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Sailback Reptile

Allosaurus


SAILBACK REPTILE - SNAP TOGETHER - 1:13 SCALE
Kit # 745 Designed by - ??? Sculpted by Bill Lemon Box Art - ??? Instruction Illustration - Dave Cockrum
37 pieces. Molded in coper with clear green parts. Part of the 74 line. Another well designed and produced kit. Lots of detail and pretty easy to do a very nice build-up on. Very desirable in original edition. The reissues are missing a lot of the accessories. Some only have 1 base piece. The large rocky part. All reissues are missing the green pieces.Build-ups are usually missing some of the small parts. Expect to pay quite a bit, especially with a nice box. Reissues go by the name Dimetrodon. Revell recent issue called Sail Back. Head, jaw, tongue, legs, and tail are moveable.

Aurora box

Monogram #6046

Revell-Germany #6473

Another version that comes with glow paint and a brush.

Here is a picture showing the parts from the RG armored dinosaur and on of the original aurora pieces.
Note, in the picture below, you can see that the sprue still says Aurora.

Aurora box back side

Monogram #6080

Another version of the Monogram kit.
This has a sticker advertising a "Free T Shirt" offer. To check out the offer, see the Interesting Items page.

Revell #6511

The base on the left is from the Aurora kit. The one on the right is from the Monogram version. The Aurora is a coppery color, where as the Monogram is brown.

The parts

To veiw a parts list for this model, ckick on the link. It is in .txt format. You are more than welcome to copy this list. PARTS LIST

NAMEPLATE TEXT

DIMETRODON
250 MILLION YEARS AGO
PERMIAN PERIOD
TEXAS

			This is one of the later issues, so you can see a little more detail and better fit with the parts. Kind of on the smallish side compared to some of the other kits in the series. Even with the size, it is a very nice kit. It comes with a nice detailed base that really opens up some options on how you want it to look when done. I have seen some very interesting paint combinations used on this. Everything from extremely colorful to very muted and subdued. They all look very natural and fitting, which makes this model very versatile. Also has a place on the base where a tree from the swamp can be added. I remember having this one as a kid. The color of the plastic really stuck in my mind. I do know that it has a 2 part base. The 79 Monogram only has one base piece. The '87 Monogram comes with both bases. Neither had the clear green parts. I know at least one of the Revell-Germany issues came with both base halves. The one with the glow paint and the black plastic. Revell 2007 issue only has the one base half. No idea about the other reissues yet. This is usually a pretty high priced model. Luckily, I found an affordable reissue. I already had the other base piece and the clear green parts. Unfortunately, the clear green parts I have are more of a olive color instead of the originals shown above. They came from the Revell-Germany Anklosaurus. The legs move, tail swings back and forth, tongue, jaw, and head all move up and down.

			NEW SECTION : to show examples of each version of the models
			Aurora	Monogram 79
			Monogram 87	Revell-Germany
			Revell-Germany	Revell-Germany -glow paint
			Revell 07
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