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

Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2022 2:02 am
by 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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Re: Finished Photos of Disney's Nautilus Submarine From 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2022 2:08 am
by BigWall
Very cool! Nice work

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

Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2022 2:10 am
by digger303
Nice build.
:th: :th: :th:
:cheers2:

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

Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2022 2:31 am
by Twokidsnosleep
Excellent work this is stunning👍🏻😎

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

Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2022 5:16 am
by RangerNeil
Excellent job!! :cheers2:

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

Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2022 5:05 pm
by Phillip1
BigWall/digger303/Twokidsnosleep/RangerNeil-Thanks very much for the compliments. They are appreciated.

Phillip 1

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

Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2022 2:23 pm
by Mpfiend
Really nice, well worth all the extra work.

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

Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2022 4:08 pm
by Tomcat64
Superb work and a great looking result - thanks for sharing :th:

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

Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2022 4:29 am
by Twokidsnosleep
This is a kit I may HAVE to pick up one day…the diorama potentials are extremely wonderful

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

Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2022 11:44 pm
by aur0ra145
Twokidsnosleep wrote: Tue Aug 09, 2022 4:29 am This is a kit I may HAVE to pick up one day…the diorama potentials are extremely wonderful
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All joking aside, it's an amazing looking kit!

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

Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2022 1:25 am
by 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

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

Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2022 10:33 pm
by ForeverPlasticKits
Great paint of this SiFi submarine (but not so fanciful!). :thumb1: :thumb2: :clap:

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

Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2022 4:51 pm
by Phillip1
ForeverPlasticKits-Thanks!

Phillip1

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

Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2022 7:14 pm
by DBMiller
That's beautiful work!

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

Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2022 2:31 pm
by Phillip1
DBMiller-Thank you very much.

Phillip1

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

Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2022 6:35 pm
by NoelSmith
Lovely model
The Harper Goff Disney Nautilus has somehow become the definitive over the years.

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

Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2022 11:00 am
by Garion77
This is simply astounding work ! a master at work. Was there a build thread for it that I miss ?

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

Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2022 4:27 pm
by 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

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

Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2022 8:31 pm
by 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?