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Weekend Edition, Saturday, t T. an Visitors travel millions of back in time at local company ors travel millions ort years back in ti y by Terry McNamee to Oakville in 1989 and then to ceramic shell that is an exact s P A Weekend Edition Beamsville in 1998. RCI now is a _ duplicate of the wax piece. This o pr o o Ee . » M ~ Tez ww _ world leader in creating exact â€" ceramic mold is then filled with P 42067 ce af k 4x es On January 11 and 12, people replicas of everything from â€" molten bronze to create an exact e %:fl Al . C C e t e had a chance to walk with ancient stone wall carvings to bronze model, which can be WeW y‘ fil;fi ts ) us t h cdlg 3‘ 8 / _ dinosaurs and live to tell the tale. _ fossilized bones to models of the _ made either hollow or solid. i; f x xt o ‘: iesns P Research Casting â€" planets. "We haye our own foundry [(# W N > es o esd “ e | International in Beamsville held Mr. Prudek explained that â€" here at RCL" Mr. Prudek said. _ |_/Â¥X *h M iq}\,rfl mes: (F3 4 an Open House to show the pubâ€" _ RCI does many types of castings. Skilled metalworkers also are f /" wa e‘ JA m ea s ?fl\\ . N) k\ "yes ~ _ lic a glimpse of life as it was milâ€" Some are museum and research _ needed to form the supports that / _1,}""2"; 7 'f*“‘%%% x Cw * & \% } lions of years ago. Skeletons and _ quality, which means they must _ hold mounted bones together. A W M tADJ LE E’éff i oant 5 vlc \ wih: 52. Crce realistic "fleshedâ€"out" models of _ be an exact duplicate of the origâ€" lifeâ€"sized T. Rex is a huge skeleâ€" [ P t o se ME NC s . "â€" dinosaurs and other extinct creaâ€" inal bone, carving or relief. ton, and even made out of the |@ ; ~«3> 9 C ’:,.‘ 2\ Ne es l en y o tures, all actual size, dwarfed visâ€" Others are entertainment qualiâ€" lightest possible materials, the i | .g‘ v un > i ?h ';%7}'-:;_ itors who dared to venture into _ ty, which do not have to be quite overall weight of the finished K \\, Di j LiE °2 Lincoln‘s own lost world. It was so precise. Two examples of â€" product is considerable.‘As well, «o Oe 2 : Auad f ,\ 20| PR . > P |: a rare opportunity to see an these are the T. rex and RCI also mounts actual bones. Pm < 3 Aalh y o gih. â€" +~ \ (AF 0. ;»»é f exact replica of "Sue", the Allosaurus skeletons that colâ€" During the Open House, a comâ€" | WV l age i‘f‘ _:’/' ;éli.. R zy y ( (. v‘.;;,‘;q world‘s largest and most comâ€" lapsed in the visitor‘s centre at plete mounted skeleton of a Rom im vyets . ,‘5, ar? a oR |~_ plete Tyrannosaurus rex skeleâ€" the end of the movie Jurassic â€" whale was on display. es i " _ d '\S’A'_ F ;;f! 1 ton ever found, without having â€" Park. Both were made by RCL Creating fleshâ€"out extinet {p C e _ _ ul ' o |) 2 to travel to the Field Museum in Mr. Prudek said molds are creatures is more difficult, 4 s e > P# â€"| Chicago, which owns the skeleâ€" made in two different ways. One because no one really knows a A i _ â€" M M c 7 . 3 ton. Visitors also saw a cast of method uses liquid rubber to what colours, patterns and surâ€" s lno" R sB _ ES Coelophysis, a dinosaur about â€" make an exact mold of the origiâ€" face textures are correct, or what f : f 3 ,j_" H M e the size of a large house cat that â€" nal. Then a hollow or solid fibreâ€" . the eyes should look like. Mr. i. T ly#" CM_3: lived 215,000 to 222,000 years â€" glass cast is made from the mold. Prudek said the skilled artisans on .. ... 4 22 w D 0. sti lc > & % Lere ago. This cast showed the bones This reproduces every mark on _ at RCI examine living birds, repâ€" ~ts es C l oomalh 4 / ~ / im // l § :5 a _ as they were found embedded in _ the bone, including marks from _ tiles and amphibians to decide |_ ies pors ,% s ids / t e soil and rock. Both castings are â€" nerves and tendons and muscles, how each animal should appear. |___â€" es § ts »Abopmor 'ifil 3A so realistic they look like the as well as damage to the bones _ "We have to make assumpâ€" | _ _ x : } â€" apase .. . .. / actual fossil and not replicas. made by other animals or enviâ€" . tions," he said. "We‘ve refined |_ yaazazan / @ / i es t iiomncns R That realism is the specialty of â€" ronmental factors. Large bones a fantastic eye technique. It | _ : i1 4 S io / i niil 1 n ||\ RCI, explained dinosaur creator _ are usually cast hollow and filled took us forever! It‘s those litâ€" | _ 6 L aa p 0 Eaa S 1 | Peter Prudek. with foam for stability and lightâ€" tle, tiny details, even though e sote2" 77.! iA Vet Lo e it f "First and foremost, we‘re ness. uncertain, that gives people | â€" We :’ufm~,‘ , E { : l dinosaur builders," he said. The company also does ceramâ€" _ the feeling that yes, that‘s what \ggmxfi_ +;fi h 3 / stt * % ; "There‘s not many museums in ic shell or investment casting. . they looked like." :Wg\ KK : / R :a:m _ the world that don‘t have conâ€" This involves more steps, which "We work hand in hand with â€" !â€"â€"~< omanaeel e nections to Peter May or basically uses a wax model covâ€" researchers," he said. "We Peter Prudek has what he considers a dream job. He creates and assemâ€" Research Casting." ered in several layers of a silica want to make it as real as we bles precise replicas of dinosaurs at Research Casting International. This The company was founded by sand "slurry" to strengthen the possibly can for everyone Skeleton is an exact duplicate of "Sue", the most complete and the Mr. May in a garage in Toronto wax. This is heated in a kiln, who‘s interestâ€" biggest Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton ever found. ‘ â€"_ in 1986. It grew quickly, moving â€" melting the wax and leaving a â€" ed." ippemrercrrregE" w y & e . w2 ' o es «va’zzpi i l nsl P i s _ Laml "Wasdl _ < NoT in dran amreanre omm ns t e | ; Neutral Indian artifacts will return after 25 years 5 A Native boy, perhaps eight We have received permisâ€" _ this area, will be depicted on _ use from about 1640â€"1650, é or nine years old, glances sion from the Woodland _ the walls. _ near. the end of the tribe‘s | skyward as a hawk flies Centre to bring the artifacts The library will continue _ existence. ' overhead. The boy proudly _ to Nelles School as long as to serve as an educational The artifacts from the site | | wears five redâ€"tailed hawk _ we provide the proper disâ€" centre and will also serve â€" included a considerable~ ,’ | feathers in his hair â€"â€" feathâ€" _ play cases to protect them," _ the purpose of keeping this _ number of ornaments, copâ€" _‘ ers awarded to him by his â€" said<Mr. Manners, Nelles â€" significant Native culture per and ceramic pots, elders for deeds he has done. _ School ‘library project comâ€" _ alive. knives, pipes and bead jewâ€" | The boy is about to tell a _ mittee member. The Neutral Indians were elry. The unfolding scenes , story to the other children The artifacts will be part of _ Grimsby‘s first settlers. A on the library walls have seated nearby. an Open House for Phase 1 _ peaceful people, their sociâ€" _ already captured the stuâ€" This is a scene that could _ of _ the Nelles School, ety was based primarily on _ dents‘ attention, says the : have taken place in Grimsby _ Neutral Indians library proâ€" farming. They were wiped _ librarian. j ‘ at the foot of the escarpment _ ject, which is being planned _ out either by the Iroquois or The children have to five centuries ago and it has _ for late April or early May. ilIness about 1650. decide what story the boy in been captured on the wall of When looking for a unique An 1976/77 excavation by _ the painting will tell. They the Nelles School library by theme for the library, Dr. Walter Kenyon, an _ will do this by studying the | ‘ wildlife artist Rick Manners. _ Virginia Zyta, school librariâ€" _ archeologist with the Royal _ culture of the Neutral | The library is almost atthe _ an, visited other schools Ontario Museum, uncovâ€" â€" Indians and determine what | end of the first of three phasâ€" _ with library themes such as _ ered 367 bodies and more â€" his life may have been like | ‘ es which will recreate the _ the Rain Forest. Sherealized â€" than 2,000 artifacts at the and how he might have | ; Grimsby of the 1600s. the former home of the â€" site. spent his time in 1600 | \ In celebration of the proâ€" Neutral Indians provided a The Grimsby site was â€" Grimsby. ‘ ject, after almost 25 years, _ unique opportunity. unique because, unlike other ""They come in and watch | artifacts from the Neutral With the Niagara _ Neutral Indian burial sites, it _ the work as it progresses," Indian burial site, near Escarpmentservingas backâ€" was undisturbed. By the _ said Ms. Zyta. “Sometimes'I ‘ ‘Centennial Park, will be â€" ground, animals such as the _ number of European items open the door and it is totalâ€" | | coming back to Grimsby _ black bear and the timber _ in the graves it was concludâ€" ly silent in here they are o ; and put on public display. wolf, which were native to _ ed the site was probably in caught up in it." I baaw___ nssy 222222 ommacss pntorcommremimats _ n _