Arising Phoenix

Building a Phoenix

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Overview Pages:
the Plan part 1: Making Plans | the Plan part 2: Cross Sections | the Plan part 3: Longitudinals the Plan part 4: Wings, Tail & Legs the Plan part 5: Base

wizzard's chronological Photos:
Picking up in Paradise 1 | Picking up in Paradise 2 | Treasures in Campbell
Building Starts | Building 2 | Building 3 | Building 4 | Building 5 | Building 6 | xxx | xxx | xxx

Gwen's chronological Photos:
Paradise 1 | Paradise 2 | Paradise 3 | Build 1 | Build 2 | Build 3 | Build 4 | Build 5 | Build 6 | xxx

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2020/02/18

Designing the wings has me concerned. I've looked at lots of sources and have decided on 19 main feathers on each wing. The main construction material is to be vanes of whatever I can find covered with silverware of all sorts.

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2020/02/24

Taping some paper to the wing structure gives me some rough feel of sizes and directions of the feathers.

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Sketching out some feather designs.

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2020/02/25

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Laying out the feathers production line style.

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2020/03/03

Beginning to design Feather #1. Each of the 19 feathers were made in pairs to help make the 2 wings look symmetric.

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The pair of feathers #2.

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The pairs of feathers #3, #2, and #1.

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2020/03/06

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2020/03/19

My wife Gwen designed several pairs of feathers.

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