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Detroit Diesel Billfish Trophy
paul b hill -
Saturday, April 7, 2007 - 3:00pm
Sculpture Gallery | stainless steel  Thought I would post a recent photo of my stainless steel Marlin Trophy. I was commissioned by Detroit Diesel, the marine division that manufacters the MTU Diesel engine for off-shore boats and ships. They sponsored a billfish tournament here on the east coast this past summer and will have another this year on the west coast and a third one is planned in the Caribbean, in 2008. The piece is all stainless with a working transmission located in its stomach area. The base, in part, is made from an MTU diesel piston and piston rod while the gears are all from MTU marine diesel engines. The trophy was unveiled at the Ft. Lauderdale Boat Show in October. It was very exciting to be there at the time of the unveiling. The Marlin was well accepted by my client, the winning Billfish team for 2006 and all who were present. This piece will travel with the Billfish Tournaments each year...sort of like the Stanley Cup does in hockey. During the off-season, the trophy will be displayed in the main lobby of the Detroit Diesel Headquarters in Michigan.  Billfish
paul b hill -
Saturday, April 7, 2007 - 6:27pm
Billy - Thanx...The total time took about 2 months. The piece is about 4.50 feet tall from base to the top of the marlin and is about 4 foot across. It probably weighs around 100 pounds or so, once all is in place. It was really great fun for me...I absolutely love the "industrial" looking sculpture works...this seemed to be right up my alley. Paul » reply  Paul,Beatiful piece! Very
J.R. Tamayo -
Sunday, April 8, 2007 - 9:30am
Paul, Beautiful piece! Very technical, yet graceful. I'm with you, with the industrial look... love it. Is the base stainless, or did you plate it? J.R. » reply Trophy
paul b hill -
Wednesday, April 11, 2007 - 2:49pm
Thanx JR - The base is all stainless...I really have no place locally to get finish treatments - would have to send them out someplace, so it works out better for me if I can maintain the stainless steel through-out the entire piece. » reply  wow
Paula -
Sunday, April 8, 2007 - 5:51pm
Wow, wow, wow..........Very impressive! Do you find working with stainless difficult??? Isn't it hard to form??? Paula » reply Trophy
paul b hill -
Wednesday, April 11, 2007 - 2:54pm
Thank you, Paula - Stainless is a much harder steel than working with the same gauge in carbon steel, but I really love how the stainless shines and looks. It is also harder to form, but between heat with the oxy-acet and just some heavy hammer persuading, stainless will generally conform to the shape you are after. » reply  ooh shiney !!
Bill Roberts (not verified) -
Monday, April 9, 2007 - 9:36am
Paul........Nice trophy. Have you got any close up shots of the details......? Bill » reply ooh!
paul b hill -
Wednesday, April 11, 2007 - 3:06pm
Bill - Sending a close-up of the "tranny" and some of the rivet areas...Thanx for taking a look.
» reply sweeeeeet, love the details.
Bill Roberts (not verified) -
Wednesday, April 11, 2007 - 3:21pm
sweeeeeet, love the details. thanks for sharing, Paul. bill » reply  interestingly enough...
Jim Adams -
Thursday, November 22, 2007 - 2:53pm
nice work. in a previous life, ('92 thru '94) I had worked with MTU's headquarters in Sugar Land, TX prior to their being merged into Detroit Diesel. Serious engines » reply MTU
paul b hill -
Tuesday, November 27, 2007 - 5:41pm
Small world...they were great people to work with. Hope I can get some more from them. Detroit diesel was telling me that some of their oil tanker ships have engines the size of school buses...Very Serious engines! Thanx Jim. » reply Hi Paul, I donno how many
Jim Adams -
Wednesday, November 28, 2007 - 9:00am
Hi Paul, I donno how many of the folk I worked with transitioned to DD. It was MTU North America then, the engines and parts were coming from Germany at that point. I did IT stuff for them. It was an interesting gig for me, I was there two and one half years and was able to build some pretty good stuff in the time I was there. » reply |
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Billy,
Very nice.
How much time do you have in this?
Dimensions?
How heavy?
Looks great. Fun to make I bet.
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