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Fantastic Plastic's XSL-01 Moon Ship Glider

#1 Post by kevtk135 »

This kit was a Fantastic Plastic release back 2011-13. This kit is a re-imagining of an original Revell kit from 1957.

The kit is 1:72 scale and comes in 5 simple parts. The casting was done by BLAP! Models and is flawless. There was so few parts that I forgot to take a "before I started" pic. Here's the ship is together and primed. The small blue piece is the engine before it is primed. The decals are also very well done. FP always reminds us to put a coat of decal film over it, and that's what was done.

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There wasn't any painting instruction, so I just followed the box art. The was a diagram for the decals, and I forget exactly, but I think the box art decals was different than the placement on the instructions. No matter, it's a hypothetical ship - so I can do what I want. This pic was taken 1/2 way thru the decal application.

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The flaps (or whatever they are) are done in Vallejo Sky Gray. The red nosecone was done with my favorite red - Citadel's Mephiston Red. The panel lines are deep enough that from my initial priming of black, I don't feel I need to highlight them any further with a wash.
I've ordered some special paint to cover the blacked out windows. More on that, in the next session. Thanks for looking
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Pretty cool!! How long is the ship?
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Scooke123 wrote:Pretty cool!! How long is the ship?
Thanks.
I'd say it's about 10 inches long
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Perfect size! I'm looking forward to your progress.
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#5 Post by kevtk135 »

The bases arrived from SSM, so I broke one out and did my best try and making a moon.
Then I discovered that it happened again - the clear coat in spots alligatored. Some delicate sanding and then a rather heavy coat of Future got the ship mostly smooth.
Thanks for looking.
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#6 Post by GEOFF MARTIN »

:D .. Love these build-ups...fabulous work...
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:like :like :like :like :like :like :like :like :like :like

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Thank you!
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#9 Post by Racer X »

Wotta li'l cutie!
I'm not sloppy - I'm an Impressionist!
Therefore anything that looks like a flaw is an intentional and integral part of the artwork as a whole.
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Racer X wrote:Wotta li'l cutie!
Thanks!
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