Weighing T. rex model

["Ralph Miller III" <gbabcock@best.com>]

How much drilling for air sacs and shaving down for leanness is required to
properly weigh a Boston Museum of Science / Battat 1/40 scale
_Tyrannosaurus_ model using water displacement?  If not 1:1, what is the
presumed density of tyrannosaurid flesh as compared to that of water?  

I ask these questions because when I tried to weigh _T. rex_ using water
displacement directly from the Battat model, multiplying the weight of the
water by 40 x 40 x 40 (64,000), I came up with a figure that was way too
high.  I recognize that the questions I ask are subject to a high degree of
leeway (i.e. how much muscle exactly was on those bones?), but I'd like to
hear what others have concluded.

-- Ralph Miller III     gbabcock@best.com