Saturday's Work Party (brrrr, again)

The lights shining through the rear window was pretty cool.
Kate was very focused on the interior.
The new hood after the leaking ceiling washed away Thursdays clouds.
Thursday's clouds before we began removing them.
Debra inspecting the configuration of legs and arms before liquid nailing them together.  We'll also wire them.

We had a good crew in today, and an extra heater.  Nate and Adam were working on the lower panels; Kate was on the interior; Pasqualle was in several places; Debra was on the mannequins and the eyeball; Amanda was on the back door; Laurel was on the back door and side mirrors. 

When we arrived the rain water was coming in through the ceiling and onto the hood.  The clouds that Rebecca and Julie painted on Thursday were also running down the hood. Another lesson for us all about the antipathy of acrylic and enamel.  Pasqualle and I finished getting the remnants of the old clouds off and then Pasqualle repainted the hood with new enamel clouds. They look great, we also pulled the van back from under the dripping ceiling.

Kate worked quietly inside the van finishing up the tree area and visually connecting it to the rear window.  She emerged for a brief time when the pizzas arrived and then returned to adhere jewels to the tree; it also looks great.

Adam and Nate worked on the lower panels starting the multi layered checker-board pattern. That should look good once they're finished.  Those lower panels will last forever as they now have about inch-thick coat of paint.

Laurel worked with various glass sections, while her son and his friend 'spied' on us.  Amanda was also immersed in glass and brushes on the back door panel and I was glad to see that move so well today.

The airship is not cooperating and will not bend with heat, so we'll have to come up with an alternative solution to getting it onto the hood.  I foamed some of the empty spaces on the back and we may have to continue that and add some kind of cantilever to get it in place.

Debra got the mannequin parts 'nailed' together and then we've decided to wire them together and then mount them to the roof with the luggage rack attachment that Jamie thinks he can find.  If not, we'll find an alternative.

It was a pretty productive day and I was glad to see the turnout.  Everyone seemed to have a task to deal with and there were no idle hands.   Good work.