Harris's Hawk Body (Life-Size)

Gathering typical size measurements for a Harris's hawk. Gathering typical size measurements for a Harris's hawk. These are dimensions for a life-size Harris's hawk body: no wings, tail feathers or legs. They come from typical adult proportions (about 55 cm total length, 110 cm wingspan), not from measurements of your photo, so treat them as a solid starting point you can adjust by eye. Overall body size Body length (beak tip to tail base): 300 mm Maximum width (chest): 95 mm Maximum height (chest depth): 100 mm Beak length: 28 mm Head length (beak base to back of skull): 55 mm Cross-sections (loft profiles) Create one plane per row, parallel to the Right Plane, offset by the distance from the beak tip. Sketch an ellipse (or spline oval) with the width and height shown, centered on the body axis. # Station Offset from beak tip Width (mm) Height (mm) 1 Beak tip 0 point (2 × 2) point (2 × 2) 2 Beak base 28 16 20 3 Mid-head 50 42 46 4 Back of head/neck 85 45 52 5 Shoulder 120 80 85 6 Chest (widest) 150 95 100 7 Belly 200 85 90 8 Rear body 250 60 60 9 Tail base 300 35 30 Guide curves Top view (Top Plane): the outline goes 0 → 21 → 22.5 → 40 → 47.5 (half-widths at stations 2-6), then back down 42.5 → 30 → 17.5 mm at the tail base. Draw a spline through these points. Side view (Front Plane): the back line is nearly flat from the neck to the tail, rising about 8 mm at the shoulders. The belly line curves down to a maximum of about 55 mm below the axis at station 6, then rises to the tail. Keep the head axis about 10 mm above the body axis so the head sits slightly raised, as in the photo. Beak Length 28 mm, base width 16 mm, base height 20 mm. The upper tip hooks down by about 6 mm over the last 10 mm. Round the tip with a 1 mm fillet. Optional details Eye position: about 10 mm behind the beak base and 8 mm above the beak line, with a 10 mm diameter. Tail base transition: blend the last section into a flat 35 × 10 mm slot if you want to attach tail feathers later. Wall thickness (if shelling): 2 mm. Scaling The table above is for a 300 mm body. To change the size, multiply every number by the same factor. For example, ×0.5 gives a 150 mm body with 47.5 mm maximum width, and ×2 gives a 600 mm body. If you tell me the final size or purpose (drone body, 3D print, display model), I can recalculate the numbers to match, or add dimensions for the wings, tail and legs.

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Every value above is a live dimension. Open a model like this in the editor and each one becomes a slider you can drag before exporting.