Carts Posted August 5, 2016 Share Posted August 5, 2016 This is the kit I bought in the early nineties which,to be brutally honest,I cocked up in fine style,didn't prime it,painted it in gloss enamels,(So it ended up looking like a JCB that had ideas above its station) over did it with the weathering,and really,really hated the so-called Ripley figure which it came with(an almost legendary lack of any resemblance to the character ) Perhaps mindful that at the time it was an expensive kit, I didn't, thankfully, bin it. Fast forward a couple of decades,and I was checking out the Neca range of figures,and had ordered the Alien 3 Ripley figure with a view to scratch building a base and filling the joins and giving it a repaint,When i received it it struck me that it was only about 1.5 cm taller than the figure supplied with the Power loader (I actually ordered the Ripley figure that was a tribute to the toy line released in the mid nineties,it was basically the same figure as the Aliens Ripley,but with a basic paint job,a neck scarf and a smart gun,and considerably cheaper too! The Power loader went into an over cleaner bath which stripped most of the paint away,and I added about a 1 cm plastic block to heighten the main body,the Ripley figure was shortened by removing the ball joints from the legs and the legs pushed further up into the cavity. And so we ended up with this. Which,admittedly,looks very "toy like" But after a filling and sanding(although not up to Hunter roses spidey conversion efforts)and a few light coats of primer,we have this. Which,for the first time in about 25 years,I'm actually happy with! Sorry about all the waffle,future updates should thankfully be shorter Cheers Andy 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Rose Posted August 5, 2016 Share Posted August 5, 2016 Always good to see something pulled from the shelf of doom and reinvigorated! And yeah please dont mention sanding and filling it sets off my nervous twitch! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neo uk Posted August 8, 2016 Share Posted August 8, 2016 Must get mine out of the stash. Got to start building or selling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carts Posted August 11, 2016 Author Share Posted August 11, 2016 After a couple of days fettling this is were I am.Sprayed humbrol metal over the whole kit,then using a few old bushes, stippled with Maskol,applied about 37,000 coats of light yellow,masked off and added the stripes,then rubbed off the Maskol. Yellows about the worst colour to apply to anything I reckon! Andy 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tzulscha Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 (edited) At least you actually built yours. Mine is still in the box ('cause I hated the"Ripley" figure too). Nice, keep beating the hell out of it and I reckon you'll have a proper piece of construction gear. Edited August 11, 2016 by Tzulscha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carts Posted August 13, 2016 Author Share Posted August 13, 2016 Just in case anyone has any doubts about how bad the original Ripley figure was,I give you *Random photo from the internet,The original builder did the best he could with what he had! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carts Posted August 13, 2016 Author Share Posted August 13, 2016 A couple of relaxing days weathering and attaching various hydraulic lines and added a few extras like the hydraulic lines to the feet and connections made from cut down Q-tips,much to the bewilderment of my Wife and Daughter Time to move onto the figure. Andy 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Squarehead Posted August 13, 2016 Share Posted August 13, 2016 Nicely done, I like the way you are building up the weathering effects. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carts Posted August 15, 2016 Author Share Posted August 15, 2016 Cheers! Progress on the figure,nearly done,just need to make up a safety harness and try to get her to fit into the power loader! Ta for looking in. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Rose Posted August 15, 2016 Share Posted August 15, 2016 Superb! Its looking great Andy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockpopandchips Posted August 15, 2016 Share Posted August 15, 2016 Looking great. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetboy Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 ive got so many bits off the metal version,moulded in resin and put on nearly every scratch space kit i do,...its very plentiful...lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carts Posted August 17, 2016 Author Share Posted August 17, 2016 Thanks All Well,just hit the "Proof of concept" wall and have had a nervous 30 minutes gluing all the various bits into place,but Ripley's "In Situ" Getting there. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Squarehead Posted August 17, 2016 Share Posted August 17, 2016 That's some pretty damned fine work....You've definitely got the defiant expression! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carts Posted August 17, 2016 Author Share Posted August 17, 2016 Cheers Sarge! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carts Posted August 22, 2016 Author Share Posted August 22, 2016 Ok,So shes all strapped in,had a bit of a battle trying to get the roll cage to fit,New"Aliens The set photography" book arrived the other day to help with designing the base,plastic card is at the ready! Cheers Andy 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockpopandchips Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 This looks fantastic! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carts Posted August 29, 2016 Author Share Posted August 29, 2016 Been bashing about with plastic card and came up with a rudimentary Sulaco Cargo bay base,the grid is made from trimmed tile spacers set in a cut away. The Bishop figure is another cracking little Neca figure "Queen Attack Bishop",the paint job it came with was actually very good,but after filling and gluing needed a full repaint(I reckon its an excellent likeness) Cheers Andy 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Squarehead Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 Possibly better than the original.....You could clearly see the hole Lance Henrickson was standing in when he grabs Newt in the open airlock sequence. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Rose Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 Very cool! Its looking amazing Andy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carts Posted September 2, 2016 Author Share Posted September 2, 2016 Cheers Guys,thanks for the input! Ok,More work on the Bishop figure,may not be SFW The quality of these Neca figures is frankly outstanding,although I've repainted it,out of the box it was a lovely little figure. More grusome details Cheers! andy 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Vale Posted September 3, 2016 Share Posted September 3, 2016 Oh wow, I was enjoying the loader but that Bishop is incredible. Great work! Will 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Rose Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 Awesome! His internals look especially good, nice one 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Squarehead Posted September 5, 2016 Share Posted September 5, 2016 Will took the words right out of my mouth.....Have a On me! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jake the snake Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 (edited) 37,000 coats of yellow? Well, I have to admit I do know that feeling. Looks fantastic! Edited September 6, 2016 by jake the snake 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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