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The model/puzzle was gotten from the Discovery Channal store. Being around 9 to 10 inches long it is just a wee bit bigger then Hadogenes Troglodyte at it's biggest. but is close enough to be realistic.
There ARE some small pieces (ganglion and brain stem, and poison sac located just below the aculeus on the end of the tail, so it is not a good puzzle for those that will put things into their mouths.
Sadly, one of the parts is mislabled in the enclosed booklet as a gandlion (the "brain" or ganglion) and it is fairly difficult for a youngster (NO instructions for putting the legs nor claws in and how to match them up....which is what makes it a PUZZLE and not an ordinary model).
My "partner", Cindy, who helped with the assembly a lot, was recently diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome. She recently turned 8 and literally thrives on puzzles like this one in order to keep her mind busy. Recently, she "excavated" the entire skeleton of a T. Rex and put all the bones together (scaled down to about 12 inches tall of course). So this project didn't pose much trouble for her, except that some of the parts (the claws especially) were VERY difficult to snap in place (took a bit of adult pressure to get them to stay together :-)
To build this model, one needs no tools. PATIENCE is required however as the instructions are totally non-written, picture/drawing type sequentially illustrated method that doesn't normally work well.....one needs to find their OWN way with this kit. Still, the projected 15 minutes to put together the model/puzzle was close. The model is "mostly" covered with a transparent shell, but because of the perled and rippling of the body shape, it is less transparent than I like, SO I intend to illuminate the inside a bit to make it more visible.
There ARE some small pieces (ganglion and brain stem, and poison sac located just below the aculeus on the end of the tail, so it is not a good puzzle for those that will put things into their mouths.
Sadly, one of the parts is mislabled in the enclosed booklet as a gandlion (the "brain" or ganglion) and it is fairly difficult for a youngster (NO instructions for putting the legs nor claws in and how to match them up....which is what makes it a PUZZLE and not an ordinary model).
My "partner", Cindy, who helped with the assembly a lot, was recently diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome. She recently turned 8 and literally thrives on puzzles like this one in order to keep her mind busy. Recently, she "excavated" the entire skeleton of a T. Rex and put all the bones together (scaled down to about 12 inches tall of course). So this project didn't pose much trouble for her, except that some of the parts (the claws especially) were VERY difficult to snap in place (took a bit of adult pressure to get them to stay together :-)
To build this model, one needs no tools. PATIENCE is required however as the instructions are totally non-written, picture/drawing type sequentially illustrated method that doesn't normally work well.....one needs to find their OWN way with this kit. Still, the projected 15 minutes to put together the model/puzzle was close. The model is "mostly" covered with a transparent shell, but because of the perled and rippling of the body shape, it is less transparent than I like, SO I intend to illuminate the inside a bit to make it more visible.
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As for the model itself, the one I chose was labeled a 4-D Scorpion Model sold by Discovery Channel Store. I bought the kit in order to help educate a young friend of mine who just LOVES this kind of thing.
To build this model, one needs no tools. PATIENCE is required however as the instructions are totally non-written, picture/drawing type sequentially illustrated method that doesn't normally work well.....one needs to find their OWN way with this kit. Some of the parts do not fit well together, and some do not stay in place any better. Still, the projected 15 minutes to put together the model/puzzle was close.
As for the illumination: I chose a UV LED, two button cells, and a single tiny 3mm button switch (push on, release off) and a very small plastic case. The dropping resistor I used was a 30 ohm 1/8 W (color band = orange, white, black, gold).
As for tools, a soldering iron is necessary, "helping hands" clips come in handy.
To build this model, one needs no tools. PATIENCE is required however as the instructions are totally non-written, picture/drawing type sequentially illustrated method that doesn't normally work well.....one needs to find their OWN way with this kit. Some of the parts do not fit well together, and some do not stay in place any better. Still, the projected 15 minutes to put together the model/puzzle was close.
As for the illumination: I chose a UV LED, two button cells, and a single tiny 3mm button switch (push on, release off) and a very small plastic case. The dropping resistor I used was a 30 ohm 1/8 W (color band = orange, white, black, gold).
As for tools, a soldering iron is necessary, "helping hands" clips come in handy.
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How bright are the LED's when lit? (sorry, can't really tell).
Good Job!
(oh btw, still can't rate 'ibles... the stars don't want to show up...)
BTW, TY, it was the most fun I've had in eons, literally. To see that bright little face light up when I showed her the box, and to watch her take pieces and quickly figure out where they belonged in the "puzzle" was very inspirational. Reminded me so much of myself when I was that age.
(Has the stars problem been reported to "Bugs" section? ).
(I emailed about the ratings 10 days ago along with a couple other issues. I got a reply that they were working on the bugs, but I didn't want to follow up and be a thorn.... couldn't hurt for someone else to say something).