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Yet again a Manticoceras prepp :P

 

my last few preppjobs were very succesful, and inspired by what @Ludwigia did on a larger one that I sent him, I tried to prepp one of my larger Manticoceras specimens.

I tried a few new tricks to prepp this one, although the living chamber got dammaged, I decided to remove even more of the living chamber to show more of the inner shell with suture lines.

 

It turned out quite well:

Manticoceras sp.

diameter 16 cm

Frasnian ( late devonian )

Chimay area ( Belgium )

 

as found: ( top left specimen )

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removed from the large chunk of matix: ( and glued back together, not everything went acording to plan :P )

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during prepp:

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the end result: 

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You really do a great work :D I love the dark color :fistbump:

Many greetings from Germany ! Have a great time with many fossils :)

Regards Sebastian

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7 minutes ago, Ludwigia said:

Good job, Kevin! You're getting the idea now.

Thx Roger :D actually I did most of the prepp on this one manually with smal chisles. I used the airscribe for the center and some more delicate parts.

I've checked the pressure on the compressor this time, it was under the 2 bar, so now I first waited a while until it got more pressure and started prepping then. It was a lot more powerful and efficient this way. 

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growing old is mandatory but growing up is optional.

 

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11 hours ago, will stevenson said:

Nice can’t wait to see the others :P

you can find the others in the "fossil prepparation" threads :)

just look up "manticoceras" in the search engine of the fossil forum.

 

 

11 hours ago, Tidgy's Dad said:

Looks great! :)

Thx Adam :)

 

11 hours ago, belemniten said:

You really do a great work :D I love the dark color :fistbump:

Thx Sebastian

growing old is mandatory but growing up is optional.

 

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Prepped an other one today. Sadly a part of this one is missing.

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2 hours ago, Manticocerasman said:

Prepped an other one today. Sadly a part of this one is missing.

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Nice one! You could fill in the gap with Apoxie Sculpt, for instance.

 

 

Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger

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