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Fish Tail Gallery

Unfinished Fish Blanks and Fish Heads for the Artist and/or Taxidermist

 Product Features

 Heads 

  • Excellent detail with very little sculpting.
  • Made of a very durable urethane that becomes flexible with a heat gun or blow dryer to manipulate for your application.
  • Heads are a grayish color providing excellent detail visibility.
  • Mouths are molded naturally and in detail, very little, if any sculpting.
  • Eye sockets are already ground and ready for your yes and installation.
  • Extra material behind eye sockets in case you need to grind deeper.
  • Heads are seamless requiring no seam work and providing quality detail.
  • Heads are cast, ground, sanded and washed, ready to use.
  • Mouths are molded for excellent detail on open mouth versions.
  • Length is determined from the rear apex of the gill cover to the tip of the longest part of the jaw.

 Fish Blanks 

  • Our Fish Blanks are preassembled with the exception of eyes and the pectoral and ventral fins. Only minutes away from painting.
  • Seams, tail, & fins are sanded and polished smooth, heads attached, and everything washed and ready to paint after the pectoral, ventral fins and eyes are installed by you, with your choice of positioning.
  • Bodies and heads are composed of a very durable urethane that captures excellent detail (gray in color).
  • Tail and Fins are composed of a durable urethane that is slightly flexible, transparent, and easy to work with (amber in color).
  • Pectoral and Ventral fins are molded in a natural wave or curve. In some cases they are flat, or flat ones may be available upon request.
  • Fin sockets are already ground specifically for easily fitting the fins.
  • Eye sockets are already ground and ready for your eyes and your method installation.
  • Extra material is cast behind the fin sockets and eye sockets in case you need to grind deeper for specific applications.
  • Seam fins (ie. dorsal(s), anal, adipose) and tail are molded with the body(attached), so these joints are all 100% natural. Pectoral and Ventral fins are the only fins needing to be attached/assembled.
  • Heads are seamless requiring no seam work and providing quality detail.
  • Mouths are molded for excellent detail on open mouth versions.
  • Wood blocks are installed in the backside of the body unless otherwise specified.
  • Length of Fish Blank is determined by measuring both sides of the fish, then averaging the measurements.
  • Custom Molding may be available. Call to discuss if you have a fish you want molded.
  • Our catalog provides photos of the front side, back side and top view to help with your selection.
  • Smaller packages are shipped Priority Mail, with larger packages shipping Federal Express Ground service.

 

  • Visa & Mastercard accepted. No C.O.D.’s. Checks and money orders accepted, items not shipped until funds have cleared.
  • Feel free to call and ask any questions or to check on items not yet listed.

Returns - If any of our Heads or Fish Blanks are found to be defective please call and we will likely accept a return and quickly replace it with a corrected blank. If a Fish Blank or Head is not to your satisfaction, please call to discuss. Satisfaction is extremely important to us.

Please call 541-410-2791 to place orders. Visa and Mastercard accepted. Currently most products will ship out within a few business days. Call or email to confirm a lead time as it may be a week or so in some cases. If you don't see something  your looking for, please contact us. We have many first article molds in process for production molds and can prioritize them based on your needs.

All reproductions from Fish Tail Gallery are photographed and copyrighted with extensive history data.


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Example Photos

Scales          Mouth 


Downloadable catalogs with be available soon. Catalogs will include all heads and complete blanks with multiple photos of each item.

 


 

 

 

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Last modified: 06/23/08                                                                                                                

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