Steve's Collection (08/03/20)

Arrrrrhw, THAT SNOW LEOPARD

Thanks Scot, Sumo, Tiermann and Susanne!

Glad you like them!

Steve170 wrote:

Here is the animal I have only seen once before, I will retake this picture tomorrow with better light and focus.

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Reeve's Muntjac by Kaiyodo Choco Q


And my favourite figure of all... It is absolutley stunning

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Snow Leopard by Anna Dobrowolska-Oczko 2012

These photos were taken by Anna before the model was sent. A true masterpiece by a master sculptor

Steve, as nothing is perfect I have to say that your Caiyodo is almost perfect and Ana's snow leopard is more than perfect! Congratulations and now it is easy to understand why are you so excited with these tremendous additions.

Roger wrote:

Steve, as nothing is perfect I have to say that your Caiyodo is almost perfect and Ana's snow leopard is more than perfect! Congratulations and now it is easy to understand why are you so excited with these tremendous additions.

Nicely put, thank you

Congrats Steve!

-Kristie

WOW I LOVE that snowleopard!!! Its amazing

Congratulation Steve The KAIYODO muntjac is a wonderful little jewel and Ana's snow leopard seems to be pure happiness

Wów!!! Wonderful especially the Anna model!!! Big congratulations!!

Big thank you Kristie, Pipi, Chricstophe and Andreas

Great muntjac and I'm very happy to hear You like snow leopard very much

ana wrote:

Great muntjac and I'm very happy to hear You like snow leopard very much

Thank you, the muntjac doesn't like to stand up unfortunately but I think there are ways to sort that. Good, I'm glad!

WOW I LOVE that snowleopard!!! Its amazing
Congratulations on your new addition to your collection!
I also love beautiful the Munjac.

Steve170 wrote:

the muntjac doesn't like to stand up unfortunately but I think there are ways to sort that.

I've had the same problem with that Muntjac figure. It's quite delicate. But -- at least in my experience -- it will stand on a completely flat, smooth surface. The worst figures in terms of having them stand -- again, in my experience -- are some of the Noah's Pals. The Ostriches (the female especially) will barely stand and the Roans are pretty unstable. Even the Noah's Pals Muntjacs are a little wobbly.

Enough of my ramblings though. Once again, Steve, your Muntjac and the Snow leopard are fantastic. Congratulations!!

Thank you Jean-Luc!

scot(t) wrote:

Steve170 wrote:

the muntjac doesn't like to stand up unfortunately but I think there are ways to sort that.

I've had the same problem with that Muntjac figure. It's quite delicate. But -- at least in my experience -- it will stand on a completely flat, smooth surface. The worst figures in terms of having them stand -- again, in my experience -- are some of the Noah's Pals. The Ostriches (the female especially) will barely stand and the Roans are pretty unstable. Even the Noah's Pals Muntjacs are a little wobbly.

Enough of my ramblings though. Once again, Steve, your Muntjac and the Snow leopard are fantastic. Congratulations!!

Good to know Scot. Are they made of similar material to the muntjac? I have trouble with some of my two legged dinos but fortunatley none of my animals other than this one.

Thanks again!

Steve170 wrote:

Are they made of similar material to the muntjac? I have trouble with some of my two legged dinos but fortunatley none of my animals other than this one.

Hi Steve. The noah's pals seem to be made from a soft, pliable plastic; not like the Kaiyodo. This helped because I was able to work with the female ostrich's legs and now she can stand for a couple minutes before falling over (rather than not being able to stand at all). The Kaiyodos, with that really hard plastic, cannot be adjusted it seems. From what I can tell, the problem with the Kaiyodo Muntjac is that the legs are so thin, so close together (and of course on is lifted, so that only three are on the ground). Kaiyodo seems to have sacrificed stability for realism. I'm guess I'm fine with that trade-off: the muntjac is beautiful in part precisely because those legs are thin and aren't spread far apart.

I'm happy with the trade-off too! I don't want to force anything incase it breaks, so it'll stay leaning.

Thanks for the info and pitty about your ostrich. Have you ever thought of gluing it to a base? It just popped in my head - I remember a similar topic on DTF.

Huh, that's an interesting idea (gluing it to a base). Honestly, it had never even crossed my mind before, so I'm glad you raised the possibility. I'm not sure I would do it just because I get nervous about making any serious changes to the figures as they are, but I going to give this some more thought. Thank you so much for suggesting the idea Steve!

No problem! Well I hope it works if you choose to do something

scot(t) wrote:

Huh, that's an interesting idea (gluing it to a base). Honestly, it had never even crossed my mind before, so I'm glad you raised the possibility. I'm not sure I would do it just because I get nervous about making any serious changes to the figures as they are, but I going to give this some more thought. Thank you so much for suggesting the idea Steve!

I thought I'd give making a base for my muntjac a go. It's not glued on so theres no changes to the figure at all, easily lifts off.

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Some additions this month

A beautiful crane by new-ray. This was through a trade with Hanna...Thanks a lot Hanna!!

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Some more birds...

A barn owl made by Bowbrook Studios
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These I bought from the shop at The International Centre for birds of Prey...less than £2 each! Goshawk, peregrine falcon, eastern chanting goshawk (I think) and a kestrel. There are individual pictures of these on my blog.
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Size comparisons
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Timberland Wolf by Mojo Fun - very impressed
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And a shire horse - made with coal by Unity Gifts, a holiday souvenir
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A horse and a wolf

Big congratulations Steve!! The birds of prey and the crane are great catches, also the other!!

Are the birds of prey resin models? And are this birds available?

Congratulation Steve Wonderful additions, the NEW-RAY crane is awesome

The Muntjack on base is an excellent idea, my daughter is a specialist to put it down


WOW I WANT THEM I WANT THEM I WANT THEM

Could you help me ?

Kikimalou wrote:

Congratulation Steve Wonderful additions, the NEW-RAY crane is awesome

The Muntjack on base is an excellent idea, my daughter is a specialist to put it down

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WOW I WANT THEM I WANT THEM I WANT THEM

Could you help me ?

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I will love to have the birds too!