today's work

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

This is the MASK facility where we did most of the ALLIGATOR underwater shots for a TV show.

https://youtu.be/pir_muTzYM8

That show, an episode for the Discovery Science Channel, here:

https://youtu.be/Dn2R2NBeuJI

[Timothy L]

https://youtu.be/Dn2R2NBeuJI

Wow!!! Just when you thought you knew what an awesome model was - then David blows your mind with this!!! Absolutely fascinating and intriguing story, photos, and video. Thank you for posting and educating. Holy Moly.

[Timothy L]

Dave - what is this photo about? Thank you.

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

Dave - what is this photo about? Thank you.

While filming the miniatures at the David Tailor site we used both the MASK tank for the dark, no background shots; and then went to an artificial lake called the 'explosives evailuation basin' for underwater shots requiring and interesting background -- those round mound looking things are there to redirect conclusive explosions shock-waves during 'destructive testing' of exact scale submarine models. They literally blow up model submarines at that site. Not so much in these days of fluid dynamic simulations at a key stroke.

That's what I'm looking at here: one of the test-articles damaged in some long ago test of a model GATO/BALAL/TENCH type hull. This model, sitting in a corner of the test basin perimeter, is detailed right down to compartmentation, frame geometry and spacing, shell plating, and other analog to structures found on the real boats.



And here are more shots at that outdoor pool-of-pain: