Dear Doug, back in 1992/1993 I had some very nice models of several species of my favorite shell family, the Naticidae, constructed by Duane Schilz in Shallotte, NC. Specifically, he built modesl of Euspira lewisii (Gould, 1847), Neverita duplicata (Say, 1822) and Sinum perspectivum (Say, 1831) for me. I don't know whether Duane is still around making models, but at the time he was manufactoring mollusk as well as fish models for several museums. The procedure was such: I supplied the shells and as many different color photos of the species as I could. Duane built and hand-painted the models which he put on sand-impregnated plaster stands. Duane's address at the time was: Duane Schilz Living Sea Sculptures P.O. Box 2431 Shallotte, NC 28459 I sent this info to Conch-L rather than to you personally, as I felt that other people might be interested in models of living mollusks as well. If you need additional information, please contact me privately. Michael Hollmann ****************************************** Dr. Michael Hollmann Goerdelerweg 17 D-37075 Goettingen GERMANY Tel.: (home) (49)-551-22356 Tel.: (work) (49)-551-3899-437 FAX: (work) (49)-551-3899-644 e-mail: [log in to unmask] ****