WALLY Power 118 by yvesvidal - 1/48th - Multi-media

[yvesvidal]

Folks,

 

I will be presenting (and hopefully finishing...) a project that I have been working on for quite a long time. The model is a replica in the scale of 1/48th of the famous super-yacht WALLY POWER 118, first introduced to the public at large, in the movie "The Island" covering the delicate subject of Human cloning, for organs harvesting.

 

 

The 118 (36 meters) was designed by Luca Bassani, a very innovative architect and designer who made his wealth by owning an electrical equipment company on the northern part of Italy, near Genoa. Luca created many vessels including sail yachts that are years ahead of their competition in term of design and features. The picture below shows Luca resting on the bow of the 118:

 

 

My favorite sail boat created by Luca Bassani/Wally, is the 100 foot WALLY CENTO Tango mega yacht that you can admire on the following video: 

 

 

Of course, all these "toys" are for the Elite and call for millions of dollars. The 118 Wally Power retailed for $33 million when it came out. It is to my knowledge, the fastest yacht on seas, capable of 60 Knots (70 MPH / 100 KM/H) using a triple Rolls Royce turbines producing more than 16,000 HP. At that speed, you have to account for about $40,000 fuel cost per hour of cruising. The amount of technology installed on that yacht is absolutely phenomenal and the following video demonstrates some of the features. Everything is designed to make your life on board, easy and elegant.

 

 

No model exists of the 118, even though some south east Asian modelers are offering some very realistic models on Da-Bay. I decided to contact the Wally office in Monaco for some drawings of the 118 but never got any answer as can be expected. I then patrolled some French and Italian scale model boats forums and found some clues and leads of what can be done. I will come back to one of the leads, in Germany. Finally, I went on the 3D printing forums and found a decent replica of the 118 designed at the scale of 1/60, ready to print (STL files). As you will see, it is a very crude representation and does require a lot of modifications to turn it into a decent model, which I hope to attain. The model can be found on CGTrader at: 

 

https://www.cgtrader.com/3d-print-models/miniatures/vehicles/wallypower-scale-model

 

I purchased that model and started printing at 1/48th scale (increasing the size of the model on my Slicer). The original model was offered in 3 parts for the hull and one part for the cabin plus a tender which has nothing to do with the original Wally tender, and some lounge chairs: 

 

 

Because the parts would not fit on  my Creality Ender 3V2, I had to use Meshmixer to cut them and print smaller parts: 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The second part (from the bow), did not have the opening used to provide some light on the lower decks, I had to cut it as you can see on the picture. Overall, it is a very crude model and will need a ton of modifications to turn it into something decent or even close to what the South East Asian modelers are producing.

 

I will be showing some progress, but it will be slow, unlike the 118 on the Mediterranean sea.

 

Yves

 

 

 

 

Edited 19 hours ago by yvesvidal
corrected log title

[KeithAug]

Yves - Quite something. I wonder what it is like inside.

[yvesvidal]

5 hours ago, KeithAug said:

Yves - Quite something. I wonder what it is like inside.

I will be showing plenty of pictures of the inside and the engine room. It  is unique !!!

 

Yves