Beetles in Resin Block

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What do you think when you see beetle specimen in resin? It can saves the specimen much longer than dried specimen.

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I think it is a lot more attractive for displaying bugs than a riker mount, not to mention you can see both sides of the beetle in the resin! Of course, the difference is a riker mount makes more sense hanging on a wall, while a resin display is possibly doomed to life as a paperweight.

We should probably move this topic to another category, but since it is filling an otherwise empty spot in the dealer feedback section, it's fine here for now
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cre0broter said:
how many of those books are there? they are called the real thing, ... is there one about mantises?
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I meant I have all the books you talked about but I don't know how many there are and don't know if theirs one on mantises that would be awsome
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AnimalExplorer said:
How does one make these resin molds? And so perfect!
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Seems to be a pretty slow tedious thing to do. I think there'd be a lot of problems with air bubbles embedding beetles and the colors may be dulled a lot by the heat during curing. Lots of possibilities though, I could imagine a couple male Hercules posed in an epic battle for instance.

Here's a couple YouTube vids I found that might help.

http://www.youtube.c...feature=related

http://www.instructa...sects-In-Resin/

I think the trick of coating the item first to get rid of bubbles shown in the next one is a pretty good idea.

http://wn.com/Cast_e..._in_Clear_Resin

Let us know how it goes if you try it.

Stan

 
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