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Re: Showcase your Aurora figure kits here!
« Reply #270 on: May 01, 2015, 08:16:34 AM »
Freddie Poe just got back from the spring Chiller show with this still sealed original Monster Scenes kit!



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Re: Showcase your Aurora figure kits here!
« Reply #271 on: May 01, 2015, 08:48:47 PM »
WOW, and it's still sealed. Like I've said before I'm new at this and my Classic Horror collection consists of one issue of Famous Monsters of Filmland, pretty sad eh. Hopefully with a little luck I'll be able to find some items like that. Awesome find Poe, WTG.
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Re: Showcase your Aurora figure kits here!
« Reply #272 on: May 01, 2015, 08:53:23 PM »
Like I've said before I'm new at this and my Classic Horror collection consists of one issue of Famous Monsters of Filmland, pretty sad eh.
Hey, that's a lot better than having no issues of Famous Monsters of Filmland.

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Re: Showcase your Aurora figure kits here!
« Reply #273 on: May 01, 2015, 09:59:22 PM »
Infinitely better!

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Re: Showcase your Aurora figure kits here!
« Reply #274 on: May 03, 2015, 02:33:11 PM »
I't a French version...which will be cheaper.

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Re: Showcase your Aurora figure kits here!
« Reply #275 on: May 07, 2015, 08:15:00 AM »
Guys,

I understand the collecting mania perfectly well, and more power to ya if you want to maintain a stack of virgin plastic-wrapped kit boxes than finished models.  But for me, I don't care a rat's patootie about whether a model is MIB or not.  Once I get my epoxy putty-encrusted, hobby knife-scarred mitts on a kit, I want to build it.

Here are some photos of my Aurora monster models.  You'll find many more on my web site: http://www.mcgovernsmodels.com/.  And my compliments to the work of all you other builders who posted photos in this thread!






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Re: Showcase your Aurora figure kits here!
« Reply #276 on: May 07, 2015, 09:14:20 AM »
 Mark, with that kind of talent, it would be a crime to keep them in the box. I would love to have your entire collection. Magnificent!

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« Reply #277 on: May 07, 2015, 09:18:51 AM »
Mark, with that kind of talent, it would be a crime to keep them in the box.

That's one of the two reasons I keep mine in the box. I don't have Mark's kind of talent.

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Re: Showcase your Aurora figure kits here!
« Reply #278 on: May 07, 2015, 09:38:21 AM »
That's one of the two reasons I keep mine in the box. I don't have Mark's kind of talent.

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Re: Showcase your Aurora figure kits here!
« Reply #279 on: May 07, 2015, 09:59:45 AM »
The display surround Gigantic Frankenstein is truly awesome. Also like the Bride's nameplate. Good stuff!

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« Reply #280 on: May 07, 2015, 10:04:45 AM »
The display surround Gigantic Frankenstein is truly awesome. Also like the Bride's nameplate. Good stuff!
I was thinking the same thing. That Gigantic Frankenstein display looks like it required a lot of time & skill.

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Re: Showcase your Aurora figure kits here!
« Reply #281 on: May 07, 2015, 11:56:57 AM »
Guys,

Thank you for your kind remarks.  Jim Berteges said in his post, and I redouble it, that coming from people like you all, who know what they're talking about, makes your comments all the more heartwarming.  As for talent, I dunno; I'm very nearsighted and am obsessive about getting the effect I want - let's leave it at that.  ;)

I prefer to go the extra mile on presentation with my models, so the base for Big Frankie kind of designed itself.  Most of the construction is Styrofoam; the walls were textured with Celluclay and the floor with Durham's Rock Hard Water Putty.  My late father suggested the idea for the damaged name plate.  It's also Styrofoam, faced with a piece of poster board; I laid out lettering in the style of the "FR" on Franky's rock and cut them out with an X-ACTO knife.  The poster board gave just the right depth for the incised letters and Styrofoam showing through pretty well matched the texture of the letters in the kit rock.

BTW, this model was my 10th birthday present from Dear Old Dad; I restored it in 2000.  Who could part with a model that they learned about from this ad?

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Re: Showcase your Aurora figure kits here!
« Reply #282 on: May 07, 2015, 12:01:02 PM »
 That makes it even more special. You're a MonsterKid to the bone!

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Re: Showcase your Aurora figure kits here!
« Reply #283 on: May 07, 2015, 12:31:38 PM »
You've knocked those kits right out of the park!  I love 'em all, but that Bride kit...I can almost hear the electrical crackle of the machinery!

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Re: Showcase your Aurora figure kits here!
« Reply #284 on: May 07, 2015, 12:47:41 PM »
Big FRANKIE. Always a classic kit.
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