Moebius Models

"Monster Scenes" Dr. Deadly Snap-Together

Kit Number: 631

Reviewed by Keith Pruitt, IPMS #44770

MSRP: $24.99 USD Website: www.moebiusmodels.com Inside the Box Inside the box are four sprues of injection molded plastic that includes 18 parts, and one loose piece that is the base for the figure. The parts appear to be well-engraved, nicely detailed, with no flash. There are front and back body & legs sections, enough parts to make six arms in different poses, and front and back halves for the head. The single page of instructions has exploded-view drawings, complete with a comic-book-style cartoon of a mutant rabbit (complete with tusks) explaining the assembly procedure. There are no decals, nor any painting instructions other than the boxart. Construction This is labeled as a snap-together kit, and construction is straight-forward. I did glue the parts, as I intended to finish this more as a figure than as a toy. I glued the front and back of the body & legs. There is a choice of arms, some with rolled-up sleeves, and a couple with long gloves. I chose the two arms with the gloves…they seemed to match the apron! I glued the arm fronts and backs together, and then sandwiched them in place when I glued the front and back parts of the body/legs unit together. I let the torso halves set before I positioned the arms appropriately. Then, I started with putty and sandpaper…this IS a snap-together kit, and it fits just as you might expect. There is a "wound" across the forehead of the figure…but I really didn't like the look, so I puttied it and sanded it smooth during the construction process. Painting I started by priming the entire figure with a neutral gray primer. Using Model Master enamels throughout, I started by painting a basecoat of light grey on the lab coat, followed by a darker gray in the folds. When this had cured, I airbrushed a thin coat of thinned flat white over this…then drybrushed the folds when that had dried. I painted the shoes leather, then drybrushed them with a bit of yellow-lightened base color. The paints were painted blue, then drybrushed with a lighter shade. The apron was painted with Gunship Gray, then drybrushed with a lighter shade. (This could get boring, couldn't it?). The gloves were done in Dark Green, and drybrushed. I painted the head with flesh, and then gave it a wash with shadow tones. When this was dry, I painted the hair dark brown, then drybrushed with progressively lighter shades. I painted the teeth and eyes flat white, then painted the pupil and iris of the right eye (the left one appears blinded), then brushed them with gloss clear acrylic. The base was painted with neutral gray, washed with flat black, and then drybrushed to bring out the rocky highlights. Final assembly was really nothing more than gluing the figure to the base. Overall Impression While I'm not a figure modeler by any stretch of the imagination, this is a pretty nice little kit to build. I know that those "Figure Wizards" out there could do their magic with the paint and brush, maybe do some modifications, and really make this figure stand out. As a snap kit, I am sure it would be an ideal way to introduce a junior to the world of scale modeling. I can easily recommend this kit to any scale modeler, of virtually any skill level, that has an interest in figures, monsters, or just plain fun! I would like to express my gratitude to Moebius Models and IPMS for this review sample.