On The Bench 299: Sylvain Rivest’s Tarantula

This is it, my last Gigantics model on the bench, the Tarantula .

As you can see the tarantula was modified, it’s stance  was changed by lowering the angle of the back legs.  Also, I raised the angle of the abdomen.   I inserted a length of rolled up heavy solder in the abdomen,  acting as a counterweight.   Then I raised the angle of the two front legs, completing the stance to a more aggressive attack mode .

The tower was scratch built and intended for another diorama,  I love to re-purpose  parts.  In most cases, the outcome is an improvement over the original  use.   Again, I’m using the 1/35th scale.  In case you wonder , i have a large inventory of models and figurines .

Sylvain Rivest