My 1/35th, 66" long Disney Nautilus

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  • SubDude
    Captain
    • Dec 2019
    • 803

    #16
    Rusting has begun. This Modern Masters product is pretty cool stuff.

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    • He Who Shall Not Be Named
      Moderator
      • Aug 2008
      • 12256

      #17
      Ground Iron and acid is our friend.

      David
      Who is John Galt?

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      • SubDude
        Captain
        • Dec 2019
        • 803

        #18
        It sure is. Now one quarter has been rusted and wiped down. The clear coat will darken it some when applied but it is looking good. Next, I will flip it over and do the other bottom section. Then I will turn it upright and do the whole top. I hope to have the paint work completed by Saturday. Then on to running gear. I am still waiting to get my receivers back from Radio South but I have most everything else. I love projects like this where I learn as I go.

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        • RCSubGuy
          Welcome to my underwater realm!
          • Aug 2009
          • 1768

          #19
          If you do a light wipe down with strokes going top to bottom, you end up with really realistic streaking before clearcoat.

          That is looking epic! I love it!

          Bob

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          • SteveNeill
            Commander
            • Apr 2020
            • 315

            #20
            Outstanding!

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            • SubDude
              Captain
              • Dec 2019
              • 803

              #21
              The paint work is basically done. I may touch it up here and there as I sit and look at it but I think it turned out well for a first try.

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              • He Who Shall Not Be Named
                Moderator
                • Aug 2008
                • 12256

                #22
                Hit it with a very flat clear-coat and you're done!

                David
                Who is John Galt?

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                • SubDude
                  Captain
                  • Dec 2019
                  • 803

                  #23
                  Will do. Thank you!

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                  • rwtdiver
                    Vice Admiral
                    • Feb 2019
                    • 1770

                    #24
                    Hi Steve!

                    Your Nautilus is looking great! The size is so impressive! Your skills with aircraft building are showing through with your Nautilus build. The coloring and your detail work is spot on. Watching your progress on your Nautilus and the great photos you have taken have impressed me to the point you have pushed me over the edge!

                    I am in the process of purchasing from Bob at Nautilus Drydocks one of his 1:77 scale (31" length) Nautilus complete starter kits. As if I needed more Subs to build!

                    Keep up the great work Steve, I sure will be following your build close!

                    Rob

                    "Firemen Can stand the heat"

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                    • He Who Shall Not Be Named
                      Moderator
                      • Aug 2008
                      • 12256

                      #25
                      Originally posted by rwtdiver
                      Hi Steve!

                      Your Nautilus is looking great! The size is so impressive! Your skills with aircraft building are showing through with your Nautilus build. The coloring and your detail work is spot on. Watching your progress on your Nautilus and the great photos you have taken have impressed me to the point you have pushed me over the edge!

                      I am in the process of purchasing from Bob at Nautilus Drydocks one of his 1:77 scale (31" length) Nautilus complete starter kits. As if I needed more Subs to build!

                      Keep up the great work Steve, I sure will be following your build close!

                      Rob

                      "Firemen Can stand the heat"
                      Steve, not meaning to hijack you're thread, as I think this will be helpful to you too, I'm linking a video of a 31" Disney NAUTILUS to show you and Rob how easily controlled this r/c model submarine
                      is by gimbaling the propeller -- in this example not just pitch, but also swinging it about the yaw axis to complement the turning force of the rudder. This is basically the same kit Rob just bought:







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                      David
                      Who is John Galt?

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                      • rwtdiver
                        Vice Admiral
                        • Feb 2019
                        • 1770

                        #26
                        Hi David,

                        Thank you so much for the photos and the video links for Steve and me to use in our builds of this beautiful Boat! As soon as my Nautilus kit arrives, I will be setting up a build blog on my Nautilus as well. Steve thank you for the use of your blog here so that we could get this great information from the master!!

                        Rob

                        "Firemen can stand the heat"

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                        • SubDude
                          Captain
                          • Dec 2019
                          • 803

                          #27
                          David, that gimbal setup is a masterful piece of engineering. I look forward to your build Rob. Anything shared on any thread of mine is always welcome as an opportunity to learn. I did gimbal the pitch control on my Nautilus but was unaware of being able to incorporate yaw functionality as well until now. I am a little past that point on mine but it is definitely logged into my memory bank for future builds.

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                          • trout
                            Admiral
                            • Jul 2011
                            • 3545

                            #28
                            Depending on what model or Nautilus you are painting, on the set Nautilus the rackers have silver/gray along the leading edge. So, no rust where the blades are cutting through the ships hulls.
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                            It is a detail I plan on putting on when I build one. Just a random note I had stored away.
                            Last edited by trout; 04-26-2020, 02:49 AM.
                            If you can cut, drill, saw, hit things and swear a lot, you're well on the way to building a working model sub.

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                            • SubDude
                              Captain
                              • Dec 2019
                              • 803

                              #29
                              Interesting bit of detail... I never noticed that. Thank you for pointing that out.

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                              • RCSubGuy
                                Welcome to my underwater realm!
                                • Aug 2009
                                • 1768

                                #30
                                I personally like the semi-gloss sheen. Seems more realistic to me, and it's what I do on my Nautilus builds. Matte lacquer actually doesn't play nice with Modern Masters iron paint. It has the terrible habit of turning the rust pink in spots.

                                I think what you've got going there is perfect.

                                I'm also a huge proponent of the vertically gimballed prop for pitch control. This boat already has that feature implemented thanks to Steve Neill, but it should be modified for additional throw. I personally feel that the stock rudder has more than enough authority to spin that boat around. Adding a clear piece of plastic to the trailing edge of the rudder would have that thing turning on a dime.


                                Bob

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