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Old 01-02-2023, 05:40 PM
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The base is built by rolling the main cut branch, and the ends are added after backing with a piece of thick card. They are added from the inside and glued to the inside, a dabs of ca glue added from the inside works well. Check the fit of course to be sure is proper. the bottom part has a hole to move it into place and glued. Then the legs are inserted without glue, and leaned back a bit as close to the edge of the top as possible, into holes made in the top, note is on the side as the seam., then the toes can be glued on, with the shorter toes to the inside and the longer toes outward. the little part can be slid down and glued. marking with a pencil on the bird where it looks best holes are made into the bird through the paper of the belly but also through the inside part of the tail cone. You'll have to look and see how it is sitting and do adjustments to look correct for the amount of lean of the bird, I found it helps to turn up the tail tips to get the lean I like.
The toes can be then glued down better to the perch, and the bird to the legs.
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