Tuesday, January 31, 2006

The Scoop On My Scoops

Here's a little extra step I did on the scoops on my CR Nautilus: The four small rounded scoops are cast in solid resin for the kit. The scoop opening is solid as shown here:


















To add more character to the scoop I took a round Dremel grinding bit and hollowed out the scoop around the intake.














Below, the reworked scoop on the model. A neat boost in visual impact with little additional effort.

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About Me

The first movie I saw in a theater was Disney's "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" (1971 re-release). The first grown-up book I read was "War Fish" by George Grider. Built hundreds of plastic kits growing up. Saw an article on The SubCommittee in the mid 90's and joined. Began first foray into radio controlled subs in 1998.

Current Projects

1/32 scale Disney Nautilus (Custom Replicas kit).
1/96 scale USS Helena (SSN-725) (ThorDesign kit).
1/72 scale USS Permit-class (HMK kit)

Completed Boats

1/96 scale Permit-class modeled as USS Thresher (SSN-593).
1/96 scale Los Angeles-class modeled as USS Jefferson City (SSN-759).

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