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As promised, if you are a member you can download the parts and try out the poseable dinosaur tail for  yourself. There are two slightly different designs, one on each sheet.

It's all pretty self explanatory so I've just done a few pictures and a few words to guide you in the construction. 

Print the parts onto thin card, cut out the hole and score the dotted lines before cutting out the pieces.

Flip up the tabs then fold the parts round and glue them together as show above.

All the parts work in basically the same way. The long tabs thread under the next largest section and the short tabs come up through the holes.

Glue a cover onto the tabs. Keep the parts moving as the glue dries so that they don't stick together.

The finished flexible, poseable, tail! 

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I've made a few small changes to the parts so that everything fits together better. Once done I printed out the bits, and put them together whilst watching Dr Who with #1 Daughter. 

The paper model is made from two separate modules. The Geneva Drive in one box and the Watt linkage in another. They are connected together with a drive pin. I've glued the two parts together then added a couple of elastic bands while the glue dries. The egg sits on the top. 

The egg is a little small for the box so I'm going to remake it 20% larger. After which I'll be fitting a dinosaur into place. 

This side view shows the Geneva Drive. The output from the lower drive shaft is connected to the Watt Linkage in the next  box.

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Paper sculpture triceratops to download, print out and make.

The triceratops model comes in two versions. Mono, line only so that you can print out and colour in the model yourself or a full colour version as shown here.

This is a fun, quick to make model which you can download, print out and make in less than an hour.

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 Dancing Diplodocus. A fun model for you to download, print out and make.
Turn the handle on the box and the Diplodocus Dance - just like they used to do in prehistoric times.

Fabulous fun for the crafty and curious!

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