Looks like a neat project!

Will you be adding footprints to your base when the surface is finished?

Cool, dino builds are fun.

Great project.   Following along. 

   Jurassic Park...COOL!

Great stuff Don, looking forward to some paint.

Now!

 Make sure that he gets enough to eat. Or stuff will start to disappear at night. You know stuff moves when we ain't looking , Right?

Greg- not sure yet.  Depends on how I paint terrain.

TB- he will be just ready to start a good meal (prey provided in kit)

I now have a big problem.  As I was gluing parts together, I had a feeling the material might be vinyl.  That seems to be the case.  My white base coat is not drying!  Putting it in my drying box made it worse!  The prime worked fine but that Rustoleum paint sure didn't.  I'll try stripping it.

Thanks for posting this! That's soooo cool!!!

I've got a Tamiya T-rex around somewhere, going to be watching you to give me ideas!

This build definitely has my attention!  I've held this kit, along with the Pegasus T-Rex in my hands so many times when I've been in my local hobby shop.  I've made the Great White Shark and the Kothaga kits both from Pegasus and I know what you mean about the "plastic" they're made out of.  It's not styrene and it's not quite vinyl either.  I remember that I used Gorilla Super Glue and Tamiya Acryli putty to build it and Tamiya primer as a base coat.  On the Great White I airbrushed Tamiya acrylics and on Kothaga I hand brushed craft acrylic paints.  Good luck with the rest of your build.

It could also be a form of P.V.C.

armornut

   Jurassic Park...COOL!

 

Actually, Creataceous Park

Tanker-Builder

It could also be a form of P.V.C.

 

Yep, I think so.  So far I have had no luck getting that paint layer off.  If I do I can spray it with clear lacquer.  Funny- the dinosaur would not fit in my bucket, so I had filled the bucket about a third full and dumped the head and arms into the soapy water.  When I went into the basement the next day, the bucket was empty and water all over the floor!

All I can figure out is that the tail was hanging over the edge of the bucket, and the rough texture of the dinosaur skin promoted capillary action, like leaving a towel in a full sink with a corner hanging out.  I'll try again with purple power and scrubbing harder.

   Still cool Don

It heard you coming down the stairs and jumped back into the bucket.

Bill

From recent threads I gather that Isopropyl Alcohol is good for stripping paint. Is that a possibility here?

Well; Funny That!

         I too have had problems removing paint from P.V.C. with anything other  than Lacquer Thinner or P.V.C. Prep Fluid. I Never have had any luck with ANY type of alchol! One type just sits there and the other type causes ME to just sit there!

Making progress on the paint removal. Bigger, stiffer scrub brush and pure purple power seem to do the trick.  Lots of brushing ahead however.

Good luck with it! 

I tend to use 'Simple Green' and oven cleaner. 

One thing I started to do is to save the excess material (sprues on a regular injection molded kit) and paint them first before I use any paint on the actual model to test if there's going to be any weird reactions. 

Gamera

Good luck with it! 

I tend to use 'Simple Green' and oven cleaner. 

One thing I started to do is to save the excess material (sprues on a regular injection molded kit) and paint them first before I use any paint on the actual model to test if there's going to be any weird reactions. 

 

I wish I had done that!  However, the lacquer primer worked okay.  That led me to a false sense of security.

Glad to hear it, really looking forward to seeing how she comes out.

How did the dinosors come out? I cant find any finished pictures of them. That would be a great and interesting project to do.

Haven't worked on it lately.  I had to clean up my workshop- it has been a month long project!  Stil figure a week more at least.

I should at least paint a bit on the dino.  All attempts at airbrushing didn't look that good.  I've done a background with the airbrush, but am now brushing by hand tile by tile!

With your talents and skills I am sure it will turn out fantastic.