A submarine of sorts

[kerick]

My IPMS club has issued a "get out of your comfort zone" challenge. If you build tanks, build an aircraft. If you build cars, build a ship, etc. Since I build mostly aircraft with a couple of tanks along the way and I had a Lindburg Victor fuselage laying around with no wings I thought either sub or space ship. Also Mr. Fontaine had graciously sent my a big o' box of parts that happened to include a sub conning tower. I took this as the universe telling me to get on with it and started slapping said parts together.  A few other aircraft parts and this is what you get.







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The black base is the cover off the back of an old printer with a couple of brass rods.
I managed to finally print some acceptable decals using Hayes Paper Co. decal paper instead of stuff from Hobby Lobby. Maybe it was old but the ink just would not soak in or dry afterwards. This paper worked great and I printed extras of everything just in case.



Hopefully it turns out a little like this.



Blue Meanies are not required and need not apply.

[Dizzyfugu]

Very cool, love the shape. 

I am just not certain about the tall fin, though? From a practical point of view I'd cut it down and add a ventral fin (part), too?

[McColm]

 

[Old Wombat]

Nice!

[zenrat]

Sea of Holes here we come.

[su27rules]

        Nice!!

[Gondor]

I agree with Dizzy about the fin, looks way too big. Other than that it looks fantastic 

Gondor

[NARSES2]

That does look good 

[Steel Penguin]

looking very promising so far 

[scooter]

Son of
?

[kerick]

Definitely a Seaview vibe to it. I almost went that way but then the club challenge came up so I decided to get outrageous with it. It might get a deck and a four piece band. I just have to convert one guitar player to playing left handed. The tall fin actually plays into the Yellow Submarine's tall rudder. Not practical at all but oh well.

[PR19_Kit]

Son of

My thoughts EXACTLY! 

[kerick]

Here's a pic with two coats of white on it. I want a good base of white before trying the yellow shades.



The fin is about as tall as the sail which is silly in RW but this IS silly so I'm just going to run with it. If I ever take it to a show or exhibit maybe the corrup, ah, impressionable kids will get a kick out of it.

[NARSES2]

The fin is about as tall as the sail which is silly in RW but this IS silly so I'm just going to run with it. If I ever take it to a show or exhibit maybe the corrup, ah, impressionable kids will get a kick out of it.

    

[Steel Penguin]

im sure that i read in some ones build here, that the best under coat for yellow was a pale pink....

any one else know where that was