I'm gonna need a bigger boat,ORCA

Bloop · Tuesday at 3:24 PM

Great work as always, really coming together!
Saw this, thought of you. Not as good as your Bruce, but it does have red glowing eyes. Bonus points for the fake cracks on the packaging, too:

ID10T · Wednesday at 3:43 AM

My son would love that shark!

joberg · Wednesday at 7:35 AM

"She floats level and dry"...that's what I wanna hear as a boat builder

Jamesfett · Wednesday at 8:06 AM

joberg said:
"She floats level and dry"...that's what I wanna hear as a boat builder

No,...I can't do it. I really want to, but I won't.

flimzy · Wednesday at 11:48 AM

Well for today’s WIP ,hinges on doors, sanding sealer on all the wood, a few little details wile a thunder storm hits.
The cabin dye is nearly right.
All that’s left from the wood working side is the front pulpit and the mast.
Then is on to the brass/ metal work.

ID10T · Wednesday at 1:18 PM

Seems like you just made the last mast...

flimzy · 2025-05-22T03:10:45-0700

Just so you don’t get the impression that everything goes well or I’m a perfectionist. On the first build I made a Beautiful timber water tank water sealed and painted black and it worked perfectly. On the second build I make a rocker which I wasn’t as happy with, as it didn’t give that real water feel so l’ve gone back to a tank idea but this time I cut corners using thin ply cheap timber ( a lot more light weight) thinking I’d fiber glass it, well I cheeped out on the fiber glass bought a Amazon resin kit and rushed the lay up. Now I do know how to fiberglass properly ( making molds in creature effects for 10 years) but this I truly ****** up. I don’t own a roller, tried doing it all in one peace and only had enough resin for the job so rushed to do it quick before the rain started. The result is

appalling. It will work but I hang my head in shame for not taking my time.

division 6 · 2025-05-22T06:22:55-0700

As long as it does what it needs to.

DCN · 2025-05-22T06:36:08-0700

flimzy said:
Just so you don’t get the impression that everything goes well or I’m a perfectionist. On the first build I made a Beautiful timber water tank water sealed and painted black and it worked perfectly. On the second build I make a rocker which I wasn’t as happy with, as it didn’t give that real water feel so l’ve gone back to a tank idea but this time I cut corners using thin ply cheap timber ( a lot more light weight) thinking I’d fiber glass it, well I cheeped out on the fiber glass bought a Amazon resin kit and rushed the lay up. Now I do know how to fiberglass properly ( making molds in creature effects for 10 years) but this I truly ****** up. I don’t own a roller, tried doing it all in one peace and only had enough resin for the job so rushed to do it quick before the rain started. The result is View attachment 1934904appalling. It will work but I hang my head in shame for not taking my time.

It'll work. After your done with it, I'd like to be buried in it, ass up with a hand crank music box handle on the side that plays "pop goes the weasel" and see who cranks it till the end of the song. Flimzy, that box is going to be so heavy filled, I actually can't wait to see this in use when the time comes.