My 1/35th, 66" long Disney Nautilus

[RCSubGuy]

That was great, Steve! I watched the whole thing. You do a great job explaining things and you're a great ambassador for the hobby!

Thanks for sharing!


Bob

[SubDude]

I had an opportunity to talk subs on the Merry Boozers RC show tonight. I hope I was able to promote The Nautilus Drydocks and the hobby overall. I am certainly no expert but this big boat has gotten the attention of many in the RC community.

[SteveNeill]

I think about 2010. But I cheated. 40 plus years on movie effects and making things for producers that had to work and in record time prepares you for things like this. Some times things would just get destroyed on set my idiots. You had to fix it and have it working the next morning. So making the impossible possible has always been my job. ;)

[SubDude]

I think the lighting in the wheel house is spot on. And it helps me as does your painting of the boat and the Vallejo rust I did know about. I ordered their entire compliment. Starting my smaller Nautilus today that replaced the boat you now have.

Did you ever see how life started for this boat? Ran over by UPS and the whole in a million pieces the client ordered another one for me to build. He told me to keep this one and when I finished and shipped his boat I started piecing it back together like a gig saw puzzle.

This is a fitting end to my old friend for many years at the pond!

I can't begin to tell you how much I appreciate these pictures. It is incredible what you had to work with and even more so what you managed to do with it. Really helps me to appreciate all the more just what I have. Thank you so much for making the effort to repair it. Because if what you did, I am now able to realize something I had only dreamed about and quite honestly was starting to feel would never happen. When was it that this occurred?

[SteveNeill]

I think the lighting in the wheel house is spot on. And it helps me as does your painting of the boat and the Vallejo rust I did know about. I ordered their entire compliment. Starting my smaller Nautilus today that replaced the boat you now have.

Did you ever see how life started for this boat? Ran over by UPS and the whole in a million pieces the client ordered another one for me to build. He told me to keep this one and when I finished and shipped his boat I started piecing it back together like a gig saw puzzle.

This is a fitting end to my old friend for many years at the pond!

[SubDude]

I agree with Bob, it is really a cool look. For whatever reason, it fits the Nautilus theme. It has a Steam Punk look and feel to it. If the frame is painted an antique bronze it will be eye candy on the inside. Steve, you are doing.a great job on this submarine.

Thank you sir. I am such a newbie at this. I like to experiment and try new things though. I replaced the wheelhouse and salon windows and am working on vacuum forming new lenses for all the lights around the salon windows now. My receivers will be here tomorrow and the running gear is progressing well. It won't be much longer and she'll be ready to get wet.

[trout]

That ballast tank is the slickest thing I've seen in a long time!

Bob

I agree with Bob, it is really a cool look. For whatever reason, it fits the Nautilus theme. It has a Steam Punk look and feel to it. If the frame is painted an antique bronze it will be eye candy on the inside. Steve, you are doing.a great job on this submarine.

[Subculture]

Twin piston tanks will also do the same, especially so if they're driven off a common shaft (e.g. single motor).

[RCSubGuy]

That ballast tank is the slickest thing I've seen in a long time! I love it!

For the uninitiated, a spherical ballast tank is the ONLY way to ensure no change in center of buoyancy due to water movement during operation. It's ideal from a physics perspective, but not for space-saving.


Bob

[SubDude]

Playing with some different ways of lighting up the wheelhouse. Trying to come close to that attack scene look.

[SubDude]

One of two ballast tanks. 5-1/2" sphere with 12V solenoid installed and mounted in a 3D printed frame. The frame simply screws to four pillars glued to the bottom of the hull.

[SubDude]

The green LED's are likely going to change. I am considering detailing out the salon to a point. Already working on replacing the windows in the wheelhouse and salon but it will still be hard to see much inside it.

[rwtdiver]

Steve,

Those lights really set that boat off! The last photo would certainly scare the crews of any ship that might wonder into it's path. Great look, with the blueish/green light!

Are you doing any of the interior work inside the main hull?

Rob,

"Firemen can stand the heat"

[SubDude]

Lighting progress.

[SteveNeill]

Locks great! I just ordered a set of the same pigments for my Nautilus build! Awesome! And thank you.