things that bring fun

[rocket]

At the moment my turtle-project stopped. Have not had enough nerves for it, but with coffee and chocolate it will go on next month

this gave me time to finish a nice stingray from lebanon, Cyclobatis oligodactylus (EGERTON). We bought it from a dealer in Ste Marie this year. Not so far away than the Lebanon, and (exept of all the crazy collectors running around ) safer than Lebanon...

Prep works was done with airpen from Hardy Winkler, I only use the 1 and 10. Gaps had been filled with plaster and colored, finish cleaning with low percentage acid. Size is around 14 cm

here we go:

 

 

backside

 

light from the top, fossil TOP!

 

first steps

 

going on

 

looks good

 

finished, happy Rocket 

 

blue-light pic

 

Edited September 27, 2022 by rocket

[Fossildude19]

Very nicely done!

How many hours total?

[rocket]

5 minutes ago, Fossildude19 said:

Very nicely done!

How many hours total?

 

Thanks, hmmmmm, I did not count but think around 10 - 12 hours. Fragile scales...

[Top Trilo]

Awesome prep!

Rays are some of my favorite animals, and you did a really good job at bringing it back to life.

[Ludwigia]

Good job Frank!

[Coco]

Very nice prep !

 

Coco

[FossilNerd]

Beautiful job! Thanks for posting the progression pictures.   

[RJB]

Nicely done. 

 

RB

[rocket]

thanks a lot for your responds, I am lucky that the result was as good as I hoped, you never know in advance...