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Tim McElderry's Starship
Tim McElderry arrives with plywood sections on his boat trailer. They are a very bright blue!
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Tim establishes Base Camp 1 near the roundabout.
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Tim establishes Base Camp 2, inside Base Camp 1.
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Time to start work.
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Wooden struts hold the ribs in place while Tim carries strips of Lexan.
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The Lexan is cut to length
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Lexan strips are used to join the blue ribs.
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First they are drilled ...
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Then fastened with screws.
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The top end is simlarly fastened to an upper rib.
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A close-up of a screw.
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A passerby stops to check on the progress.
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Most of the wooden struts are gone. The Lexan strips are rigid enough to support Tim's weight as he installs the last few pieces.
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Accumulated debris testifies to the work occuring above.
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Tim grimaces as he slices one of the last Lexan pieces.
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Aaah... perfection.
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Ta-da ... the Starship is complete. Note the sucession of shadows of one rib upon the next.
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The vertical strips are both transparent and reflective.
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Interesting silhouettes.
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A close-up of the lower portion. The clear strips run from the base ...
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... up to the top ...
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... terminating in sharp irregular points.
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The Starship interior is almost hypnotizing.
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Night-time pedestirans admire the floodlit Starship.
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The interior at might.
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The Starship against the night sky.
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