wincman Posted May 28, 2016 Share Posted May 28, 2016 I retrieved this model from the trash at Va Tech about 50 years ago. Recently , a friend fixed the horns and tail and did a partial repaint. ( His color selection ). It is 28" X 10" X 11" tall. Made of plaster. VERY heavy. Any idea to who made it how old , etc. Thanks. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted May 28, 2016 Share Posted May 28, 2016 If you scroll down a bit you will see Gilmore's model of triceratops. Cannot say it's the same https://extinctmonsters.net/category/paleoart/page/2/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wincman Posted May 28, 2016 Author Share Posted May 28, 2016 In mine , the tail does not touch the ground. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted May 28, 2016 Share Posted May 28, 2016 Classic! Very cool. Regards, Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 IPFOTM -- MAY - 2024 _________________________________________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted May 28, 2016 Share Posted May 28, 2016 Of what material was it made? "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wincman Posted May 28, 2016 Author Share Posted May 28, 2016 Made of Plaster of Paris. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridgehiker Posted May 28, 2016 Share Posted May 28, 2016 (edited) It was a few decades ago so I don't know if they were the same. However, I was doing some education programs with the Calgary Zoo and we had a few similar models. About the same size on a similar base. We'd have the real fossils ( horn , jaw, toe bones, etc.) and use the models to show the Dino they came from. There was a 'really bad ' T. rex ' in addition to the Triceratops. Today I still use kids plastic toys when showing fossils. Pull out an ankylosaur, etc. I sure wish we had such a great selection of plastic dinos when I was young. For years I played with a plastic Brontosaurus our dog had half chewed ( along with my plastic army men). Plastic figures are a lot more realistic these days but we had better imaginations. Edited May 28, 2016 by Ridgehiker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted May 28, 2016 Share Posted May 28, 2016 The fact that it is plaster suggests that it has a few miles on it. Sounds like it was old when you got it. "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmaier Posted May 29, 2016 Share Posted May 29, 2016 As a collector of antiques, I've always wanted to find real models of dinosaurs showing some of the early misconceptions of how the bones fit back together, and the posture of the animals. I've attached a image from a book published in 1861 showing Iguanodon. Sometimes you might find these early models cast in bronze, but most of them are actually from the 20th century and are replicas of the real one done in the 19th century. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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