Resin Kits?

[Velvet Brotha]

How many of you are familiar with resin or garage kits? Also, if you could buy an action figure , statue, or model of your favorite B- character, who or what would it be?

[Dunners]

My own Allison haayes doll :D, the 50 ft woman :D:D:D:D

[JohnL]

>How many of you are familiar with resin or garage kits?

I've never built one, but I've read about them. Supposedly, they take a lot more work to build than a mass-produced model kit. I've heard that depending on the source you might get a box full of perfectly cast parts that fit together perfectly with everything you need included, or a bunch of pieces that vaguely resemble the source once you're finished sanding and adding bits of wire and metal that you have to obtain on your own.

>Also, if you could buy an action figure , statue, or model of your favorite B-
>character, who or what would it be?

The Lost in Space Robot. I want a full-sized one.

[Ash]

I've never built one but give me any character from any of "The Matrix" films & I'm there!

I love to build models & similar type stuff.

I have a whole box full of model building tools & paints.

[ulthar]

I love models, too.  I generally build ones with precast parts.  My current project, now in its third or fourth year, is the USS Constitution.  I am on step 47 of the first (of three) instruction books.  The rigging requires a LOT of tying and stuff, and I have not gotten to work on it in the last year and half or so.

The only model I have ever build without precast polystyrene parts was a model of a boat I am building.  I used the plans to build a small balsa model to show my wife what the boat would look like before she "okay'd" the project.

If anyone is looking for resin for general projects, Boatyard polyester resin is okay but hardens to a translucent yellow.  WEST Systems epoxy resin hardens more clear and is generally easier to work.  I was thinking of building some molds for little trinkets and casting them for 'nic nacs.'

[Darkautumn]

I have a couple Japanese resin kits. I generally prefer vinyl kits to resin, probably because I have yet to have any success in finding some kind of glue to assemble the resin parts.

And, if I could buy an action figure , statue, or model of any B- character, who or what would it be? I'm dying for someone to do some 12-inch "Spaghetti Western" action figures; Clint Eastwood as "The Man With No Name" or Franco Nero as "Django" (complete with machine gun in coffin.)

[StatCat]

Yeah I do models quite a bit, not in a few months though.  Resin are cheaper than vinyl kits but are indeed more difficult to assemble/clean.  I should really pick up something and work on it- looking for inspiration, it's been too long.

[trekgeezer]

I've built a few regular polystyrene models (I mostly like  Star Trek Ships). The resin models are usually  a lot more expensive because of smaller  production runs and sometimes the quality  isn't great and they take a lot of  extra work. If you like SciFi models here's a couple of places to look,, they both have links to places to buy models.

http://www.CultTVman.com/

http://www.starshipmodeler.com/index.htm

[JohnL]

Also try Monsters in Motion

[Velvet Brotha]

I agree... resin kits can be a little difficult to assemble at times, especially when they are poorly crafted. I've seen some pretty nasty ones before but there also quite a few nice ones out there! : )

Anyhow, I was just curious as to what resin kit I should produce. I've got several years experience in prototype molding and fabrication as well as props.

[JohnL]

>Anyhow, I was just curious as to what resin kit I should produce.

The robot from Planet of Storms/Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet/Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women. I don't think anyone has ever made a kit of this robot, so yours would be unique.