I’ve always loved the movie monsters, so when I saw this Revell kit of The Mummy, I had to have it. I built a few of the Aurora monster kits when I was a kid, but not this one.
The book in the picture is one I bought in fourth grade at the book fair. I read that thing over and over! I have very few books from my college years, but I’ll never get rid of this one.
The kit goes together very easily, but the seams were challenging. I beveled the seams before glueing then filled and reconstructed the wrappings with apoxie sculpt. Primed with Tamiya white, then “antiqued” the whole thing with a watered down wash of acrylic burnt umber.
For the mummy, I added spots of blue, green, and red with watercolor pencils to give a very subtle variation, then misted it with tamiya IJN green. Washes with brown and grays pulled it all together. An overall wash with brown and black oil, then highlights with light gray.
The base got the same watercolor pencil treatment with blues, reds, and greens, then finished with craft and model acrylics. Gloss coat, oil paint wash, then a satin coat of clear. Parts where the stone is broken got a matte coat. Some fine sifted sand finished it off.
All in all, a fun project, a nice break from aircraft, and trip down nostalgia lane!
