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e. Though SF editor John Campbell jumped on board to promote the thing it later turned out to be a hoax. Being reactionless the idea was to place it in a atomic submarine, since the atomic reactor needed no oxygen from the air to run and the sub was a sealed air-tight enviroment you had an instant spacecraft.

John Ringo ressurected the notion in his Looking Glass series where there are sace-time lenses that can be harnessed for nearly unlimited energy.  A US SSBN, "USS Nebraska" is fitted out and become the Alliance Space Ship Vorpal Blade.

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       I was surprised by this. Now, do you have any construction sites around you? You might be able to find Natural Rocks that might work in place of the plastic ones. Put one together, and take it with you and use it to find matches in shape and size. Real rocks can be painted and weathered too!

Great subject choice. I will be watching this one. I love the concept.

Very cool Phoenix, loving your choices! 

Funny back in the '50s the Dean Drive was pushed as a reactionless drive. Though SF editor John Campbell jumped on board to promote the thing it later turned out to be a hoax. Being reactionless the idea was to place it in a atomic submarine, since the atomic reactor needed no oxygen from the air to run and the sub was a sealed air-tight enviroment you had an instant spacecraft. 

This looks like a really fun project.  Should be really fun to paint

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... so how do the rocks look?  Are they good, or will you be reaching for aftermarket asteroids?  

 

Ok, that sent me on a quest to find out what the market for asteroids is like.  Turns out the only aftermarket asteroids available are meteorites and at $6 a gram (for the cheap ones) I think I'll stick with kit provided ones.

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Good news is that after taking it easy the rest of Sunday the tremors are gone and I can finally get this started!

Good news, indeed.

... so how do the rocks look?  Are they good, or will you be reaching for aftermarket asteroids?  

Hey Duster, thanks for stopping by!

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But a Submarine in Space?Surprise Sub= beneath, below, under, ect. Marine= sea, ocean, ect. So many questions---So I’ll just shut up and go along for the ride, Reality is overrated in modeling any way.

LOL. 

I had much the same first reaction.  Then the following came to me and it all made sense.

Space has often been referred to as a vast ocean of stars, and since stars are everywhere in space, one is always under it's ocean.

Too much of a stretch? 

Apologies for being silent for a while there.  I'd been reminded that I had responsibilities for my spare time outside of building models.

So my yard got lots of attention and in the process I overworked muscles no longer accustomed after a winter of atrophy.  Sunday comes around and my hands are shaking so bad that I can't even use nippers to remove parts from the sprue.

Good news is that after taking it easy the rest of Sunday the tremors are gone and I can finally get this started!

More to come!

The guy who thought this up must have been a Space Battleship Yamato fan.  The TV series had a meme-worthy episode where the crew used small asteroids to form a defensive ring around their ship.  It show up in the opening title sequence.

In the newer Yamato reboots, the bad guys had "dimensional submarines", which could "submerge" from normal space and navigate hyperspace or something like that.

Very cool looking and I’m sure  it will be impressive. 

But a Submarine in Space?

Sub= beneath, below, under, ect.

Marine= sea, ocean, ect. 

So many questions---So I’ll just shut up and go along for the ride, Reality is overrated in modeling any way. 

Yes, that looks like great fun. First I've seen a 'space submarine'. Cool concept.

Oh I am looking forward to this. Very cool project. 

Cool subject!  I'll enjoy following your build.