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In between remodeling our downstairs bathroom, I got some work done on the fighting chair for the Orca........

The cushions are done except for adding some cracking in the vinyl, have to wait till the primer dries completely to finish that. The pocket on the back of the back cushion is a piece of Sheet styrene that I heated up with a heat gun and stretched around the basswood to form.

Also figured out how to do the recessed area in the slide arm for the footrest. Added the mounting bolt for the footrest to slider also.

Amazing workmanship! I am so impressed with this!

You used wood glue to sculpt with, I have never heard of that!? AMAZING!

If you haven't already, you should try magic sculp. It's a two part epoxy and you have 45 minutes to an hour of working time. GREAT for detail work!

The old man looks great Igor! What did you use to sculpt the cloths?

In progress of the seat cushions. They're sculpted in a rigid foam with thin solder for the roping.

A little more work done to the fighting chair......

The center pivoting pole mount is done.

Also the secondary side pole mount is mocked up. final clean up then time to mold & cast

Thanks Patrick!

Some more work done on the fighting chair...... It's getting there!

Thanks Omega!

Some additional work done on the fighting chair......

Thanks all!

And here's a look at the whole base.

The plexiglass stand holds a section of the actual hull from the Orca II (the sinkable boat) and the gravel on the base is actually from the location of where Quint's shack was on Marthas Vinyard.

Here is the beginning of the fighting chair......

Navigation lights were made from a piece of clear acrylic rod which had the center embossed line done on the lathe. A thin piece of sheet styrene was wrapped around the top & bottom to mimic the brass fixture.

The lenses were then painted with transparent paint which I made from clear acrylic and urethane tints.

Horn was machined out of a piece of aluminum rod, mount was built from sheet & rod styrene.

Boat stands finalized and placed......

Thanks all for the comments & the likes, I appreciate it!

It's coming to a close, a few other things to finish up and then it's off to it's new owner!

AMAZING craftsmanship!

Thanks for the kind words JC Frankie, I'm quite happy with how it's turning out!

I sent the last photo over to my buddy at Lucasfilm earlier this week, He was wondering when I got the old boat to restore, didn't realize it was a miniature. LOL!

Ship wheel was scratch built out of sheet styrene and turned wood for handles. I made one handle and molded and cast . I created one master wheel and then molded and cast.

Upper instrument panel assembled and lighted.

Note, the spotlight is lighted also.

Some photos of the ladder that was soldered together out of brass wire. The mounting ends were made out of punched styrene sheet and some styrene rod that was beveled and glued together.

The wrap is a combination of Coxcombing and a three line reverse coxcombing.

Here's a couple views of the turnbuckles installed with the Ubolts holding the cabling being installed......

I have refined the assembly of the tension adjuster end...... Ended up using some .090 bolts and sending them smooth for the attachment ends. The turnbuckles you see here were cast in a very durable urethane, they actually work!

Also invested in a new soldering iron which really made a difference!

Haven't used that before, will be interested to see how that works for you. I wonder it its "sculptable" at all? Will have to check it out.

I have used the woodland Scenics Water Effects  with great final results. Was able to sculpt in pooling and waves with it.