I just found this photo of the old Aurora Frankenstein kit I did when it first came out. I posed it with a Wolfman figure I sculpted way before any of the Monster kits came out. The shot with the Wolfman holding the girl is a figure that Paul Blaisdell sculpted. These are shots of [more]
Here we have three original Horizon figure model kits. The Mummy, Frankenstein and The Wolfman. Plenty of detail and super cool fun to put together. Dennis P. Hogan
Here are the models I have done over the last couple of years. I think they are fairly self explanatory and most are sell known styrene kits. The monster clock was from Earthbound Studios. I’ll send another email with more models. Bob Koenn
My Dad had a set of Aurora monsters sitting on the shelf when I was a kid. When I saw the re-issues I had to have a set of my own. I haven’t put a model together since I was twelve so I hit the web to find some pointers, which is how I found [more]
Just a few vintage kits I built years ago…
Here’s some more models that I have built thru the years. These are some of my Aurora and reissued Monogram and Polar Lights kits that I built. They were all painted with acrylic paints and the seams puttied and sanded out. The Frankenstein kit is an original that my mother bought me back in the [more]
From the collection of John Medeiros comes this Phantom of the Opera. The model has been beautifully painted by his friend, Scott Beckmann. John obtains many kits from Ebay, and then Scott strips away that charming “kids from the 60s paintjob”, then rebuilds and repaints them. John appreciates that these classic models have been restored [more]
For the Polar Lights reissue of the Aurora classic Forgotten Prisoner. I aimed to recreate the fun aspect of the kit I enjoyed as a kid, with enough detailing and texture to satisfy the grown up me. I decided to assemble in stages as there are parts that would be visible but difficult to paint [more]
“Aurora Presents the Universal Monsters” collection: The International Plastic Modelers Society defines a collection for competition purposes as “five or more closely related items”. When Revell-Monogram/Polar Lights reissued the Aurora monster model kits, I thought it would be fun to build them all and compete with them in a collection. Contest judges, I reasoned, would [more]
I got The Wolfman a couple Christmases ago. This is one of my favorite models because of the amazing detail put in by the sculptor. His fur is painted black with white drybrush, his shirt is flat yellow, and his pants were painted in a green. This model demonstrates my inability to paint eyes. Nosferatu [more]
Here’s a few shots of my classic monsters. They’re all real low-tech, just dry brushing and washes. I found some inspiration in some of the photos on your site, and a few others, then just “winged it.” Although these are by no means the first model kits I’ve built, they were the first figure kits [more]
