The lower section of the Viking Ship hull is shaping up nicely. It looks bigger by the minute! There's a whole lot of steel in this frame with much more yet to come.
More garden magic
While the crew and Peter cut steel and weld the pieces into the ship I am busy designing the next project. The location and name of the project are still secret but the ideas are quickly coming together. The first drawing is a new facade for the bowling lanes. Imagine aiming for a strike down these lanes! Based on the study model (still in paint) I made at the workshop I whipped up this second concept drawing today. These are the features for one of the adventure golf holes... with the tall one topping out at about seven feet.
The beginnings of a ship
Like many things, a ship is started with a strong framework. Yesterday we started building the first Viking ship for Motiongate in Dubai. The ship will sit on the bottom of the shallow pool so the first step was to lay the flat mounting plates on the floor and then start welding the uprights. The deck of the ship will be built on top of this structure, coming apart to allow it to fit inside the shipping containers. As the framework came together it quickly became apparent just how big the ships are going to be. They will measure almost forty feet long and seventeen feet tall at the top of the figureheads (twenty-five feet at the mast). Look close in the picture and you can see Peter at the back of the ship getting ready to lay a weld.
