just wondering if anyone removes turkey legs prior to mounting like you would on a duck. that way you could pose, inject, paint and install. the only problem i see is in rebuilding the drumstick and then attatching the leg properly. any suggestions would be great.
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Why would rebuilding the drumstick be a problem? I use the knee to knee incision. When I'm mounting, I superglue the skin around the knee and then sew up over the rebuilt drumstick. Simple enough for me.
That's the way I do it too..
Jon
I remove the legs, skin and all, completely at the top of the drumstick (tibia?). I then peel the skin down, remove the meet and wire wheel the skin. Flynn's Forms has a two part foam drumstick that secures the leg bone and wire (wire is cut off even with drumstick) with bondo. The drumstick can then be attached to the body with a 3" lag bolt (no wires to run through the body or stapling). It is very secure and does allow you to position legs, inject and paint before putting the rest of the turkey together. Depending on the pose, I either glue the leg skin to the top of the drumsticks, or sew them back to the main skin, but there is no inscision up the sides of the legs to sew. Feel free to e-mail with questions.