Early concept sketch.
|
Maquette used for
proposal presentation.
|
|
Alien
model for proposal. |
Vintage Curtiss Wright
travel trailer had
seen better days.
|
It was being used as a
chicken coop before I
got hold of it.
|
Fabrication isn't
always pretty.
|
|
You
can see I've shortened
the trailer and replaced
the window frames. |
The
bones of an engine. |
Moving day.
|
I had to make a
spreader frame to keep
the lifting straps
from cruhsing the
aluminum skin.
|
Loading onto a
modified boat trailer.
|
Blocking traffic and
eliciting odd looks
and questions.
|
Looking up at the
spreader frame and
crane.
|
Packing the frame for
transport.
|
|
Spaceship loaded and
engines installed. I
didn't have any other
way to get them to the
site. |
I
somehow managed to avoid
hitting anything with
those wide wings driving
to the site. (But not by
much according to the
crane operator who
followed me to the park) |
Hitting the mounting
holes on the support
structure with a good
ammount of roll and
pitch took some doing.
|
A few days later with
the electrical hooked
up but with some
finish work left
|
