Finished Photos of Disney's Nautilus Submarine From 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

[Phillip1]

Fellow Modelers,

Below are photos of my 31” (1/69 scale) Disney Nautilus from the movie “20,000 Leagues Beneath the Sea”. I bought the kit in 2001 from a company called Sci-fi Matters. It was advertised as “20K Submarine” and did not reference Disney, Nautilus or the kit’s designer Scott Brodeen. It is a resin kit with a few of the smaller parts out of white metal. The parts had great detail, but required a good deal of “elbow grease” to achieve a proper fit. A lot of minor repairs were required to fix scratches in the upper and lower hull castings. I wound up replacing over 1,000 rivets (with 5-minute epoxy) that were lost during sanding. The base color was mixed per the instructions (black/gray/rust) which created a dark chocolate color. After it was applied, various shades of rust were added with an airbrush and pastel sticks. Finally it was dry-brushed with Model Master Light Ghost Gray. I hope you enjoy the photos.

Phillip1



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[BigWall]

Very cool! Nice work

[digger303]

Nice build.

[Twokidsnosleep]

Excellent work this is stunning

[RangerNeil]

Excellent job!!

[Phillip1]

BigWall/digger303/Twokidsnosleep/RangerNeil-Thanks very much for the compliments. They are appreciated.

Phillip 1

[Mpfiend]

Really nice, well worth all the extra work.

[Tomcat64]

Superb work and a great looking result - thanks for sharing

[Twokidsnosleep]

This is a kit I may HAVE to pick up one day…the diorama potentials are extremely wonderful

[aur0ra145]

This is a kit I may HAVE to pick up one day…the diorama potentials are extremely wonderful

All joking aside, it's an amazing looking kit!

[Phillip1]

Mpfiend/Tomcat64/Twokidsnosleep/aur0ra145-Thanks for the compliments. Yes, there are some good diorama possibilities. I have always thought the Disney Nautilus and the Seaview from VTTBOTS to be the coolest looking fictional submarines ever created.

Phillip1

[ForeverPlasticKits]

Great paint of this SiFi submarine (but not so fanciful!).

[Phillip1]

ForeverPlasticKits-Thanks!

Phillip1

[DBMiller]

That's beautiful work!

[Phillip1]

DBMiller-Thank you very much.

Phillip1

[NoelSmith]

Lovely model
The Harper Goff Disney Nautilus has somehow become the definitive over the years.

[Garion77]

This is simply astounding work ! a master at work. Was there a build thread for it that I miss ?

[Phillip1]

NoelSmith-Thanks for the compliment.

Garion77-I did not post a build thread on this model, but if you have a specific question I will do my best to answer it for you.

Phillip1

[NoelSmith]

Reminds me that I have plans for this vessel in a very old American scale modelling magazine from the 70's I think. Remember those old mags that used to be printed on newspaper?