Hi,

I'm Manoj, a Aerospace Engineer working in Bangalore.
I am a aero modeller and i basically build Static Plastic 1:48 and 1:72 kits.

my email ID is

http://manojmungasavalli.blogspot.com/

Attached are some of my models.

Welcome to RC India  

Please do post a bit more detail about how you use plastic for building models. It is not an easy material to shape, right ?

Welcome to RC world Manoj.
Your Models are very nice and tempting.

All the Best
AkshayB

those models look exact replica!!! wow man!!! really impressive!!!

Manoj Bhaiya aapke model Super.

 Wow beautifull

could you please share the construction secrets? tools used?

Regards,
Dileep

Nice work sir. Amazing stuff.

Wow!!!!!

Awesome , where in blore are you put up?

Hey! Welcome to the forum! Excellent work there. Can we have more pics?

Hi! Nice to see another plastic kit modeller. Welcome to the forum. Here is one of mine...........

Can we have a thread in the "Tools, Materials and Building Techniques" board about how to shape plastic according to ones desires ?

Great work Manoj sir   
Great to see a static modeler in Bangalore

Quote from: VC on May 11, 2011, 09:38:48 PM
Hi! Nice to see another plastic kit modeller. Welcome to the forum. Here is one of mine...........

Arre VC Sir... This looks like a ready made model... Did this model come pre painted??? Very nice detailing on the plane...

Very very very nice models... welcome to the Forum...

Anam, the F 16 is completely hand (brush) painted by me. Yes, these models have to be well detailed. Thanks.

woooooooow.... So These are the same models which come in kits..? Right?? Amazing hand work Sir.... Hats off to you and Manoj Sir.... Hats Off...

It seems that most people on this forum are not too aware of the charms of Plastic kit modelling. Not unlikely, since this is primarily a RC forum and the topic being discussed deals with Static Display Models. With more people like Manoj joining in, I'm sure there will be more awareness.

There have been some other (male/female/androgynous) members who have tried to dupe the forum by trying to pass off Plastic Kits as being "scratchbuilt out of paper and cardboard".

Plastic kit modelling is an art by itself. The models are exact replicas of the real things in terms of detailing. Though the parts arrive pre cut and shaped / formed in the box, it is upto the modellers expertise to produce a life like finished model. (There is, thus, no question of "how to shape plastic according to ones desires" involved). A lot of pain has to be taken to eliminate the joint lines and produce an authentic paint job. Paint jobs can be 'mint' or 'weathered', the latter being more difficult to achieve.

I've been modelling plastic kits since 1977 and have more than 150 finished models in my collection.

Since this is Manoj's thread, it wouldn't be proper on my part to post any more photographs of my models here, unless he wants me to.

I am attaching a few pictures of an unmade kit - Academy 1:48 scale MiG 29 so that forum members can get a glimpse of what a 'kit' looks like.

Over to you Manoj!

Ohk... So it is all plastic mould which comes.. bare white.. and you guys paint it and give it its actual look...

Quote from: anwar on May 11, 2011, 09:51:46 PM
Can we have a thread in the "Tools, Materials and Building Techniques" board about how to shape plastic according to ones desires ?

Quote from: anam_funny on May 11, 2011, 11:04:04 PM
Ohk... So it is all plastic which comes.. bare white.. and you guys paint it and give it its actual look...

Now you know why the question was asked

Anwar Sahab, I may look  stupid (see my profile pic).....................................

No one did a proper intro for what "kit modeling" is !  For the rest of us, there needs to be education

Anwar Sahab, If Manoj is busy and cannot oblige, let me know. I will be glad to do so. It will be a pleasure for me.

Hey, I just remembered when I was 7 or 8 years old I got one of these, gifted to me by my sister who used to live in the US at that time. As far as I can remember, It was an F-22 Raptor, it also came with the spray paint and other accessories. I had taken great pleasure in watching the assembly, which was done by my Uncle. Ummm.....  But I can't quite remember where I've kept it, will surely start a massive search operation for that.

Did not know any of this. Thanks VC for sharring. Looking at the plastic moulds im sure its not very easy to put together and paint.