Ages ago, I saw a Tinysaur T-Rex that April had assembled. I put off getting one of my own, which is always a mistake. If you like something for a future project, it’s better to get it and store it. When I finally got around to looking for them, they had vanished like the actual dinosaurs during a mass extinction! :O
I persevered, and they finally arrived…the T-Rex and the Stegosaurus. I ordered mine from The Evolution Store back in 2013, but you can now find them at Everything Tiny.
Look how small the T-Rex head is, and then notice there are a lot of parts even smaller!!! :O
I had started this model in 2013 for my Christmas scene that year but never got back to it until now.
My X-Acto blade was huge in comparison. Nothing but super sharp, out of the box blades for this work. Separating the pieces took a lot of patience. I recommend working in an area with no breeze, no small spaces for flying parts to fall into (I’m looking at you, keyboard) and no loud noises. No deep breaths or sneezing, either!
Maybe if the tiny X-Acto by Ulus Miniatures truly worked, it would have been easier. :D
I glued my model together, though I did a dry run on all the parts each step of the way. There would be no way to take it apart if a gluing error occurred. I used tiny tip tweezers for the parts and bent tip tweezers to hold the model.
So wee!!! :D I tell you, the pieces look substantial in this photo…they are not.
I put together one of the regular size wood models back when I was young, so it’s nice to have a mini one for my mini houses. Plus one of my inspiration photos for Otter Cove had a wood dinosaur model in it (and a round window on a white brick wall). Meant to be!
