Not a KIT or MODEL
THESE ARE REPRODUCTIONS OF A 1950s PLAN
GORILLA
For Your Model Circus
Full Size pattern on a sheet 11" x 81/2"
Three page article with material list, photos and building notes
Scale 3/4" = 1'
HEIGHT 3 3/4"
WIDTH 2 1/2"
By HARVEY E. SASTRAM
THE gorilla is generally rated the third most intelligent of the world's beasts, following the chimpanzee and the orangutan. A full grown, male attains a height of· 6 ft. and weight of 500 to tinged with red on the head and gray on the back, and the black skin, of their faces shines.
The most famous gorillas in recent captivity were Bushman and Gargantua. Gargantua, using one hand once jerked 17 men off their feet in a tug-of-war. Bushman stood over 6 ft. tall and weighed as much as, 550 lbs, over 200 Ibs more than Gargantua Bushman lived for more than 20 years in captivity attaining a life span equivalent to 70 years In man
For your model gorilla use any soft easily carved such as balsa or pine using these wood s patterns outline the front and side views on a 2 3/4 x 3 x 3 3/4- in. block of wood
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