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Post by hypnotator on Sept 2, 2012 6:14:30 GMT -5
Hi there folks I'm new here. I'm a big Aurora fan but I thought I'd post this as it's a bit unusual and unique to the UK - two Mekon kits by Comet Miniatures from the British Dan Dare comic strip. Can I post more than one pic in a thread? Attachments:
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Post by hypnotator on Sept 2, 2012 6:15:39 GMT -5
Looks like I have to post separately for each pic? Attachments:
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Post by hypnotator on Sept 2, 2012 6:17:04 GMT -5
I like the big picture format here. I've lots of Prehistoric Scenes but I need to take good pix of 'em. Attachments:
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Post by andymoscarts on Sept 2, 2012 9:29:51 GMT -5
That's seriously cool!
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Post by hypnotator on Sept 9, 2012 11:43:20 GMT -5
Thanks Andy! Okay I’ve figured out how to post pix as part of the thread. Probably better as the larger than life blow ups reveal all the mistakes! Both of these Mekons are by Comet Miniatures, which is the London sci fi specialist model shop who put out the odd resin and white metal garage kit of their own manufacture. Regrettably I had to put up with Tony the ‘Tache’s bigoted diatribe about women and Polish builders while I bought these.  If I could spend my money elsewhere on these, I really would, but Tony has the monopoly on these beauties, and I was lucky to get them both.  The bigger one is solid resin with a vacuum formed skiff. The latter was a right pain to assemble. The bowl part has to be cut from a plastic sheet, the surface sanded flat and then another flat sheet glued to it, trimmed, the edges filled with putty, then sanded, which is when the crummy edge kept breaking away. A lot of time was spent getting it acceptable. Here is a pic half done.  He is a wrinkly, rather knackered looking Mekon, like he appeared in his later 2000AD days, before he stole the corny old Crystal of Life and rejuvenated.  The sculpting is beautiful. I’d love to know who did it and how much Tony the ‘Tache paid them. They planned a Dan Dare kit too, but it never got produced. Tony showed me the prototype many years ago. It was a lovely sculpt too, but he is less interesting subject matter than the Mekon.  The sculpting and casting around the eyes was not perfect, and it was difficult to paint. Unfortunately these pix show the flaws too well.  The smaller one is white metal with a solid resin skiff. This is my first white metal kit and I found that enamel paint scrapes off too easily. Just rigging him up by fishing wire was enough to scrape some off, and he needed constant retouching.  He is a fresher faced Mekon. The kit came with no seat for the skiff. I improvised with a segment cut from the plastic handle of a feather duster.  Here is the kit unmade. I had to photograph the palaver I rigged up to sit the bigger one while I painted the purple suit and let it dry. Holy head brace!   “One day, lad, all this will be yours.” It wasn’t until I took these pix that I realised they look like father and son, particularly with the big one pointing.  |
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Post by scooke123 on Sept 10, 2012 23:25:55 GMT -5
Pretty cool models - never seen these before. Great work!
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