26.3" ssrn seaview

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SUBMARINE SEAVIEW
My personal Voyage to the bottom of the Sea Seaview build. This model WAS a limited edition resin kit from Paul LUBLINER in the 1990’s. It WAS the eight window movie version. After purchasing and owning the model for several years as the eight window version, The model was severely damaged in an accident. So...instead of throwing it out, I grafted on an injected molded TV version nose, also by Paul LUBLINER. I also added four more missle hatches,extended the walkway between the missle hatches to the rear escape hatch, hand cut NEW limber holes, filled in and sanded smooth the dead lights on the sail, added scratch built items on the rear wall of the interior while retaining and modifying the kits supplied photo etch interior braces ,updated the lighting and weathered and painted the model as it was seen during the production of the series per the 17’3” filming model, not as it is now after several “restorations”. The model is 26.3” in length. While I don’t know exactly how many kits were originally produced by Paul, I know this is a one of a kind build now and a treasured part of my Irwin Allen collection.


Model Build/video by Mark Myers

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[Rick Teskey]

Great job Mark
I did not know Paul made a 4 window version
Rick

[seaview]

Great job Mark
I did not know Paul made a 4 window version
Rick

Thanks Rick. He DIDN'T make a four window version. He had injection molded nose only that he gave me many years ago. I salvaged the remaining part of the original eight window model and grafted the injected molded nose on to it.

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[PaulC]

Very nicely done, Mark.