3/8" steel rods - welded
First grinding
Steel is complete and ground
Steel base of 1" thick plates, torch cut, gun blued for finish
Initial fiberglass embedded epoxy
Base is 1" steel torch cut plates, finished with gun bluing
Final epoxy, sanded
Ready for priming, sanding and final painting, mounted on a jig for painting. "Head" form was reshaped from early to final epoxy stage (compare with prior photo)
Vigilant - 28"x21"x12"
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