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Dragonfly Creation process
Dragonfly - Imago creation  
Wing drive mechanisms in place
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​Patinated abdomen
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Wing mock-up gifting preliminary imagined flight
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Hand sculpting the thorax
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Advanced larval stage 
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Abdomen detail after weight reduction and some fine filing
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Initial fitting of the abdomen mechanism within the sculpted block showing full articulations up and down
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Prior to placement of mechanism within sculpted abdomen
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Abdomen mechanism assembly
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Abdomen mechanism total Part a, up/down
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Part 1a of the abdomen mechanism drilled with 0.7mm in preparation for m1 thread tap
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Part 5c of the abdomen mechanism on the bed of the mill
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The abdomen taking shape
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The forming of the head
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Dragonfly - Imago creation 
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