Superbuilds I

Greetings plamo fans, and welcome to the first ever edition of Superbuilds! It's been a year since I last featured other people's work here - now I'm thinking of making this a regular thing in between my own WIP posts and tutorials. The first thing I do when I get a new kit is pull up google and search for built and customized examples of the same model, which helps me come up with my own concept and design. I'll be featuring some epic builds I've found on the web over the past couple of years, sharing what I like about them - and I'll provide the link back to the source for your own research. Note that many of these are from foreign blogs, so you may need Google Translate to get more info.


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Tallgeese Titan

[Set your GP base]
"..Tatsuya Yuki..."

[Beginning Plavsky Particle dispersal]
"...Tallgeese Titan...Ikuzo!"

I've been keeping this build under wraps until after the contest results were released...and today I unveil my latest creation - the Tallgeese Titan!


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Custom Waterslide Decals

Due to insistent public demand and the overwhelming feedback I've received for my recent Tallgeese projects, I went ahead and did a tutorial on how to make custom decals.

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Tallgeese Titan (TGII) WIP 5

This is the final WIP for the Tallgeese Titan. Previous WIPs can be found here:

WIP1
WIP2
WIP3
WIP4

Just a quick update - thought I'd do one last post before the contest conclusion. I was able to get my hands on a Hasegawa scribing template (thanks to Pinoy Gunpla Modeler on Facebook) and immediately put it to good use...

Tallgeese Titan (TGII) WIP 4

This is WIP 4 of the MG Tallgeese Titan build. Previous WIPs can be found here:

WIP1
WIP2
WIP3

I did a quick poll across several plamo communities to help me decide on the weapons layout for this build, and the results revealed option C to be the most popular, so I'm going with that.

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Scribing with Dymo Tape

There are a lot of good scribing guide's on the web, but I'd like to share how I do it and throw in some tips based on experience.

Tools:
1. Pencil
2. Compass (the thing with a needle and a pencil holder used for drawing circles)
3. Dymo tape
4. Sandpaper
5. Tamiya Scriber II (optional)

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Tallgeese Titan (TGII) WIP 3

This is WIP 3 of the MG Tallgeese II build. Previous WIPs can be found here:

WIP1
WIP2

Some progress over the past 2 weekends - I finally got the backpack mounted. I wanted to use magnets but ended up going with a couple of screws to secure it to the body.

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Tallgeese Titan (TGII) WIP 2

This is WIP 2 for the MG TG 2. WIP 1 can be found here:

WIP 1

I thought a bit of fanfic might help me flesh out the plans for this guy, so in line with the competition theme, I'm imagining this build as a PPSE prototype and predecessor to the Meijin's fielded kits.

   "When PPSE finally got their new Meijin on board, they immediately had him pilot this unit - the Tallgeese Titan - in a series of practice battles. This allowed the development team to collect detailed data on his fighting style. The Meijin found the Titan to be a powerful and versatile machine. He enjoyed having a wide assortment of weapons at his disposal and the ability to detach the heavy armaments made it adaptable to the opponent's tactics. However the tests revealed that the Meijin preferred higher agility straight off the GP base over tough armor. This collaboration lead to the development of the Meijin's first GBWC kit - the Kampfer Amazing."

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Beveling

I recently discovered a bunch of old Japanese videos on YouTube called Plamo Tsukurou - and boy do these guys know their stuff! Each episode shows a plamo master working on a kit from snap build to finish - highlighting their techniques in scratch building, battle damage, painting, weathering and so on. They feature builds from all scale modelling genres.

Too bad the videos aren't subtitled, but you do learn a thing or two just by watching them go at it. I've been applying one of the tricks I learned on the TG2, which I will refer to as beveling.

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TGII WIP 1

A lot has been going on these past couple of weeks. I've been so busy with work I've had to put extra time in just to meet my deliverables. We celebrated my son's 1st birthday last weekend which I am glad went very smoothly. Can't believe a year has already gone by since he was born...they do grow up fast! As for my hobby, the Templar won top spot in the recently concluded Level Up competition hosted by GundamUK, and I've also been having a somewhat heated "indirect" exchange with another blogger on the issue of bootlegs. While I have better things to do than argue with a self-proclaimed gunpla diety and his so called worshippers, I found it entertaining how we less fortunate knock-off builders were referred to as cheapskate bootleg collectors. Thank you captain obvious!

I'd also like to thank you for frequenting my blog enough and taking the time to update your previous post in response to my latest rant. Now that was funny. I'll be channeling all of this positive energy into my next plamo - the Daban TG2.

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Opening Up Armor Panels

I first saw pictures of how this was done in a Japanese blog and thought I'd do a quick tutorial myself to share with the community. This is probably common knowledge by now, but for what it's worth, here you go...

• Step 1. Check where you want to open up the armor. Make sure to check for any obstructions on the inside of the part that you don't want to deal with or destroy. 

Templar snags 1st place in Level Up contest!

GundamUK's Level Up contest concluded last February 1st, and to be honest I wasn't holding my breath. The Templar was up against some seriously mean builds - all the entries had a tremendous amount of work put into them, and I knew my chances were slim at best...But somehow, he was able to steal the top spot!

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