Diplodocus
Built by David Smithers in September 2007
A model of a dinosaur featured in an early 1930s instruction manual. Looking it up, I discovered a set 4 model of a Diplodocus. On careful inspection, there were some problems (there usually are!):
- The picture wasn’t very clear and the only instructions were “screw the nuts and bolts up tightly because the Diplodocus looks most dejected when he droops."
- The parts list was obviously wrong.
- The completed model would be about six feet (1.8m) long, which seemed more than my fair share of table at our exhibition!
A visit to the Children’s Section of our local public library furnished a book with a nice illustration of the beast, from which I built this model. The book also told me how to pronounce the word, although if I can understand the phonetics properly, my dictionary says you can pronounce it either way.