I'm gonna need a bigger boat,ORCA

[srspicer]

Yeah, those TWO OTHER Orcas, sheesh, meh, oof.
Great work!!!

 

[flimzy]

One campbells soup lable

I have that one, I thought I would look not expecting to find it but apparently there are people who collect old food labels. but why was I shocked I'm making my 3rd ORCA .

 

[flimzy]

this is me with a hangover, had to take yesterday off.

 

[flimzy]

Enjoying some fun stuff

I bought the 50th anniversary hooper and Quint, because well, but there a different scale even next to my adjusted hooper,

No there isn’t going to be another ORCA.

 

[joberg]

Fun stuff indeed

 

[flimzy]

Today was all about sanding and dust.

 

[Tommy]

Oh no, it's capsized!

 

[batguy]

I keep thinking about this project. It's going to look amazing on the water. It's going to scale so well.

Do you have a guess about how heavy it will be? The real Orca was heavy. I read somewhere that it was 13 (US) tons. It may take a lot of ballast weight to make that model sit right in the water.

The physics are never the same with minatures. But the weight and balance is going to be a factor. The real Orca had that big heavy wooden mast added on. And they piled more lead weights into the bottom of the hull to stablize it.

 

[joberg]

I keep thinking about this project. It's going to look amazing on the water. It's going to scale so well.

Do you have a guess about how heavy it will be? The real Orca was heavy. I read somewhere that it was 13 (US) tons. It may take a lot of ballast weight to make that model sit right in the water.

The physics are never the same with minatures. But the weight and balance is going to be a factor. The real Orca had that big heavy wooden mast added on. And they piled more lead weights into the bottom of the hull to stablize it.

Some miniatures were secured on an underwater gimbal mimicking the up and down motion of the boat travelling on the waves. I'm eager to see how flimzy knowledge of filming miniature on the real sea will go Of course, as you said, ballast will be key!

 

[flimzy]

Bow plank,a little more detail and the window.

Oh and got a new job so only got a week of ORCA left full time

 

[division 6]

Glad to hear you're employed again.

 

[flimzy]

Apoxy up to the water line just in case

 

[joberg]

You're going fast...and glad you have another gig coming up

 

[DCN]

Apoxy up to the water line just in caseView attachment 1931882

Zee? You might as well coat the whole hull, remember all the spray the bow makes underway in choppy water. This project is SO Big. I forget who makes it, but there is a rectangle 8ft kiddie pool. About 2ft deep. Amazon has them.

 

[batguy]

Zee? You might as well coat the whole hull, remember all the spray the bow makes underway in choppy water. This project is SO Big. I forget who makes it, but there is a rectangle 8ft kiddie pool. About 2ft deep. Amazon has them.

It's the Orca. It's supposed to take on water and sink, remember?

 

[shaunsheep]

flimzy were in the uk did you source your Mahogany and did you have to adapt the thinkness to fit the build?

 

[DCN]

It's the Orca. It's supposed to take on water and sink, remember?

Fvck the Actors, Save the Sound Department!

 

[DCN]

Apoxy up to the water line just in caseView attachment 1931882

I just noticed the baby in the doorway! Awwwwww Very good looking!

 

[flimzy]

flimzy were in the uk did you source your Mahogany and did you have to adapt the thinkness to fit the build?

thin sheet mahogany came from 4Dmodelshop (4D models.) the large stuff came from a skip. some one was removing a fire door for an old people home (very good find) yes I've had to modify a few things but at 6th scale a lot has worked out quite well. 2mm,3mm,4mm,5.5mm and 8mm.

 

[flimzy]

The hull is done apart from brass work details, love the panelling effect it came out just right, starting on the cabin, I’m going with the same detachable roof as I did on the smaller scale, Hiding the seam under the edging details, it fiddly but looks good. Magnets of course.