The Orca - Jaws - 1:15 scale
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starks
Sr Member
I got a good look through your thread. This is really amazing and well thought out. I see your repeatedly unsure on your ship building skills being your first but look what you achieved!
As for wanting to do the interior there's nothing wrong with that... and again it is perfect.
If you have any suggestions for other plans would be great. I see you deviated from your plans quite early on. If you get bored one day perhaps you could post up some basic measurements of your own
And that is a very kind offer to help with some print files. I haven't gotten into 3d printing yet although my cousin has and has offered me a few times I can borrow it for a play. Otherwise I could pay a 3rd party to print pieces. Either way thank you and I might have to seriously look at doing this soon.
Oh love the ingenuity of cut up rubber bands in the chum buckets!
Cheers,
Josh
mknayman
New Member
Thanks so much!
division 6
Master Member
Just remember Port - Red - Wine.
mknayman
New Member
Great tip!Just remember Port - Red - Wine.
TuskenRaider
Active Member
Beautiful build, the details are amazing! I love the thread too, I need to document my builds better, even if just for myself. I wonder if I can ask your advice please? I'm in the early stages of an Orca build and I'm struggling to get the red hull colour right. It was apparently 'burgundy' on the real Orca but this is misleading me into mixing too dark and too cold a colour. On screen it's much warmer almost looks like a dark red-orange. Do you remember what you used?
Thanks,
Rob
Thanks,
Rob
mknayman
New Member
Thank you kindly. Sorry for late reply. Laid up with serious back issues. Curse of the modeller from being hunched over the work table all the time.
I might see if I can draw up some plan modifications, but I don't know that I kept good enough records. I did a lot of it live, on the day, eye balling it, though if someone had Pat Trittles plans, I would happily walk them through what I did differently on the hull.
The Cabin and flying bridge.. I don't even really know how I did it. I just grabbed balsa, super glue, a saw, and forced it into existence.
mknayman
New Member
Hey man! Thank you! I do the build logs as a way of keeping myself in check. I know I'm gonna have show every stupid decision to people at the end, so it kind of holds me to account from taking any REALLY gross shortcuts. Gotta seem at least a little like I know what I'm doing
As for the paint, your wish is my command. Here are the paints I used.
I got the recommendation from the gentleman who runs the facebook page 'The Orca Model'. He was very helpful over the whole build, and just a good all-round guy. Sells nice Quint statues too.
See the attached file for the off-white and hull-red I used.
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TuskenRaider
Active Member
Thanks so much dude, that's helpful.Hey man! Thank you! I do the build logs as a way of keeping myself in check. I know I'm gonna have show every stupid decision to people at the end, so it kind of holds me to account from taking any REALLY gross shortcuts. Gotta seem at least a little like I know what I'm doing
As for the paint, your wish is my command. Here are the paints I used.
I got the recommendation from the gentleman who runs the facebook page 'The Orca Model'. He was very helpful over the whole build, and just a good all-round guy. Sells nice Quint statues too.
See the attached file for the off-white and hull-red I used.
lowelker
Active Member
I was searching for Jaws props on the internet and saw a shot of what seems to be this kit (but with a shark cage haning off the port side) and the text said this was going to be a kit. When I clicked on the link, I was required to join the site to have access. I did see the RPF symbol though.
Please someone, tell me this will be a kit.
Please someone, tell me this will be a kit.
Very, very nice. I'd like to get a RC version of this one and the Jungle Cruise boat.
lowelker
Active Member
Hello again.
Might this ever be a kit? I swear I saw a flyer online advertising this as a kit. The flyer was attached to pinterest or some other like site that you had to join. Like I said though, I saw the RPF symbol in some text so searched here.
Again,,,,,, will this ever be a kit? I would love one.
Might this ever be a kit? I swear I saw a flyer online advertising this as a kit. The flyer was attached to pinterest or some other like site that you had to join. Like I said though, I saw the RPF symbol in some text so searched here.
Again,,,,,, will this ever be a kit? I would love one.
Hey Lowelker -
I believe the kit is no longer made (it was sold years back but I can't remember by whom)... and likely cross promoted on RPF which is why you're seeing the watermark on the images. That said, the kit was inaccurate in many ways. There are models such as Erik Hollander's out there that sort of stand head and shoulders above all other ORCA models out there. You may look around eBay for a second hat kit version.
Or... start one from scratch!
I believe the kit is no longer made (it was sold years back but I can't remember by whom)... and likely cross promoted on RPF which is why you're seeing the watermark on the images. That said, the kit was inaccurate in many ways. There are models such as Erik Hollander's out there that sort of stand head and shoulders above all other ORCA models out there. You may look around eBay for a second hat kit version.
Or... start one from scratch!
mknayman
New Member
Yeah, I saw that years ago. I don't think anything came of it, unfortunately, hence, making one from scratch. I feel like a kit would sell well, so I am sure there is some license issue.
Beyond that, there is just SO MUCH STUFF to make for it, perhaps making a good kit is simply cost-prohibitive.
I've seen scratch-built ones like mine going for $5000ish US on ebay, and honestly, I think those model makers are un-charging after what I went through
mknayman
New Member
Yeah, the plans I built from are actually for an RC version. I didn't trust my ship building skills to make it watertight, so opted for static.Very, very nice. I'd like to get a RC version of this one and the Jungle Cruise boat.
Thanks for the kind words
