Designed and built from scratch (no donor tank used) for use on film and TV projects. 19kph top speed. Fully to scale. Light and easy to use. Standard modern-day components. Transported (without weapon restrictions) in three parts by shipping container.
Steel stanchion and counterbalance with tension rope system to achieve 12mtrs long rope bridges. Retrofitted into existing timber towers.
Modular motion set with floating and interchangeable wall panels (camera angles). Eight articulated legs in concert giving full 6 DOF of motion (bouncing, shaking)
Full 100 degree flip (roll) of complete motion set, including ‘free fall’ and catch. Floating and interchangeable wall panels. Manual controlled hydraulic with rapid reset time
Faux wooden pulley with integrated electrical winch to raise and reset candelabra in Swords castle safely
Hidden trench to float Viking ship in quarry as if in iced fjord. Decking over trench to allow cast and crew to walk, as if on iced water.
Submerged and hidden camera decks to carry camera crew inside torus of floating set
Solid full-scale steel portcullis gate (600kg) and mechanism to allow controlled and safe free-fall ‘reveal’ (32kph).
Custom built 'bailey' bridge, to access a remote film location. Kit of parts. Assembled by hand. 15mtr span, 2 tonne carrying capacity.
Modular bridge in kit form to span any length (15mtrs in this case) to carry 20 tonnes. Supplied and installed in 2 days.
500,000ltrs wave tank used for night shoot, heated to 25deg using modular boiler system with transfer plates.
Hidden hydraulic mechanism to lift/lower a tree, as if winched by cast.
Hidden safety mechanisms
Massive wave basin, demountable kit, fitted to existing car park concrete.
Overtopping horizon line in front of green screen. Supplied and fitted in 4 weeks.
Hidden hydraulic crane to lift 11mtr wooden poles, as if winched by cast.
Hidden steel mechanism underground, including safety mechanisms
Built as kit to be transported to several locations, including quarry cliff.
Steel shoring solution to create 3.5m deep box pit safe and dry for cast, crew and animals. Incorporating primed dewatering pump system. Delivered to remote location as a kit.
Modular water tank to provide water on sound stage for photo shoot (floating boat). Supplied as rental
Hidden hydraulic mechanism to operate a drawbridge (capable of taking horse and cart) as if timber and operated by cast.
Build, supply and retrofit steel 13mtr high racking to carry sets. No interference with the existing stage building structure.
Pair of matching steel stanchions capable of hiding within and carrying 11mtrs high wooden (Kiev) towers in hurricane winds.
Water tank with glass floor, to carry fish and water overhead (above camera crew) safely, without leaks