Moebius Seaview and Debeor Seaview RC

[SteveNeill]

Of the many things I do one of them is Radio Controlled submarines. I’ve built everything from the Disney Nautilus to WW2 U-boats. You can see many of them on my web site.
When I’m not working for the studios I have many customers I build these subs for. To date I have built 3 Seaviews. Two Moebius and one Deboer. All three Radio Controlled diving boats.
I thought it would be fun to share them here. So here’s some pictures and video. One of them is mine.
Enjoy,

Steve

Above is the Dive Module or Water tight cylinder often used for these RC subs. Keeps the water out and contains the ballast diving system.

YouTube - Deboer Seaview running with lights

YouTube - 57 inch Deboer RC Seaview Light Test 2

And here's a couple of videos.

Above is a build I did for a customer of the Moebius Seaview and the basic components.


YouTube - Ben's Seaview.wmv

And video of the boats trials.

YouTube - under water seaview

Above is the first Seaview I built for myself.

 

[SteveNeill]

Dear Admins. Please move this thread to General Modeling. I did it again. Sorry.

Steve

 

[jedimaster]

Nice work.
It's good to see functioning models for a change.

 

[SteveNeill]

Thanks!

Steve

 

[Alan Cross]

Steve, fantastic work. The airbrushed shading on the hull really gives the model an authentic feel. The video footage of the seaview in your pool is terrific. Love the underwater shots! How much is a Deboer Seaview going for these days? Are they still available?

 

[Wes R]

Very cool and as always your work is gorgeous. I wish my stuff ever looked half as good.

 

[SteveNeill]

Arc I know the Debeor hulls are still for sale. Dennis sells a 57 inch and an 80. Both are very expensive. I believe the 57 inch is about 1500 but if you look around sometimes people re sell them for anywhere from a 1000-1200. Still big bucks. But it's all about supply and demand not to mention Dennis makes them all himself. A lot of man hours to make a kit.

Cobalt thanks for the kind words. Just keep at it. And I bet your work looks just great. All of us that build stuff always think it could look better. Goes with the territory.

Steve

 

[Robbie TPC]

Seeing your work makes me feel so worthless...
Absolutely outstanding !

 

[MooCriket]

What a Amazing build! Love the design of that ship. Great execution!

 

[ILMwannabe]

Excellent! Thank you for sharing! Lights and motors make a model "come to life" . . .

 

[frosty]

brilliant work, really stunning stuff

 

[SteveNeill]

Thanks guys you are too kind.

Steve

 

[Tatooine_Todd]

Absolutely beautiful work!:thumbsup

 

[SteveNeill]

Thank you very much. I do like tanks too.

Steve