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Monsters in Motion |
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| James Bama Aurora
Box-Art. |
AURORA - Tribute
Box Art Model Kit |
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| 2005 |
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| Remember when
you were a kid looking at all the incredible box artwork
of the AURORA
classic monsters, how bad you wanted to purchase these
kits, only to find that the actual kit did not resemble
anything close to the artwork? Well, now they do! |
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Another winner from
Monsters in Motion
that features the beautiful Aurora art work of James
Bama in a 3D model kit. Also another GREAT sculpt by
Jeff Yagher. |
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| This is the fifth kit in the Aurora
Box Art Series |
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This kit was a Christmas gift from
my Wife and I've been basically working on it since the
day after Christmas.
I made the mistake of trying to build this kit along
with building the
Banana Splits Buggies and it's been
almost nonstop.
I think that my eyes might be permanently crossed. |
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As is the case with all of the kits
in this series, the sculpt is dead on.
This Ape's face looks just like the BIG GUY that we all
fondly remember from the AURORA box. |
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The toughest part about the painting
of this kit was trying to match up the different shades
of browns and grays that Bama painted in the original
art.
This was NOT an easy task. |
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I didn't really want to paint his
eyes red but (again) I wanted to copy the
original painting the best that I could.
I'm sure that Bama had his own reasons for painting the
eyes and nostrils red. |
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I also had a bit of a time keeping
Kong glued to the base BUT
this was my own fault for being too lazy to take the
time to pin
the figure to the base.
There is a lesson here for beginners...
DON'T BE LAZY WITH EXPENSIVE KITS!
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| You all will be happy to know that
he is now secure to the base. |
You'll notice the green shrubbery
atop the back tree.
This is not something that comes with this kit.
I added it because I felt it might make it look more
like the
original box art.
After doing it, I don't think that it makes all that
much of a
difference. |
All in all, this was a fun kit to
build and I thank my Wife (again)
for the gift.
When all is said and done, I still think that the
Dracula
and the Phantom are still
my two favorites in this series
and I have to believe that it's because they are both
indoor
scenes with the big brick walls and such.
Thus, I am very excited that the next kit in this series
will be
The
Bride
of
Frankenstein so stay
tuned. |
| I'll give this kit an
A-
and I'd recommend it to all of you
Aurora fans. |
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