Newest "Sub" - Nautilus from 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea...

     I do believe the Disney version is the most well known to most folks  .Now in the copy of the paper model , which is developed from the text  She too , is different as well .

    To say the DISNEY ship is pretty in her way is correct . they took an era , and steampunk , melded it together , and came up with the well known ship . I think she is in her way . Beautiful as an undersea vessel .

I recently built a 1/8 scale Nemo figure, which was published in our favorite magazine.

Disney all the way, interesting though in the course of researching the suit I found a dive outfit that makes functional replicas of the suit, to suit.order. I like the Disney submarine version as much as any others I've seen, just because of it's curious piscatorial sort of personality.

I greatly admire the book, but Verne wasn't much of a technical fantasist in the visual sense. After all he sent the party to the Moon in a very large artillery shell.

If you haven't, it's worth looking into the voyage attempting to go undersea to the North Pole of Sir Hubert Wilkins, in a ship named in honor of Verne's. Wilkins' ashes were released there in 1959 during the Skate transit.

Did you use that new Japanese Ablative steel on her ? You know the type that forms a Protective coat of rust  .Or is that steam - punk Hull red ? I still like what you built , so there !

Oh Man , What an awesome idea .Use the Le Suroit as the vessel finding her . Remember the Le Suroit was the main vessel in the TITANIC find . With a good salvage vessel to match .There's three in paper ! "AHA , I say mate wot the ell is that ? "

I'm glad Stikpusher called it "the Disney Nautilus." The name Disney always needs to be connected to that shape.

Some years back I bought a beautiful edition of Verne's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, published by the Naval Institute Press. (Anybody who hasn't read the book really needs to do so. It's wonderful.) One thing that makes that edition special is that it contains the engraved illustrations that were published with the original (or, at least, during Verne's lifetime). They show the Nautilus as a simple, cigar-like shape with pointed ends - matching Verne's description in the text.

The Disney designers clearly ignored that description and came up with their own idea of what the submarine looked like. I don't suggest for a minute that there's anything illegitimate about that; we are, after all, talking about a vessel that never actually existed. But I do think it should be acknowledged that the various kits based on the movie version are tributes to the geniuses of Disney as much as the genius of Jules Verne.

I only have an email address. No "company name", etc. I've send the email asking for info for you folks wanting to know.  I bought the kit (saw it advertised somewhere!?) about 5 years ago. Will advise upon his reply.

I have got to get one of these kits, just who does make it and what's the scale?

I have some shots of the Disney model I took here in Orlando somewhere.  I'll post them when I find them.

Ah the Disney Nautilus! Which kit is that? I would love to tackle one myself!

I like it, although I do agree is does appear a bit too rusty...

Very steam punk (ish). I like it!

GMorrison

I think that looks great! PM incoming

Thank you! I have soooo much to learn. I really struggle with air brushing (of course do I practice?)

I think that looks great! PM incoming

Looks like you overdid the rust just a tad!