FlyingFish
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That's a great idea DCN, I'll look at that. Framing of top decks coming on. I wonder what they would have stored in those lockers...?
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Interesting build! I'm intrigued by the shape of the bow - surely this shape creates enormous water resistance? Or maybe that's an advantage if you want to slow down quickly... Getting something like this from China must be quite a 'drag'?
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So after all that fiddly stuff, time to cover it all up. The admiral (head shark hunter) thinks I should find a way to open the deck to show the interior, what do you think?
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So its time to put all the props in place as I'm now itching to get on with the rest of the boat. Starting with the lower trunk cabin and V berth. Then the beams above...
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A couple of teasers. The close up shows every spec of dust and imperfection, but this is just a mock up before final fitting and weathering of interior spaces.
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The Acme prop factory is working overtime, and still more to do. Here's a taster... Pilot house stuff... Lower trunk cabin stuff... Quint's fancy table (well the legs anyway)...
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That's a great story; he did well, and certainly better than the execs at Universal who allowed one of the (potentially) most famous boats to rot away. Lord only knows what she would be worth today! I'm not aware of these photos ever being posted before, so thank you for adding greatly to the knowledge base about this little boat. In particular the hull shape forward has been the subject of all sorts of interpretation, as I mentioned earlier in this log. It's great to see that she was in fact a fairly standard Novi lobster boat design, with the sweeping sheer that rises from the transom. I think I got this about right in my build, which I'm pleased about.
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Very interesting pictures... thanks for posting! Looks like a harpoon from the original props tied to a rope coiled in a bucket... maybe? Alan and his buddy must have been amazed when the film did so well, and realised what they were sitting on!
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Thanks for these great pictures - very interesting to see that the new owner kept the original 'finish'. When I saw this pic I had assumed the hull had been repainted and the ORCA lettering taken off the transum, so good to see the deck was unaltered.
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One step forward.... Still cranking out props to fit out the cabins, more of which in a day or two. Meanwhile something had been bugging me... the carpenters have been dry fitting the pilot house joists, and noticed that the steering column that links the flying bridge wheel to the pilot house wheel, then down into the forward cabin was out by about 4mm... There was no way the linking column would line up with the flying bridge. 😒 Pity as it was looking OK You can see the problem here; the circular cut out on the dash will not clear the joist as it passes up into the flying cockpit. The rake of the front windows was out by about 5 degrees. So nothing for it but to start over and rip out the front windows and frame and start again... sigh. Inserted a 4mm spacer then put the window back in. Its a mess but patchable. But you can see now that the steering shaft is now centred between the joists as it should be. If sharp eyed Jaws aficionados out there are watching - yes the roof joists are curved, not as in the original - I just think some of Orca's redesign (flat roof to pilot house) would never have been found in an authentic lobster boat, so I took an executive decision!
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Talking of Jaws fans maybe you'll find this interesting. Picked this up recently off ebay (no idea who the 'runny nosed girl' was): Benchley always signed with the great little shark doodle - cool eh?
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And a few more bits and pieces all destined for the pilot house. Jaws fans will recognise them all (I hope!).
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Thanks for all the likes and nice comments - much appreciated! Progress is painstaking as I need to fabricate all the contents of the cabins before getting on with the lower deck roof and pilot house roof. Apparently Marty Milner, one of the crew converting Warlock to Orca, said Joe Alves told them not to worry about all the little details -"they're not gonna show up in the movie, and the audiences won't be able to see them". Oh so you think so eh?! One item that I was frustrated with was the porthole on the back pilot house wall. It is an opening one, and I couldn't find one anywhere to buy. So I made one.
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Ahoy! Wood is field maple, sanded and sealed with clear shellac to stop the 'nits' creating dark spots later. Then a thinned wash of Vallejo 71.036 model air mahogany, brushed out until no streaks left. Further coats on some planks to provide a contrast. The wood grain shows through, which I like. Finally a pin wash of burnt umber oil thinned with turpentine, with some left at the base to darken it. I will maybe use a black and burnt umber mix of oil paint later to weather it up later when I bring the whole cabin together.
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Working of the gauges for the pilot console. Found the exact ones from research and printed them out in high quality on photo paper, then fixed with clear lacquer. Punched out, and rims from sections of polished aluminium tube, and sealed over with UV cure resin. At 1:20th scale there is no way you can see that the dials are the original SM ones but at least I did my due diligence! Clock and barometers ditto. Then 'turned' some 3/4" pins on a hand drill to make the power levers for the throttle quadrant.
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Yes, Neal made a great model - in fact I think he made three, one for his stepson, one for himself and one for a customer. He is a very talented modeller. The one I have been most impressed by was done by Eric Hollander, who again models as a business. This image from his gallery is quite extraordinary, and is the build I take my inspiration from.
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Good to have you on board Redwine, and thanks for the offer of help - very kind of you.
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