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My Mobius Skipjack 1/72. I've had a lot of fun with this. I'm not good at painting or weathering as you can tell. Actually in my first post, I claimed to have lost this sub in 20+ feet of water, I did not in fact lose this sub, I did however loose my Permit class. My apologies. This was my first RC sub i bought 2014-ish.
My 3D printed 1/72 La Jolla (SSN-701) based on the 1/96 Los Angeles I purchased on Nautilus Drydocks. I did however make some modifications including the DDS as well as added .303" to the total length. I'm going to use the same sub driver in my Skipjack. The sub driver I would rather use is in my Permit which is on the bottom of the lake. I'm exited about this one. Obviously and this goes without saying, I am very bad at painting and weathering, Its still in the painting phase as i wait on a custom 72mm 7 blade prop I designed just for this boat.
This is my own semi-designed 3D printed 26" SDV. I actually got this from thingiverse but felt the need to make extensive modifications like interior running lights, a detailed backlit instrument panel, a deck and improve the sliding doors as well as modify the geometry to be inline with the real world counterpart, So its based on a thing i found on thingiverse but I have made it better IMO. The original creator has given me great feedback. I've wanted to do this for a while. Its not radio controlled, its actually rubber band powered and just for pool use. Its super fun and I can even put 2 GoPros in it and get some cool videos. I've been thinking about building one for the purpose of radio control. I was thinking 1/6 scale that way i can use 1/6 scale action figures. Anyone want to collaborate?
I posted this in the early stages in another thread. Its not quite done but worth mentioning. Its my own design, I wanted something that looked technologically advanced, extremely stealthy and could reduce the population of any standing nation to zero with a press of a single button or a simple voice command, but didn't look like it was associated with the west or east. I would think a real life sub like this would run with a small crew using a military equivalent of Alexis or Siri along with AI and radically advance machine learning algorithms . The sub driver that will be used is similar to Skipjack. The 52mm prop may be slightly underpowered for this but I have designed one I could print if needed. 3D printed our of PETG, designed in Autodesk inventor . I will hand scribe torpedo doors, VLS doors, vents etc.
So as for me...im still working on my painting and weathering skills. I'm still very new to this hobby and I'm sill leering a lot. Been really interested in building 1/144 scale subs lately. Like the Trumpeter Seawolf and Astute to use in pools or small ponds.
Hope you like.
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