Plasto Posted December 21, 2016 Share Posted December 21, 2016 (edited) Hi, Here is a selection of Stuff I've built in 2016.. The Year Started with a build of the Airfix 1/48 Bedford MWD with a few tweaks.. Followed by the Tamiya 1/48 IS2... Spurred on by Tanks I also Built a DML 1/72 Elefant.... and a 1/72 A7V by Emhar... I also built the cool 1/72 Bandai Y wing... Followed by a F4U-5N in 1/72 for the Corsair GB its the Highplanes kit... I also Finished a few Spitfires for Various GB's that celebrated Edgar... Here is the 'unbuildable' Airfix VC / Seafire in 1/48 and Tamiya's VB Trop kit... Which apparently also has issues but looks nice and builds up well.. And finally on 1/48 spitfires Airfix's Seafire XVII also in 1/48 which apparently also has 'issues' as a kit. But seems ok to me.. I switched back to 1/72 and finished a Hasegawa F-16A Netz with a few modifications and Condors MiG-25U Back to Armour for the GPW GB and a Tamiya 1/48 T-34/57.. And a fun build in the Bandai box scale Imperial Star Destroyer.. I then got out of my comfort Zone into 1/32 and three builds of classic Hasegawa kits from the 70's All OOB for the most part. Spitfire VI Me-109 E And the ME-163 Komet.. and the most recent GB completion the Hobbyboss Easy Kit P-51D Followed by the classic 1/72 Esci F-100 D My final Completion for 2016 being the Tamiya 'Birdcage' Corsair in 1/48 This has been sitting 90% finished since June of a bit of a push now gets it done. There you go.. I have had fun hope you like em.. Cheers Plasto... Edited December 28, 2016 by Plasto added the final one more for 2016.. 22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzy Posted December 21, 2016 Share Posted December 21, 2016 Nice collection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moaning dolphin Posted December 21, 2016 Share Posted December 21, 2016 A nice solid collection there, really love that Seafire 17! Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plasto Posted December 22, 2016 Author Share Posted December 22, 2016 Thanks for the feedback. Glad you liked em. Plasto. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAG058 Posted December 22, 2016 Share Posted December 22, 2016 Very nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrlx Posted December 22, 2016 Share Posted December 22, 2016 Superb collection! Very impressive Cheers Jaime Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plasto Posted December 23, 2016 Author Share Posted December 23, 2016 Thanks... i just finished the F-100 so added that to the list... Cheers Plasto 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrlx Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 4 hours ago, Plasto said: Thanks... i just finished the F-100 so added that to the list... Cheers Plasto That F-100 is simply spectacular! The NMF is superb, I like the burnt metal effects near the exhaust very much. How did you do it? Did you use Alclad? Cheers Jaime Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightningboy2000 Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 Another F-100 Triple Zilch - Snap! Superb collection of builds for 2016. :-) Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plasto Posted December 23, 2016 Author Share Posted December 23, 2016 (edited) 7 hours ago, jrlx said: That F-100 is simply spectacular! The NMF is superb, I like the burnt metal effects near the exhaust very much. How did you do it? Did you use Alclad? Cheers Jaime 4 hours ago, Lightningboy2000 said: Another F-100 Triple Zilch - Snap! Superb collection of builds for 2016. :-) Martin Hi, Thanks for the feedback. The finish is indeed Alclad for the main airframe. Polished Aluminium, semi matte Aluminium and some Mr Colour SM SS all on a polished base of Alclad gloss black primer. The only downside being the Polished Aluminium is quite soft and doesn't bear handling that well. The rear panels are in MR C SM Ti with heat effects using Tamiya clear enamels and Alclad Jet exhaust HTH Cheers Plasto Edited December 23, 2016 by Plasto 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrlx Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 Thanks for the info. Just a few additional questions: did you apply the decals directly on the metal paints or did you use a gloss coat? Did you use decal solutions? Did you apply any varnish coat in the end? I still have to build a NMF aircraft with different shades of metal, so I'd like to know the best way to preserve the metal shades and applying the decals properly. Thanks again. Jaime Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plasto Posted December 24, 2016 Author Share Posted December 24, 2016 (edited) Hi, on this build the decals are are directly applied to the paint. They are settled with microsol and set. The P 51 is painted in Tamiya AS-12. Which is gloss coated with x-22 Decals applied and sealed and then a coat of semi gloss made from Tamiya x-22 and Tamiya Matt varnish all thinned with lacquer thinners. I've tried lots of different ways of doing NMF my current favourite is using Gunze Super Metallics. HTH Plasto Edited December 24, 2016 by Plasto 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrlx Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 Thanks again for the info. Very useful! Cheers Jaime Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plasto Posted December 24, 2016 Author Share Posted December 24, 2016 No problem, drop me a PM if you want to discuss further.. cheers Plasto 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CliffB Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 I glad that the F-100 made it. It's gorgeous! Cliff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plasto Posted December 24, 2016 Author Share Posted December 24, 2016 Thanks Cliff glad you liked it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abat Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 That's a lot of high quality work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plasto Posted December 24, 2016 Author Share Posted December 24, 2016 Thanks.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary West Posted December 25, 2016 Share Posted December 25, 2016 A really good range of subjects superbly built Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calum Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 Impressive year. Well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted December 27, 2016 Share Posted December 27, 2016 All nice builds but then I got to the F100 - mmmm shiny! Regards, Adrian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plasto Posted December 28, 2016 Author Share Posted December 28, 2016 Thanks for the kind words.. I added the Corsair I finished up today thats absolutely it for 2016.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrlx Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 On 24/12/2016 at 01:42, Plasto said: No problem, drop me a PM if you want to discuss further.. cheers Plasto Thanks for the kind offer, Plasto. I'll certainly get back to you some time in 2017, as I intend to build a P-51D in NMF. Cheers Jaime Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stosh65 Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 That F-16 is a thing of beauty. Great work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spad Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 Lovely collection there. Your finishing skills are exemplary with nicely judged weathering effects. Although not a "tankie" myself, I am particularly fond of that A7V "Cyklop" - beautifully done in that scale. ATB Rick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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