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The actuator rods (I'm making that name up because I really don't know what to call them) being glued in to the gears. These rods are what will connect the gears to the inside arms of the wings.
Mythical Beast performs March 20, 2009, at the Hideout in Austin, Texas, during SXSW. Photos also posted at: www.undergroundbee.com/2009/03/20sxsw3/index.htm
The axles are held into the bearing housing by paper glued around the outside of the housing. The axle will prevent them from slipping inward when the housing goes over the axle.
The prongs on the axle are for the rubber bands to hook on to.
There are 112 decorative gilded grudas (mythical beasts that are half-man, half-bird) encircling the exterior of this bot. They hold nagas (serpents) and are typical of the wat's decorative details. The bot is the most important and sacred structure within the wat at Wat Phra Kaeo / Royal Palace complex.
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The Kelpies at Helix Park, Falkirk, Scotland, 2017
The Kelpies are two 30-metre-high horse-head sculptures, standing next to a new extension to the Forth and Clyde Canal, and near River Carron, in The Helix Park.
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The lower jaw, with plenty of matches glued into place.
Some matches had to be removed to allow the upper jaw to close (see next picture) and as I was pulling them out, I scratched a matchhead with my thumbnail and it lit. Happily, I managed to blow it out without losing the whole thing, but it was a bit of a panic for a moment.
It's called the Royal Oak and it was obviously a pub so I was a little confused about all the mythical beasties - then I realised it's now called "Royal Oak House" and it's the register office. Thatexplains all the demons then! (-:
The support for the neck is four layers of cardboard glue together. In the background you can see the back support being glued under heavy weights.
(It was mostly dry and glue-free; with messier things I always made sure to protect the books from the glue with a layer of aluminum foil)
