Fabricating turtles to understand turtles

Using a FDM 3DPrinter, print the 5 turtle shells, in PLA or ABS, any color and the two guides (a cross shape), one for the body and the other for the play dough shell.

Using a simple paper (300g) ou 3mm MDF make boxes that can fit each shell individually.

Place each shell in the box and fill it out with blue or white silicon, occupying the whole box.

Make a silicon mold from each kind;

Laser Cut the body in 1mm thick cardboard (21 pieces) and mount the body using the cross shape as a guide..

Smash the play dough inside the silicon mold and place the guide to make a cross shpe on the top of it.

Get the molded shell out of the silicon mold and place it in the stacked mounted paper using the guide as a reference.

Anyone can play and learn with the models made from this work and help to preserve all the world species. Hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) Loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) Olive Ridley turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) Leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) Green turtle (Chelonia mydas)