I thought it was maybe time for me to make another bird and then remembered that I had Johan’s Microceratops printed out and ready to go. It reminds me of a large bird (and modern archaeological theory says dinosaurs were birds anyway) so I decided to make this!
For me, this is a rather large model as I tend to reduce everything – easier to store.
However, one of its claims to fame is that the model is life-sized – given that I thought I better build it life-sized then!
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Microceratops was a small dinosaur (up to two feet long) that lived in the Cretaceous period (66 million years ago) in North America and Asia.
It was a parrot-beaked dinosaur, and being a herbivore fed on the plants of the time – ferns, cycads (I have one of these in the garden) and conifers. It used its sharp beak to bite off leaves or needles.
It was renamed in 2008 to Microceratus (“small horned/beaked”), as the name Micorceratops had been found to have already been given to a wasp many years before this little dinosaur was originally named.
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The model itself consists of 6 A4 pages, to be printed in 120 grm paper.
For those of you using American paper, the equivalent thickness(for those who are lucky enough to have a micrometer) is .148 mm +/- .002-3 mm or in inches .0058.5 in +/-.
The model has 27 parts - quite a lot for one of Johan’s models.
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Photo 1 – A reconstruction of a Microceratus.
Photos 2 and 3 – The parts sheets (and yes they come without the white squares).
In models of this type, I usually start by first cutting everything out.
Before doing this I hold the part sheets up to a light and write the part numbers in pencil on the back, to prevent any mistakes or confusion later on. This is especially important in the case of Johan's models, as the assembly order is generally done following the numerical order of the parts.
So now off to cut everything out...............
For me, this is a rather large model as I tend to reduce everything – easier to store.
However, one of its claims to fame is that the model is life-sized – given that I thought I better build it life-sized then!
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Microceratops was a small dinosaur (up to two feet long) that lived in the Cretaceous period (66 million years ago) in North America and Asia.
It was a parrot-beaked dinosaur, and being a herbivore fed on the plants of the time – ferns, cycads (I have one of these in the garden) and conifers. It used its sharp beak to bite off leaves or needles.
It was renamed in 2008 to Microceratus (“small horned/beaked”), as the name Micorceratops had been found to have already been given to a wasp many years before this little dinosaur was originally named.
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The model itself consists of 6 A4 pages, to be printed in 120 grm paper.
For those of you using American paper, the equivalent thickness(for those who are lucky enough to have a micrometer) is .148 mm +/- .002-3 mm or in inches .0058.5 in +/-.
The model has 27 parts - quite a lot for one of Johan’s models.
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Photo 1 – A reconstruction of a Microceratus.
Photos 2 and 3 – The parts sheets (and yes they come without the white squares).
In models of this type, I usually start by first cutting everything out.
Before doing this I hold the part sheets up to a light and write the part numbers in pencil on the back, to prevent any mistakes or confusion later on. This is especially important in the case of Johan's models, as the assembly order is generally done following the numerical order of the parts.
So now off to cut everything out...............
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