Model Forum / General / Models / July 2007

It's 39 inches long, and they say that that's 1/128 scale:
http://www.moebiusmodels.com/the_seaview.html
It will have the Flying Sub and Minisub included.
It needs a tiny Barbara Eden also:
http://www.vttbots.com/Graphics/spotlight_eden_minisub.jpg
http://www.stomptokyo.com/badmoviereport/IRO/IROpics/IRO-voyage3.jpg
But who wants a dinky little 39" model Seaview?:
http://www.profilesinhistory.com/auctions/images/Auc17_555.jpg
I like the "Prehistoric Jungle Swamp":
http://www.moebiusmodels.com/news_.html
They have at _least_ two geologic ages co-existing in one swamp there.
I think they have just recreated Edgar Rice Burroughs' Pellucidar. :-)

Pat

I first saw the Seaview on www.uncleodiescollectibles.com/

Boy, could you ever superdetail the insides of that thing.
The problem is the strange scale of the kit - 1/128th scale is odd, it's
too small to use N gauge figures on, and too large for HO scale.
It is apparently used for some ship models:
http://www.loyalhannadockyard.com/FLS%20HEADER.htm
....as well as farm equipment (?!)
Heller did 1/128 scale rockets.
Now the confusing part; the Seaview is supposed to be 567 feet long:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USOS_Seaview
...so we take that, multiply by 12, and end up with a sub that is 6,804
inches long, and divide that by 39 inchs... and end up with a scale of
1/174 for the model.
That's starting to get into the realm of N gauge (1/148 to 1/160), so
you could probably use N gauge figures and what-not on it, as it sits
between the 1/128 and  1/174 scales.
Besides, when the figures get that small the scale difference is going
to be hard to notice.
The use of N scale railway figure allows some really unique
opportunities for things that can be observed when looking in through
the bow windows. For instance, what if the sub bumped something, all the
control panels exploded as usual, and the whole crew was knocked
unconscious by the electrical surge...and replaced by sentient Aquatic
Black Bears who are fighting a perpetual war with the ghosts of fly
fishermen?
http://www.mgsharp.com/Woodland_Scenics_Figures.htm
If that sounds unlikely, well that's no more unlikely than a lot of what
happened on VTTBOTS, especially as it headed into its later seasons.
http://www.vttbots.com/epi_guide_season3_5.html
http://www.vttbots.com/episode_guide_year_4a.html#dolls
http://www.vttbots.com/episode_guide_year_4d.html#deadly
http://www.vttbots.com/epi_guide_season3_8.html
http://www.vttbots.com/episode_guide_year_4d.html#terrible
No, let's face it...those bears fighting fly fishermen would fit right
into the feel of season 4.
Admiral Nelson managed to run into weirder crap than Capt. Kirk ever
dreamed of, and did it without even leaving Earth.
Wouldn't it be great if a Trident sub called into base and reported a
malevolent leprechaun had seized control of the submarine?
Shar, and if it wouldn't be, laddie!
Those Brits would be out of Northern Ireland inside of the day! :-D

Pat