The Studio comprises three sculptors - Vladimir Trush and Gennady Danshin of Russia along with Vitali Klatt in Germany.
Their kits are cast in high-quality polyurethane resin and distributed from Germany.
Inostrancevia and Scutosaurus is in 1/10, sculpted by Vitali Klatt.
This Tarbosaurus bataar is in 1/40. Sculpted by Vladimir Trush.
There is a lot of his work that I like, however this one doesn´t quite float my boat.
For me, there´s a lot more water under this Tarbosaurus bataar vs Tarchia gigantea scene is in 1/40, sculpted by Vladimir Trush and Vitali Klatt.
I bought the Tarchia on its own, but am seriously considering buying the pair aswell.
Tarchia is cast in several pieces, but mine came mostly assembled - all I had to do was glue the tail on.
The joins are very well designed and engineered, with plugs and tight fits placed so that they virtually disappear.
I bought their Olorotitan arharensis in 1/40, sculpted by Vitali Klatt.
7 piece kit - head, body, tail and 4 limbs, plus base.
Something about it jarred with my sensibilities at first, but the "swan-neck" is growing on me.
The dorsal spines depicted may have been restricted to hadrosaurines, whilst lambeosauruines had a dorsal "frill".
Must check that this is at all grounded in the scientific literature and not something I picked up from an unreliable source.
The crest is better than other representations I own. It may not have been this inflated ventrally, but the fossil bone preserved here is very thin and crushed flat.
My 1/10 Turanoceratops tardabilis is destined for a special little conversion.
No quibbling that Vitali Klatt´s original pose is impressively dynamic.
5 piece kit - body and four legs, plus base. Excellent fit.
It paints up very well. (This is Vitali´s work, I think, mine is built but not painted yet).
These sculpts are all full of "personality" and packed with detail.
The clean, crisp, almost faultless castings fit very well together, needing relatively little clean up and puttying.
All parts are keyed for strong and tight joins.
If there are any minor inaccuracies they are debatable and an easy fix for any modeller worth his salt. Most won´t notice them.
To keep cost down, packaging is very basic - which is just fine by me.
The kits cost around 40-45 Euro´s each, double this for the duelling pairs, plus shipping.
If you want to buy, contact vitali.klatt@gmx.de
PaleoWorld Studios call themselves a "new on the market" Studio.
I will certainly be supporting and promoting them as much as I can.
Spike.
