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This first post will not be a build log, but just a bit on a previous project. The first kit I can remember building on my own was the Gigantics Rampaging Scorpion. I was 6 or 7 at the time and my dad bought me this kit to keep me out of his hair while he worked on his 1/96 scale USS Constitution. I stumbled on the AMT Reissue of this kit at flea market and had to have it! Of course now-a-days I tend to pit a little more into my kit building than I did when I was eight (that poor scorpion was so covered with glue...). I decided to make an homage to the classic 1050's giant monster movies this kit was meant to represent, so first I replaced the cars with 1950's era HO Scale vehicles: the Carmen Ghia replaced the '70's Corvette in the scorpion's claws while a yellow and white Bel Air makes its escape. I wanted to match up the box art so I created a newspaper as the display's nameplate. I used Photoshop, and some images from 1050's newspapers to create the folded paper, which once assembles and weathered was coated in white glue to harden the entire nameplate. I stuck with the original cardboard display pieces provided in the kit and stiffened them using styrene sheets cut to shape and affixed to the cardboard after I flattened the pieces. The buildings were dry-brushed to bring out the details and mounted with brass rod into the base board along with the scorpion itself and the Bel Air. The Carmen Ghia was crushed between two mental plates in a table vice to mimic the scorpion's claws. The scorpion was painted to match the black emperor scorpion with gray tinted dry brushing and reddish brown coloring on the leg and claw tips, the eyes were painted a gloss black. The scorpion was attached to the display by a brass rod to keep it in the proper position with his tail crushing the building behind him. All in all this was a very simple kit to build, the buildings went together with no problems I had to add some styrene sheet pieces to cover the open holes in some of the damaged buildings so you couldn't see there was nothing inside, the scorpion assembled easily and even had a platform to mount the legs in their correct positions. For me this was a fun kit to revisit a memory from my childhood. I hope you enjoyed my write-up about this project. Check back to see my next post a build log on building the Revell Republic Star Destroyer. Until next time, beep building!
2 Comments
9/16/2016 10:09:06 am
That's really neat--so much thought went into that display! I never really thought about going past the model itself.
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Chris
9/16/2016 10:28:41 am
Sometime looking beyond the kit is really part of the fun of the build!
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AuthorHi there, I'm Chris and welcome to my workbench. I've been building models since i was 6 or 7 years old. I thought it would be fun to share some of my projects! Archives
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