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I've been restoring an old glue bomb and painted original Superman. The freezer method worked so I was able to separate all but one arm. I then used Super Clean to get the paint off. I took several days to sand the glue off. I've puttied and primed the base and brick wall. Next is Kal-el himself.
As I was working on the kit, I wondered who sculpted the kit. I looked through my 2 editions of Tom Graham's Aurora Model Kit books. Unless I missed it, my wife does say I'm blind, I didn't find out. A google search wasn't working no matter what search engine I entered. Does anyone here know?
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"Tish! You spoke French! You know what that does to me!!!" Gomez Addams
KITS WANTED: Terry Reynold's The Purple Monster Strikes. Marvin the Paranoid Robot UK kit
Never seen a deep green. I wonder if it was a test shot? The white one was probably the Revell issue. There was a darker blue from Comic Scenes and Monogram. I saw a test shot once in a Luminators orange or pinkish color?
Scooke123 wrote: ↑July 25th, 2023, 5:33 am
Never seen a deep green. I wonder if it was a test shot? The white one was probably the Revell issue. There was a darker blue from Comic Scenes and Monogram. I saw a test shot once in a Luminators orange or pinkish color?
Nope. The white plastic one that I have is a genuine original issue Aurora.
I did the exact same thing a few years back. It's really a great kit and whoever the sculptor was did a nice job. Looking forward to the finished photos.
I returned to kit building after 2000 after I discovered garage kits as well when PL, MPC/Monogram/Revell reissued some of the Aurora kits. I built two of the Revell releases using aftermarket heads from Diceman Creations. I think George is pretty good while Chris was good for the time. I made custom decals to represent each actor's different S, lengthened the opening around George's neck and lengthened the cape, made custom name tags as well as painting the costumes and bases different. I discovered I still have an extra George head. Hmmmmm.
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"Tish! You spoke French! You know what that does to me!!!" Gomez Addams
KITS WANTED: Terry Reynold's The Purple Monster Strikes. Marvin the Paranoid Robot UK kit
I have seen it, but as much as I loved George Reeve's Superman, (I don't think anyone ever really captured the likeness) I would still like to see an accurate Aurora Box Art kit. There is something about that Superman depiction that I find "fascinating".
mjbare wrote: ↑July 25th, 2023, 2:12 pm
Fascinating. I liked hearing about all the various mold plastic.
Too bad we don’t know who sculpted the kit. They deserve recognition.
Colour variations are not unknown among Aurora kits. As an example, The Frog comes in deep green and light tan. The European version is a funky lime green.
An Aurora sculptor was Jack Lemmon. He sculpted the Frankenstein kit and a few others. Superman could have been one of them. Another was a fellow named Meyers.
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Bill Lemon and Ray Meyers were the sculptors behind the original 13, dinosaurs, and many other Aurora figure kits. The superheroes seemed to be a mish mash of unnamed sculptors. I believe they are talking about a box art kit. There's just something about that Superman depiction that grabs you.
