Albert Divetta

"I made this"

models and sculpts

Wicked Witch Throne

This Polar Lights resin kit came with a round base, but I made a larger one that was in scale with the original MGM blueprints. The throne and connected shelf are all scratch-built from insulation foam, with Green Stuff details. There are about 2,500 individual tiles in the mosaic pattern. The stone vulture is also scratch-built.

The highlight of this build is obviously the crystal ball. The original kit came with a plastic sphere in two halves. I commissioned a glass blower to create a much more impressive globe. Then I fit the hero characters into it ship-in-a-bottle style. The kit didn’t come with Toto, so I made him with some Green Stuff. Found some nice flowers that worked well for red poppies.

I’d like to do this kit over, and reposition the Witch’s head so you can get a better look at her. I’d also like to build more of the set, including the flying monkey window.

Wade A. Minute

I think the Bill Campbell cover art on these old Weird-Oh’s kits are what sells them. Unfortunately, the kits themselves don’t look much like the box art.

This model is heavily modified and repositioned to look more the like box. I used a plastic easter egg to make a better hat. Added tongue warts with Green Stuff. The hair is made from feathers run through a bath of watered down PVA glue. Added some wire shoe laces, buttons from pin heads, pockets, etc.

The highlight of this piece is the broken Mickey Mouse watch, bursting with real gears and springs. I fabricated a watch face and a mouse arm.

blade runner blaster

This is my version of the Blade Runner blaster. It's not screen accurate, but it came out pretty nice. It has some heft, and was made to be held.

This kit was a single piece of resin that had been recast many times. Many of the details were lost, muddy, or twisted. There was a lot of sanding. The resin grips were nice, but they needed to be resized and polished.

I made a lot of custom details for the recipient. And I recreated a lot of details that I wouldn't be able to sand clean.

The display case was made from an old silverware storage box. I lined it with custom foam inserts and crushed velvet.

The original triggers were paper thin. The replacements were3D printed.

All of the molded screws and hardware were drilled out and replaced with actual hardware. The LEDs don't actually function, but they look pretty good. The bullets are dummy rounds.

Hodad

Hodad Makin The Scene With A Six Pack - Hawk Models 1964

More great box art by Bill Cambell, which I tried to emulate. It was a fun one. The kit came with a lot of details that I enhanced, like repositioning the legs on the crab, or adding internal features to the clam. I also added bird dookie details to the dock post.

Hand painted this kit, including the lettering on the six-pack case. I didn’t know whether to create pull tabs on the cans. (A lot of drink manufacturers switched to pull tabs in the mid 60's.) So I made the older rusted out can have the old triangle tapped holes.

marvin martian

Everyone seems to love Marvin, and he gets a lot of attention at shows.

Got a nice write-up in the Holiday 2019 issue of Great Scale Modeling! The publishers photographed it at a recent Wonderfest contest.

Rascal

I found this resin kit by Morning Star Minis on a Kickstarter. This 75mm sculpt is based on Ben Newman art.

It was fun to paint the grocery details. And I enjoyed building the scooter. If I had to do it over, I'd use a different color scheme on her outfit.

This model took the "Best Little Hottie" award at the Wonderfest Resin Attack after-hours contest in 2019.