Sanding, sanding and more sanding

This part of the job is must be feeling endless now. The weather has been really cold and every square centimetre of the sculpture needs careful and precise sanding.

At least they are not held up by the rain or cold. There was squally weather a couple of days ago and they just kept moving around to find dry sides of the sculpture to sand.

Grant has been using car body filler to go over any dents in the surface.

Grant devised this plastic applicator which smooths the body filler over the curves of the sculpture. It is sanded after it dries.

Mark uses his hands to find rough spots. They are so small now that you can't see them while the sculpture is unpainted.

Fibreglassing

This part has been a very sticky job. The glass fibres in the resin stick to everything.

Sheets of it are hanging over the tractor platform and get stuck on over the sculpture using resin.

Grant found that putting a fibreglass layer on towards the end stopped the sculpture from cracking with the expansion and contraction in changing weather.

Mark's knee has finally poked through his pants altogether. They simply cracked open. Grant offered to fibreglass it over again.

The weather has been so cold that the resin wouldn't set, so the boys got on with another job this afternoon. Mark will thank me for including this photo!