but that’s only fair for the effort they put into doing these things! The set arrives in a resealable foil bag and their usual dark grey card with green and red branding on the header, a further thick piece of card helps protect the contents, instruction sheet, and the sheet of Greeblies within. There are four styles of Greeble-sheets available, and this is just one of them. If you’re interested in seeing the others, click the link below and you’ll be taken to the store page where there are photos of all the types. This sheet of greeblie material is covered in all manner of shapes and technological-looking bits & bobs that can be used in a diorama or a model to add almost instant detail. Cast in grey resin on a sheet 11.4cm x 6.9cm with a base thickness of 1.5mm that varies depending on what’s detail is present, maxing out at just under 8mm thick. The back of the sheet isn’t perfectly flat as that’s the open pour side, with the usual complement of bubbles and small depressions that are associated with any resin casting. A rub-down on a flat piece of sandpaper would be a good idea, especially if you think you need the sheet a little thinner. The instructions are very simple, but worth a read. The common-sense part advises that you can cut the sheet into a number of sections to suit your applications, but even though I’ve been using resin for years, the second instruction didn’t occur to me. If you heat the resin up in a shallow bowl or saucer of hot water, the thermo-formable resin will become soft and you’ll be able to bend the sheet around contours to make it fit your needs more closely. The water should be 70-90oc, and you should immerse it for 10-15 seconds or until it begins to feel soft. Also, don’t burn yourself as burns are painful. Relatively obvious, but still worth mentioning. Conclusion A greeblie/greeble sheet is manna from heaven for those of us with a Sci-Fi leaning, especially if you’re prone to some scratch-building and are short on time. You’ll be glad you had it on hand when the need arises. Highly recommended. Review sample courtesy of