A lovely sunny day in Bovingdon Airfield during the Summer 2005, birds singing and nice temperature, when suddenly…BANG! A nice red van blows up in the middle of the field with fire and smoke darkens the clear blue sky.
Van Explosion - Video
To achieve the van explosion it was required a lot of preparation work done by us and supervised by Graham Brown. The van itself needed stripping down (removing the gasoline tank and other combustible parts that could be projected over the surrounding area) as well as a meticulous rigging of the explosives inside the van to the firing box (by checking the correct test signal given for each wire).
Initial tests before the final big explosion !
We mainly use flash powder charges (petrol lifter), around 200g each, some of them to detach roof parts during the explosion and others to lift the fireballs into the air. To be sure to ignite the petrol inside the heavy metal bucket we placed single Le Maitre silver jets charges at the side of each of them.
Van Explosion - Video (different angle)
Credits
DIRECTOR : VFX CLASS ( Pedro Pinto, Rodrigo Fernandes, Sambo Gansser , Wilson Stockman )
PRODUCER : Pennie Brown
SFX SUPERVISOR: Graham Brown
