Mosasaurus
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31 11 December 2023, 00:37
Steven Van DyckThanks. Now the boys are watching how the skeleton towers above them. Some parts are kept as a dry-fit because I have to change the glass brackets in the kit by something more realistic.
23 December 2023, 23:56
Steven Van DyckThanks, SM. Now the walkway is constructed. I think I might not add the full-grown lady and child, they're from a MB interbellum civilian set.
14 January, 01:50
Steven Van DyckThanks, guys. Last week I ordered a contemporary of mosasaurus, a giant sea turtle called Archelon. This is a snap-kit "gashapon" toy out of a plastic ball dispenser, but it's extremely detailed. I got the white version and not the phosphorescent one, but it should arrive later this week. I hope it will fit well on the dio.
22 January, 06:18
Steven Van DyckThanks, Brandon. Archelon arrived today and it did only take some sanding to remove the fine casting marks. The material is not styrene, rather vinyl or PVC so gluing was done with CA. The dimensions were perfect to incorporate the turtle into the dio. I left the two main parts as a dryfit so I can paint the inside better.
22 January, 23:43
S MWow! Archelon fits very nicely there with Mosasaurus. It seems to be as well detailed as the big fellow.
23 January, 15:32
Steven Van DyckYes, I'm glad to have found archelon. It is now painted brown and the mosasaur is painted bleak, like all mosasaur fossils I've seen. I made a glass partition but I need to build the armrest. The ammonites are painted in Greenstuff's Solar Anomaly and then Holographic on top, so as they would contain a labradorite layer like sometimes happens. But I saw the paint crackles on the Tamiya gloss black I used.
14 February, 00:20
Steven Van DyckThanks, SM. Now the walkway handrail is constructed from brass tubes that are drilled in my Proxxon for the connection holes. Washes and dry-brushes on the fossils are great fun.
18 February, 00:35
RandoThis is a totally different aspect of modeling that nonetheless also pleases my 5 year old brain. I might just have to get into this some day
22 February, 01:46
Steven Van DyckI can recommend it, Rando.
At the moment, the figures are almost painted, but I still have an idea to improve them.
19 March, 00:06
Steven Van DyckThis project is finished. I used some self-made decals to enhance the details. I first made the end pictures and then realised that I still had to paint the outside of the base that had some overspray. Some of the reference can be found here (I also ordered this book)
nhbs.com/ancient-sea-reptiles-book
dinopedia.fandom.com/wiki/Archelon
dinopedia.fandom.com/wiki/Mosasaurus
20 March, 22:40
