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๐ฌ Re: โOrcaโ Quints boat from Jaws 1975 (Pat Tritle plan built)
4 years ago by ๐บ๐ธ Dibdawg ( Petty Officer 2nd Class)
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Amazing, looks great!
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4 years ago by ๐ฌ๐ง Skydive130 ( Rear Admiral)
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Hi there, if you search Pat Tritle on google, you will find his website from USA weโre he sells plans for boats and planes that he has designed. The plans for Orca are on 4 sheets and have all the detail you need to build this. Here is his website address www.patscustom-models.com
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๐ฌ Re: โOrcaโ Quints boat from Jaws 1975 (Pat Tritle plan built)
4 years ago by ๐ช๐ธ Julio ( Petty Officer 1st Class)
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Hi:
I've always wanted to build this iconic boat !! ... the biggest drawback is that there are few photos to take references and I couldn't find any plans. Where can I get that blueprints? Thanks for the info ▲
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๐ฌ Re: โOrcaโ Quints boat from Jaws 1975 (Pat Tritle plan built)
4 years ago by ๐ฌ๐ง Skydive130 ( Rear Admiral)
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Thereโs a wealth of interesting reading, videos ect on the history of Orca, what happened to her and the second boat post filming, sadly the original Orca was lost to rot but the second survives in the Universal back lot tour I believe?
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๐ฌ Re: โOrcaโ Quints boat from Jaws 1975 (Pat Tritle plan built)
4 years ago by ๐ฟ๐ฆ redpmg ( Commodore)
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What a great job you have done - all you need is Jaws himself , the Police Chief and Quint (sorry cant remember Chiefs name). Sure you will make just as good a job of painting - although as Martin says a pity to cover up such nice woodwork.
Quite an interesting story if you read about making the movie - Spielberg had a lot of alterations done to Orca beforehand - some to make it easier to film like enlarged windows. Looking forward to seeing Orca on the water. ▲
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๐ฌ Re: โOrcaโ Quints boat from Jaws 1975 (Pat Tritle plan built)
4 years ago by ๐ณ๐ฟ jbkiwi ( Fleet Admiral)
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Looking good!, bit of a coincidence, I was just looking at a number of these on various sites about 2 weeks ago and there were some amazingly detailed models made. Looks like yours might be heading that way judging by the excellent work already.
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๐ฌ Re: โOrcaโ Quints boat from Jaws 1975 (Pat Tritle plan built)
4 years ago by ๐ญ๐บ MouldBuilder ( Vice Admiral)
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Wow. That looks really good.
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๐ฌ Re: โOrcaโ Quints boat from Jaws 1975 (Pat Tritle plan built)
4 years ago by ๐ฌ๐ง Martin555 ( Fleet Admiral)
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You have done a fantastic job on "Orca" that wood looks so good that it would be a shame to paint over it.
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๐ฌ Re: Painting starts!
4 years ago by ๐ฌ๐ง marky ( Commodore)
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"Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water"๐ฆdah,dah ,dah,da.
Great video. Cheers Mark ▲
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๐ฌ Re: Painting starts!
4 years ago by ๐ฌ๐ง Martin555 ( Fleet Admiral)
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Just seen this and thought it would make a nice addition for your boat "Orca"
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๐ฌ Re: Letโs add some colour!
4 years ago by ๐ฉ๐ช RNinMunich ( Fleet Admiral)
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"... there is always another project to follow the current build."
'There's another one behind, behind the one behind ....'๐ ๐ ▲
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4 years ago by ๐ฌ๐ง Skydive130 ( Rear Admiral)
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Hi Doug, will only be building the one ha ha, all my models will only ever be one offs as there is always another project to follow the current build. ๐
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๐ฌ Re: Letโs add some colour!
4 years ago by ๐ฉ๐ช RNinMunich ( Fleet Admiral)
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Nice job you've done there Sky๐
Now to 'muck it up'๐ฎ Are you going to include a shark bite on the transom? Maybe you should build two Orcas; before and after!๐ Cheers, Doug ๐ BTW Are you still 'moonlighting' your model building?๐ ▲
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๐ฌ Re: Letโs add some colour!
4 years ago by ๐ฌ๐ง Skydive130 ( Rear Admiral)
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Primed with Halfords grey primer for pre-shading, then a little white primer before airbrushing the pale grey/green. All remaining colours were hand painted without masking except the circle of black were the shark jaw will be. Tomorrow Iโll weather the flying bridge and start adding all the detail parts.
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๐ฌ Re: Letโs add some colour!
4 years ago by ๐ญ๐บ MouldBuilder ( Vice Admiral)
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That looks really good. It must have been difficult to mask between the blue and black.
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๐ฌ Re: Flying bridge finished.
4 years ago by ๐ฉ๐ช RNinMunich ( Fleet Admiral)
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My pleasure Sky๐
Guess we'll have to start building 1/24th scale printers now!๐ฎ Nano printers!? Cheers, Doug ๐ ▲
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4 years ago by ๐ฌ๐ง Skydive130 ( Rear Admiral)
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Many thanks Doug, Iโm going to use #1 ! Just hope my printer will print that small ha ha
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๐ฌ Re: Flying bridge finished.
4 years ago by ๐ฉ๐ช RNinMunich ( Fleet Admiral)
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Nice one Sky๐
Attached a few pics of fish finder displays for your inspiration. Maybe you can print them as decals or on gloss photo paper.๐ A not too bright LED backlight would be good๐ #1 GPS and chart navigation #2 sea bed structure and depth #3 Fish swarms and single fish Cheers, Doug ๐ ▲
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๐ฌ Re: Flying bridge finished.
4 years ago by ๐ฌ๐ง mturpin013 ( Admiral)
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That,s very impressive work ๐
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๐ฌ Re: Flying bridge finished.
4 years ago by ๐ฟ๐ฆ redpmg ( Commodore)
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Great detail & finish - going to be a really good model
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๐ฌ Re: Flying bridge finished.
4 years ago by ๐ฌ๐ง Martin555 ( Fleet Admiral)
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That is very good weathering.
Extremely well done. I think this boat is going to look awesome. Martin555. ▲
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๐ฌ Re: Last update before 4 night shifts!
4 years ago by ๐ฌ๐ง Rogal118 ( Lieutenant Commander)
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great job you are doing there, "i think you may need a bigger boat though"!!
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4 years ago by ๐ณ๐ฟ jbkiwi ( Fleet Admiral)
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Excellent work, starting to look the part !
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๐ฌ Re: Last update before 4 night shifts!
4 years ago by ๐ฌ๐ง Skydive130 ( Rear Admiral)
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The ropes are just model boat rope wound around 1/16โ brass wire Hoops the had a thin strip of plasticard glued to the outer edge prior, easy peasy. I like to scratch build as much as possible, saves money as the scrap box is the source for most things, and itโs a lot more satisfying than buying an off the shelf product.
My army job for the past 15 years has been in the Forces Guarding Branch, we work a similar shift pattern to the Fire Service, 4 on 4 off ▲
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๐ฌ Re: Last update before 4 night shifts!
4 years ago by ๐ฌ๐ง Skydive130 ( Rear Admiral)
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Ha ha, I shall get a nice 6 week break between leaving the Army and moving to the new job which is only part time. Iโve accrued some leave and get a month off at the end with what we call termination leave. As for the adverts in the 50โs and 60โs, Iโm old, but not that old ๐คฃ๐คฃ. The Falklands conflict was my influence to join up, the rest is history! ๐
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๐ฌ Re: Last update before 4 night shifts!
4 years ago by ๐ฌ๐ง Skydive130 ( Rear Admiral)
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Peter, many thanks for your kind words. Itโs been a long old stint, Iโve never had any other job or to be exact, way of life. But Iโm actually moving out of service life into a job on an American airforce base, so I hope the transition will be an easy one, especially as I get to see fast jets every shift!
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๐ฌ Re: Last update before 4 night shifts!
4 years ago by ๐จ๐ฆ Ronald ( Admiral)
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Did you scratch make the braided rope hoops on the mast? The details on the flying bridge are well done too. Looking forward to seeing more.
Where do you work? 4 night shifts? ▲
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๐ฌ Re: Last update before 4 night shifts!
4 years ago by ๐ฟ๐ฆ redpmg ( Commodore)
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What I like best is that you are capturing the essence of the boat - as if you could step aboard and meet Brody & Quint (before Jaws visited) - its a great job you are making of it.
That's a long time to have been in the services - but straight into another job ? Surely you need a break ? Been reading the early Model Makers again - saw the army was actively recruiting through the magazine in the 50's and early 60's - did you ever see any of those adverts ? Looking forward to seeing her completed. ▲
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๐ฌ Re: Last update before 4 night shifts!
4 years ago by ๐ญ๐บ MouldBuilder ( Vice Admiral)
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I really love this model. It looks perfect and built so quickly.
Congratulations on you retirement from the forces and thanks for your long service. I hope everything goes well in your new venture.๐๐ Peter. ▲
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๐ฌ Re: Last update before 4 night shifts!
4 years ago by ๐ฌ๐ง Martin555 ( Fleet Admiral)
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It is really coming together.
Fantastic workmanship. Keep it up. Martin555. ▲
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๐ฌ Re: Last update before 4 night shifts!
4 years ago by ๐ฌ๐ง Skydive130 ( Rear Admiral)
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As itโs mostly painting now Doug, best done in natural light as my office lights arenโt the best! Plus, tonight I will be tendering my application to discharge from the Army after 36 years as Iโve a new job in civvy street starting in June!
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๐ฌ Re: Last update before 4 night shifts!
4 years ago by ๐ฉ๐ช RNinMunich ( Fleet Admiral)
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Hey, that looks great๐
Glad it worked out so well, good work. If you want I have a similar mini commercial radar display shot. Cheers, Doug ๐ PS Didn't you use to do some of your best modelling on the night shift!? ๐๐ ▲
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๐ฌ Re: Making some of the detail.
4 years ago by ๐ฌ๐ง Skydive130 ( Rear Admiral)
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Everything is a lot quicker to make these days. The reason? Cyanoacrylate!๐
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๐ฌ Re: Making some of the detail.
4 years ago by ๐ญ๐บ MouldBuilder ( Vice Admiral)
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An hours work? How about being a Toolmaker. I could do with somebody who works with that quality and speed.๐
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๐ฌ Re: Painted Scuba bottles and fishing real
4 years ago by ๐ฟ๐ฆ redpmg ( Commodore)
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Simon that reel is brilliant as is the finish on the bottles.
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๐ฌ Re: Reel painted and first barrel started
4 years ago by ๐ฌ๐ง Skydive130 ( Rear Admiral)
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Working with small bits is fiddly granted, but Iโm lucky to have quite small but steady hands, however my glasses prescription has changed many times over the years as a consequence! To avoid losing tiny bits amongst the dust and stuff on the floor, I use a small towel on my work bench, anything that slips my grasp falls onto the towel instead of disappearing onto the floor! Of course I would be in a world of grief if I was to use one of โthe long haired sergeant majorsโ best bath towels! ๐๐
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4 years ago by ๐ญ๐บ MouldBuilder ( Vice Admiral)
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Fantastic. How on earth do you manage to handle the small parts without spending most of your time on hands and knees with a magnifier looking for them.๐๐๐
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๐ฌ Re: Reel painted and first barrel started
4 years ago by ๐ฟ๐ฆ redpmg ( Commodore)
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Going to have to ask you to stop making most of us look like amateurs Simon - that reel is fantastic - especially at that scale
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๐ฌ Re: Reel painted and first barrel started
4 years ago by ๐ฌ๐ง Martin555 ( Fleet Admiral)
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Excellent workmanship.
You truly are a master. Keep up the good work. Martin555. ▲
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๐ฌ Re: Fishing rod and 1st barrel finished
4 years ago by ๐ญ๐บ MouldBuilder ( Vice Admiral)
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Cannot imagine how you do this. Superb!๐
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4 years ago by ๐ฌ๐ง marky ( Commodore)
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" I think were going to need a bigger boat".
Brilliant love the detail. Cheers Marky๐ ▲
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๐ฌ Re: Fishing rod and 1st barrel finished
4 years ago by ๐ฌ๐ง Martin555 ( Fleet Admiral)
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The weathering on the barrel is very realistic.
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