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Good evening all.
Since the last post, the legs are now complete.
The hip bones have been assembled and installed onto the skeleton.
That was tricky, as there was no way to physically clamp them to hold their place. Had to just hold them in my hand till the glue set.
When dry the ball socket for the legs was installed onto the hips and the ball joint was installed to the top on the legs.
While that was drying, I started on preparing the base. I'm using 1/8" dowel temporarily for the support rods as they are easier to size and will replace them with steel rods later.
Attached the legs and positioned the skeleton to measure placement and rod length. With the rods cut and the supports placed on top, I was then able to place the T-Rex on to the base and standing on it's own pins.

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Then fine tuned the rod length.

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I wanted to finish the upper torso before starting on the tail, so went ahead and installed the shoulder blades and those tiny arms.

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I'm probably going to replace those flimsy dowels with the steel rods before I move on to the tail.
I have enough rod and another support brace for the tail if I need it. We"ll see.

Thank you for following.
Questions and comments welcome.

Jim

<blockquote data-quote="Papermodder" data-source="post: 200632" data-attributes="member: 12832">Good evening all.&nbsp;Since the last post, the legs are now complete.The hip bones have been assembled and installed onto the skeleton.&nbsp;That was tricky, as there was no way to physically clamp them to hold their place. Had to just hold them in my hand till the glue set.&nbsp;When dry the ball socket for the legs was installed onto the hips and the ball joint was installed to the top on the legs.&nbsp;While that was drying, I started on preparing the base. I&#039;m using 1/8&quot; dowel temporarily for the support rods as they are easier to size and will replace them with steel rods later.&nbsp;Attached the legs and positioned the skeleton to measure placement and rod length. With the rods cut and the supports placed on top, I was then able to place the T-Rex on to the base and standing on it&#039;s own pins.[ATTACH=full]84079[/ATTACH]&nbsp;Then fine tuned the rod length.[ATTACH=full]84080[/ATTACH]I wanted to finish the upper torso before starting on the tail, so went ahead and installed the shoulder blades and those tiny arms.[ATTACH=full]84081[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]84082[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]84083[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]84084[/ATTACH]&nbsp;I&#039;m probably going to replace those flimsy dowels with the steel rods before I move on to the tail.I have enough rod and another support brace for the tail if I need it. We&quot;ll see.&nbsp;Thank you for following.Questions and comments welcome.&nbsp;Jim</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Papermodder, post: 200632, member: 12832"] Good evening all. Since the last post, the legs are now complete. The hip bones have been assembled and installed onto the skeleton. That was tricky, as there was no way to physically clamp them to hold their place. Had to just hold them in my hand till the glue set. When dry the ball socket for the legs was installed onto the hips and the ball joint was installed to the top on the legs. While that was drying, I started on preparing the base. I'm using 1/8" dowel temporarily for the support rods as they are easier to size and will replace them with steel rods later. Attached the legs and positioned the skeleton to measure placement and rod length. With the rods cut and the supports placed on top, I was then able to place the T-Rex on to the base and standing on it's own pins. [ATTACH=full]84079[/ATTACH] Then fine tuned the rod length. [ATTACH=full]84080[/ATTACH] I wanted to finish the upper torso before starting on the tail, so went ahead and installed the shoulder blades and those tiny arms. [ATTACH=full]84081[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]84082[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]84083[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]84084[/ATTACH] I'm probably going to replace those flimsy dowels with the steel rods before I move on to the tail. I have enough rod and another support brace for the tail if I need it. We"ll see. Thank you for following. Questions and comments welcome. Jim [/QUOTE]

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