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As some of you know, I've been working for a while now to bring to market a new, large-scale kit of the SeaQuest from the 90's TV series, "SeaQuest DSV".
With the help of William Babington, we acquired and laser-scanned the actual wooden maquette used to create the digital files for the TV show. This scan was duplicated, flipped, and assembled into a complete mesh for the sub. Additional details were added via cues from the TV series (huge thanks to Will for dedicating dozens of hours to scour the entire show for us!). The scale is 1:300, putting the boat at approximately 40.24" overall length. This makes a realistic size for display, but also allows adequate room to convert to R/C (a life-long dream of mine!).
As far as I know, this will be the most accurate version of the boat available.
Some of you may recall the 50" version that I started a while back. Having learned from that first attempt, I re-engineered the prints and added detail, adjust the scale to 1:300. That original master pattern was actually sold to a father/son team calling themselves Rapidnadion and they're having a go at converting it to R/C. It looks like their efforts may have somewhat stalled, but I haven't heard from them in a while. They have a channel on Youtube that you can check out if you want to see their preliminary efforts.
With the help of Jim Key of Custom Replicas in California, we are now at the point where we are running castings. These castings will be done in clear, blue-tinted resin that should allow internal lighting of the many areas of the boat that call for it (such as all the windows!).
As it stands now, I hope to have the prototype castings to me by Christmas, an assembled kit in place by the new year, and open up orders by the first week of January.
I'll post more up information here as it comes. Look for a pre-order section of my website at www.nautilusdrydocks.com to open up in the coming week or two that will offer a discounted price as well as a free copy of our limited-edition 24"x36" poster to the first 10 people who pay in full.
I'm really excited about this kit (even if no one else is!). I think it should be a great performer for R/C with a gimbaled jet drive in the rear.
Questions? Comments? Let me know! I'd love to hear from you.
Bob
Kit overview:
Limited Edition Poster:
Closeup of rear drive section assembly:
First test castings of main body sections:
Rubber molds for roto-casting:
With the help of William Babington, we acquired and laser-scanned the actual wooden maquette used to create the digital files for the TV show. This scan was duplicated, flipped, and assembled into a complete mesh for the sub. Additional details were added via cues from the TV series (huge thanks to Will for dedicating dozens of hours to scour the entire show for us!). The scale is 1:300, putting the boat at approximately 40.24" overall length. This makes a realistic size for display, but also allows adequate room to convert to R/C (a life-long dream of mine!).
As far as I know, this will be the most accurate version of the boat available.
Some of you may recall the 50" version that I started a while back. Having learned from that first attempt, I re-engineered the prints and added detail, adjust the scale to 1:300. That original master pattern was actually sold to a father/son team calling themselves Rapidnadion and they're having a go at converting it to R/C. It looks like their efforts may have somewhat stalled, but I haven't heard from them in a while. They have a channel on Youtube that you can check out if you want to see their preliminary efforts.
With the help of Jim Key of Custom Replicas in California, we are now at the point where we are running castings. These castings will be done in clear, blue-tinted resin that should allow internal lighting of the many areas of the boat that call for it (such as all the windows!).
As it stands now, I hope to have the prototype castings to me by Christmas, an assembled kit in place by the new year, and open up orders by the first week of January.
I'll post more up information here as it comes. Look for a pre-order section of my website at www.nautilusdrydocks.com to open up in the coming week or two that will offer a discounted price as well as a free copy of our limited-edition 24"x36" poster to the first 10 people who pay in full.
I'm really excited about this kit (even if no one else is!). I think it should be a great performer for R/C with a gimbaled jet drive in the rear.
Questions? Comments? Let me know! I'd love to hear from you.
Bob
Kit overview:
Limited Edition Poster:
Closeup of rear drive section assembly:
First test castings of main body sections:
Rubber molds for roto-casting:
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