Crane repaint

I have several cranes, Grus japonensis, but I have no plans right now to do a Japanese diorama. I am collecting figures, because sometimes I think of a mountain diorama, and I like to buy animals when they are available. In the past I have passed on animals only to have to look hard and pay a lot more because they have been retired.


Well, I have a pr of Japanese cranes, Grus japonensis, which are about the same size as Grus antigone, an Indian native crane. The head and body color are different, so I repainted them to go in the Indian diorama.
Here is the repaint.

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Let me know what you like or don't like about them.

They look wonderful to me!
It's also called the Sarus Crane isn't it. Yours look like all the pictures I found of it.
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That is it, I love this crane, and now it fits in my Indian diorama. I have two more japonicus figures coming, in different poses, one is flying, which I will either hang from some monofiliment line, or it has a clear plastic dowel that I can stick into the foam pad and it will fly above the diorama about 4 inches off the ground. The other is a female on a nest with a hatchling. Both of these will have to be repainted, I am thinking of another pr of Sarus cranes, or maybe with a little modification, adding waddles, I could make a pr of African waddled cranes. We shall see, but I wont leave them as Japanese cranes.

Philter4 wrote:

That is it, I love this crane, and now it fits in my Indian diorama. I have two more japonicus figures coming, in different poses, one is flying, which I will either hang from some monofiliment line, or it has a clear plastic dowel that I can stick into the foam pad and it will fly above the diorama about 4 inches off the ground. The other is a female on a nest with a hatchling. Both of these will have to be repainted, I am thinking of another pr of Sarus cranes, or maybe with a little modification, adding waddles, I could make a pr of African waddled cranes. We shall see, but I wont leave them as Japanese cranes.

One flying across your diorama would look brilliant! A Wattled Crane would be nice. They have lovely long tails don't they.

These two could be your models!
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I got a new Japanese crane today, I purchased it about two weeks ago, but from the orient it takes a while to get here. I have some pics to add, the first is the figure as it came in the mail. This one is in the flying position, I am not sure if I will put it on the stand, or hang it from the tree with monofilament line.

Here is the photo before painting
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This one is the repaint
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Here is the flock, I have one more coming, it is a female on a nest with a hatchling, when it arrives I will repaint it and put it on the diorama. But as my favorite commercial says, "but I digress" so here is the group as they are today
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Hope you all enjoy

They look really fantastic together! Your repaint is perfect.

Poor Kaiyodo's birds

Very good idea for your dio Phil, cranes are gregarious citizens, it's nice to see more than one !

Fantastic cranes and re-paints Phil!
Nice to see a little group of them!

Philter4 wrote:

I got a new Japanese crane today, I purchased it about two weeks ago, but from the orient it takes a while to get here.

Very nice crane, Phil. Yes, shipments from the Pacific Rim do take a while to reach California. But hang in there and remain patient, as we wouldn't want you to become "dis-oriented".....

Very nice work, Phil. :)
BG