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Comment on Fortunes of Captain Blood 1950 by Swashbuckler

Swashbuckler — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 17:05:04 +0000

HOW BEAUTIFUL!!! Im highly delighted!

That’s what I like in early Hollywood swashbucklers…handsome looking miniature Galeons under white sails and professional arranged special effects. More of those pics please!!!

Comment on 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea 1954 by Swashbuckler

Swashbuckler — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 16:23:57 +0000

Beg to excuse, but I must inform you, that the three-masted paddle wheeler “Golden Arrow” wasn’t destroyed by the explosion! It’s just a very simple optical movie fake! In fact, the model is still alive and complete, with all of his masts an rigging, exactly as it was in 1956 and it’s now hanging on the ceiling of a Disney movie prop storehouse in Orlando/Florida. Unfortunately I don’t know what’s happened with the miniature of screw sloop USS Abraham Lincoln. She was a true beauty on screen.

Comment on 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea 1954 by number1

number1 — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 11:36:16 +0000

12 Year project…Exterior and Interior, that is dedication. I have a RC Sci Fi vehicle project that I have just resumed working on that is over 10 years old, but I hadn’t worked on it for at least 5 years.

Comment on 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea 1954 by Ken Dowd

Ken Dowd — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 15:01:05 +0000

Hi, I enjoyed your site very much. I can’t see too many photos of the Nautilus.

Currently I’m working on my own model of the Nautilus [7 ft. long], a 12 year project, &
since I’m building the complete interior as well it has taken that long. I’ve had to modify nearly everything since Disney was only building movie sets & these cabins have to fit inside
that actual hull shape [cones at each end], but I have managed to fit it all in & keep the
Disney/Goff “look”. That redesign was one of the most difficult to accomplish.
It’s not yet complete, but hopefully it will be within the next year. At least I hope so!
Lots of work, lots of problems, but also lots of fun. I’ve been taking progression pix. of the
project, not yet ready to share those however, but they are good. Not too many people have seen my model, just family & friends. Hope to get Disney interested when it’s finished.

Comment on Help me by number1

number1 — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 09:47:04 +0000

I have been to your site before but must have missed the pages on the 1953 Titanic. Great photos and really interesting story of the miniatures. Lots of really great titanic movie stuff. I will add your site to my links. Thanks

Comment on Help me by Jim Avey

Jim Avey — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 20:15:27 +0000

Great articles! If you go to my website, you can see lots of info on the 1953 TITANIC and the model effects.

Comment on Operation Pacific 1951 by number1

number1 — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 12:00:45 +0000

Wow great pics of a movie I have not yet seen but it is on my hunt list. I only have only ever seen a couple of pictures of the miniatures in a book about Eiji Tsubaraya. Sink the Bismarck is one of the all time top model ship movies and will definately get a blog at some point as will Tora x3.

Comment on Operation Pacific 1951 by Roger Todd

Roger Todd — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 14:13:51 +0000

What a fantastic blog! I’ve always been a bit of a warship buff and what with one of my other interests being visual effects, a website covering maritime effects in the movies is manna from heaven for me!

I see you’ve already mentioned ‘Sink The Bismarck!’, one of the all-time great naval battle movies, but I hope you go into more depth at some point. ‘Tora! Tora! Tora!’ is another classic and frankly whups the arse of Michael Bay’s CGI excrescence, the movie-that-dare-not-mention-its-name.

There are also some interesting Japanese war films, ‘Nihonkai Daikaisen’ or ‘Battle of the Japan Sea’ (Toho, 1969) in particular being a magnificent picture. Here are some screengrabs off a DVD I managed to get hold of a few years ago (including some behind-the-scenes shots from a short extra film on it):
http://s11.photobucket.com/albums/a172/GrandLunar/Battle%20in%20the%20Sea%20of%20Japan/

Anyway, good luck with your blog, I’ve already got it bookmarked, and I see you already have Peter Cook’s superlative Matteshots blog linked as well!

Comment on The Cruel Sea 1953 by Mr. Sable`

Mr. Sable` — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 19:06:43 +0000

Glad to see you’re updating the site! I really enjoy it!

Comment on Help me by Emma Haw

Emma Haw — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 17:53:13 +0000

Thank you both for your replies! Kindest Regards, Emma