jeff1200 Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 Homer Simpson Heller 79500 no scale stated BackgroundThe assembled model is 175mm tall, which would give a scale of 1:10 if Homer is "really" 5ft 9inches in his shoes. Apparently Heller aquired the moulds of a vac-formed Homer and turned it into an injection moulded kit. Comments on the Kit:Advantages, a rarely seen injection moulded kit of a popular TV cartoon character. DisadvantagesPoor fit: the vac-form heritage shows in very thin plastic parts with lots of gaps.The moulded recesses for the strands of "hair" are very shallow and do not seem to match the parts.Ditto the eye sockets.The hand grasping the beer can does not have any surface that it can be located on.The decals are slightly too small for the beer can. My Build notesThis is my first figure kit and I (foolishly) rushed into the build.With the benefit of hindsight I should have test fit and measured everything and carefully worked out how to locate the parts and how to hold them while painting.I used Micro-Sol to apply the decals and this worked very well. ConclusionWith care this can build to a nice model. Further remarksI filled the gaps in the body halves by applying filler from inside using a long stick.The gaps in the head and arms were filled from the outside.If I were to do this again I would make a plasticard inner overlap for the joins and then fill from the outside. I would cut the ends off the head and arms so that the inside would be accessible after the halves were glued. This would also allow a clamp to be used to hold the parts for painting.I would make a little pin on the right hand to locate the beer can.I would paint the can silver overall before applying the decals, then any gaps would appear silver and not need touching in after the decals were applied.I would also try to mix a rather brighter "banana" yellow colour. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richellis Posted July 27, 2013 Share Posted July 27, 2013 mmmmmmmmmmmm doughnuts, arrggggggghhhhhhhh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pte1643 Posted July 27, 2013 Share Posted July 27, 2013 I would also try to mix a rather brighter "banana" yellow colour. I dunno... On my monitor at least, it looks like you've got the colour spot on. One little tiny point, although it's just my personal preference, I would have painted the Icing on the doughnut Pink. Great job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted July 27, 2013 Share Posted July 27, 2013 Cool, and a good job too. I was given the Bart kit by a nice gentleman who has written a book, don't you know, and this would look great alongside it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richellis Posted July 27, 2013 Share Posted July 27, 2013 Well, I think he looks a bit like Mike. Maybe a conversion opportunity? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkkeeper Posted July 27, 2013 Share Posted July 27, 2013 brilliant, mmmmmmmm Duff & do'nuts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeff1200 Posted July 28, 2013 Author Share Posted July 28, 2013 Thanks guys, Glad that the colour seems to be acceptable. As for donut sprinkles I might have to do a taste test on a real one or two to get an accurate colour sample! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonD Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 There's something quite unsettling about seeing Homer in 3D. One of the Halloween specials some years back had Homer and Bart going through a dimensional portal where they ended up as computer animations and it sent a shiver down my spine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtvmodeler Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 Mmmmmm, beer !! Good work friend! Regards!Rodolfo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Vale Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 I think this is just perfect - completely clean, and the colours are spot on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Learstang Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 Great job on my hero! All I can say is (in Mr. Burns' voice, of course), "Excellent!". Regards, Jason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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