ESTABLISHED SEPTEMBER 2005.
Welcome - I hope you enjoy viewing my work. I modify most of my figure kits so that they wind up quite different from the original. (And there is a lot more here than just dinosaurs - so browse on!) I re-discovered the joy of art in mid-life and its been a joy to create and share my vision with others. Art, like all creative gifts, exists to be shared so as to enrich the lives of others.
So this website is my gift to you. If you have an interest in art/sculpting/modeling of all kinds of subjects, I would recommend that you check out the Internet Figure Modeling Clubhouse at
INTERNET CLUBHOUSE and also see
MODEL WARSHIPS.COM
At both sites you will find incredible artists and sculptors, some nationally known. Their work will leave you in awe.
Thank you for stopping by!
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1/24 Scale Giganotosaurus Kitbash
This is a 1/24 Giganotosaurus kitbash. The front half of the body and the head are from a “see-through “ styrene plastic TRex/Allosaurus/monster toy kit (they keep changing the name without getting it right.)
The kit was obviously made to look just like the Doris Kindersley book green Giganotosaurus which I have loved for years. I had to extend the head a half to ¾ inch just ahead of the eyes and add a few teeth. The hips/legs/tail are from the odds and ends bin I’ve had lying around for ages. The neck was also made a little longer.
The legs were shortened, then heavily resculpted with putty to fatten them. The gut – showing the pubic bone outlines – was sculpted from putty. I wanted a big gut on it which is the correct reconstruction based on what we now know. It actually does balance without the need for pinning.
The legs and tail were filled with plaster (they are vinyl) and connected to the front of the body with wire and putty. The front half of the body, which is made from much harder styrene, was reinforced by giving it an interior coating of Quickplastic putty.
Its about 22” long.
