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airportkid
PostPosted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 12:14 pm 
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Malcolm Topp of England back in the late 70s designed a gorgeous series called BirdMobile of 9 life size birds that are amazingly realistic. This is the Grey Wagtail, with a wingspan of about 10 inches. Only 11 pieces, and built in one sitting after dinner. I’ve got 7 of the 9 so far (they’re hard to find in the US). They make fantastic Christmas tree ornaments (especially if scaled down to half size) – I’m making a batch of them for our office gift exchange Friday (so it’s good they’re a quick build).

Other birds in the series include a Robin, Sparrow, Nuthatch, Owl, Kingfisher and Woodpecker, all in flight.


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What a beautiful flyer! That looks great. I've seen a couple of other ones from that series. Great job :D
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Wow, amazing! :shock: :D.
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Who's a pretty Birdie??? (dude! where'd you find these?!?)

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airportkid
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craftyDan wrote:
Dude! Where'd you find these?!?


Here's the only US source I could find (on the Internet, that is) ---

https://www.northwestnatureshop.com/dep ... s/Mobiles/


Try one! Or a flock!
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Very nice! Thanks for the link. These are pretty neat.
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