If bigger is better, then massive should be great, right?

So, I go into class today thinking I'm prepared because Luke and I got our laser cutter model done and assembled like we were assigned to do. Everyone goes about discussing their models and everything is fine and dandy until we start seriously talking about the final scale models. That is when we hit the realization that our Pteranodon is going to be HUGE. With a few quick calculations we figured out that our overall wingspan will be close to 14 feet. 14 FEET! I'm pretty sure my eyes were as wide as they could go because that is just massive. In perspective it is almost 3 of me. And to top it all off we are hanging this thing from the ceiling. [Insert skyrocketing stress levels here.] I only felt a little better about the whole thing after talking to Haliburton and getting reassured that this hopefully won't be a major fail. There are going to have to be quite a few areas where we will have to create tension in the wings to prevent them from sagging, but I'm pretty excited to see this thing when finished. The color scheme is still up in the air, but while on a quick trip to Hobby Lobby I looked at the paint available and think that we kind of have a general idea in the direction we want to go. This next week is going to be a hectic one for sure.

Paint on paint on paint.