Hi folks!

Just thought I'd share my RHS'06 Build as it happens:

http://webpages.atlanticbb.net/~ezahurak/rocky/

Check back now and again over the next few weeks, to see how things progress.  Let me know what you think, and if you have any questions, I'd be happy to try and answer them.

Hi Eddy..thanks for sharing your work......I like the gates and the backdrop but what I really like are the gadgets that hold "the slab" together in different configurations.  I worked on a design last year that had eight boxes that looked liked benches.....they could be set seperately on stage but also hooked together for beds, low tables, steps etc.  They had hinged lids for props.  I was trying to make a sort of generic bench that could be re-used in all of our productions.  I like your platform and will see if I can incorporate your bracing ideas.  How are you attaching the posts to the sides of the bed?  I found some hardware ( don't know the actual name for it)  It's lie a hook and eye but the hook is a flat piece of metal with a notch and the eye is a peg rather than a loop.  The advantage is that the fastener lays flat. 

Anyways..please keep us posted....I like to watch some else's progress.....

Way cool.  Love the gates.  I'm also designing a set for Rocky right now too.  Maybe I should get some pics up as well.  Your production looks to be very different from ours, visually and artistically.  We didn't have room for a whole tank/slab, but are making a tilted table, much like the "monster movies" have.  Space considerations and all.  The theatre has no stage left entrances and a very shallow backstage.

hope to see some pics of your finished product.

 It does really get right up your nose, when that happens!
We moved into an old used & abused space, for our inaugural production of ?Stepping Out?.
The stage was old T&G Jarrah [Red hard wood] plank flooring, with lumps, bumps, splinters & nail heads.
As we were limited in time for the bump in, it was easier & quicker, to cover it completely in thin MDF & under gaffer it together.
Rather than taking the trouble to top dress & find all the splinters & protruding nail heads, by dragging around a warm prop by the legs.
Also the MDF took up all gaps so the set pieces sat square & gave a flush surface to easily paint with a kitchen squeezy mop for the show.
In fact the MDF sheets are still down & work well with all ours & other user sets since!