Industria Mechanika 1/35 Implausible Long-Nose Submersible

[Tim Marlow]

Great progress on a really interesting build. Nice touch with the rivets as well
Cheers
Tim

[Steve Jones]

Norm
This is so beautiful. It will be a shame to paint it
Steve

[yak face]

Superb work norman , I love seeing steampunk stuff and this is about as mad as it gets!, Excellent finishing on the brass and that cockpit is sublime! it makes me want to go and watch 'The time machine' right now! keep the updates coming , its great to see something really out of the ordinary , cheers tony

[Guest]

Always fancied doing one of these, but the cost is off putting.

Great progress so far, loving it.

[Jim R]

Hi Norman
Very impressed with the quality of your work.
Jim

[papa 695]

Cracking work so far

[Steven]

Love it - the whole steampunk (as the kids say) - thing :thumb2:

[bowman]

Norman,

Those gauges are sublime!

Steve

[Guest]

Thank you all for your words of encouragement, but being new to this forum I'm not sure what level of detail you expect in the build threads, so if I'm overdoing it and posting too many updates showing only incremental advancements, please let me know.

Back to the build, today was spent laying down the primary metal colours. I pre-shaded the panel lines and rivets with MRP matt black (main image picture 1) and then filled in most of the centre panels and fins with Alclad Black Base Gloss (top insert in picture 1) to try and create tonal differences in the AK Xtreme Brass and Pale Brass paintwork. The tonal differences are there (see second insert in picture 1), but I find photographing these real metal finishes very difficult, and these pictures don't do the metal finishes justice (they look almost matt in the photos and I assure you they are not).

The sub head was painted using Mr. Metal Color aluminium, and when thats fully cured I will mist over a coat of AK Xtreme Jet Exhaust on the upper half to darken it.

Finally today, I painted the figure (see insert in picture 2), and yes, I know its bad but I've never been good at small figures, and since it will hardly been seen through the portholes, it will do

Thank you for looking.

[bowman]

Beautiful work Norman, and you can't provide too much detail in a thread of this type - it's the main way that many of us less gifted individuals progress in this wonderful hobby. Please keep it coming!

Cheers

Steve

[Guest]

The end is in sight Today saw the cockpit sealed up and AK Xtreme Jet Exhaust airbrushed onto the top half of the nose section (its doesn't look as dark in person).
I still have quite a bit of fettling to do, but if everything goes to plan my next post on this build should be the final reveal.

Thank you for looking.

[scottie3158]

Norman,
Lovely job those rivets are a great touch.
Scottie

[Tim Marlow]

Looking really good now, reveal will be worth the effort....
Cheers
Tim

[Guest]

Cool!!
I’m a steampunk fan...so I’m really happy to see a lovely build like that on the forum :tongue-out3:

[Guest]

Hi Norm you are certainly knocking these out of the park, brilliant work my friend.:thumb2:
Pete.