Aurora Monsters,the other great model kit set!

[andymoscarts]

Went rooting through some old model boxes where I came across my old monogram re-issue of the Mummy,which I think I got in about 83,(I had had an Aurora glow in the Dark back in the mists of time),he was missing a few bandages,but some thin plastic card took care of that.
So Here he is restored after well over a decade in the cellar.




During a lull in repainting I made the rookie mistake of checking out E-Bay,came across a couple of un-boxed,but complete "Luminators" kits,modelling allowance for the month spent,I was soon rewarded with a Phantom and a Dracula made out of the worst plastic I have ever had to fettle and a stupendous amount of flash in the most ghastly shades of see through orange and green!
The Phantom was a favourite when I was a kid and holds up pretty well even today,the screaming prisoner was just as gruesome as I remembered him to be,Which was a bonus!



Dracula presented exactly the same problem I had with him over 38 years ago,trying to get the cape to match up! Still I would like to think I am a little more mature now.(possibly)


Well I have to go and check out my cellar,I have a funny feeling an Aurora Wolfman and Hunchback may be lurking at the bottom of a box full of crud!
Thanks for looking,
Andy

[becdecorbin]

I'd like to try the Phantom--I know how to paint characters in formal wear. Dracula's Carpathian poncho never caught on....

[prescenes2]

Ya know, I have never owned the Phantom of the Opera. That is on my "to get" list! Nice paint job on the kits!

[andymoscarts]

Thanks guys,got my Wolfman and Hunchback tidied up and back on display.





I really loved these kits when I was a kid,reckon I still do!

[artdecovampire]

Andy these bring back great memories. I made the glow in the dark versions of these kits many moons ago and I remember not only loving the kits but the detailed bases that came with them. I used the mummy base later with an airfix triceratops for a school project we did on myths and legends. I called it lost world of Atlantis and the scaled up temple parts looked just right with some 1/72 Airfix Roman soldiers attacking the dinosaur. Aaah to be twelve again!

[hypnotator]

Nice jobs! A lot of mine are painted up Luminators from the early '90s. Sadly, Drac's ring is just a blob you can do nothing with.

[andymoscarts]

That is so true,I really tried,In the end the carpet monster got it!