Elengassen’s collection

[SidB]

Love these unique displays, @Elengassen .

Thanks! I'd like to make them more interesting with a few bits of scenery, but the options are quite limited unless I want to buy the same CollectA plants over and over 

Very true. I've had to access model railroad shops/ sources, aquarium supply sources, etc. to come up with enough flora of one sort or another (including groundcovers), trying not to be absurdly inauthentic. Really, for authenticity, one has to become a bit of a paleo-botanist and start fabricating one's own plants.

[Elengassen]

Hell Creek Formation (USA), c. 1:25-1:30 scale

• Ankylosaurus and baby (PNSO)
• Anzu (Safari)
• Champsosaurus (Safari Toob)
• Edmontosaurus annectens (PNSO)
• Leptoceratops (Safari)
• Pachycephalosaurus (PNSO)
• Quetzalcoatlus lawsoni (Safari)
• Torosaurus and baby (PNSO)
• Triceratops (Haolonggood)
• Baby Triceratops (PNSO)
• Tyrannosaurus (Rebor)
• Hatchling Tyrannosaurus (BOTM Forest Accessory Pack hatchling)

My only additions to this shelf since the last time I posted it are the PNSO baby Ankylosaurus & Triceratops, and the Haolonggood Triceratops. I wasn't planning to get a Triceratops at all, but then Haolonggood released theirs and I just had to have it. For the specimen it's based on, it scales pretty well with the others (Yoshi's Trike is a subadult IIRC).

[Sim]

That looks great!   Would you add an Alamosaurus?  Or Mosasaurus?  I guess more space would be needed for them..

[Elengassen]

That looks great!   Would you add an Alamosaurus?  Or Mosasaurus?  I guess more space would be needed for them..

Thanks!
I don't believe Alamosaurus is known from the Hell Creek Formation (and as you pointed out there's no space to put one anyway). I am planning to get a Mosasaurus eventually, but it'll be going in my Western Interior Seaway display.

[thomasw100]

That looks great!   Would you add an Alamosaurus?  Or Mosasaurus?  I guess more space would be needed for them..

Thanks!
I don't believe Alamosaurus is known from the Hell Creek Formation (and as you pointed out there's no space to put one anyway). I am planning to get a Mosasaurus eventually, but it'll be going in my Western Interior Seaway display.

From what I have read Alamosaurus is only know from the southern half of the USA, essentially from Utah, Texas and New Mexico. Paleogeographically this makes a lot of sense, given the abundance of titanosaurs in South America during Cretaceous time. Alamosaurus is mostly found in the Kirtland Formation, which is a bit earlier in time than Hell Creek.

[Sim]

A specimen of Alamosaurus was found slightly below the end Cretaceous boundary, showing it was alive at the end of the Cretaceous.  Additionally, it's known to have coexisted with Tyrannosaurus and Torosaurus, and Quetzalcoatlus which isn't known from Hell Creek either.  So I think if you include Quetzalcoatlus with Hell Creek species, Alamosaurus could be too as it could have interacted with them in life I believe.  It's like including Concavenator with Wessex Formation species, I think.

[crazy8wizard]

Also if I remember correctly, some bones of Alamosaurus were found in Wyoming which is in the Lance formation. Whether this is crossover or an individual who wandered north, I have no idea, but it's certainly likely.

[crazy8wizard]

More importantly though, are there any 1:20-1:30 Alamosaurus figures out there? I know Haolonggood's is 1:35 for a big individual and PNSO's is 1:35 for a small individual but could you scale either of them to fit those parameters?

[Elengassen]

More importantly though, are there any 1:20-1:30 Alamosaurus figures out there? I know Haolonggood's is 1:35 for a big individual and PNSO's is 1:35 for a small individual but could you scale either of them to fit those parameters?

I think the Haolonggood one would work fine as a smaller individual in that scale range. That said, I've already decided not to get it, partly due to space/financial reasons (there are still a bunch of other sauropods I need to buy  ) and partly because there's no evidence of it existing in the Hell Creek paleoenvironment.

So I think if you include Quetzalcoatlus with Hell Creek species, Alamosaurus could be too as it could have interacted with them in life I believe.  It's like including Concavenator with Wessex Formation species, I think.

Quetzalcoatlus is a different case as it was a flying animal, so could have had a very wide range, and there is an indeterminate large azhdarchid known from Hell Creek which could be a Quetzalcoatlus. Plus it doesn't require me to buy another new shelving unit 

[Concavenator]

@Elengassen I'm wondering, what are you using to raise Safari's Quetzalcoatlus? Might be tricky if I get that figure or Papo's Anhanguera.

For the moment, I'd rather wait for an accurate standing Quetzalcoatlus, but I could see myself getting Safari's if it ends up being retired, as it's a nice figure and one of the few Quetzalcoatlus figures with accurate proportions.

BTW, are you planning to get PNSO's Suchomimus for your Elrhaz Formation display? @Halichoeres estimated it to be in 1:30 scale.

[Elengassen]

@Elengassen I'm wondering, what are you using to raise Safari's Quetzalcoatlus? Might be tricky if I get that figure or Papo's Anhanguera.

For the moment, I'd rather wait for an accurate standing Quetzalcoatlus, but I could see myself getting Safari's if it ends up being retired, as it's a nice figure and one of the few Quetzalcoatlus figures with accurate proportions.

I bought this set of acrylic stands to display my pterosaurs. The set arrived assembled and I had to disassemble it manually, which was quite tough as they were very firmly screwed together.

BTW, are you planning to get PNSO's Suchomimus for your Elrhaz Formation display? @Halichoeres estimated it to be in 1:30 scale.

I'll probably be getting Papo's when it's released, unless it turns out to be wildly out of scale in which case I'll get the PNSO.

[Concavenator]

@Elengassen Thank you for the reference! 

I think Papo's Suchomimus will be larger than PNSO's, going by this pic:



But we'll see. It's odd we haven't even gotten measurements for it yet despite it being (supposedly) released soon.

[SidB]

@Elengassen Thank you for the reference! 

I think Papo's Suchomimus will be larger than PNSO's, going by this pic:



But we'll see. It's odd we haven't even gotten measurements for it yet despite it being (supposedly) released soon.

That's an impressive sculpt. I'm reconsidering my resolve to just stick with the PNSO one in my possession. Mind you, if it's substantially larger than 1/35, that may well rule it out for me. Space - the final frontier.

[Halichoeres]

That photo makes me wish somebody would make a decent Thescelosaurus!

Glad that those stands were screwed rather than glued! Might have made it even harder to separate and use.

[Elengassen]

The stands aren't exactly perfect solutions, as they're flat on top rather than concave, so a delicate balancing act is sometimes required to stop the figures falling off. They work pretty well overall though. I like using clear plastic as it's less obtrusive. My only problem is that I've now run out of them and still have more pterosaurs...

[Elengassen]

The AAA Gallimimus recently came my way as part of a mixed lot. The legs and feet are way oversized, the hands are pronated and the arms are naked, but other than that it's actually pretty good in terms of accuracy and aesthetics.  I've decided to keep it on my Nemegt Formation shelf as a placeholder until the CollectA one is released.

[Sim]

The colossal Gallimimus that is the in the size range of Therizinosaurus and Deinocheirus!  I didn't know the figure was so big.

[Elengassen]

Yes, it's certainly too large to be in scale with them. The oversized legs increase the height and make it look bigger than it actually is though. I think the actual body is about the same size as that of Schleich's Gallimimus (which, IMO, is a worse figure than this one despite being technically more accurate).

[Elengassen]

Collection update!

Late Jurassic:

Morrison Formation (USA), c. 1:30 scale
Also known as the 'fit all your giant sauropods on one shelf' challenge 

• Apatosaurus (Haolonggood)
• Allosaurus fragilis (PNSO 'Saurophaganax')
• Brachiosaurus (Haolonggood)
• Camarasaurus (PNSO)
• Diplodocus (Rebor)
• Stegosaurus stenops and baby (PNSO)

I unfortunately dropped my Haolonggood Brachiosaurus on the floor while handling it, and it suffered a rather obvious paint chip to the mouth area. I'm planning to try touching this up myself.

Upper Shaximiao Formation (China), c. 1:30 scale

• Gigantspinosaurus (CollectA)
• Mamenchisaurus hochuanensis (Haolonggood), baby (PNSO), and nest (Rebor sauropod nest)
• Tuojiangosaurus (PNSO)
• Yangchuanosaurus adult and subadult (PNSO)

The CollectA Mamenchisaurus is now gone from my shelf, replaced by the Haolonggood. I am slightly regretful about this, as the CollectA has a better pose and doesn't have the gaunt shrink-wrapped head of the Haolonggood. However, the latter is superior in terms of detail and paint apps, and also scales better with my other figures from this formation, so it's the one I'm keeping.

I also recently acquired one of my most desired figures, the blue Haolonggood Carcharodontosaurus.



This is one of those recently retired figures that's now almost impossible to find even second-hand. Having missed the boat on it while it was still readily available, I ended up paying a pretty penny for it on eBay, probably more than I should have. Still, it feels good to finally have it in the collection.

[Sim]

Great new additions!  The Haolonggood Carcharodontosaurus is an excellent figure, definitely worth having in my opinion.  Are you no longer having the Ceratosaurus and Camptosaurus/Fukuisaurus in the Morrison area?