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Post by scooke123 on Sept 18, 2012 22:56:27 GMT -5
I always regret selling stuff too - I have sold and re-bought items many times. Part of the fun of this hobby I guess!!!!! Steve
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Post by becdecorbin on Feb 16, 2014 20:53:09 GMT -5
Recently acquired a California Condor for dirt cheap on Ebay. Missing bones, but I have plenty of substitutes from my Aurora scrap-pile. Degreased and scrubbed and now painted with a thin coat of Aircraft Gray. (wince) I should have made sure that shade was FLAT not GLOSS.
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Post by becdecorbin on Oct 13, 2014 21:30:50 GMT -5
After nearly a year, the Revell Polar Bear is finished. No white on the bear, the highlights in the fur were a Badger Freak Flex color: Bleached Bone Tan. Attachments:
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Post by artdecovampire on Oct 14, 2014 0:17:21 GMT -5
Nice one. I always thought it was an odd looking kit but that paint makes it look the business
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Post by TAY666 on Oct 14, 2014 16:12:28 GMT -5
Nice job on an otherwise lifeless kit. Your paint work gives it some personality.
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Post by mynameisbrent on Oct 15, 2014 1:47:20 GMT -5
My primary recollection of this series is that the plastic was exceptionally brittle and broke easily. I was not rough with my models as a kid, but I went through several California Condors. The legs and/or wings broke off of all of them. My California Condors all went extinct.
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Post by TAY666 on Oct 15, 2014 18:30:24 GMT -5
I only had the komodo dragon and black panther as a kid. Both of which are pretty sturdy. But yeah, you had to be careful with the pins for the arms/legs. Since I've gotten some other parts over the years, I can see where they could be fragile in the hands of a kid.
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Post by mynameisbrent on Oct 15, 2014 21:51:23 GMT -5
And to me, the White Rhino looked like a potato with legs. And the bird broke off of his back. (In case you haven't guessed by now, I don't have fond memories of this series.)
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Post by becdecorbin on Oct 20, 2014 18:41:19 GMT -5
The finished California Condor. The head was about the only place to add color. So I made sure it was colorful. Dullcote brought the whole thing into line later. Damn that top/bottom seam in the body--if I build another one, I have to find a way to disguise that seam without losing detail. Of all the flying bird models I have built, this one is somewhere in the middle. The worst being the Bald Eagle by (?) the best is the Aurora Tar Pit vulture.
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Post by scooke123 on Oct 20, 2014 21:25:47 GMT -5
Nice work - colors on the head contrast well with the rest of the Condor.
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Post by psgreat on Oct 21, 2014 8:51:04 GMT -5
Nice job on the Condor and the Polar Bear! The Bald Eagle you referred to came out by Lindberg then Life Like. Thought I saw a Komodo Dragon complete with monkey on ebay..... Had the Condor, Polar Bear, Rhino, Black Panther ( all I have left is the tree... ) as a kid and my brother had the Komodo Dragon. I liked the series... That would be neat if Revell would release them again..... oh, to dream....
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Post by becdecorbin on Feb 19, 2018 19:45:59 GMT -5
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Post by TAY666 on Feb 20, 2018 18:00:53 GMT -5
Link works fine. And that looks like a really nice build.
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