<P> After the RKO board approved the production of a test reel , Marcel Delgado constructed Kong ( or the `` Giant Terror Gorilla '' as he was then known ) per designs and directions from Cooper and O'Brien on a one - inch - equals - one - foot scale to simulate a gorilla 18 feet tall . Four models were built : two jointed 18 - inch aluminum , foam rubber , latex , and rabbit fur models ( to be rotated during filming ) , one jointed 24 - inch model of the same materials for the New York scenes , and a small model of lead and fur for the plummeting - down - the - Empire - State - Building scene . At least two armatures have survived - one believed to be the original made for the test footage - and are owned by Peter Jackson and Bob Burns . In 2009 , one sold for £ 121,000 ( $200,000 ) at Christie 's in London . </P>
<P> After the RKO board approved the production of a test reel , Marcel Delgado constructed Kong ( or the `` Giant Terror Gorilla '' as he was then known ) per designs and directions from Cooper and O'Brien on a one - inch - equals - one - foot scale to simulate a gorilla 18 feet tall . Four models were built : two jointed 18 - inch aluminum , foam rubber , latex , and rabbit fur models ( to be rotated during filming ) , one jointed 24 - inch model of the same materials for the New York scenes , and a small model of lead and fur for the plummeting - down - the - Empire - State - Building scene . At least two armatures have survived - one believed to be the original made for the test footage - and are owned by Peter Jackson and Bob Burns . In 2009 , one sold for £ 121,000 ( $200,000 ) at Christie 's in London . </P>
what kind of fur was used in the 1933 film king kong
what kind of fur was used in the 1933 film king kong
rabbit
rabbit