Rocky’s Documentation!
This is what I put together to explain my reasoning for entering Rocky in Historical with some notes about his design and construction.
Click on the image or this link to open the PDF,
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Progress on the coat!
Modifying the neckline and lapels. The new closure works well, but the result still looked like a (cheap) tailcoat. After a bit of soul searching, I cut off the lapels and reseamed the edges to a smooth line, and trimmed the top of the “waistcoat” down to a square line (at the top of the…
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Starting assembly on the first mask
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Castor/Zuse at Gallifrey!
I got all the final bits finished in time, and here are some fabulous photos from Gallifrey One!(Most of these are courtesy of Linda Wenzelburger… Thanks!)