Professor Fates Submarine

[Rail and Tie]

Well, the professor is at it again...

Working on the second installment of our "Great Race" kits. The first was the Rocket Sled and now the next release will be the submarine. Meant to be a flat car load in HO Scale.

Still needs some tweeking and the side drive train is not to the prototype as it was a chain drive and just not workable in this scale. Therefore I have upgraded it to a Gear drive for simplicity.

[finescalerr]

It's wonderful. -- Russ

[Bill Gill]

Really neat. And in a pinch it can double as a corkscrew.

[shropshire lad]

Looks interesting . I have on my shelf one of Fichtenfoo's Fantastical Fish-Shaped Submersibles he produced many years ago . One day I will get around to building it .

[EZnKY]

Michael Rinaldi's SM.01 Single Model book is devoted to a build of the Fichten Foo sub.  It's a fantastic read.

[shropshire lad]

Michael Rinaldi's SM.01 Single Model book is devoted to a build of the Fichten Foo sub.  It's a fantastic read.

  I have it . It is good .

[Stuart]

I like it Darryl.  Something a little different for us to chew on.  I enjoy things steam punk and your submarine fits that genre.

Stuart

[Rail and Tie]

I like it Darryl.  Something a little different for us to chew on.  I enjoy things steam punk and your submarine fits that genre.

Stuart

Thanks Stuart!

It is not a perfect representation of Fates Sub, but close enough in HO and even O scale.

[Rail and Tie]

Coming along...
HO version WIP. This one will have laser cut cribbing under it so it can be used as a flat car load.

Slight facet artifacts on the curved hull as I should have dialed up the mesh nodes during 3d modeling, but I kind of like the effect.  Also needs a spray of dullcoat to cut the sheen on the hull.

Overall, I am very pleased with the results. so far.

[finescalerr]

Extremely acceptable. -- Russ

[nk]

I like the way the hull looks. To me it looks just right.

[Bill Gill]

Darryl,
I hope this isn't crashing your thread, but I thought you might be interested in another professor's submersible that travels annually on my C&VRR. It seems in the spirit of Prof. Fate's sub.

For years Professor E.A. Cooper has been plumbing the depths of Lake Champlain in search of "Chessie" the sea monster akin to the Loch Ness Monster.

To do this a leased a train to carry the search team and a bathysphere to various dive sites every summer. The locals have dubbed the bathysphere "The Champlain Bubble".

The bathysphere started as a small, broken fishing bobber found in a river. A few parts from an army tank model and other odds and ends completed the vessel.

[Ray Dunakin]

What a fun subject, and it turned out beautifully!

[Rail and Tie]

A little late, but final shots.

[finescalerr]

Most satisfactory. -- Russ