RJB Posted January 10, 2018 Author Share Posted January 10, 2018 Aaaaaalrighty then!! I finally got this little baby finished!!! Turned out purdy dang nice! Gots me 6 tippy tippy's too. Sooooo happy with this one. I now have ventral crab for my collection. Life is now good! Ha! RB 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 Turned out awesome, Ron! - Not that I had any doubts. I can imagine prep on the ventral side can be nerve-wracking, for sure, but you ended up with a top shelf piece! ...How to Philosophize with a Hammer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 Sweeeeet!! (where is the melted butter?) Can We see a view from the front, please? Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted January 10, 2018 Author Share Posted January 10, 2018 45 minutes ago, Kane said: Turned out awesome, Ron! - Not that I had any doubts. I can imagine prep on the ventral side can be nerve-wracking, for sure, but you ended up with a top shelf piece! Thank o kind sir. 2 minutes ago, ynot said: Can We see a view from the front, please? Here ya go ynot. RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 Thanks! Looks just as good coming as it did going. Very nice addition to You display.Well done, again! Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Mud Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 Wow! Absolutely beautiful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted January 10, 2018 Author Share Posted January 10, 2018 26 minutes ago, Doctor Mud said: Wow! Absolutely beautiful! Thank you Doctor mud. RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 2 hours ago, RJB said: Aaaaaalrighty then!! I finally got this little baby finished!!! Turned out purdy dang nice! Gots me 6 tippy tippy's too. Sooooo happy with this one. I now have ventral crab for my collection. Life is now good! Ha! RB Looks just great!!! Fantastic addition to your collection! Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 Very nice job as always, even with the extra curveball “...whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been and are being evolved.” ~ Charles Darwin Happy hunting, Mason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sagebrush Steve Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 Outstanding prep job! Ventral sides are interesting because they are complex and have a lot more going on, which I’m sure made the prep challenging. But I’d say it was worth it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sagebrush Steve Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 And I have space in my brand new fossil storage cabinet if you were going to get rid of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shellseeker Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 Fantastic addition to your collection, Ron. A guided tour of RJB Museum of Natural History must be thrilling.. Congrats on the find and the prep work.... New skills on Ventral crabs!! The White Queen ".... in her youth she could believe "six impossible things before breakfast" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pagurus Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 I like how you turned a disappointing start into a triumphant finish! Impressive! Start the day with a smile and get it over with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilized6s Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 Lovely, RB. Still can't believe this was your first ventral prep. Lol ~Charlie~ "There are those that look at things the way they are, and ask why.....i dream of things that never were, and ask why not?" ~RFK ->Get your Mosasaur print ->How to spot a fake Trilobite ->How to identify a CONCRETION from a DINOSAUR EGG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted January 11, 2018 Author Share Posted January 11, 2018 Thank you everybody. Im just glad i stuck with it and finished it. its already sittin beside me here at my desk. Next stop is the display cabinet. RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ptychodus04 Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 @RJB that is one cool crab! They look really alien from the bottom! Regards, Kris Global Paleo Services, LLC https://globalpaleoservices.com http://instagram.com/globalpaleoservices http://instagram.com/kris.howe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 Seriously, I really don't know why you spent so much time with your "special" tools. A couple if whacks with the sledge and you would have been done. Alright, it might not have turned out as pretty as yours, but just think of all the extra time you could have spent shoveling snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted January 11, 2018 Author Share Posted January 11, 2018 9 hours ago, caldigger said: Alright, it might not have turned out as pretty as yours, but just think of all the extra time you could have spent shoveling snow. You one funny dude,,, dude. RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micropterus101 Posted February 4, 2018 Share Posted February 4, 2018 Glad to see your happy with this one Ron. Great prep Buddy. fossil crabs website Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted February 4, 2018 Author Share Posted February 4, 2018 4 hours ago, micropterus101 said: Glad to see your happy with this one Ron. Great prep Buddy. Long time no see ole pal! and yeah, thanks to you I now have one heck of a nice ventral Pulalius. RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OwlEyes Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 This is so beautiful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DLB Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 looks like another good one for the shelf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted September 18, 2018 Author Share Posted September 18, 2018 6 minutes ago, DLB said: looks like another good one for the shelf Been on the crab shelf for over 8 months now,, ole buddy. RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrentSA Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 That is absolutely stunning , that's the only word I can use to describe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted October 4, 2018 Author Share Posted October 4, 2018 On 10/1/2018 at 5:14 PM, BrentSA said: That is absolutely stunning , that's the only word I can use to describe I dont think ive ever used the word stunning? but yeah, a very good word for this crab. Thanks man RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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