Today’s installation went like clockwork. Our customer had a nice little forklift waiting when we pulled up which we had expected. We had packed a pallet jack and all manner of scaffolding and chain falls in anticipation of doing everything by hand once we got our features to the front door. But to our surprise the little forklift fit handily through the door opening with our features on the forks. This meant we could move it all the easy way and our hand equipment could remain in the trailer. It sure made for a quicker install! Tomorrow Matt and i will return to install one last piece and do a couple of touchups where we had removed our install eye bolts.
Loaded
We spent a number of hours loading the JD Transport trailer with the features for City Golf at Central City. Our own truck and trailer was also loaded today with the scaffolding, tools and supplies we would need for tomorrow’s installation. The tough part of the challenge is to gather absolutely everything we will need for tomorrow’s task. The job site is too far away to justify coming back for anything we miss. By day’s end we had everything loaded. We checked our list twice - just in case.
Base sculpt complete
The bases for both trucks I am creating for the Sign Invitational are now fully sculpted. While somewhat similar at first glance, there are actually getting to be more and more differences as I progress. Today, as I finished building the bases I installed the wiring and switches. These will activate the lights and sound effects which are being produced by my good friend Jim Wells at Fantasonics. Jim is a master at miniature sound and I look forward to hearing what he comes up with! The activation switches are very well hidden in plain sight of course. There is also a large removable rock in each piece which is the access point for the battery packs which are also hidden in the base. Now it is time to start working my way up. The figures are next and then it is on to the trucks!
