North Cormorant oil platform WIP

dlh

I should have lit the landing lights. Also lit the interiors of the modules, motorized the cranes, displayed the rig in a wave tank.

You forgot a flame on the burn-off stack

Only problem is that both flame and water "do not scale" sad to say.

But, it makes a cool mental picture, the whole thing in a clear case, with a motion detector so that, as you walk by, it lights up, the waves move, etc.

I do have to say that I'm thinking that base would be less-than fun to get a sea effect through.  A real challenge.

[Wanders off to consider the problem . . . ]

CapnMac82

 

 

dlh

I should have lit the landing lights. Also lit the interiors of the modules, motorized the cranes, displayed the rig in a wave tank.

 

 

You forgot a flame on the burn-off stack

 

Only problem is that both flame and water "do not scale" sad to say.

But, it makes a cool mental picture, the whole thing in a clear case, with a motion detector so that, as you walk by, it lights up, the waves move, etc.

I do have to say that I'm thinking that base would be less-than fun to get a sea effect through.  A real challenge.

[Wanders off to consider the problem . . . ]

 

Exactly!  I considered running small metal tubing up the boom and connecting to a small tank of butane.  But with my luck, I would have lost the model and my house.

Beautiful work on a very interesting model. I had a hip replacement about 15 years ago & the orthopedic surgeon that did it had pictures in his office of oil platforms & I asked him about them & he said he had designed a lot of them before he became a surgeon. He was a fairly young man too. 

   I asked him if surgery was a lot harder than Chemical engineering & he said surgery was much easier than chemistry. He was a super surgeon too. 

Hi ;

  Have you ever seen the Rolling small wave forms at sea ? The idea of a peaceful calm ? Day can be achieved by painting your water out of Flexible acryllic on a clear sheet base . Place the base over a plate in which a wiper is installed . Make sure the wiper moves smoothly and  then is easily moved from side to side  .

  One that moves back and forth like a windshield wiper . Side to side instead of a arc . Place the sea over it  and hand or power will allow it to create the rolling wave effect . The flare can be represented with certain types of LEGO flames . There are some that will work in the " Lord of the Rings , Pirate Ship " or go to LEGO on line and check the Bricks and Pieces catalogue .

 The other way would be to use injected air Firing upwards from below in a certain sequence .The Legs of the rig would almost necessitate this kind of option .  

That's a unique kit, you did a real nice job on it.

Another flare possibility would be those electric tea candles.  Get one of those that flickers and it should be at least scale plausible if not scale accurate.

Greg

That's a unique kit, you did a real nice job on it.

 

Thanks. It was fun and I learned a lot.

Dave

Tanker - Builder

Hi ;

  Have you ever seen the Rolling small wave forms at sea ? The idea of a peaceful calm ? Day can be achieved by painting your water out of Flexible acryllic on a clear sheet base . Place the base over a plate in which a wiper is installed . Make sure the wiper moves smoothly and  then is easily moved from side to side  .

  One that moves back and forth like a windshield wiper . Side to side instead of a arc . Place the sea over it  and hand or power will allow it to create the rolling wave effect . The flare can be represented with certain types of LEGO flames . There are some that will work in the " Lord of the Rings , Pirate Ship " or go to LEGO on line and check the Bricks and Pieces catalogue .

 The other way would be to use injected air Firing upwards from below in a certain sequence .The Legs of the rig would almost necessitate this kind of option .  

 

Great idea.  It reminds me of the small wave tanks we used in Physics class to study wave reinforcement, cancellation, and nodes.  It's got me thinking.

Thanks,

Dave

LonCray

Another flare possibility would be those electric tea candles.  Get one of those that flickers and it should be at least scale plausible if not scale accurate.

 

I found these after I started collecting glass art by Bret Mcdonald.  The small one is about the right size, but I have to decide if I want to remove it from the sculpture.

Does Mr. McDonald take commissions?  Might be better than damaging an existing piece.