Ants?

THEM! THEM!

Actually that would make for a good dio.

That's probably the Heller kit I'm thinking of, then, though, I wasn't thinking of the giant insect dios that Aurora did, but rather, the line of realistic animal models that they did.

Bronto

Heller made several kits of insects.  They were about 6" long.  They made an ant (Formica Rufa) in that series.  Last release was about 8 years ago.

Just as a reference, there's a build-up photo of said Heller kit on p. 37 of the current (January 2012) FSM.

Cheers

Heller made several kits of insects.  They were about 6" long.  They made an ant (Formica Rufa) in that series.  Last release was about 8 years ago.

OctaneOrange

 

the Baron:

 

Aurora made an ant, back in the day.

 

 

was you thinking of those 'scenes' of a giant critter diorama?

Those were only Tarantula, Spider, Scorpion, and Mosquito, I know because I have those right behind me. if I'm thinking what your thinking

the Baron

Aurora made an ant, back in the day.

was you thinking of those 'scenes' of a giant critter diorama?

Aurora made an ant, back in the day.  It was about 4 to 6 inches long, when assembled, if I remember correctly.  I'll have to look it up in Graham when I get home.

I'm not sure if it was ever brought again by any of Aurora's successors:

-Monogram, who bought most of the Aurora catalog, when Aurora went out of business (some of those kits are still in production today, in Revell-Monogram's catalog

-Polar Lights or Moebius, who re-issued some of the old Aurora models, eg, the movie monsters, as well as adding new subjects in similar style.

I just ran a quick search on eBay for "aurora model kits":

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p5197.m570.l1313&_nkw=aurora+model+kit&_sacat=See-All-Categories

I went a couple of pages in, but didn't see the kit I'm thinking of, but it could be several pages in.

If I find more info in Graham's book, I'll post it back here.

Best regards,

Brad