Robban Posted February 26, 2010 Share Posted February 26, 2010 Hi guys! I don't know if this is the right forum, but I guess the T. rex is more of a figure than an airplane or sci-fi? Well, I finally started to put this thing together. This resin skeleton is a re-cast of the long unavaliable Tamiya T. rex skeleton. The recast is a very roughly molded kit. I have never done so much cleaning before in my life. But, if you want to build a T. rex skeleton in 1/20 scale, this is your only option. What is left for me to do on this kit is to lengthen the tail by about 10 cm, for some reason it's 10 vertebra short. I also need to add som bones underneath the neck. These neck bones are so badly casted I have to make new ones from scratch. The same goes for the gastralia basket. My biggest modification on this kit was done on the skull. Tyrannosaurus rex's skull differed from most other carnivorous dinosaurs in that its eyes faced forward. The kit captured this quite well, but the kit has a bony ridge on each side of the skull that is far too large, this also made the eyes sit too far apart. So, I reduced the size of the ridges, and sawed away a piece on top of the skull, creating a gap. I soaked the skull in hot water and pushed the skull together at the top, making the top of the skull more pointy, and the eyes ended up closer to each other. I also lengthened the skull and lower jaw by about 0.5mm. This gave the skull the familiar concave nose ridge. If built as depicted on the box the rex will have a slightly upright pose. I wanted the back to be more horizontal. This gave me a slight problem in how to position the legs and feet. I found a pose in the end that I'm happy with. It looks like the T. rex is just about to rush forward and bite into its prey! Cool! Anyways, here it is in its current state. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Rogers Posted February 26, 2010 Share Posted February 26, 2010 That looks great Robban, have you extended the tail in those pictures, how did you make the missing vertebra? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robban Posted February 26, 2010 Author Share Posted February 26, 2010 That looks great Robban, have you extended the tail in those pictures, how did you make the missing vertebra? Hi Doug! I'm glad you like it! No, I haven't lengthened the tail yet. I've been wondering about how I'm going to make these vertebra. I think, I'll cut out vertebra shaped pieces from a plastic arc, and go from there, building them up with plastic taken from mold forms of other kits, or maybe I can make them out of wood? I'll probably go with the first option! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dahut Posted February 27, 2010 Share Posted February 27, 2010 Freaking awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyT Posted February 27, 2010 Share Posted February 27, 2010 Superb, reminds me of "Night at the Museum" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robban Posted February 28, 2010 Author Share Posted February 28, 2010 Thanks guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousFO98 Posted February 28, 2010 Share Posted February 28, 2010 Until now never noticed how big the central pelvic bones (central by the support) are! Am guessing the had some powerful muscles attached looks grand Robban good luck with the tail extension Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robban Posted March 7, 2010 Author Share Posted March 7, 2010 (edited) Until now never noticed how big the central pelvic bones (central by the support) are!Am guessing the had some powerful muscles attached looks grand Robban good luck with the tail extension Thanks walrus! Weight estimates for dinosaurus changes all the time, but I believe the latest estimates for T. rex is between 7-8 tons. Despite having hollow bones(like birds) that's alot of mass to carry around. A strolling T. rex would have been an awesome sight! Update! Neckbones fixed, and the modified tail is attached. Edited March 7, 2010 by Robban Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickParker Posted March 7, 2010 Share Posted March 7, 2010 Thats absolutely the coolest I was obsessed with all things dinosaur as a kid, i'd have killed for something like that superb Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousFO98 Posted March 7, 2010 Share Posted March 7, 2010 looks superb! interesting fact about the hollow bones Robban Was taught at school that birds had evolved with hollow bones to reduce weight for flight. Must be an advantage, but they just inherited them from the dinosaurs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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