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If we build it, will anyone notice? | |  | |  |
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Work begins on the tallons | | | | |
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What makes making a Phoenix messy... | | | | |
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Preparing to paper-mache the neck | | | | |
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The neck and throat drying. Note the pulleys and wires, the thing will ultimatley move! | | | | |
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The head starting to take shape! | | | | |
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Semi-completed head and neck | | | | |
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Looking down the assembled spine! | | | | |
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Attaching the last feathers | | | | |
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The bird finally starting to shape, with fresh coat of paint! | | | | |
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Let's pick it up! The bird will fly in a few days!!! | | | | |
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With the wing poles attached, nice! | | | | |
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Flying the bird up to the quad under police escourt! | | | | |
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What's wrong with this picture? | | | | |
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Our destination: the Duffield crane!!! | | | | |
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Just in case nobody notices this thing, we also made a mural. | | | | |
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Dah! We still need to make the wings! | | | | |
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Ok, finally people are starting to notice! | | | | |
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Attaching a few MORE feathers. I swear this thing has like several hundred... | | | | |
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Is it a bird? Is it a plane? | | | | |
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Burning the stupid Dragon | | | | |
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