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Hi, I'm new here

I've been trying to amuse myself with Yoshino's t-rex skeleton (after my friend lent me the book). I made two tail pieces... and I don't know how to join them together.

I can put them together so the pleats sort of sink into each other, but a puff of wind dislodges them easily. I've been turning the model round and round to look for a pocket for the flap but couldn't find one.

Am I doing something wrong? >_<

Thanks guys.

Yeah, you forgot the glue.

*facepalm*

...yeah, I forgot the glue. Somehow I was under the impression that glue was "recommended", not "required", and that the model would have locking flaps on its own.

Thanks.

I did not use glue on this model. just in some places, where the whole tails joins the body, and the body - head : )

i think it depend on paper which you used. thickness may be a problem when joining each pieces.

Does anyone know what book this model is in?

the book on how to make an origami t.rex skeleton in origami.

Hi, I started the Issei Yoshino's T-Rex model and decided to do the Tail bones (1-4) since a review I read said the tail bones were the most difficult.

When I went to assemble the pieces, the front of one tail bone did not slip completely into the rear of the other tail bone because there was interference with a 'tab' formed in step 41 on page 61. I cannot figure out if I folded something incorrectly (which I assume I did) but after reviewing the diagrams, it does apper there will be interference. BUT a lot of people have made this beautiful model...can anyone give me an idea what I did incorrectly?

Thanks for any help...

origamiinawe i do not get what you mean, do you mean that the extra paper coming from the front of the tail bones does not go into the other tailbone? if that is the case, then do not worry, i made the t rex and had a hard time joining them, they did not fit exactly, a part kinda overlapped, but they do not seem to actually have a pocket or anything to join to the other tailbones, so i asume you just glue them together

Sorry if this is not what you meant, a picture could help in understanding what your problem is

The tail bones do fit together, the long flap that you fold into the model has to match all the valley/mountains that you're folding it into... I'll make one tonight and post a picture. There are other parts of the model that give me more trouble holding together (ribs) so I do use glue and wire support to keep it stable.

Yea they fit together, but what I mean is that they end up being just one on top of the other(this is what I meant with overlapping), so they fall of easily, thus I glued them

I cuould not find how to make them fit together in a perfect unglued way ( I tried.. a lot ) so i beleived thats what origamiinawe meant.

Sorry if my posts seem confusing, another weird thing is that even if I could not join the tail without glue, the ribs were joined strongly enough without glue (but i glued them anyway), and wire is highly recomended in large scale ones.

Thank you both for your replies. If you used the TREX Instruction book, in step 41 (next to last step) of Tailbones 1-4, it says to "Alternately tuck the outer layers inside each other." Whe I do this, the rear tuck interferes with the insertion of the tailbone behind it. I just did not do this rear tuck and the tailbones fit togeher very well. I used GANT paper and after I made each piece of the tailbone (and ribs, etc), I wet the paper and after it dries, it becomes 'hard' and the model stays together without glue. I had no problems with the ribs staying together without glue as well.

My question was why did the rear 'tuck' interfere with the assembly of the model? I don't think I did anything wrong with the folding of the tailbone and, upon inspection of the drawings, there seems that there should be interference. I just didn't do that rear tuck. And the assembly went well.

Today came my copy of this book and I was really excited about it. I looked through the book and what. the first 15 pages of the book are the same like the last 15 pages. they are only upside down. Oh man, how am i now supposed to fold the upper jaw and lower jaw. Does anyone have an idea or can pass me the first 15 pages. The thing is I'm living in Germany and I orderd the book from amazon.com. I dont know about sending it back or getting any refund.
Thanks for any replies

You should be able to contact the 'store' Amazon used to purchase this book. If it was 'from' Amazon, that is easier. They should be happy to replace your book. You NEED all the pages! And you paid for it.

You are probably right. But what a mess. It has already taken over a month to get it. Now I need to send it back (probably again a month) and then I have to wait another month to get it. Oh that really pisses me off. Has anyone ever experienced the same? I dont get it, how could this have happened, how can they mix up the pages?

I know how annoying long delays in mailing can be. I waited 7 weeks for the 16th Tanteidan Converntion book (wanted Satoshi Loggerhead Sea Turtle) to arrive from France.

If you tell me exactly which pages you are missing, I will try to photograph them and send them to you. Send me your email address. From your comments, it sounds like you are missing the first 15 pages.

bob