Aurora 1/30 King Kong (1933) Resin Upgrade: Ann Darrow

[Stikpusher]

As long as your friend Emily has similar hair and skin tones to Faye Wray, you should be good with her as your example.

[speedgraflex]

I agree. I have paints on order for this, and bits and bobs and weathering paints on order for the Panzer II. I guess I could work on a plane. Maybe. I boxed most of my stuff up for my buddy to store in Utah, safe from zombies and aliens.

[Medicman71]

Very cool. This will be interesting to watch.

[speedgraflex]

Thanks, Mike! I’m absurdly happy to be building this resin sculpt. The quality is fantastic. I asked if he would send me one of his King Kong heads and he is. Hooray.

[speedgraflex]

Today I received news that my buddy in Japan is also building these replacements. I am over the moon because he is a superb figure painter. Check out his Creature from the Black Lagoon. This fella is a pro.



We already discussed the issues from the weight of the resin King Kong head as well as how to fit the figure in Kong’s hand.

He writes:

My head is solid resin, so I'm going to shave the inside with a drill and take off a millimeter, and I'm going to have a good time with a lot of Aves. My head is heavy, so I will try to fix it on the base with a metal line on the back of both legs to prevent the tumble. Fay Rey doesn't fit in the hole in the hand so I sharpened the hole in the hand.

[Duke Maddog]

Just found this. Brilliant work so far on this. Man, your circle of friends is incredible! I envy you!

Looking forward to seeing more.

[speedgraflex]

Just found this. Brilliant work so far on this. Man, your circle of friends is incredible!

And you, sir, are in my inner circle, and I am quite lucky to know you!

This thread is going to come back to life this week!

[Duke Maddog]

Thank you Bruce. I am honored beyond measure.

[speedgraflex]

From the Jackson remake but the cream colored dress is a close approximation of the original…



Parts are in primer.

[speedgraflex]