Remember The Renwal Blueprint Models - Nautilus Models

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[bob the builder]

If I'm not mistaken, Jim

If I'm not mistaken, Jim Key's kit (www.customreplicas.com)would probably be best for this. I believe that he has already commenced work on creating a detailed salon interior mockup, and he already has the wheelhouse done.

From there it would be fairly easy to flesh out the details of the map room, Nemo's cabin, the galley, and other major rooms of interest (provided you can make them all fit inside, as they were never meant to do).

[captain nemo]

Y'know, that really WOULD be

[color=#000000]Y'know, that really WOULD be cool. I have several of the old Renwal kits in my collection; all unbuilt. SSBN's like the ETHAN ALLEN. Some are split vertically, and the opaque hull opens up clam-shell style to reveal the interior. On others, one half of the hull is clear plastic. For a NAUTILUS, I suppose either way would be cool, but I think I'd lean towards one with a clear clamshell half-hull. I'd want it to be BIG, too. Guess the clear hull half could be vacuum formed.

There'd be a problem making everything line up inside, though. My understanding is that the interior layout Disney specified for the NAUTILUS as seen in the film doesn't actually line up right inside a scale outer hull. But what the heck? "Close" would be cool with me.

One of these days, after I retire from building subs and diving suits, I want to make a large scale model of the NAUTILUS MINISUB; maybe GI Joe size in 1]

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