Ok, so I underestimated the height...

of the piece by about 4 feet I think. 

I have finished the base and the wing stand. So I started on the wings and finished the"spine"of the wing. After calculating what I wanted for the height in the figure, I found that that same calculation took my wings to about 15 feet by themselves. So I'm looking at a finished sculpture that will be about 20+ feet tall. Maybe I need to rethink this.  

Here are the legs and they need to be very, very strong due to the tension that will be on them.  And welders that know what they are doing want to volunteer their expertise?
 

 

On your mark...