ORCA scratch build
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Hanamaid
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Congrats on completing such a wicked build!
On the prop forum Quints harpoon gun.
I woke up this morning thinking about the practicality’s of a 6th scale ORCA. The main problem being getting the model out of the house to go to the lake or dream the coast for some horizon shots. To get it out of my workshop is easy, in to the house is easy but the bottle neck is the 2 doors leading out side. I worked out if the 6th scale boat with its hull intact and disassembled like the NECA one ,removable mast and bridge. It’s 680mm wide or 27” to my friends. So I measured the doors this morning knowing this is a go or no go situation. 780mm 31” . It’s a go next summer. 
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TDahl
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I am looking forward to following your progress!
Sounds great.
I've been hoping you would go ahead with the 1/6th. I love that scale because it's just past the tipping point for the phyiscs. It's big enough for models to look realistic in action with water, smoke, fire etc. 'Das Boot' had many good shots of their 1/6th-scale submarine model riding on the surface.
Your NECA scale model is already detailed enough to give me chills. But a 1/6th version would be on another level.
I've been hoping you would go ahead with the 1/6th. I love that scale because it's just past the tipping point for the phyiscs. It's big enough for models to look realistic in action with water, smoke, fire etc. 'Das Boot' had many good shots of their 1/6th-scale submarine model riding on the surface.
Your NECA scale model is already detailed enough to give me chills. But a 1/6th version would be on another level.
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Museum Class ship model. Academy Award quality video with movie theme music. Documentation, sketches & research meets or exceeds the hand written note book entries of National Air & Space Museum’s aircraft mechanics that restored WW2 planes (Right down to the exact equipment type of lock washers machine screws). Awesome.
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joberg
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Yep, another home-run with that project flimzy Love the video and the behind-the-scene shots also.
As for the wear & tear on the boat, as soon as you do exterior shots, you see that there isn't enough of it on the boat. I'm not going to tell you that there's a world of diffs between interior/exterior shots in terms of how you make that model look real on film/video...you have much more pro-jobs/gigs under your belt for me to criticize your wonderful work
Cannot wait to see the 1:6th scale and another of your epic builds
Love the video and the behind-the-scene shots also.As for the wear & tear on the boat, as soon as you do exterior shots, you see that there isn't enough of it on the boat. I'm not going to tell you that there's a world of diffs between interior/exterior shots in terms of how you make that model look real on film/video...you have much more pro-jobs/gigs under your belt for me to criticize your wonderful work
Cannot wait to see the 1:6th scale and another of your epic builds
WOW, this is nothing short of extraordinary...takes my breath away, the dedication and persistence to see this thru to the end. You are a legitimate, and talented boat builder...and doing this on a larger scale is a mouth watering prospect. You could even do it full size!
I can't compete with you on scale of project . full size I'd need a boat yard
when the 6th is finished I should sail it down to you.
I have lost track on this amazing project.
Can I ask:
Is this your second Neca scale build or the original?
Thinking about the size of the 6th scale, do you have pics of your collection or are these commission builds?
I would love to see pics of you collection.
Thanks
Tom
Can I ask:
Is this your second Neca scale build or the original?
Thinking about the size of the 6th scale, do you have pics of your collection or are these commission builds?
I would love to see pics of you collection.
Thanks
Tom
A 1:1 Orca replica is a whole different category. Not only the size/cost of the project but also the usage. When it's a real vehicle, you start wanting it to be more practical than a display model or RC toy.
I say this with some experience. I'm into Hollywood cars. They are popular but most people take a lot of liberties on their replicas. Real prop cars are built to last about 3 months and only look good from a few yards away. Some of the construction methods are crude and wouldn't be very usable or last very long in the real world.
The real 1:1 Orca had very poor stability (the tall heavy mast). There isn't much room on the deck or cabin with all that fishing gear crammed everywhere. Etc. If you owned that thing, you would get tired of maintaining a perfect movie-accurate boat about 30 minutes into your first cruise.
I would like to see a nice real 1:1 Orca replica built for the JAWS pond at Universal studios.
It only needs to be a mockup, not a great seaworthy craft. They don't need to scour Ebay for 50yo items to make it hyper-accurate. Just build an outdoor display version that's durable & low maintenance. That way it won't rot out from neglect like the original one did, and it will be safe to let small groups of JAWS fans visit it on special occasions.
I say this with some experience. I'm into Hollywood cars. They are popular but most people take a lot of liberties on their replicas. Real prop cars are built to last about 3 months and only look good from a few yards away. Some of the construction methods are crude and wouldn't be very usable or last very long in the real world.
The real 1:1 Orca had very poor stability (the tall heavy mast). There isn't much room on the deck or cabin with all that fishing gear crammed everywhere. Etc. If you owned that thing, you would get tired of maintaining a perfect movie-accurate boat about 30 minutes into your first cruise.
I would like to see a nice real 1:1 Orca replica built for the JAWS pond at Universal studios.
It only needs to be a mockup, not a great seaworthy craft. They don't need to scour Ebay for 50yo items to make it hyper-accurate. Just build an outdoor display version that's durable & low maintenance. That way it won't rot out from neglect like the original one did, and it will be safe to let small groups of JAWS fans visit it on special occasions.
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I don't have room for a 1:1 scale replica but RPF member DustyMetal01 does and is building one and so is Tips from a Shipwright. they have deeper pockets than me.
I'm not sure I except the inclination that movie cars / vehicles ("Real prop cars are built to last about 3 months and only look good from a few yards away" ) as I design movie vehicles for a living perhaps you've seen some of them. Chris 'Flimsy' Howes | Special Effects, Art Director, Art Department
I have some I need to add to that show reel
Wow, that's quite a show reel!
When I said that about prop cars, I was thinking of older Hollywood stuff from the car chase flicks of 1960s-80s. KITT, General Lee, Herbie, etc. Those were mildly modified production cars and the studios built many copies. Today the home-built replicas are usually nicer than the originals.
It's different with Hollywood's wilder custom cars, especially the more recent ones. The last few Batmobiles have been million-dollar operations from what I've read. In comparison, the 1960s Batmobile was slammed together in 3 weeks out of an old Ford concept car. The Keaton Batmobile got more resources in 1989 but it was still a fiberglass shell on a stretched Chevy Impala chassis. Christian Bale's version in 2005 was a clean-sheet design with a hand-built tube chassis and aftermarket drivetrain.
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Of course you are , you know I make as many mistake as anyone, I had to make the ORCA twise for gods sake.Wow flimzy...quite the show reel
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