Talk about destruction. My wife bought me this bad boy, about 30' tall in scale size, to terrorize the peace loving people on my layout. I have a Boatman, now Mr. Godzilla. And will be looking for one or two more additions to complete humorous vignettes on my layout. Meanwhile you all be good to me here on OGR Forum or my new monster friend might come visiting! Any ideas apart from another super hero or monster for an obvious fun effect?
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Whimsy isn’t my thing at all for modeling, but I recognize it’s bread and butter for others, so how about:
A T-Rex chasing people ‘downtown’ with an InGen vehicle chasing it?
Or, a Macross/Robotech VF fighter, one pulling top cover and the other down in the streets, waiting for a Zentraedi battle pod?
p51 posted:Whimsy isn’t my thing at all for modeling, but I recognize it’s bread and butter for others, so how about:
A T-Rex chasing people ‘downtown’ with an InGen vehicle chasing it?
Personnally I'd model this scene...
Jerry
From the little I remember of those old Asian monster movies, I recall the monster distroying cars, buildings, ect. As a result of the attacks, fires were started. How about having a building on fire with lots of smoke coming from a building he attacked. Also a few cars turned upside down and of course this calls for the army to be involved. The possibilities are endless and so is the expense.
Mater wondered off from Radiator Springs and wound up on my layout needing a tune up and gas. He was working off his bill at the local gas station before he went home.
Goodbye Osaka.
I took these shots for a sci-fi forum showing the almost-O-scale “Aliens” Colonial Marines APC model I got at a local comic book place. 1/43 scale is popular for all kinds of stuff like this. I know someone makes the Back to the Future Delorian in each of it’s configurations (yes, even the rail-wheeled 1885 version).
And you simply HAVE to have a TARDIS. Heck, I have one but it’s slightly out of scale, probably about 1/55 scale. But none of this stuff ever gets onto my layout (with the exception of the APC above, which lasted all of 5 minutes, if that):
Suggestion...
Get a similar (or LARGER?) one of these to perch in her dressing room/shoe closet!...
...and have George, at ITT Products, the Sound Module guy, do a custom chip with a terse/pithy message such as 'Bring it on, Babe!'.....in Japanese, of course!!...that's triggered when the light switch goes on.
....then notify Dr. Phil.
I am reminded of a cartoon in the "New Yorker" magazine from a few years back: a godzilla-type monster was coming down the street, people were running, and one man calls out "Wait! He's been absorbed into the system!". The monster is walking down the street wearing a sandwich-board advertising a "Monster Sale" at some department store.
I guess you had to see it to get it.
N5CJonny posted:From the little I remember of those old Asian monster movies, I recall the monster distroying cars, buildings, ect. As a result of the attacks, fires were started. How about having a building on fire with lots of smoke coming from a building he attacked. Also a few cars turned upside down and of course this calls for the army to be involved. The possibilities are endless and so is the expense.
Sounds like a deprived childhood. The Godzilla movies were the best. The three remakes sucked.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godzilla
| 1954 | Godzilla (Godzilla, King of The Monsters) | Produced |
| 1955 | Godzilla Raids Again | Produced |
| 1962 | King Kong vs. Godzilla | Produced |
| 1964 | Mothra vs. Godzilla | Produced |
| 1964 | Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster | Produced |
| 1965 | Invasion of Astro-Monster (Godzilla vs. Monster Zero) | Produced |
| 1966 | Ebirah, Horror of the Deep (Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster) | Produced |
| 1967 | Son of Godzilla | Produced |
| 1968 | Destroy All Monsters | Produced |
| 1969 | All Monsters Attack (Godzilla's Revenge) | Produced |
| 1971 | Godzilla vs. Hedorah (Godzilla vs. the Smog Monster) | Produced |
| 1972 | Godzilla vs. Gigan | Produced |
| 1973 | Godzilla vs. Megalon | Produced |
| 1974 | Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla | Produced |
| 1975 | Terror of Mechagodzilla | Produced |
| 1984 | The Return of Godzilla (Godzilla 1985) | Produced |
| 1989 | Godzilla vs. Biollante | Produced |
| 1991 | Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah | Produced |
| 1992 | Godzilla vs. Mothra (Godzilla & Mothra: The Battle for Earth) | Produced |
| 1993 | Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II | Produced |
| 1994 | Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla | Produced |
| 1995 | Godzilla vs. Destoroyah | Produced |
Are the little green army men close to the same 1:48?
suzukovich posted:N5CJonny posted:From the little I remember of those old Asian monster movies, I recall the monster distroying cars, buildings, ect. As a result of the attacks, fires were started. How about having a building on fire with lots of smoke coming from a building he attacked. Also a few cars turned upside down and of course this calls for the army to be involved. The possibilities are endless and so is the expense.
Sounds like a deprived childhood. The Godzilla movies were the best. The three remakes sucked.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godzilla
1954 Godzilla (Godzilla, King of The Monsters) Produced 1955 Godzilla Raids Again Produced 1962 King Kong vs. Godzilla Produced 1964 Mothra vs. Godzilla Produced 1964 Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster Produced 1965 Invasion of Astro-Monster (Godzilla vs. Monster Zero) Produced 1966 Ebirah, Horror of the Deep (Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster) Produced 1967 Son of Godzilla Produced 1968 Destroy All Monsters Produced 1969 All Monsters Attack (Godzilla's Revenge) Produced 1971 Godzilla vs. Hedorah (Godzilla vs. the Smog Monster) Produced 1972 Godzilla vs. Gigan Produced 1973 Godzilla vs. Megalon Produced 1974 Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla Produced 1975 Terror of Mechagodzilla Produced 1984 The Return of Godzilla (Godzilla 1985) Produced 1989 Godzilla vs. Biollante Produced 1991 Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah Produced 1992 Godzilla vs. Mothra (Godzilla & Mothra: The Battle for Earth) Produced 1993 Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II Produced 1994 Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla Produced 1995 Godzilla vs. Destoroyah Produced
You forgot the whole Millennium series. There are a total of 29 Japanese movies in the series through last year's Godzilla: Resurgence 
-Greg
suzukovich posted:
Sounds like a deprived childhood. The Godzilla movies were the best.
Used to watch them on Saturday nights Creature Feature in Baltimore on channel 45 WBFF, Good Times !
Jerry
For me Channel 32 (now Fox 32) and Channel 9 WGN growing up in Chicago
I have a set of "B" movie victims in 1:24 scale. It's been quite a few years since I purchased them. I don't know if they're made in "O" scale. It might be worth a search.
Michael,
You are one lucky guy! Great looking model!
You can never go wrong with dinosaurs, and having one as an opponent for Godzilla to battle is always a classic touch. Actually, any opponent will do. As the monsters duke it out, there's lots of cars, bridges, signs, and things that can get under foot. And, of course, there's always an elevated subway train zipping by in the background destined to derail.
I sometimes "toy" with the idea of getting the Lionel zombie family set (just the folks next door) or maybe straying into aliens. But they may be visually too small to stand up to the great Godzilla-san. So, yeah, I'm back to thinking that 'you can never go wrong with dinosaurs'.
Have fun, you lucky guy. OH! And don't forget the police/military/news helicopters! Yah gotta have those! And the powerlines and telephone wires ... and the water dam that's about to break ...
Tomlinson Run Railroad
suzukovich posted:N5CJonny posted:From the little I remember of those old Asian monster movies, I recall the monster distroying cars, buildings, ect. As a result of the attacks, fires were started. How about having a building on fire with lots of smoke coming from a building he attacked. Also a few cars turned upside down and of course this calls for the army to be involved. The possibilities are endless and so is the expense.
Sounds like a deprived childhood. The Godzilla movies were the best. The three remakes sucked.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godzilla
1954 Godzilla (Godzilla, King of The Monsters) Produced 1955 Godzilla Raids Again Produced 1962 King Kong vs. Godzilla Produced 1964 Mothra vs. Godzilla Produced 1964 Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster Produced 1965 Invasion of Astro-Monster (Godzilla vs. Monster Zero) Produced 1966 Ebirah, Horror of the Deep (Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster) Produced 1967 Son of Godzilla Produced 1968 Destroy All Monsters Produced 1969 All Monsters Attack (Godzilla's Revenge) Produced 1971 Godzilla vs. Hedorah (Godzilla vs. the Smog Monster) Produced 1972 Godzilla vs. Gigan Produced 1973 Godzilla vs. Megalon Produced 1974 Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla Produced 1975 Terror of Mechagodzilla Produced 1984 The Return of Godzilla (Godzilla 1985) Produced 1989 Godzilla vs. Biollante Produced 1991 Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah Produced 1992 Godzilla vs. Mothra (Godzilla & Mothra: The Battle for Earth) Produced 1993 Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II Produced 1994 Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla Produced 1995 Godzilla vs. Destoroyah Produced
To me the best shot was godzilla coming ashore in 1984.The army had gotten a lot better hitting the target.Then his back lights up firing his atomic breath he takes them out.
artyoung posted:I am reminded of a cartoon in the "New Yorker" magazine from a few years back: a godzilla-type monster was coming down the street, people were running, and one man calls out "Wait! He's been absorbed into the system!". The monster is walking down the street wearing a sandwich-board advertising a "Monster Sale" at some department store.
I guess you had to see it to get it.
In that chase the least I could do.I would check out the sale.I mean its getting harder to get a good barrgan these days.
baltimoretrainworks posted:suzukovich posted:
Sounds like a deprived childhood. The Godzilla movies were the best.
Used to watch them on Saturday nights Creature Feature in Baltimore on channel 45 WBFF, Good Times !
Jerry
Used to see them in saturday affternoon the WJZY monster theater.
Get you some army tanks and heavy artillery.And your good to go.
N5CJonny posted:From the little I remember of those old Asian monster movies, I recall the monster distroying cars, buildings, ect. As a result of the attacks, fires were started. How about having a building on fire with lots of smoke coming from a building he attacked. Also a few cars turned upside down and of course this calls for the army to be involved. The possibilities are endless and so is the expense.
With the out of sequence mouth movements and voices! Don't forget the gentler Si-Fi characters.
645 posted:I was disappointed when I opened this thread up to read it. After all the subject line conjures up images of an angry wife swinging a sledgehammer into the husband's layout which is the very definition of DESTROY! Instead I read about a little rubber monster figure which is not what I had in mind...
Well think about it. Godzilla has leveled most of Tokyo a least a half dozen times, not to mention other major Japanese cities. So if you were given Godzilla. Rodan , or Mothra what would you think.
BobbyD posted:N5CJonny posted:From the little I remember of those old Asian monster movies, I recall the monster distroying cars, buildings, ect. As a result of the attacks, fires were started. How about having a building on fire with lots of smoke coming from a building he attacked. Also a few cars turned upside down and of course this calls for the army to be involved. The possibilities are endless and so is the expense.
With the out of sequence mouth movements and voices! Don't forget the gentler Si-Fi characters.
Do-able in O gauge:
I am trying my *best* to forget that movie. . . .
True story: Haruo Nakajima, the original actor portraying Godzilla, walked out of that flick, saying, "That no Gojira! That IGUANA!"
Mitch
Honey I blew up the Kid comes to mind.
This is always a possibility too.
Regarding Dr. Who, I'll take Jenna Coleman. YES!!!!!!!!
George
I have anime characters like Ryoko from Tenchi-Muyo and Ruri from Nadesico as over sized advertising.
They are on the roofs of buildings.
Once in awhile I get a visiting live Z scale sized version of Godzilla with an occasional geko that comes in from the outside. The good news is they just scurry across the tracks and do nothing else, but the bad news is that they are hard to catch to release them to the outside again.
Be careful, Godzilla situations always get out of hand...
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