Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Scale Model Titanic Sinking

Started something different just for fun. Got a 1/1200 scale model of Titanic and planning something ambitious. The idea is this model Titanic is sinking in a resin semi clear ocean while breaking up and illuminated from the inside. Because of the clear ocean this model can be viewed from both under water and above the surface. Here's some first pics.





Monday, May 6, 2013

Shishi Odoshi

I got some pieces of bamboo yesterday and remembered seeing once a "japanese bamboo water thing", turns out it's called a Shishi Odoshi. They are used to scare away animals that might be feasting off your crops. Relatively simple to make but the balance of the tipping piece in the center is quite critical. It also depends probably how hard it rains (I'm assuming it wil work when it rains, but you could just feed the thing with a pump in a pond) how well this will work. Tomorrow we should get some rain so Im curious to see if it works then. In the meantime watch a video of the Shishi Odoshi in action.