I'm gonna need a bigger boat,ORCA

[flimzy]

Wow...and I thought, foolishly, that the previous 2 builds were already the cat's meow...I was sadly wrong
Thank the Maker that you have good weather to work outside (a rare thing on that island)

thanks to global warming its more common than you think and this boat wont fit in my workshop

 

[flimzy]

 

[Searun]

Another boat building construction technique I noticed. You extend some of your principle hull formers past the height of the deck to include the frame of the main and front cabin. This perfectly defines the location of top works. Keeps them aligned and true. Excellent approach for cabin cruisers and the fishing boats. Instantly shows the volume of the project skeleton at a very early stage. Nice.

 

[DCN]

Another boat building construction technique I noticed. You extend some of your principle hull formers past the height of the deck to include the frame of the main and front cabin. This perfectly defines the location of top works. Keeps them aligned and true. Excellent approach for cabin cruisers and the fishing boats. Instantly shows the volume of the project skeleton at a very early stage. Nice.

Spoken like a true boat builder SeaRun! Like you I am riveted to the technique Flimzy is applying at this scale. Some people might look at the framework now and say huh? But, you have to have built the orca to understand her. I've seen so many areas of this build already and said, what a piece of artwork. some examples are where the front windows will mount, The back cabin wall thickness, you can see how it will be built up. The keel itself, with the layers of wood to keep it straight and true, and keep the prop shaft straight. Flimzy, That rabbit hole just keeps getting deeper lol. Loving this!

 

[flimzy]

I’ve just made I time lapse of laying the decking but I’m too tired to put it in the computer, so here’s to result.

I like the look I’m getting from the aged ply wood on the transom.

 

[flimzy]

Spoken like a true boat builder SeaRun! Like you I am riveted to the technique Flimzy is applying at this scale. Some people might look at the framework now and say huh? But, you have to have built the orca to understand her. I've seen so many areas of this build already and said, what a piece of artwork. some examples are where the front windows will mount, The back cabin wall thickness, you can see how it will be built up. The keel itself, with the layers of wood to keep it straight and true, and keep the prop shaft straight. Flimzy, That rabbit hole just keeps getting deeper lol. Loving this!

One of the guys at work said he like the way my laziness mades me think out of the box, It helps to know this models sole purpose is to go in front of a camera and not sit in a museum, it lets you be a bit slap dash. And the secret to movie models is to be a bit slap dash. Perfection stands out as fake. George Miller said “ use your optic nerves ,if it looks good it is good”. I live by that.
Richard Yurisich also told me if it looks bad you can always add a flare.

 

[batguy]

Richard Yurisich also told me if it looks bad you can always add a flare.

 

[greenmachines]

Is there a typo in the giving link? I think it is missing an "e"

Sorry, I proofread everything.

 

[Tommy]

Is there a typo in the giving link? I think it is missing an "e"

Sorry, I proofread everything.

That's correct; should be "coffee."

 

[flimzy]

yep your all right I'm a dumb ass who never looks changer it. I've never done fund rising things before. I chose buymeacoffee because it sound cheaper and maybe people might give a pound. I don't think this is worth a go fund me. and I'm not a youtuber.
I only thought of asking because this project is going to be expensive. Hiring a van, feeding a shoot crew on location.
you have all now become my test audience that will learn you

 

[greenmachines]

yep your all right I'm a dumb ass who never looks changer it. I've never done fund rising things before. I chose buymeacoffee because it sound cheaper and maybe people might give a pound. I don't think this is worth a go fund me. and I'm not a youtuber.
I only thought of asking because this project is going to be expensive. Hiring a van, feeding a shoot crew on location.
you have all now become my test audience that will learn you

and it gives me goose bumps to be a part of it, so carry on and we will deal with the coffee

for all my impatient generation that never watches a video full through

Crissy Howes

Art Director for a living, maker of things for fun.As its the 50th anniversary of the classic 1975 movie JAWS and after my NECA scale model build. I wanted to make a better video with a more narrative

buymeacoffee.com

 

[flimzy]

Thank you guys , it looks like the film I’m on might be going so back to work next week which will slow things down but there’s 4 days to try and get the side planking done. I managed to get it in to my workshop to sand down the decking.

 

[flimzy]

 

[flimzy]

So god or bad news depending on where you stand , the film I was working on for Warner Brother just went under. Can’t say I’m totally surprised
I think the industry it in turmoil at the moment. It was a sequel or a remake which was good but it was going to cost the earth to make in a time when people don’t go to the cinema anymore.
But I can now work on the project full time.

 

[Tommy]

Sorry for the impact on your living... happy for your hobby fun in the meantime.

If you don't mind me asking, just generally speaking when that happens on a film and you're (I presume) in an art director role, is there still a brief "wrap-up period" where you organize what you and your team were working on, take apart partially-assembled things, etc., or is it essentially you just have to collect your personal belongings and walk out? Just curious.

 

[asalaw]

So god or bad news depending on where you stand , the film I was working on for Warner Brother just went under. Can’t say I’m totally surprised
I think the industry it in turmoil at the moment. It was a sequel or a remake which was good but it was going to cost the earth to make in a time when people don’t go to the cinema anymore.
But I can now work on the project full time.

My sympathies--I was on a film that got shut down by Paramount back in the day. Terrible feeling. This too shall pass.

 

[Tommy]

My sympathies--I was on a film that got shut down by Paramount back in the day. Terrible feeling. This too shall pass.

I must imagine that's rough. And not only from a living standpoint, but also to have a bunch of work you've poured substantial time and creative energy into to suddenly all be for not. Even if a released film turns out poorly, at least there was a product.

No pressure at all if you'd rather not say, but if it was a while back, I'd be curious which Paramount project.

 

[asalaw]

I must imagine that's rough. And not only from a living standpoint, but also to have a bunch of work you've poured substantial time and creative energy into to suddenly all be for not. Even if a released film turns out poorly, at least there was a product.

No pressure at all if you'd rather not say, but if it was a while back, I'd be curious which Paramount project.

Sure, it was called Arrive Alive, was shot in Central and South Florida, and was (originally) to star Willem Dafoe, Joan Cusack, and Jeffrey Jones. Jeremiah Chechik was directing. I was the second unit location manager. The story I heard from my boss, the main unit location manager, as it was happening, was that Paramount had been watching dailies for the two weeks we'd been shooting and decided Dafoe wasn't funny. So they fired him and were bringing in Martin Short. But Jeremiah didn't want to work with Short, so he walked off the picture.

So we had no star and no director, on a film where the director had spent the entire budget in preproduction, all while Days of Thunder was wildly over budget and behind schedule and still shooting in Daytona with its release date looming. I guess Paramount decided one out-of-control production in Florida was enough, and they pulled the plug on us.

 

[Tommy]

Jeffrey Jones... That dates it somewhat!

Interesting; thanks asalaw. It actually has a Wikipedia entry: "a house detective in a seedy Florida hotel who gets involved in investigating the death of a former champion boxer. He has a romance with a former exotic dancer..."

Boy, I enjoy both Willem Dafoe and Martin Short, but I have a hard time imagining a role where you'd logically substitute one for the other.

Oh and it was apparently intended to feature an ORCA at the Miami Seaquarium, so this is still entirely on-topic.

 

[greenmachines]

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Tonight, I will go out to my shed and cry because It looks nothing like this. Then, I will grab a bag of snacks and a soda, which is everywhere in my shed and put another coat of paint on some parts, also sitting on cases of snacks and or drinks, and plop down in my camp chair because my real chair is buried under projects.

Jeffrey Jones... That dates it somewhat!

Interesting; thanks asalaw. It actually has a Wikipedia entry: "a house detective in a seedy Florida hotel who gets involved in investigating the death of a former champion boxer. He has a romance with a former exotic dancer..."

Boy, I enjoy both Willem Dafoe and Martin Short, but I have a hard time imagining a role where you'd logically substitute one for the other.

Oh and it was apparently intended to feature an ORCA at the Miami Seaquarium, so this is still entirely on-topic.

nice save