Stanley joined the Prehistoric Pals at the Park last May and has been very patient waiting for his rust protection. As a result of the long wait, the wire brushing took much longer. Stanley like Stephanie, a Stegosaurus that arrived a year earlier than Stanley, has a number of stamped details in the metal that…
Category: Preservation
Baby Brontosaurs & Changes at the Museum
We left off with the baby brontosaurs post 11/23/2019 “More on Blue Too, The Baby Brontosaurs and Dinosaur Pads”. The decorative design for the Brontosaurs backs, added colors for the Eyes, Nostrils and Claws are the next steps. All these details are added by dipping artists brushes into the caps after spraying the paint into…
Hobbes transformation & History of the Tyrannosaurs
We left Hobbes duplicate last week after he received his Rust Reformer coating. Hobbes 2 receives Rusty Brown Primer coats, then Hammered Copper for his underside & Racing Green Metallic for the topsides. I had already applied Gloss Marigold & Black to the eyes of the original Hobbes. Gloss White was used for both sets…
Calvin uses Duplicator on Hobbes!
These Tyrannosaurs are named after the characters Calvin & Hobbes from Bill Waterson’s comic series that ran in the newspapers across the US. A year after Calvin & Hobbes first appeared, they were in 250 newspapers. In 1995 when the last script ran 2,400 newspapers carried their Adventures. You can still enjoy Calvin &…
David & Paleoradiology!
We left off with David receiving a coat of Clean Metal Primer and seeing his finished perch. It provides an Excellent View of the front of the Park. Hammered Black is the top color for David. As mentioned last week, using a roller brush for the large areas and the regular paint brush for the…
Meet David the T-Rex!
David is another Prehistoric Pal that was adopted from the Miner’s Hardware Store in Atascadero. A call to Sarah at Miner’s on August 29th for an update to my Needing Rescue/Adoption led to this T-Rex coming to the Park. (Trish poses with David above) Sarah advised that they recently had some baby brontosaurs but they…
Making the Red-Nosed Raptor!
A couple of years ago, Raphael moved to a new perch. It’s a great location. He was the first one you would see coming up the driveway. With a magnificent Ankylosaur Tree right behind him you couldn’t wish for a better spot. Unfortunately before I installed cables to secure him in bad weather, we had…
Watch Your Step!
Dinosaur Stepping Stones make a nice base for your Metal Prehistoric Pal. We left off with working on the extra Stone for the Brontosaurs new pad and four more for Dominic’s new base. The same colors for the last Brontosaur Stone. Sherwin Williams Double Latte for the base color, Cavern Clay for the footprints, Offbeat…
Angie gets a Bath & more on Stones
As You remember Angie received quite a painting on “Dino Fest Weekend” at the Natural History Museum in Los Angeles. Kids & their Parents added a great deal of extra paint to Angie (see posts 9-28 & 10-02-2019 “A Funtastic Dino Fest Weekend for All” & “Funtastic Dino Fest – Sunday the 22nd Day Two”)….
More on Blue Too, the baby brontosaurs and Dinosaur Pads!
Blue Too, receives Apple Red Metallic on the Tongue, Gloss White Teeth and Gloss Marigold for the Eyes. The baby brontosaurs love their Gloss Maui Blue Eyes. The Maui Blue made nice accents for body spots here and there for Arlo, Libby & Kristen. Hammered Black created the pupils on the eyes for all. The…