Let's Build: Creature From The Black Lagoon Model Kit!

Time to wind down the week with a model kit build! Hang out in the members chat and follow along as we put together Super 7's Creature From the Black Lagoon 1/8 scale model kit, a twist on the classic Aurora model kits featuring Universal Monsters. Thanks to our members for supporting these livestreams and our videos!
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Creature From the Black Lagoon (clear) model kit: super7.com/products/creature-from-the-black-lagoon-model-kit-creature-clear

[@keithtorgersen9664]

I used to have a fluorescent model of Frankenstein's Monster when I was a kid, it would glow brilliantly when a black light was shined on it. 😃

[@matthewholder4503]

Dear Norm, Thank You! For your video on the Creature From The Black Lagoon plastic. model kit. I'am 63yrs. young been model kits since before I was 6yrs. old. My all time fav. is Aurora's Creature From The Black Lagoon which first came out in 1963. The mold as been out for 40 years or more. Model Company's such as Aurora, Revell, Monogram, Polar Lights, now Super 7 as well Atlantis Models. Atlantis Model of the Creature (i.e Gillman) is out at your fav. model shop. Maybe, in the future they will re-lease the Creature in sq. box with Glow-In-The Dark pieces. Yes, I just must buy this Creature kit! Norm, model tip: If you ever build this kit again...Build the legs first...Glue legs together as one piece together then the main body. Then, glue parts together as one! You, got it Norm! Norm, I'am so proud of YOU, been watching your modeling life for years. Thank You again for your video. Your the "Greatest"! Matthew S. Holder (i.e Fellow Modeler and Kit Collector) a.k.a. creaturman

[@kjc1012]

I think best thing to do with this model is hit it with a bit of green acrylic ink, to tint it but keep the translucent look

[@OlympiaSM3]

Super7 should reissue all the old monsters - Wolfman, The Mummy, Frankenstein, Dracula. I’d build them all.

[@adamteeee]

Such a timely video. Blasphemy I know, bit I watched this movie for the first time a few weeks back. Absolutely blown away but every aspect 😍

[@j.robertsergertson4513]

I love how Somethings change,but remain the same . I built one of those creature of the black lagoon kits when I was kid in the 70's ( it wasn't transparent )

[@keithcacahuete8066]

My brother had an Aurora kit in the 1960s, it was solid not translucent and if I recall it was glow in the dark plastic, or some parts were

[@nic.25]

I had the same model from Aurora in 70s, it was all green but some parts were luminous glow in the dark.

[@thirdeyenz]

I wonder if it was radioactive with a bit of radium.

[@richardbartolo2890]

I remember buying glow in the dark creature which at the time (2010) was less money than the standard creature model from polar lights. The glow in the dark mold/cast is identical, So I just painted over the glow plastic and it ended up looking like the regular Polar Lights creature model and was less money to purchace.

[@julianbeesley5059]

Gotta love the Norm 🙂

[@DragonHeart5150]

My sister used to Cut Ben Chapman's hair in Honolulu before he passed and he sent me a bunch of autographed pictures of himself. And my step father was Richard Denning who was in the original movie too.

[@HypnoticTempest]

My hometown, it has a museum, as well as being on Route 66. In the museum they have a theater that you can sit in a car, as a drive-in theater would be with showings of various movies including "The Creature From The Black Lagoon".

[@pbscott101]

I did the reissue of this original kit during lockdown (uni monster models were my pandemic hobby)! I had to do quite a bit of additional sculpting on the head to get rid of that unsightly overlap at the top. Ended up painting it in a silver screen b&w scheme.

[@julianbeesley5059]

Oh nooo Glue on the Nippers 😂

[@SpcSamRI]

Just curious, did the CA glue end up fogging the clear plastic at all after it dried?

[@outofthisworldmodelsandmin898]

I'm waiting for the reply on this one. -John

[@WilliamLB]

Norm you need to post all of these things on your instagram!!

[@yig_501]

oh nice creature from the black lagoons one of my favorite movie monsters of all time what a classic i miss my belt buckle i hade of his face XD

[@truekaliban4674]

The Creature borrowed his skeleton(s) from Ben Chapman and Ricu Browning! I built my first one in the summer of '63!

[@nathkrupa3463]

Wow Amazing Video thanks for sharing norm sir.

[@LordRusty5]

Lungs? He had no lungs ... he breathed using gills ... 'The Gill Man' ... he only had lungs in "The Creature Walks Among Us", AFTER they gave him lungs. But the model represents the creature while he lived in the Black Lagoon.

[@twitte0king]

Tested content is more and more disappointing due to their rise in subscriber count... these live stream is not worth cancelling the podcast for

[@EXPLICITBG]

Cool trivia! I haven’t watched any of the movies because they weren’t popular where I’m from but I will now!

[@oftenspanx]

Was that not the point of the exposition in Black Lagoon at the start, when they were talking about the lung-fish? Then how much time it spent on land doing what seemed like respiration? Idk, I have actually only ever seen CFTBL, favorite folm as a child, growing up I was vaguely aware other creature features with the Gill Man, but have never seen them, but I had always thought he did have at least underdeveloped lungs.

[@amphicorp4725]

The creature walks... Where?

[@LordRusty5]

@@EXPLICITBG More trivia ... the 'Gill Man' is the only original monster developed by Universal Studios! All the others were from novels, or ancient folklore. The Creature From The Black Lagoon was a fully original concept. And ... a cool movie! ;)

[@matturban9103]

I don't care for the see through part much. Still might buy one to build and paint.

[@argonautofpain]

Do you need any 90s Era marvel and DC kits? Vinyl and plastic.

[@butchersblade7068]

The Gillman definitely has a skeleton. The fossilized hand included with this kit is from another of his species, not a victim.

[@brvndxxxn]

Such a cute toy! 🤤 would’ve been cool if he had a skull inside the transparent flesh

[@Billy.osullivan]

i have never seen this movie, is it worth a watch?

[@JohnPaul-yf9xd]

You could have put some customized giblets in the lizard and more in the creature.

[@arwanrhys5186]

Directions for the original kit... assemble the legs, let dry, then attach to the torso.Very minor dissapointment the new company didnt replicate the directions, Nice vid Norm thanx. Cheers

[@BROON71]

Hello, Norm!

[@elevown]

The creatrure was never transparent like that right? At least not in the movie? Not that it doesnt look cool.

[@mrmicro22]

Cool stuff but the Creature is always green to me. Not seeing the rationale for the variant.

[@ryanbarker5217]

just to sell the same thing they've been selling for almost 60 years.

[@HonkeyKong54]

I wish super 7 would make more and more of those massive figures.

[@Ankazarwarrior]

It’s very inspiring to see Norm grow as a presenter over all of these years! He’s incredible!

[@Kantami]

love Creature From The Black Lagoon, it's my favourite of the Universal Monster movies. i would love to see a remake of it done by Leigh Whannell, his films Upgrade & The Invisble Man are two of the best movies i've seen in recent years and i think he'd do a stellar job at remaking Creature.

[@popguy2815]

Built a few models as a kid, hands shake way to much now.

[@SqkTap]

Norm: are you Indin? or Asian?

[@skylarking12]

This model cries out to have some painting done on the inside surfaces and some LED or UV lighting effects; lines of UV paint along the inside back of the torso and limbs would really set it off. Paint the base solid and then hide a powerful LED in there, it should shine up the legs and make the rest of the figure glow a little. Why make it transparent *everywhere* and make all the little details impossible to appreciate?

[@homelessmike2068]

what is this video quality? deffo not HD.. it hurts my eyes!

[@ChromeClanDesigns]

Norm, leave Cali and buy a house in the country side. get a proper studio. you will be happier

[@OzzyMandias]

Too Scary, thank God they didn't make it in 3D...what they did??? 😱

[@ellesmerewildwood4858]

I think it would have been more appropriate to see the actor inside the suit rather than that pink goo.

[@TheElrondo]

Am i the only one who thinks that model looks cheap? There is lots of room to improve the overall look.

[@rivards1]

A good idea, poorly executed. There absolutely should have been a skeleton, and surrounding guts and flesh should be translucent red, not pink.