BEGINNING THE BIG MOEBIUS SEAVIEW

As some of you might know I'm a big fan of Irwin Allen's undersea adventure series from the sixties, Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea, and the submarine, Seaview.

For many years the only proper model I had of this supersub was the small simple kit made by Aurora, which incidentally I still have.

I was very pleased when the model kit company Moebius released their huge 39" rendition of the television version complete with Flying Sub, mini-sub and tiny diving bell.

Although the detail is excellent on the kit other companies have provided additional add ons, like special lighting, instrument decals and brass photo-etching. Believe it or not you can even get a sound chip of the sonar!

Naturally I got one, and some of the add-ons. The special lighting kit was a must have for me as that uses different sized LED's , fibre optics and a translucent pad for the control room ceiling. Also the water slide decals which means a lot of the instrumentation detail can be covered quite quickly.

So with no more excuses I've at last got round to building it, starting with the detailed Control Room which is a kit in itself.

Sadly, once it's installed inside the model's hull most of the fine detail will be partially hidden, but it does give that all important finishing touch to what I hope will be a fine model.

As I progress with Seaview I will be giving occasional updates on how I'm getting on.