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Post by artdecovampire on Jan 28, 2014 15:41:46 GMT -5
I have always loved the Lindberg line for nostalgia reasons. They're cheap and cheerful and the world won't miss one in a kit bash. Wandering around 'The Works'bookshop chain I picked up a dino-skeleton in an egg shaped tube intending to use parts of it on an Allosaurus base. I built it for fun and realised it was made out of good quality styrene, it was also quite accurate. I suddenly had the idea that I could use its plates and tail spikes on a late model Lindberg Stegosaurus. The one with the added texture to the body. Its the re-issue for JP that is now the standard issue kit. I've not started as I need to climb in to the attic and drag one off the pile and its too cold here to move away from the radiator tonight. I have however added a pic of the dino-skeleton kit and it seems the right size more or less. It also gives me a supply of original plates to restore the couple of pre-texture originals that still need a bit of TLC. I shall update as I build. Who knows what will emerge? Attachments:
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Post by artdecovampire on Jan 28, 2014 15:42:58 GMT -5
The other side. Attachments:
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Post by artdecovampire on Jan 28, 2014 15:44:17 GMT -5
It occurred to me that at £1.50 I might pick up a couple of triceratops versions just for the skulls to decorate bases.
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Post by andymoscarts on Jan 28, 2014 17:09:27 GMT -5
Right,that's me off to the Works!
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Post by artdecovampire on Jan 29, 2014 14:34:36 GMT -5
They've always got dinosaur related stuff in. Some surprisingly good. When my daughter was young enough to be interesting (!)we made a bunch of dioramas out of 'Works' dinosaur stuff. We spent a couple of quid and scavenged most of the stuff we used. Pics below.
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Post by artdecovampire on Jan 29, 2014 14:36:14 GMT -5
a family of stegosaurs at a Morrison Formation watering hole. Notice the quality street lid? Attachments:
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Post by artdecovampire on Jan 29, 2014 14:45:03 GMT -5
When we collected about three or 4 the same we painted them altogether. Here is a group of Eupocephalus (SP?) on a shallow upland riverbed Attachments:
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Post by artdecovampire on Feb 2, 2014 12:11:28 GMT -5
Ok here are the plates I am going to swap. You can see they are bigger at the top and flat at the bottom. The second pic shows some glass paper over an old knife handle to sand the shape for the bottom of the plates to fit.  Attachments:
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Post by artdecovampire on Feb 2, 2014 12:14:19 GMT -5
The plates went on like a dream. The kit is so simple. I used a gel polystyrene cement so the plates held in place whilst they dried. Attachments:
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Post by artdecovampire on Feb 2, 2014 12:18:40 GMT -5
Its all gone together well. I have added some filler and it will need more but I think the plates actually suit it. I have also added the little skull to the base as scenery. A bit of a rub down and a coat of paint during the week if time permits. Attachments:
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Post by artdecovampire on Feb 7, 2014 12:30:49 GMT -5
Now I have the plates right and the undercoat on I'm looking at the base and thinking its a bit puny for the kit now it has a major complement of plates. I'm also thinking of enlarging the scutes on the sides and putting some real hooves and toes on it. Attachments:
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Post by prescenes2 on Feb 7, 2014 20:59:59 GMT -5
Those plates make it stand out. They improve that kit tremendously! I'm enjoying watching this develop. Fantastic concept!
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Post by artdecovampire on Feb 11, 2014 1:31:24 GMT -5
Well now its getting out of hand. A five minute kit-bash taking on a life of its own. Here is my 'sculpy base' which is hopefully in keeping with the kit, but long and low. The original sculpt wont sit flat. Its has to be on a raised bed otherwise it stands on its tail. Attachments:
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Post by artdecovampire on Feb 11, 2014 1:37:01 GMT -5
I'm never sure how long to bake this stuff so I did it and left it in the cooling oven overnight and it didn't harm it. Rock hard in fact. This shows the steg in position. Better than its previous little base. Tried to make it look injection moulded. Gave the sculp a wipe over with bacardi rum on a brush to settle the detail and it worked well as it was the only 'industrial spirit' I had in. Not using any of my single malts on hobbies! LOL Attachments:
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Post by artdecovampire on Feb 11, 2014 1:39:22 GMT -5
Also notice the new thagomiser. Actually parts from a cheap pteranodon skeleton kit cut down and stretched over a candle. Looks the business compared with those four blunt ended sticks of the original.
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Post by artdecovampire on Feb 12, 2014 1:17:35 GMT -5
Here is the base finished. Used some Tamiya military colours though I normally use citadel paints. Tamiya are strangely dry and the brush drags and I'm not fond of them except for scenery. A sandy brown washed with a chocolate colour and dry brushed. Trying to get a dry Morrison foundation effect but scrap the grass effect on the old base as it probably hadn't evolved in that form during steg's lifetime. Modelled a bit of drift wood style tree trunk and kept the skull from the plate donor kit. Attachments:
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Post by artdecovampire on Feb 12, 2014 1:22:31 GMT -5
So next its the steg. Most of the shots you see, the plates are red. I'm going to use the scheme from planet dinosaur, which uses red plates, brown body with a pale underside. Attachments:
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Post by prescenes2 on Feb 12, 2014 13:39:34 GMT -5
A vast improvement on a very old and dull kit. I applaud your efforts on the reincarnation of the steggy and the base is perfect! Keep up the great work. I'd like to see what you might have in store for the other kits, like the Bronto or Dimetrodon!
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Post by TAY666 on Feb 12, 2014 18:27:21 GMT -5
That is looking very nice.
Fun little project you have going there.
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Post by andymoscarts on Feb 12, 2014 18:39:32 GMT -5
That looks 100% better, I love to see these old kits improved.
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