Here is some pics of my BF. I am planning on lighting his eyes so I have his chest piece and head glued together but not glued to the body for easy access. I'm going to keep it this way so I can change batteries. He took 10 hours to complete by brush. I am very happy how he turned out and he has the best paint job I have ever done! Moebius I love you guys for giving me the chance to build and paint this beautiful model!

EDIT: I did some work on his face adding some better control on his shading. I also did so work on the stitches and his eyes. The latest pictures are the two at the end.

Nice......red eyes?

Most likely. I also have a recorder module that I might use to make him grunt. Combine that with the PIR sensor I can make him grunt when someone walks in the room. I love it when two hobbies are combined together!

I like the walk-by/ light up effect. Great idea! Nice to see a completed BF.

Thanks.

I love it!

Looks good! Your one of the 1st kids on the block to finish one!

Definitely looks good:thumbsup:.Plus that was fast and the only thing gotten done so far on mine is the head and hands:(

Thanks for the comments. Its not officially done until I get the electronics working. It is kind of cool to be one of the first at something and possibly one of the youngest on these boards to build BF. I wish I had a second one I'd turn it into the mummy. :)

I did some work on his face. I uploaded the pics on my first post. They are the last two.

Definitely like how you lighten up the face some and like how you did the eyes up and the scars on Big Frankie:thumbsup:.

Good looking paint job Jaeg! :thumbsup:

Great job, Jaeg! Can't wait to see him with the electronic goodies added!

Thanks. :) I going to stop by the electronics shop in town someday this week to pick up 7mm leds. I might drill a hole in his electrodes to give him a neat electric effect. I am debating on doing a lab scene or a grave scene based off of Aurora's original Frankenstein as a base. Any ideas?

Grave scene base is good idea!

Great Job!!!!!

Thanks!

Excellent job! The paint job on the face is great--the eyes are very realistic :thumbsup: The electronic effects are a great idea, too!

Looking forward to seeing the eyes lit up.
Nicely done.

Yes, grave scene base is a good idea; if you did a lab scene, finding the lab equipment in the right scale would maybe be difficult. It's hard enough finding the flasks, bottles, jars and shelving for a 1/8 scale kit. But a grave scene is a lot more doable from other materials.

I was also thinking of maybe building a chair to capture the scene were he rips his chains out of the ground after being caught by the villagers. I can't remember which movie it is though.

Question! Does anybody know what big frankie was supposed to do when he was in route to being a toy instead of a model? I have two very nice motors that would work perfectly in his arms and I am tempted to whip out my microcontroller for some nerdy madness. So any ideas what he was originally designed to do?

Probably walk and raise his arms to the Horizontal, strangling position, as in the 1/8 scale kit. I'm just checking what it says in the Thomas Graham Grrenberg Guide 1st edition, and it says:
"The most unusual monster to debut in 1964 was Gigantic Frankenstein, a 24-inch tall charicature of the movie monster. Outside toy designer Reuben Kramer had originally conceived it as a battery-powered walking toy, but Aurora made it a $4.95 kit."

I don't think I can make him walk but I might try to motorize his arms.