01-20-2013, 11:03 AM
Basically I started off by drawing the "dinosaur" head, following the photo, roughly to the size I wanted it. I thenn overlaid it with tracing paper and made 5 small copies with the shape of each layer and transfered them to plasticard (actually the inside of a scrap fridge door! [Waste not, want not!]), and cut and filed them to shape. The layers were stuck on top of each other, then more filing and trimming ( I have only just noticed that the top blade on mine should have been the top pair of "Anvils", and the blade should have been at the bottom! Still, it looks OK!). I cut the bucket off the Norscot arm with a junior hacksaw, and smoothed the end with a file, then epoxied half a press-stud (the bit with the centre sticking out and a flat back) to the end of the arm. I drilled a hole in the rear of the "head" to accept the end of the piece with the "gripping bits" and epoxied that into place. Leave for 24 hours to set solid, and paint. The round "bolt/pivot units" are very thin slices from an aerosol oiling tube placed onto a tiny dab of liquid glue, before painting - I used "Revell Contacta Professional" throughout, simply because I had it in stock. Note that the tube is made of some "odd" plastic so the "bond" is less good than it could be., Because the head is attached with the press-stud it is rotatable and posable to some degree, although the jaws on this are "fixed" with the girder being filed, and trimmed, to fit. It would be possible to fit "hydraulic hoses" from mono-filament fishing line - but I went with the "3-foot" rule and didn't bother,
Hope that helps - it certainly gives a "different" model
Hope that helps - it certainly gives a "different" model