These photos are for Brian and anyone else who wants more info on the mounting bracket I used for my Bismarck at IRCWCC NATS 2010. The following are a series of photos of the bracket in it's entirety and details. Back side of the camera sitting atop the mount. The camera's own mount is bolted to the mounting brackett. The mount onboard the Yamato, currently in refit. The camera can be rotated to face the bow or forward of the bow The angle from that height gives a very wide field of view.You could probaby follow a ship sinking . Facing the bow of Yamato you can see how the camera sits. The camera can be level to look out far beyond the bow . A quarter turn either side can get a side angle view very wide. The camera level again but facing aft. Using a meter stick. The mount is about 12-13 inches high off the deck.
On the deck a hole is drilled through to allow a bolt to come up from underneath. There the mount is placed over the bolt and secured with a washer plate and wing nut. The mount and Camera as one removable unit This is a platform with a winch wheel with line and a float behind the camera. This platform is bolted with the camera mount. It's mainly to locate the camera or the entire mount if it's sheared off but if the ship sinks it still acts as a float recovery marker. This is a Go Pro mounting sticky pad modifed with a screw through it. The mount is secured to the bracket via a wing nut. The other side of the mount. The size of the brackett. mounting plate secured to the bracket with screws base of the brackett. Some of the parts that secure the mount and camera The entire assembly
Front of mount Side view of the camera and float platform The hole is for the bobber to rest in. It just floats off when the platform is submerged. The underside of the platform. You can see how it's secured The spool wheel for the float The Go Pro mounting pad secured to the mount THe underside of the bracket A shot of the butterfly or wing nut securing the pad The support legs The bottom of the brackett again The 2 small holes where the legs will insert and secure the bracket for support. The bolt and washer mounting THe wing nut and washer that secure the bracket at the base The leg support and how they are inserted into the foredeck A good shot of how it is secured. You can make a similar mount for a stern platform or various sizes to mount anywhere on a large model.
Thanks Curt. I bet a bit of extruded aluminum channel would serve as a replacement for your copier part. I'll have to see what I can come up with locally.
This bracket was actually turned into a pretzel. It wasn't so twisted looking. My buddy who was making it was trynig to drill a mounting plate using a drill press. Well the screw locked into the metal and the entire bracket ended up revolving upward on the drill press and looked like a twisted metal pretzel. It took an hour to unravel it, then pound out the bends to bring it back to it's original shape. We thought it was destroyed but as you can see we managed to salvage it. Good luck on yours. Hope you can post pics of it when done.
