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peachnewt In reply to Sunnybrook1 [2014-01-01 23:10:43 +0000 UTC]

Hi!  The final wing turned out pretty good, big enough that I had to cart it around in a gun bag, which made flying interesting.  ^_^ 

A few friends took pictures and posted them on facebook.  My favorite is here:  scontent-a-dfw.xx.fbcdn.net/hp…

And if I haven't said it before, thank you for such a great tutorial.  Whenever someone admired the wing I always direct them to your dA page. 

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Sunnybrook1 In reply to peachnewt [2014-01-02 00:34:34 +0000 UTC]

Sweet! I find that a sports bag (like for baseball bats) works for me, but travel with these babies are always interesting.

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peachnewt In reply to Sunnybrook1 [2014-01-02 00:51:47 +0000 UTC]

I wondered how you traveled around with those. 

First trip, I had it checked onto the plane in a poster container.  Flight security opened it leaving one of those little slips of paper saying "hey we checked your luggage an extra time cause it looked suspicious". 

Next time I had it packed in a gun case.  Security didn't give it a glance.  ^_^

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Sunnybrook1 In reply to peachnewt [2014-02-07 04:36:20 +0000 UTC]

Oh yeah meant to ask, where did the sewing machine come in?

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peachnewt In reply to Sunnybrook1 [2014-02-07 05:43:23 +0000 UTC]

The sewing came in when I had to attach the felt feather and ribbon to the wire.  I followed your instructions almost exactly except for feather construction.  For that I had the felt feather on the bottom, super glued the wire to it, and then put the ribbon on top of the wire and glue.  Once the glue was dry I reenforced the whole thing by doing a wide stitch over the ribbon and wire.  That was a bit tricky because if the needle hit the wire it would break. 

You can see a close up here, but its a bit fuzzy.  sta.sh/01rqlvgvvb8r

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Sunnybrook1 In reply to peachnewt [2014-02-07 05:50:48 +0000 UTC]

Ah, I see! So was the felt still two layers painted/glued together? Or did you stiffen it another way?

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peachnewt In reply to Sunnybrook1 [2014-02-07 06:20:54 +0000 UTC]

Nope, just one layer of stiff felt.  Bought it stiffened from the craft store.  I was lucky that the black was from a good thick batch.  Some of the other colors of stiff felt were a bit thin.

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Sunnybrook1 In reply to peachnewt [2014-02-07 21:01:52 +0000 UTC]

Oh yeah, I know the stuff you're talking about, good thinking!

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peachnewt In reply to swandog [2013-05-29 02:07:35 +0000 UTC]

Why thank you! And thanks for the . ^_^

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peachnewt In reply to watervampire [2012-12-06 05:30:37 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! ^_^

And I don't mind that its late.

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peachnewt In reply to dragonfly12894 [2012-11-02 04:04:26 +0000 UTC]

Glad you like it! Check out the tutorial I linked, shows you how to make one of these in detail. Have fun making your own. ^_^

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peachnewt In reply to kaimukiwahine [2012-10-23 07:25:23 +0000 UTC]

Considering it's made of stiffened felt, you're not that far off. The feathers are actually really thin. And the prototype I made out of cardboard.

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peachnewt In reply to mammalfeathers [2012-10-23 07:01:42 +0000 UTC]

Why thank you! ^_^

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