The Theory
The dodo is an iconic figure, this being the best image; many drawings and paintings over the centuries have been produced from this. It shows a very large body with a very high head carriage, which is understandable from the shortage of information about this bird.

A well-known paper written by Andrew Kitchener on the size of the dodo implies the bird has a much slighter build and is not as heavy as shown in the iconic image. The high head carriage is an artistic interpretation and many skeletons are built this way. The bird would be able to lift it's head correctly to a similar height as a pheasant, but a more comfortable height carriage is shown in the recreation, being similar to what looks natural and comfortable for a pheasant.

Many recreations have been made in the last century showing fully developed primary feathers which seem incorrect for a flightless bird and old paintings from the 17th and 18th centuries show more of an undeveloped wing. The conclusion, therefore, is a lighter framed recreation, but not too dissimilar from the iconic image; a lower, comfortable life like head carriage showing a more inquisitive bird with the undeveloped wing referred to earlier.