Would love to hear how it's going.

One should be docking in my P.O. Box this afternoon, and I'm expecting another one next week.
DANG, what a long day this is gonna be!

It's Here!!!!!!!!!

It's Here!!!!!!!!!

Man, you need to do something about that acne!

Seafood allergies...

you know........everytime i buy a model that has just been released....by the time i finish it, some guy comes out with a super cool conversion kit or decal set or figures or something else that would have been cool to have before i finished my kit!

maybe i'll wait a year to build it just in case someone comes out with a full interior lighting kit, complete interior for the whole sub, firing missile conversion, working dive planes, talking minature Admiral Nelson, or a sound effects chip you install in the middle of the interiour.

I know the feeling; I'd just finished my Moebius Voyager when the lighting kit came out. :rolleyes:

My Local Hobby Shop called me today, they have my Seaview in stock!!

Going to pick it up Saturday Morning.

I am very Happy:woohoo:

That's cool guys. Let's keep this thread alive and share tips, observations, etc.

resin crew eating fish & chips pack? :freak:

So lets see some box photos!! Please!!:) Dave.

Okay!

http://www.forbiddenplastic.com/moebius/seaview/img/moebius_seaview_0011.jpg


http://www.forbiddenplastic.com/moebius/seaview/img/moebius_seaview_0001.jpg

Its too big to fit in the tub!!!

Huzz:lol:

Sure! It'll fit in the tub. You just can't get in there with it!

you know........everytime i buy a model that has just been released....by the time i finish it, some guy comes out with a super cool conversion kit or decal set or figures or something else that would have been cool to have before i finished my kit!

maybe i'll wait a year to build it just in case someone comes out with a full interior lighting kit, complete interior for the whole sub, firing missile conversion, working dive planes, talking minature Admiral Nelson, or a sound effects chip you install in the middle of the interiour.

www.justanillusion.biz are doing a full seaview lighting kit, not on pre order yet but will be very soon apparently.:)

Fantasy world of Irwin Allen? FANTASY!!!! Its no fantasy its fact! I know, cause I seed it on de TV.

If you sees it on TV it HAS to re real....

you know........everytime i buy a model that has just been released....by the time i finish it, some guy comes out with a super cool conversion kit or decal set or figures or something else that would have been cool to have before i finished my kit!

Yeah, that explains why I haven't even started on my PL 1/350 Refit yet. I am waiting for TrekModeler to start selling his incredible lighting kit again befroe I tackle that baby. This is gonna be one for the history books, I hope.

OK............................I bought one.

Don't tell Dave and Frank.

Looks like a good kit.

I tape fitted the major hull components. It 'feels' like a bigger kit than it really is, due to the fact that the manta fins make the sub so wide.

Here's a question for Moebius...have any Seaviews been shipped to Calgary? I checked every hobby shop today but to no avail...:confused:
Mcdee

Haven't you heard Mcdee? They've limited the market to the US, Australia, and Bolivia. I'll have a few soon I'd let go for around $500 .........

Chris.:p

Thanks Chris...:p...that explains why we Canadians got stuck with all those old Aurora Vampire models...we couldn't even give them away...so we melted 'em down and made Fokkers out of them all...:p
Mcdee

Okay- you win...

Chris.:p

Well Lads, I got mine.

Beautifull Kit. Moebius got the profile dead on to the 17'3" Sub.(IMHO).

It's a farily simple build from what I see,Things snap together very easily.
After waiting nearly 40 something years for this kit, my dream has been finally realized:woohoo:.

Like the Refit, this baby has tons of possibilities.
We are very, very, fortunate we had gentlemen like Dave Merriman involved. Out of the box, I can't see any other way to make it better.

It's just a shame Mr.IrwinAllen isn't here to see his "Fantasy Worlds" being explored once again.

High Regards,
Beatlepaul

How many pieces is the main hull? I have two other sub kits, both are the 1/72 scale Revell kits of the German VIIC and the Gato. The VIIC is in two halves where the gato is in 8 halves to make 4 sections. How does the Seaview go together.?

How many pieces is the main hull? I have two other sub kits, both are the 1/72 scale Revell kits of the German VIIC and the Gato. The VIIC is in two halves where the gato is in 8 halves to make 4 sections. How does the Seaview go together.?

I also have the U-Boats(Great Kits).

Seaview goes together the same way.

Two pieces for the bow and two for the stern. Plus added pieces like the twin upper tail fins and keel/bottom flying sub bay.


Regards,
BP

Okay- you win...

Chris.:p

Gee Chris I was just getting started...:p
I was just wondering how most LHS make their decisions as to which kits to order...maybe it's time to start pestering the management:rolleyes:
Mcdee

Somebody POSTING PICTURES YET???

Less typing and more gluing and painting!!

I also have the U-Boats(Great Kits).

Seaview goes together the same way.

Two pieces for the bow and two for the stern. Plus added pieces like the twin upper tail fins and keel/bottom flying sub bay.


Regards,
BP

thanks, I guess I'll have to wait on mine to see how much seam filling I'll need to do. Was really hoping for a single continous half a hull from bow to stern.

It may be a long, long time before I will be able to start on a Seaview. Moebius kits still don't seem to have a Canadian distributor and none of the LHS's has never seen nor had Moebius on their lists. (yes, that's right. Not even the Voyager re-pop has shown up yet.)

Not that I'm in any hurry, of course. There's always mail order - assuming that there will be more runs of the kit?!?

Oh good ...safe to speak again...:p Hey WarpCore Breach, I've bought the Voyager and Glow Dr.J in Calgary...so there must be a Canadian distributer...But when I asked about the Voyager the same LHS hadn't heard of it... the owner said he would look into it though, so my fingers are crossed. I know I could order it by mail but I'm sick of throwing $20-$30 per kit on shipping.
Mcdee

It may be a long, long time before I will be able to start on a Seaview. Moebius kits still don't seem to have a Canadian distributor and none of the LHS's has never seen nor had Moebius on their lists. (yes, that's right. Not even the Voyager re-pop has shown up yet.)

Not that I'm in any hurry, of course. There's always mail order - assuming that there will be more runs of the kit?!?

We actually have 4 Canadian distributors at the present. 3 should have received kits by now, and one is a late comer and will get Seaview when our secodn shipment arrives. Not sure what distributors your LHS uses, but our kits have been available in Canada through distributors since day one. I can give them a list of who carries if they need. Let me know how I can help!

I will have to contact them and find out. But I'm in the final week of "month end" at work and won't be thinking much about model availability until some time next weekend...!

Thanks!

Got mine yesterday!

. . . I guess I'll have to wait on mine to see how much seam filling I'll need to do. Was really hoping for a single continous half a hull from bow to stern.Well, I suppose that would be ideal, but that would have meant a single mold nearly 40 inches long! Not to mention a rather unwieldy box.

Worry not -- the join between the front and rear sections is, like everything about this kit, beautifully and precisely engineered. There's a full 3/4-inch overlap for a snug, positive fit, and the hull surfaces mate perfectly. Only minimal filling and sanding should be needed to make the join invisible.
. . . I was just wondering how most LHS make their decisions as to which kits to order...maybe it's time to start pestering the management:rolleyes:When I picked up mine at Kit Kraft in Studio City, I remarked to the girl behind the counter, "These are gonna be big. House of Hobbies in Burbank has already pre-sold at least 75 of them!"

She didn't seem to have a clue as to what I was talking about, or the Seaview, or VTTBOTS, or Irwin Allen, or anything that took place before 1990. When I mentioned all the buzz about the Moebius Seaview kit on the HobbyTalk forum, she didn't know what that was either.

So, yes -- maybe it IS time to start pestering the management of your local brick-and-mortar hobby shop. If you're lucky enough to still have one in your neighborhood, that is!

Kit Kraft.

Man I miss that hobby shop.

Been a lot of years now, since I was in LA last.

Every hobby shop on L.A.'s Westside has gone out of business. My closest ones now are Kit Kraft and Burbank House of Hobbies. Not so bad, really -- no more than a 40-minute freeway drive on the weekend. But I miss Lincoln Hobbies and Allied Hobbies in Culver City, The Hobby Place in Rancho Park, and Paul Freiler's Historical Models in Torrance.

Of course, on the bright side, we have Moebius and Monarch. . .

Yes, we are down to but a pitiful few. Not like in the glory days of hobby shops.

Fortunately, there is also Hollywood Toy & Costume. While not a hobby shop, they have probably one of the best model selections around, and the prices are very competitive. There is still Brookhurst Hobbies down in Garden Grove (the OC for all you teenyboppers).

Not much else around, nowadays.

Started cutting out the limber holes last night. :freak:

Got mine yesterday!

Well, I suppose that would be ideal, but that would have meant a single mold nearly 40 inches long! Not to mention a rather unwieldy box.

Worry not -- the join between the front and rear sections is, like everything about this kit, beautifully and precisely engineered. There's a full 3/4-inch overlap for a snug, positive fit, and the hull surfaces mate perfectly. Only minimal filling and sanding should be needed to make the join invisible.

Excellent!!! ... and here I was worrying about perhaps blunt-ended joining of the hull halves, but clearly the kit design well above this dilemma. Fox!

Started cutting out the limber holes last night. :freak:


Finished doing the same last night!!!

Excellent!!! ... and here I was worrying about perhaps blunt-ended joining of the hull halves, but clearly the kit design well above this dilemma. Fox! I agree this is great news. I really, really hope we get an equally as well engineered kit for the Jupiter II.

Limber holes open! Still a little crosseyed.... Waiting for the light kit
and FS-1 detail parts! This kit is a true masterpiece...VIVA MOEBIUS:woohoo:

I saw some close up shots of the underside of the bow and it looks like the Flying Sub doors are molded into the hull. I suppose it was too much to hope for sliding doors like the big studio model had. Anyone plan on modifying the doors on this kit so they slide back ?

Still waiting for CultTVMan "Steve" to ship mine to me....is it just me or am I the last to get this kit? It has been out there for at least a week or two...right?

MMM

I don't have mine yet.

MMM, it's just you.

Rogue.

Just kidding. I don't have mine either. Steve just got his shipment today and will be sending them out asap. At least a week according to his website posting. He has lots of orders to fill. Check out his site for the update. Plus, you'll get notification when yours ships.

I'm just anxious! Steve is a GREAT guy and I know he ships them as soon as he gets them! :) Can't wait to crack open this kit!!!

MMM

I saw some close up shots of the underside of the bow and it looks like the Flying Sub doors are molded into the hull. I suppose it was too much to hope for sliding doors like the big studio model had. Anyone plan on modifying the doors on this kit so they slide back ?

The door isn't molded in, but a single tight fitting piece. Someone could easily make doors that look like they rolled in. For us to do it, it would have been much more work. We just had to stop somewhere unfortunately!

Still waiting for CultTVMan "Steve" to ship mine to me....is it just me or am I the last to get this kit? It has been out there for at least a week or two...right?

MMM

I think I'll be the last to get them, other than some of the overseas customers. Mine don't arrive until Tuesday!

The door isn't molded in, but a single tight fitting piece. Someone could easily make doors that look like they rolled in. For us to do it, it would have been much more work. We just had to stop somewhere unfortunately!I'm more than satisfied to have the removeable single-piece doors. To replicate the FS bay hatch on the large filming miniature, you'd have to build something like a roll-away tambour door made of spaghetti-thin segments glued to some ultra-thin flexible backing material and make it slide inside itty-bitty channels -- Well, is anyone up to it?

BTW, thanks to Jeff Bond and David Merriman for the great information booklet that comes with the kit.