Wayne,

Great job on the Triceratops! The Lost World: Jurassic Park (Jurassic Park 2) was a lot like your Hatari! meet Jurassic Park theme. And thanks for mentioning Hatari!, I forgot all about that movie!

Edit: It also brought back memories of watching Daktari too! lol

@waynec: 

Nice job on the filling! I'm curious to see how you'll paint the dinosaur and the jeep.

Gamera

Whoa, cool looking critter Moff!

I saw Mike Jones has a resin kit of Stygimoloch, aka Horned devil from the river of death, which must be the coolest name ever on the most butt ugly dinosaur ever! Too bad it's out of production assuming I had $160.00 bucks too drop on it in the first place.

 

http://stores.dansdinosaurs.com/carnotaurus-resin-kit-by-galileo-hernandez/ 

That particular Carnotaurus doesn't seem to be available at the moment (I'm going to try contacting them about it), but there's a bust: 

http://stores.dansdinosaurs.com/carnotaurus-bust-by-paul-tanompong/ 

Then there's the Majungasaurus, which is a new favorite for me: 

http://stores.dansdinosaurs.com/majungasaurus-saurozoic-collection-resin-kit-by-krentz/ 

I like how the Majungasaurus looks a bit akward with its weird body ratios, sort of as if someone stretched him out. 

I don't know how much money I want to spend on a dino, since if I end up participating, this'll be my first real figure painting attempt. On the other hand, they all look really cool. 

success on seam filling/ granted the triceratops doesn't have the scaley texture the raptors have. the hald seams were filled with red body putty and sanded carefully. the leg, head, and horn attachmernts were done with a lot of glue so it oozed out a bit followed by white glue and wet q-tips. didn't realize the mouth was hollow until i had it together so i packed in a bunch of model clay. if i stick some vegitation in there no one will notice. obviously the raptors are half the size of the ones in Jurrasic Park/World. the jeep got me thinking of a big game safari or HATARI neets JURRASIC WORLD.

Whoa, cool looking critter Moff!

I saw Mike Jones has a resin kit of Stygimoloch, aka Horned devil from the river of death, which must be the coolest name ever on the most butt ugly dinosaur ever! Too bad it's out of production assuming I had $160.00 bucks too drop on it in the first place.

Thats a new one on me, looks like some kind of ET. Very cool.

Terry

Check this out! It's the Koolasuchus, a.k.a "The Giant Alligator Tadpole Salamander Of Death". No exaggeration. 

http://stores.dansdinosaurs.com/koolasuchus-resin-kit-by-dans-dinosaurs/

modelcrazy

Thanks for that Bruce. There are several that look fantastic, as well as the price, but a few that I can afford...$25 and under. I may try to get one.

 

...wait, never mind, it tells the scale right there...1/72 and 1/40.

Thanks for that Bruce. There are several that look fantastic, as well as the price, but a few that I can afford...$25 and under. I may try to get one.

Man, now I found a really cool dinosaur and I have a really cool dio in mind for it! But, it's going to cost me! 

Steve,

This is from the FAQ page:

Steve,

Some are built and painted, however, I noticed many that were un-finished. Some of the discriptions will tell you the model will ship with X amout of parts. Also, they have directions on where you can send the model to be professionally built and painted.

Thanks Bruce for the link! 

I've always thought these were awesome but they are expensive. 

I have a resin Albertosaur somewhere I'd like to build for this but no idea where he got to. 

Wow, those look super nice!

I wonder if they are already built, and how would one tell the diffrence.

Hey, guys ( and gals!) I found a webstore which sells resin dinosaurs. These look to be very detailed and well made. Unfortunately, the prices refect how well they are made. Granted, I have not purchased from this store, so, I don't have first hand information. But, I am somewhat considering maybe something small! lol

Anyway, I figured I'd post their website so you can at least take a look and deside for yourselves. Dans Dinosuars

Gamera

I have to say though that Lindberg did send us a big box of kits for the kid's 'Make and Take' at our local IPMS show last year, in fact they've several times sent us stuff in support. I'd like to buy their stuff in support but not to bad mouth them it's just not us to current standards. 

 

I have to say though that Lindberg did send us a big box of kits for the kid's 'Make and Take' at our local IPMS show last year, in fact they've several times sent us stuff in support. I'd like to buy their stuff in support but not to bad mouth them it's just not us to current standards. 

jibber

If those were the only kits out there I would seriously consider a different hobby. It's just too much of too much, theres so many great kits these days and several on the lower end that are still far superior to that company. Is that a dinosaur or a sausage?

When I saw the Lindberg He-111 at my LHS for the first time, I almost burst out laughing. I really feel bad for them...

If those were the only kits out there I would seriously consider a different hobby. It's just too much of too much, theres so many great kits these days and several on the lower end that are still far superior to that company. Is that a dinosaur or a sausage?

Anyway, I stopped in at one of my only and favorite Hobby Shops anywhere in my area and they had a large section of Dino kits from low to high dollars, but for the money anybody wanting to jump in with a good kit at reasonable pricing, buy Tamiya. You can get the Dino as a stand alone or with a pre-made Diorama. Buying a stand alone piece offers unlimited Dio opportunities from small to large. My friend at the Model Cave says theres a lot of people that build and paint Dino's thats why he keeps a nice selection, so next time I'm there I'll take a couple pics of the different manufacturers and offerings. Maybe somebody will see some things we haven't talked about and hard to find online.

   Terry

I guess Lindberg kits have their uses. Still even as a kid back in the '80s I went for Monogram kits, even back then I really didn't like the Lindberg ones very much. 

Gamera

I did a web search yesterday for dino kits and wow there's some nice injection molded stuff out there now. Those Pegasus kits do look good! 

Then again I kept bumping into these Lindberg kits with puffy bloated dinos that seem to either have injected way too much Botox or else stumbled face first into a giant beehive. Even old kits I grew up on though not scientifically accurate by what we know today still looked way better than these! 

 

Why anyone would want to buy a Lindberg kit is beyond me... 

Thats a very good price Bruce. The T-Rex dio i am thinking about is about £40.

Agreed, I checked all those Tamiya dio sets and that's a great price. 

Terry

hogfanfs

Just found this on Squadron's website: triceratops

$19.99 for the Diorama kit!

Edit: This price is only good for today.

 

Wow, that's more than half-off! Good catch there Bruce, if I didn't already have so much stuff in the stash I'd take them up on that offer. 

Just found this on Squadron's website: triceratops

$19.99 for the Diorama kit!

Edit: This price is only good for today.

I did a web search yesterday for dino kits and wow there's some nice injection molded stuff out there now. Those Pegasus kits do look good! 

Then again I kept bumping into these Lindberg kits with puffy bloated dinos that seem to either have injected way too much Botox or else stumbled face first into a giant beehive. Even old kits I grew up on though not scientifically accurate by what we know today still looked way better than these! 

Thanks Bruce that would be my first choice too. I've used it for almost everything and never once had an issue, but with vinyl I was wondering about it adhering. I'm all about no sanding, this putty is a life saver. I've wrecked more parts by sanding either to much or to far. I think the detail on these Pegasus kits are second to none, never seen anything like it. 

Thanks guys

Terry

hogfanfs

 

jibber

Bruce thats sooo coool. These Pegasus kits are vinyl so I assumed you used CA to glue it up but what are you using to fill joints?

Terry

 

 

 

 

Terry,

Yes, I used CA glue to adhere the pieces. I will use Perfect Plastic putty as a filler. This way I can wipe away the access with (hopefully) no sanding. This is the tutorial I've been using for information: Here   It's been very helpful, hope it helps you too.

 

I've just got some of that perfect plastic putty for my Arado. Had not herad of it before, its really nice to work with. I am thinking i might ditch my Squadron filler for it.

hogfanfs

 

 

jibber

Bruce thats sooo coool. These Pegasus kits are vinyl so I assumed you used CA to glue it up but what are you using to fill joints?

Terry

 

 

 

 

Terry,

Yes, I used CA glue to adhere the pieces. I will use Perfect Plastic putty as a filler. This way I can wipe away the access with (hopefully) no sanding. This is the tutorial I've been using for information: Here   It's been very helpful, hope it helps you too.

 

jibber

One more thing, I think these Dino's could be addicting. Just sayin...

Terry

 

Yes, I'm already thinking of what I will do in dino dio 2! LOL!