| Tango01 | 09 Dec 2016 9:21 p.m. PST |
"Whilst it was possible to replicate the Japanese aircraft used in the film TORA! TORA! TORA!, the warships were a different problem. The Japanese were nothing but ingenious … and built full-size mock-ups of a battleship and an aircraft carrier. They were built on the shoreline so that when the tide came in, they appeared to be at sea…."
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| Texas Jack | 10 Dec 2016 3:29 a.m. PST |
I really enjoyed both of Bobīs posts on Tora Tora Tora, the pictures were great and some of the information was new to me. Made my annual watching of the film even more fun than usual! |
| Dynaman8789 | 10 Dec 2016 7:03 a.m. PST |
I never knew they built such elaborate full size mockups, impressive. |
| Captain Gideon | 10 Dec 2016 8:25 a.m. PST |
Let's not forget the models that were also built. They built 19 Japanese ships to represent the Japanese Strike Fleet and 10 US ships which included the ships in Battleship Row. The cost of building these models was $1,250,000 USD the Japanese models were built on a scale of 1/2-inch to the foot,and the American ships were 3/4-inch to the foot. |
| Wackmole9 | 10 Dec 2016 9:04 a.m. PST |
Goes to show you, How talent movie prop makers were in the golden age of film.Today we get fast cut CGI stuff that has no flow or depth to them. |
| Tango01 | 10 Dec 2016 10:42 a.m. PST |
Happy you enjoyed it my friends!. (smile)
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| CVA31bhr | 10 Dec 2016 11:57 a.m. PST |
Some of the models ended up in Tampa and are on display at the American Military Museum. They are some big honkers. There is a local collector here who has the National Museum of Ship Models and he supposedly has one or two also, in storage, along with one from In Harm's Way. |
| Striker | 10 Dec 2016 12:24 p.m. PST |
Finescale modeler had an article on the restoration of the Nevada. Not the latest issue but the one prior. It sat on a Hollywood lot for a while and was in bad shape. |
| Dynaman8789 | 10 Dec 2016 12:44 p.m. PST |
> How talent movie prop makers were in the golden age of film.Today we get fast cut CGI stuff that has no flow or depth to them. On the flip side the Japanese fleet shots in Tora Tora Tora looked like models. I don't blame the tools for the lack of "reality" in cgi – I blame bad direction. As an example, in Titanic (yup that one) on some of the shots I thought the ship would be the CGI since it was easier to model but the ship was a physical model and the people walking along it were CGI. |
| Otto the Great | 10 Dec 2016 5:19 p.m. PST |
armedforcesmuseum.com The museum is called "Armed Forces Museum." It is located in Largo, FL. The museum will closed Sunday, January 29, 2017 at 4:00pm. |
| Charlie 12 | 10 Dec 2016 6:47 p.m. PST |
How talent movie prop makers were in the golden age of film.Today we get fast cut CGI stuff that has no flow or depth to them. I wouldn't be so dismissive of CGI efforts. YouTube link This was done for a Japanese TV mini-series based on a popular novel about the period before and after the RJW (whose title I can't recall). Note: I'd set the volume to mute; the accompanying music is bit annoying (although apt since the title is "Stand Alone"). |
| Charlie 12 | 10 Dec 2016 8:02 p.m. PST |
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| Ironwolf | 11 Dec 2016 9:55 a.m. PST |
Charlie 12, that was a very nice clip. |
| Old Wolfman | 12 Dec 2016 8:41 a.m. PST |
Fantastic,and those pre-dreadnoughts looked great. |
Shagnasty  | 12 Dec 2016 9:34 a.m. PST |
Great CGI work but the music was distracting to the max. |
| Captain Gideon | 13 Dec 2016 9:46 a.m. PST |
Shagnasty the music comes from the series. I've seen the full episode and it's great the whole series is onlne,I've also seen the episode before this which had the Battle of Mukden the last large Land Battle of the Russo-Japanese War. |
| EJNashIII | 19 Apr 2017 7:04 p.m. PST |
It appears the museum in Florida that houses the models closed down with the passing of the owner. I hope the models are not lost. |
