Bowling extravaganza!

We've been busy in the shop for many months building pieces for NEB's Fun World in Oshawa, Ontario. The pieces for the bowling alley were large and designed to fit together at the end of the lanes and up the side walls. There are 52 lanes in total, making for a lot of pieces to fit together. In our shop we never had more than two pieces together as they were simply too large.

Yesterday, Peter and I flew to Oshawa to see everything set up for the first time. Our task is to texture and faux finish the panels above the themed pieces on the side walls. To see all of the pieces assembled was IMPRESSIVE! The NEB's crew did an awesome job putting everything together. The difficulty is that the pieces are incredibly heavy and they have to go in over an operating bowling alley. The crew created special rigging for the task and are now almost done. They managed this monumental task without damaging anything! Only eleven posts are yet to be installed. I'll be posting more progress shots tomorrow.

Ready to fly!

The display booth structure for the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions EXPO is now complete. The two side wings really expand the display space! Now we'll begin the preparation and texture work as well as adding the may required rivets. Then we'll paint it all up. The final stage will be the adding of the signage and display pieces. Things are coming together quickly! Stay tuned for more...

Pickup artist

Each time I have a few spare minutes I sneak out to the shop to do a little work on the rail pickup. The fenders are now all on and the pickup box is largely complete. Being made of all welded steel it is super sturdy and looking even better than I imagined. It is coming together much faster than I thought as well. The transmission is now in place and ready for the motor. Soon it will be time for a test drive.