Big Work Night

On Tuesday night we got a lot of work done with the help of about 20 Fraters and ladies from ADPi.

A group working on characters.

Frater Thistle welding the castle towers together.

The Mystery Machine frame is set...and it is set on a hinge so it moves back and forth!

More Progress!

We made quite a bit of headway over spring break! We were able to attach and cover the castle in the rear of the float and we also framed up the mystery machine. This week we're planning to start working on the skirt on the rear of the chassis, building the draw bridge on the castle, setting the towers on the castle, bricking and painting the castle, and setting and sheeting the mystery machine.

We've got a busy week planned and we'll need to keep at it because the parade is less than a month away!

Inside the castle looking out of the drawbridge doorway at the Mystery Machine

The framed Mystery Machine, we'll be mounting it to the chassis soon.

The front of the castle

Rear of the castle looking forward.

Alumni Visit Days

The weekends of March 20th and 27th are basically the last two weekends in the Spring semester that Epsilon has free. We're inviting any Alumni who would like see our progress to stop by on these days. We've had a few Alumni drop in and give advice and show us how they did things on previous floats, its been a lot of help!

If you're interested in stopping by please give me (Dave Overman Cell:563.590.4336) a call to let us know when we can expect you. If these dates don't work out feel free to stop by anytime! Just make sure that you give us a heads up so we know when you're coming!

Driver's Test

This morning (Sunday 3.7.10) the chassis moved out of the barn for the first time. We drove down to the stadium parking lots and went through the cone course. We're also pretty sure we set a course record!

ADPi Social

We had the ladies of Alpha Delta Pi over Wednesday for a social. We're looking forward to our pairing and really getting to work over the next few weeks!

Characters

We've framed up about half of our characters, we also have the rest of the set and characters sketched.