Question about Fulton's Nautilus

[robert]

I just got the Cottage Industries resin kit of this nifty sub. Before I paint it up though I really would like to know what the construction of it was. Was it copper clad wood? Steel? I just looked around the web but didn't find any details on the construction. I thought I once read somewhere that it was copper plating, but I'd appreciate any comments people here have about what it was made from, for paint color purposes.

Thanks,

Robert



Edited By Robert on 1155425165

[aeroengineer1]

I just did a search

I just did a search on google images, and all the ones that I saw showed a copper/bronze finish to them.

Adam

[tmsmalley]

Here is a shot of

Here is a shot of an RC Fulton Nautilus.

[robert]

Thanks. What I'm really looking

Thanks. What I'm really looking for is some printed reference. Copper alone would be too flexible I think which made me think copper clad wood. But if I'm completely wrong it could also have been iron, or ironclad wood.

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Aha, I found a single reference in the book Exploring the Deep Frontier. It says it was copper hulled. So I'll probably shoot the kit with Tamiya metallic copper then wash/overspray with Tamiya bronze (which looks more like gunmetal if you ask me) to weather it.

It's a nice little kit, and reasonably priced.



Edited By Robert on 1155427294

[crazy ivan]

Copper plating over an Iron

Copper plating over an Iron frame.

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