Other Plamo

This is the page with plamo kits that don't fit into any other category!

Honda Super Cub 110 (Tasmania Green Metallic)

The Super Cub.

Super Cub (2021, Studio Kai) didn't get me to buy an actual Super Cub (although it did get me close to getting a different scooter/light motorcycle). It did, however, lead me to finding this kit by Fujimi and it's really special. No, it doesn't go into the ridiculous level of mechanical detail with punch-out sheet metal parts and tiny chains that traditional automotive model kits can get into, but for a color-seperated, snap-together (mostly) plamo kit, it's exceptional. They got the plastic colors just right (it really looks like glossy, factory-fresh paint) and some well-used stickers add detail in all the right places. The tyres are even actual rubber!

The detail and colour seperation on this kit is very good, all things considered.
Yep, it's a Cub.

Haropla: Green Haro and Hello Kitty Collaboration

Haro is in the running for 'most friendly robot'.
The Hello Kitty collaboration Haro is so cute!

In the Gundam category but not belonging to any particular Gundam series, here's some Haropla! I actually got the Hello Kitty one first.

Haro, say 'aaaa'.
This sticker sheet was slightly stress-inducing.

There's really not much to say about these kits: they're very simple to make, and the most panel lining you can do is in-between the 'segments' on the arms and legs. The Hello Kitty one is notable in that it achieves the Hello Kitty look via a sticker sheet, which requires a lot of careful placement with next to no visual guides for most of them. These are supposedly aimed at kids, but getting everything to line up acceptably was a nightmare! Maybe the kids wouldn't care if the whiskers are a bit wonky, though.

Bandai Hobby System Base 001

The painted, decaled, and topcoated system base.
Ryusei-Go, ready for launch!

Honestly, I just added this to an HLJ order because it wasn't too expensive and looked neat, and well... it's pretty neat! Normally I wouldn't put stuff like this in a list of 'models I've built' (after all, I panel line my action bases but I wouldn't consider them a 'model kit'), but this was a bit more involved and ended up being a lot of painting and detailing - the entire kit is just grey plastic out of the box. I also used it as a trial run for decals under a topcoat, and that part went extremely well: I wouldn't be considering the Graze refit without it.

FEISAR & AG Systems FX350/400

Welcome to wipEout.
Only the finest in future dystopian anti-gravity racing.

Okay, so these aren't model kits. But they certainly are plastic models, and Sony is never going to pay any attention to anything interesting ever again (apart from that Gravity Rush movie that is definitely real and coming out. RIP Japan Studio), so these will have to do. And they're very good, especially for the price they were sold at. There isn't anything in the way of articulation apart from the ships pivoting in a ball joint in the base, but that's fine. The FEISAR ship also has a color error (that brown stripe should be light blue), but I think it works out to be honest. Anyway, pour one out for wipEout and for Studio Liverpool/Psygnosis. One of the best.