Looking for a pteradactyl? model

the Baron wrote:

Hi, Max, are you sure that the T-Rex, Triceratops and Pteranodon from Polar Lights are not new moldings of the original Aurora designs?  I built the Aurora prehistoric series when I was a kid, all except the T-Rex, and the Polar Lights models look like the same models.

The Polar Lights kit is better than the Aurora/Monogram/Revell kit.

Hi, Max, are you sure that the T-Rex, Triceratops and Pteranodon from Polar Lights are not new moldings of the original Aurora designs?  I built the Aurora prehistoric series when I was a kid, all except the T-Rex, and the Polar Lights models look like the same models.

The Triceratops was cast in blue plastic, the T-Rex in an orangish or goldish red, the Pteranodon in orange.  It had an optional "battle scarred" wing, and its feet were cast just as in the picture posted above of the current Revell molding.

Those were great kits, if they weren't too accurate, based on current paleontology.  But with the interlocking bases, you could put together a big diorama of prehistory.  Of course, I played with those models, and they all succumbed eventually in adventures with GI Joe ("GI Joe and the Wooly Mammoth", "GI Joe and the Lost World", etc.)

Anyway, the Pteranodon could serve as the basis for a decent-enough kitbash.

Happy modeling!

Brad

Polar Lights or the Revell (Aurora/Monogram original. The Polar Lights kit does indeed have an Aurora logo. They bought the rights to use that logo and put it on their monster kits as well as a few others. Rest assured however that the three dino kits released by Polar Lights. The T-Rex, Triceratops, and Pterydactyl are original Polar Lights molds and ARE NOT repops of the old Aurora original.

Max Bryant

tamiya does/did i had one a logn time ago.

I recommend Ray Rimmels book Building Model Dinosaurs, its great and gives step by steph instructionson how to really upgrade one of these kits to make it more lifelike.  Also his book features fantastic information on making groundwork/water.

David

Screaminhelo wrote:

Thanks for the help.  I have seen the Aurora kit before but I am looking for something a bit more 'lifelike'.  I have not seen the Revell before.  It looks like it would require some modification to do what I have in mind but it may be a definate possibility. Any more ideas out there?

The Revell kit I posted is actually a reissue of the old Aurora "Prehistoric Scenes" Pteranodon.

The one I think you might be referring to as "Aurora" linked above is by Polar Lights...but it does look like an Aurora logo on the box...I believe Polar Lights put the Aurora logo on some of its kits, but I am not familiar with this particular offering. It may well be a reissue of the original Aurora Pteranodon, and if so, would look just like the Revell kit pictured in the link above (being the same kit and all!). However, if that's a photo of the kit in the Polar Lights box art, it's definitely not the same as the Aurora/Revell kit.

Other than these two, I can't think of any other prehistoric flying reptile kits.

Thanks for the help.  I have seen the Aurora kit before but I am looking for something a bit more 'lifelike'.  I have not seen the Revell before.  It looks like it would require some modification to do what I have in mind but it may be a definate possibility.

Any more ideas out there?