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Willie Yonkers at work
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Willy and his top-secret project
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It begins!
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I started with the largest outline
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Roughed out the egg with a sure-form
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Before & after of the foam eggs
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The laminations fell apart
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The foam eggs trimmed down into all the needed parts
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Laying out the slices to test the fit
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First day of fiberglassing
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All the major parts fully carved in foam
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Everything gets bondo
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LOTS of bondo
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Leg mockup
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I used epoxy with micro-spheres
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Everything gets a heavy coat of white primer
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All the pieces are starting to look nice
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Looks like acne, tastes like spot filler
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Checking out how the surfaces flow
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Back leg coming together
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Starting to actually look like something!
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Test fitting the assembly
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Glued the loop onto the back knee
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This is the death-trap 'tablesaw
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Antennae
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Painted guns
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Checking the depth of the front leg holes
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First time standing on its own!
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Dry fitting all the parts
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Close-up of the front
