Here is a link to the Nautilus paper model-
www.dsm.museum/…/unterseeboot-nautilus-erdacht-1870-fuer-kapitaen-nemo-von-jules-verne.4413.de.html
Only 10 euros, and gave me a chance to practice my awful German…
Wow,this is going to be a great project,really different and interesting.Looking forward to it.
RE: the Wilkins Nautilus, I’ve thought about the same thing- jimmy the scale on a Heller Surcouf hull and you have something roughly the right shape, and the Wilkins Polar superstructure should draw attention away from any inconsistencies If you want something a little close, I think you’ll have to start with a block of wood. Some good references to start with are at:
And the Surcouf kit:
www.internetmodeler.com/…/Heller-1-400-Surcouf-Submarine.php
I really like this Pegasus Nautilus kit- the Alclad copper looks great!
Swanny, very cool, looking forward to seeing her come together!
Hmm, personally I’ve always preferred the more fanciful Disney version over the more realistic versions from the original novel and some of the other renderings.
FYI hold ALT and type 0168 = ¨
now back to your regularly scheduled WIP
PS… you have to use the number key pad or it will not work.
Moving right along the grills are in place and the final top color is shot. The top color is Model Master burnt iron. Still have a little buffing and touch-up to do. I used some transparent red on both sides of some clear sheet followed by a couple coats of dull coat to make a light filter which goes inside the grill after paint. Some crumbled aluminum foil is used to make a reflector and a 3mm water clear red LED mounted inside the fin. Pictures of the lit fin coming tomorrow.
While this is drying I’ll start work on the search light. I really want to have the light functional and I have seen other modelers install some fiber optic line in there but it is awkward in my opinion. I’m starting with the base light, installing some leads for an LED then using this to make an RTV mold. Once the mold is complete I install a 1.8mm LED into the mold and pour slow set clear resin. This needs 24 hours to cure and as I write this it is about half way through the cure process. Once done I should be able to paint the back side of the light and have a functional piece with no bulky optic cable coming out the rear.
Swanny…where did you get this model…?
Rob
Mega Hobby
Ventral fin is complete now plus I finally found some figures that are properly scaled to the interior furnishings. These are 1/120 or TT scale railroad figures.
What a great job you are doing!
Hull sections are coming together and final connections are being made on the board.
Thanks for the update, Swanny!
This is so cool, it makes my teeth chatter 
Great Job Swanny
So now I’m grinding away some plastic to open up the bridge for detailing.
Also have my light issue resolved. I used the kit light to make a mold, trimmed a 1.8mm white LED to fit inside the mold and filled it with clear resin. Now I can paint the light shell and wire it up for a fully functional spot light.
I love the work you are doing to her. Looks fantastic…Cheers mark
Today I’m fixing the bridge and bringing it up to the same general scale as the salon. Basically I removed the fore and aft bulkheads and added about 5mm of ribbed sheet stock to lower the floor. I also had to add some sidewalls to block the view into the hull. There were two small slots left open in the front which will hide under other structures and here is where the red LEDs get placed to light the bridge. The LEDs come with a bubble lens which aims the light, this is not good for this small space so I ground them off to provide a more dispersed lighting effect. To see the red I had to drop the ambient light for the camera, my hand is not as steady as it used to be so the image gets a little fuzzy - yes I was too lazy to break out a small tripod.
I also have the new search light installed in the upped hull section.
Good looking job, Swanny.
ya ever notice how the tripod is always right there, in the way …until you need it?
Oh well it’s back to work for me…
This gonna be so cool