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Animatronic T-rex

Construction of a full size animatronic Tyrannosaurus rex begins by creating a 1:30 scale maquette, using Tony McVey's 'Running T-rex' model as a prime reference. A plastic copy of the maquette is then cut up into 5mm thick slices, which are scanned front and back to create digital outlines of each slice. These outlines are projected up to 30 times their original size onto sheets of polystyrene 150mm thick - 30 times thicker than the plastic maquette slices.

These shapes are then cut out using a hot wire tool. After outlines have been cut out of 130 sheets of polystyrene, the beginnings of a full size Tyrannosaurus Rex sculpture are ready for the next stage of construction.

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