Tintin Shark Submarine - Completed
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2 28 January 2017, 04:29

Thanks guys! I had a lot of fun building this little baby. I think I may have overdone it a bit with the wavy white/black transition... and I forgot to add the gills. All in all though, I'm pretty happy with how it turned out.
28 January 2017, 14:57

Looks excellent Greg. It would be nice if you could get a scale figure of Tintin to stand proudly alongside.
28 January 2017, 15:54

Good work ,,,, congrats !!!! ... also missing the mouth 🙂
28 January 2017, 18:02

Turned out great! Congratulations! I like this inventive DIY stuff actually much more than - let's say - the umpteenth version of a Tiger...
28 January 2017, 22:41

Thanks a lot guys! That's some kind words from some modellers work/skills I respect very much! As for the mouth... it's there! You just can't see it well because I did forget to check where it would sit on the stand. It fits, barely, but it looks like he's biting the first support post. I added a bit of subtle (well, for me) panel lines, so I'll try to take some new pics that show off the mouth better. The only thing (AFIK) that I didn't do yet was the gills. I may do them as decals the next time I print some off. That will probably work better than trying to hand paint three straight lines...😉
28 January 2017, 23:49

Oh Martin... if you like inventive DIY stuff... you should check out Whatifmodellers.com - there's some amazing builds there. I'm partial to the Fiat G.55 Centauro done up as Vatican City Air Force, complete with holy water bombs, but that's just the tip of the iceberg. Here's my build thread as a link - whatifmodellers.com/..p/topic,43201.0.html
28 January 2017, 23:56

i do not know why i did not comment on this one before... really nice transformation you did Greg, well done!
7 March 2017, 13:18

Looks great 🙂 The body looks a bit like the fuselage of an Messerschmitt Me 262.
9 October 2017, 18:16

Heh Thomas, that's because it IS the fuselage of an Messerschmitt Me 262! I used the Tamiya 1/100 kit as a donor to make a 1/72 sub. You can see how I scratchbuilt it into the Tintin Shark Submarine in my build log - Red Rackham's Treasure (Shark Submarine) | Album by strobez (1:72)
9 October 2017, 22:35

cooooool... I like shars and I like the Me 262.... so I like this also very much 🙂 Great Work and thanks for the link to the making of.
10 October 2017, 05:52

Thanks guys. I actually think it was one of Nils' builds that gave me the idea in the first place. 🙂
10 October 2017, 07:42