Seaview: Diving In

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April 7, 2021
Light blocking foil tape for the running lights. Forgot the foil is an excellent reflector AND conductor and shorted out the first set of LEDs! Sparked nicely. Insulated now!
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April 7, 2021
Conning Tower in place.
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April 7, 2021
Very precise seams on this kit will mean minimal filling. Still a bit required as you can see.
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April 7, 2021
The Command Centre. Two blinking multicolored LEDs make some control panels blink. A bit overpowered but not by much.
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April 7, 2021
Spent too much time in this! Painting, repainting, “wall papering” panels, drilling, washing.
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April 7, 2021
Fiddly but I’m pleased. Kind of.
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April 7, 2021
Lights done for aft dorsal fins and bow lamps. The dorsal lights needed smaller bulbs so a bit of grinding was necessary.
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April 7, 2021
These will be on the same circuit, so notice that I underestimated resistance. The amperage should be .02 amps. Whoops. At 04, the lamp life would be shortened. Time to replace the resistors.
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April 7, 2021
Dorsal fins. Kit comes with channels for wiring. Thanks Moebius!
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April 8, 2021
Aft tail fins in place. The clamps are to close the fins around the LEDs.
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April 8, 2021
Test fit. Woh. This thing is huge!
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April 14, 2021
The propulsion tube assembly. I wanted the diving planes to move but they are designed for cementing. Added a rubber tab.
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April 14, 2021
The Control Room/Flying Sub Bay assembly rewired to correct amperage and ready to glue in! This is the big scary step I’ve been dreading.
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April 14, 2021
Propellers painted, weathered and mounted.
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June 12, 2021
This is my most recent stage. It is from another album but I wanna make sure that you guys see this. Check out my latest albums if you want to see my progress over the last month or so.

Comments

16 7 April 2021, 03:06

Villiers de Vos
This fascinates me. I will be following along

7 April 2021, 04:31

Torsten
😎 start, I'm in 👍

7 April 2021, 06:34

Doug Craven
Thanks!

7 April 2021, 10:50

David Taylor
Great,brings back memories of the series.

7 April 2021, 19:16

Doug Craven
David, I actually rewatched a few episodes to prepare for the build. It was way cooler when I was 8!😉

7 April 2021, 19:23

David Taylor
What your building is waaay cooler.

7 April 2021, 19:25

Doug Craven
So kind.

8 April 2021, 01:01

JD
Voyage to the bottom of the sea... classic. ?

8 April 2021, 07:56

Derek Huggett
Are you going to 'electrify the hull' Doug? (Pesky giant squids!!) 🙂

8 April 2021, 08:14

Doug Craven
Ha! I think I accidentally did that when I let the conning tower leds touch the aluminum tape!

8 April 2021, 21:11

Pierre Pierre
huuuge 🙂

9 April 2021, 02:26

John Hughes
I'll give this five sonar pings! I've got this in my stash, also with lighting. Also picked up the sea lab as a stand for the flying sub. Ideally, you need to make a purple seaweed monster as a stand for the Seaview, complete with a web of fibreoptic lightning!

10 April 2021, 13:44

Doug Craven
Thanks for the kind comments. John, you inspired me. Putting it out there: what VBS giant monster should I create for a diorama?

10 April 2021, 15:49

John Hughes
I was thinking of the regularly appearing creature that looked like it was made of purple seaweed. It had two glowing red eyes on stalks. Given the size of the creature, you might be better off making a suit to wear!. The alternative is a bearded scientist in a chunky cardigan. Who can forget that episode!

10 April 2021, 15:58

Doug Craven
I found a S2 episode called Deadly Creature Below! (Exclamation point NOT mine!) Is this it? [img1]

10 April 2021, 16:19

Doug Craven
[img1]

10 April 2021, 16:20

John Hughes
Yes, those are the ones. That's the sea lab I mentioned in the foreground of the second pic. The flying sub docks on top of it, so it makes a useful stand.

10 April 2021, 18:02

Torsten
I'm a little confused, is this in 1:128 or 1:350 scale? The album shows 1:350, but the kit reference shows 1:128

11 April 2021, 17:24

Doug Craven
TWN Thanks for catching this. I confused it with my Enterprise. You are correct.

12 April 2021, 03:25

Ben M
you should make a giant creature holding it like in the picture (either one)

12 April 2021, 03:29

Doug Craven
Great idea, Ben. I like John's suggestion that I just make a costume and be in the picture myself! I'm thinking hard about doing the bug-eyed creatures from the first pic. I like the idea of an "overlay" where I can add the creature or take it away depending on what mood I'm in!

I've seen lots of great custom bases out there designed to look like the sea bottom. That's cool too. I love the Sealab idea John suggested but the Paragraphix one is 75 USD, so if I make it, it will be a custom job!

12 April 2021, 03:45

Doug Craven
Got to say that all of the positive comments really inspire me to work hard. Thanks very much, guys.

12 April 2021, 03:46

JD
Work hard Doug, I believe in you! On our voyage...to the Bottom..of the Sea ?

12 April 2021, 07:18

Derek Huggett
Thank you 'Frankie Avalon' (JD) 🙂

13 April 2021, 05:42

JD
Ok, you asked for it! Watch the entire clip!?Youtube Video