Recommendations on painting 31" NAUTILUS? - TV sub

[modelnut]

OK!

I just purchased the 31-inch Disney/Goff NAUTILUS from Replicas Limited and I need some pointers from you "old-salts" out there!

Over the years, I have seen some very nice pictures of various paint schemes posted here to the Forum. Most are rust/brown.
But a few were a nice iron-black with rust highlights. That is the one for me!

Could I trouble some of you to chime in with some advice and/or maybe repost those images?

BTW I had originally planned to convert this kit to R/C. But the detail is so nice that I have changed my mind.
I just cannot subject this beauty to mud and pond scum.
So I will settle for static.

Of course, you know, this means I will have to scratchbuild the Salon...

-Leelan

[carcharadon]

I just cannot subject this

I just cannot subject this beauty to mud and pond scum.
So I will settle for static.

-Leelan

Leelan, too funny.

If it will help your welcome to come to Savannah and run my sub in the pond scum.


Tom

[captain nemo]

Leelan,

One thing about those

[color=#000000]Leelan,

One thing about those resin models]

[bob the builder]

This is what I'm going

[color=#000080]This is what I'm going to try on my own 31" model. If it works well, I'm going to repaint my 1/32 scale in the same manner]

[captain nemo]

I was going to post

[color=#000000]I was going to post some more along these same lines but spaced it.

Bob, a flat black base will probably work fine. It all comes down to the misting; and really, no matter what we start with, enough mist and we can change the final product any way we like.

Leelan, I forgot to mention the rivet and panel detail. Yeah, gotta do that. I don't have an air brush, so I just mix a little black and brown (something a little darker than the color of the area I'm working in) and dry brush it on over the rivet and panel lines. The important point is make the brush really DRY so you have to work to get a color change; it blows chunks when I get too much paint in one place. Gotta clean it up and make it look like the rest.

I do some lines in an area (say, the wheelhouse) and then before the paint gets a chance to dry, I take a big, extremely soft bristle paint brush, and blast the whole surface to blend it in. Works OK for my purposes.

I've seen the black chalk / T-shirt method]

[captain nemo]

Oh, and one more thing.

[color=#000000]Oh, and one more thing. If you're building any of the 31-inchers based on the Brodeen design, and you decide to do the raker teeth an alternative color, remember]

[modelnut]

Thanks, Guys!

You have any pictures

Thanks, Guys!

You have any pictures to go with that?
Having some idea of the end result will go a long way!

Using images of the movie don't help. Few images of the boat match any other because of the differing circumstances and/or environments.

Pat! I will visit Vulcania!
I almost forgot! There are bound to be images of your work there. Besides the 16-footer!

Wish I could remember who had that really nice almost iron-black NAUTILUS. It was posted to this part of the Forum sometime last year...

-Leelan

[modelnut]

Tom!

Thank you for the invitation!

Tom!

Thank you for the invitation!

Pond scum is only part of the reason for going static.

Resin without glass reinforcement is pretty fragile. So to keep from having to mold spare rakers etc. I will choose the better part of valor.

Others have said that this kit in particular is made from very heavy resin. I can only imagine how much foam would be needed to float her.

Finally, the scales have fallen from my eyes and I have seen how "out-of-whack" my 50th Anniversary Disney NAUTILUS is. And there are bubbles in the teeth of a few of the rakers. I looks great from accross the room. But not so good close up from some angles.

-Leelan

[modelnut]

I FOUND IT! I FOUND

I FOUND IT! I FOUND IT! I FOUND IT!

Iron-black NAUTILUS!

It's your NAUTILUS, Bob! That's the one I want!
How big is it? A kit or a scratchbuild? An R/C virgin wants to know!

-Leelan

[carcharadon]

Leelan, I know what you

Leelan, I know what you mean. I made my subs specifically for lots of real-time abuse in the not so tropical waters of infamous Lake Mayor (complete with alligators). I knew there would be, transportation mishaps, as well as navigation mishaps, and even the possibility of a large predator. Everything was made extra thick and strong. But these are some of the concessions. If I had an RC like Bob's I wouldn't put it in the water, well maybe a pool. I'm content with the Disney model I have for display. This way I have my static and RC.

So anytime you'd care to challenge Lake Mayor let me know.

Tom

[bob the builder]

I FOUND IT! I FOUND

I FOUND IT! I FOUND IT! I FOUND IT!

Iron-black NAUTILUS!

It's your NAUTILUS, Bob! That's the one I want!
How big is it? A kit or a scratchbuild? An R/C virgin wants to know!

-Leelan

[color=#000080]Leelan,


My Nautilus is 100% scratchbuilt, based on Tor Jensen's Blueprints and templates. It's 1/32 scale, or 66-1/2" long from ram tip to tail.

The paint was achieved in the following manner]

[modelnut]

COOOOL... http://www.subcommittee.com/forum/icon_cool.gif

I will have

COOOOL...

I will have to try something like that.
But it will be a while. I need to plan how to build the Salon...

-Leelan

[captain nemo]

Leelan,

Per your request, I've

Leelan,

Per your request, I've posted two views of my NAUTILUS model at VSC. The photo quality is so-so, but hopefully it will give you an idea of how the model turned out.

I'll do better when I devote a page to my own model collection at VSC. Meanwhile, here's the link]http://www.vulcaniasubmarine.com/MISCELLANEOUS%20IMAGES.htm[/url]

VBR,

Pat

[modelnut]

Thanks, Pat!

Very nice!

And I agree

Thanks, Pat!

Very nice!

And I agree with you about the quality of the model!

It puts the 50th Anniversary statue from China to shame.

Would you believe it took a year for me to notice how off-angle the midline was on the port side?
I was just so happy to have it I guess.

-Leelan

[captain nemo]

Yer welcome. I'll get a

Yer welcome. I'll get a page dedicated to my own models up at VSC one of these days; so far all I've got is pages dedicated to other modelers. Meanwhile, those two views will have to do.

The 31 was kind of a paint experiment looking towards how I'm going to paint the NAUTILUS MINISUB. I think I'll probably do my CR 66-incher about the same way, but that one will have lights.

The Nanking Nautilus might have flaws, but I don't even notice them. It sits on the shelf, I look at it, and it looks like the Nautilus. Good enough.

Still, there is something to be said about a large, finely-detailed NAUTILUS replica. The eye can wander long time without the mind becoming bored.

When you finish your 31 send me a pic or two and I'll publish them at VSC.