Project for United Oil Co. for a convenience store animated display featuring two main animal characters (a macaw and a monkey). As most retail installations require unattended operation for years on end, this is a pneumatic figure.
installation
figure finishing
figure finishing
figure finishing
installation wider image
mechanical work
mechanical construction technique showing "Disney Style" access panel with four magnets
mechanical neck
pneumatic connectors
original sketch and mechanics coming together
two figure control box
LIVE STUDY MODEL: GREEN WING MACAW / Benay's Birds & Animals
checking the model work next to the live bird
claws and feet close up
face close up
tail measurement
sitting on a perch
Macaw neck feather spread
Macaw Underside
Macaw Underside
Macaw Underside
Flying position
under the wings
lower viewpoint
under those wings
measuring...
LIVE STUDY MODEL: MILITARY MACAW / Benay's Birds & Animals
This is another animatronic macaw that was created for a retail installation in Texas.
