...a place to stand...
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Countdown to Playa
The last few days before leaving for the playa are always a rush.
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The lever arms of the double beam balance.
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Fixing & thickening one half of the sphere. Ventilation is important
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A self portrait half way through a day that found me spreading over 6 gallons of fiberglass resin over 15 square yards of various fiberglass materials.
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The beginning of the fulcrum.
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Attaching the lever arms to the fulcrum.
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Sphere thickened-final touch-up on the cracks.
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Primer coats of paint going on.
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Hatchway (never installed it) in the process of being welded.
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Transferring outlines of continents to the southern hemisphere.
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My color reference book & globe.
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Marking out the northern hemisphere with marks every 15 degrees of longitude and latitude.
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Sketching out the continents...
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...and painting in the water.
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