http://www.culttvmanshop.com/shop/product.php?productid=16936&cat=263&page=2

Just thought I'd post the link for the Flying Sub preorder, I got mine.....:woohoo:

Oooooh...I think I'm gonna spray like a cat!

Oooooh...I think I'm gonna spray like a cat!Everybody give JeffG a WIDE BERTH! :eek:

This new FS is gonna be, like, SO BITCHIN'!

Oooooh...I think I'm gonna spray like a cat!

nothing the Neuter Clinic can't fix...

Awesome!!! Are there figures to go with it?!

I want one or two!! The Flying Sub model looks great and I'm enthusiastic about getting one.I love the Seaview but I don't have enough room to display one.This kit will be far more manageable for me in size.Guy Schlicter.

I'll be making a set of figures for the flying sub... Moebius is sending me a seat so I can work ahead and have the figures ready when the model ships.

My Chariot figures are in production... should start taking orders by the end of this week and ship the kits in a little over 2 weeks or so... pray that the caster doesn't run into problems.

Drew (Crow's Nest Models)

Don't forget the clear plastic whiskey bottle for Admiral Nelson. Oooops! that was just mean. But I guess you gotta cope with all those giant squids somehow!:thumbsup:

That's OK, Richard Basehart himself admitted that he was "bombed" during the last year of filming. :drunk:
And to get back O.T., I've pre-ordered TWO of these kits this morning! :woohoo:

<Gypsy>Richard Basehart! Richard Basehart!</Gypsy>

Cool looking kit. Would like a head on 'money shot'.

HOLY HUGE FLYING THING IN THE AIR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(sorry, it's the only thing i could think of)

that is big and detailed!!!!!!!!!

AHHHH! WHO SPRAYED AND LEFT A MESS???

Here are some additional fun facts on the Moebius Flying Sub model:

Assuming a 36' wingspan for a full-size Flying Sub, the wingspan on the 1/32 scale kit is 13.5". In person, the prototype seems much larger, as you can see in my comparison photo of the prototype & the Aurora/Monogram kit.

The hull of the Moebius FS-1 was CNC'ed from a 3D laser scan of a casting of an 18" studio model's hull. The 3D file was tweaked very slightly to ensure that the Moebius model has perfect left/right symmetry, as opposed to the hard-carved wooden master that the studio model was cast from.

Unlike the Aurora/Monogram kit, the Moebius model doesn't have an engine room. Several reasons: first, there's no room. On a full-scale Flying Sub, the headroom rapidly diminishes from 6'-8" to less than 5 ft, as you move aftward, and there are barely 5 ft separating the engines. Let's not even mention the retractable tail wheel! Also, an air-filled engine room might make the sub too buoyant to submerge, like a real-life Proteus would be. Lastly, you don't want to compromise the integrity of the pressure hull by routing the air/water conduits through an engine room.

The Moebius model has a watertight tunnel connecting the doors of the passenger cabin and the aft bulkhead. The engine area is, in theory, free-flooding. I might add that the tunnel has been given the official David Merriman seal of approval.

The watertight door and other details on the aft bulkhead were patterned after those on the full-scale mockup of the sub's aft end (from the 4th season), rather than the simplified version seen on the studio miniature.

The interior has loads of accurate details, even including the hinges for the floor hatch!

Gary

Here are some additional fun facts on the Moebius Flying Sub model:

Assuming a 36' wingspan for a full-size Flying Sub, the wingspan on the 1/32 scale kit is 13.5". In person, the prototype seems much larger, as you can see in my comparison photo of the prototype & the Aurora/Monogram kit.

The hull of the Moebius FS-1 was CNC'ed from a 3D laser scan of a casting of an 18" studio model's hull. The 3D file was tweaked very slightly to ensure that the Moebius model has perfect left/right symmetry, as opposed to the hard-carved wooden master that the studio model was cast from.

Unlike the Aurora/Monogram kit, the Moebius model doesn't have an engine room. Several reasons: first, there's no room. On a full-scale Flying Sub, the headroom rapidly diminishes from 6'-8" to less than 5 ft, as you move aftward, and there are barely 5 ft separating the engines. Let's not even mention the retractable tail wheel! Also, an air-filled engine room might make the sub too buoyant to submerge, like a real-life Proteus would be. Lastly, you don't want to compromise the integrity of the pressure hull by routing the air/water conduits through an engine room.

The Moebius model has a watertight tunnel connecting the doors of the passenger cabin and the aft bulkhead. The engine area is, in theory, free-flooding. I might add that the tunnel has been given the official David Merriman seal of approval.

The watertight door and other details on the aft bulkhead were patterned after those on the full-scale mockup of the sub's aft end (from the 4th season), rather than the simplified version seen on the studio miniature.

The interior has loads of accurate details, even including the hinges for the floor hatch!

Gary
OMG..... Somebody give me air.....:freak: This thing sound fantastic.:woohoo:
I've got the perfect 3mm LED, that flash through seven colors, all in
a single body. I got 100 of them from China, off E-Bay. That will be for the
Reactor Wall.:thumbsup: I will update this post ASAP with the link. Once more
I have to say, Thank You Moebius, for making an old man very happy.:wave:

Update; Here is the link, I will check them out when I get home from work, to see how
they would look and if the flash rate is fast enough. I got them for no specific project
and just set them aside........

http://cgi.ebay.com/Lot-of-100-3mm-Rainbow-Flash-LED-4500mcd-Free-Resistors_W0QQitemZ250330908825QQihZ015QQcategoryZ 66954QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Keep us updated on your efforts teslabe! I'll be following it! I bookmarked the ebay link in case it gets deleted. Given my busy and lazy nature i will probably wait for a canned lighting kits for this thing... but those leds look ver kewl!

I'm actually wiping a small tear from my eye. It looks beautiful! Just beautiful!

Speaking of "canned lighting kits", because it's so close in size to the now defunct LM Flying Sub, I'm thinking that Randy's existing VoodooFX FS deluxe lighting kit would probably fit in this new babe. :hat:

Keep us updated on your efforts teslabe! I'll be following it! I bookmarked the ebay link in case it gets deleted. Given my busy and lazy nature i will probably wait for a canned lighting kits for this thing... but those leds look ver kewl!

Hi Drew, I don't think these will work....:( Each LED has an IC built-in that controls it's "Light Show". They cycle through the colors at a slow rate at first, starting dim then going bright through each color, then cycles through at a fast rate, not right for the Reactor walls.

oh well... the stepping through sequence images of the voodoofx lunar models lighting kits are hard to understand... does anyone out there have a review of the voodoofx lighting kit? THIS kit screams out for a stunning lighting job!

As soon as I got the newsletter from steve saying that the FS1 pre-order was up I jumped in and pre-ordered it :thumbsup: And now I see Drew is jumping in for figures too and to agree here this will be one kit that does say "light me!!!"

B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L!!!!!!!:thumbsup:


THAT LOOKS BANG ON GUYS! Fantastic Job!

I just preordered my Kit from Cult! Many thanks to my Friend Falcon 49xxx for the heads up:thumbsup:


:woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo:

oh well... the stepping through sequence images of the voodoofx lunar models lighting kits are hard to understand... does anyone out there have a review of the voodoofx lighting kit? THIS kit screams out for a stunning lighting job!


I used the Voodofx Lighting kit for my Lunar Sub.

Randy did an Excellent Job! You get the Flashing Fusion Core Light, two bright Leds for the front Lights, Interior leds,yellow Lights for the learfloor Panels and Bright Red LEDS FOR THE two Engine Exhausts!!!:thumbsup:

http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/8084/lunarflyingsub2sv9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

YES!! YES! YES!:woohoo:

Now, will somebody PLEASE clean up all that cat pee?

Now THAT is a great looking kit and a perfect size to boot !

:thumbsup:Once again Moebius comes through.

Looking good!

Wait'll you see that front profile...

I am thinking about those LED Tea Candle lights (like what was used fo rthe FineMolds Y-Wing Engine build-ups. They have a nice random flicker and about 8 would give it a good effect I feel. Of course there will be lighting kits out fo rthis but I think I will build the first kit with my own set-up just for the fun of it.

Anybody know if this kit will have the front claws and silly looking landing gear included?

YIPPIE!!!!!! Moebius ROCKS!!!

Now I gotta go change my wonder woman underwoos :freak:

....and find my modeling desk. Been busy with things :drunk:

Richard - I've heard unsubstantiated rumors that there will be landing gear, but I haven't heard anything about the claw.

Thanks for the info. You can never be certain this early in the creation pahes but I would love to have one of these in a dio showing it recovering a cable with e claws and gear down on the sea floor (I forget which episode had that). I fugure the rear gear would not have to be touching as it could use it's bouyancy for balance and the front gear for leverage.

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No landing gear and no claw.That would have made it a $100,00 + model kit.I'm sure those will be aftermarket products.

Nice to see the pinstriped "stabilizer fins" have been properly sized and raised (at least, they appear so to my feeble eyes).

Gary, what are you guys calling those things anyway?

That is a thing of beauty, great work Moebius! :thumbsup:

Nice to see the pinstriped "stabilizer fins" have been properly sized and raised (at least, they appear so to my feeble eyes).

Gary, what are you guys calling those things anyway?

Well, I looked at those blue ridges and called them "blue ridges". David Merriman, on the other hand, says they should be referred to as "wing fences".

Btw, kudos to Alan "Wizard of Flight" Sinclair for for his hard work in converting the 3D laser scan of the studio model's hull into a file format that the CNC machine in China could use.

Gary

Well, I looked at those blue ridges and called them "blue ridges". David Merriman, on the other hand, says they should be referred to as "wing fences".

You both rock, Gary... but I'm a sucker for VNGTT (Veteran Navy Guy Tech Talk).

Wing Fences it is!

You both rock, Gary... but I'm a sucker for VNGTT (Veteran Navy Guy Tech Talk).

Wing Fences it is!


You mean they're not 'thingees'?

Gene

You mean they're not 'thingees'?

That was probably the official Irwin Allen term.

"Admiral, a monster has attached itself to one of the thingees!"

"Take evasive action!"

You mean "Take evasive action (buuuurrrp)!"

As you say- the Claws & Landing gear will be aftermarket items no doubt. I really do appreciate the fact Moebius is going out of the way to help the aftermarket GK people get a running start on add ons/mods so they can be ready soon after release. It is refreshing to see a company embrace the building community instead of treating us with hostility.

We build kits too ya know!

Not "the craw" - "The Craw!"

Oops - wrong sixties show?

Huzz

We build kits too ya know!

And very well,I might add!

AND it keeps us off the streets and out of trouble! :thumbsup:

I have the Original Aurora Flying sub .But definitly going to pickup the Moebius one too.:thumbsup:Thanks for posting the info on it:)

Thanks Moebius for another fine model. This Flying sub sure looks so much larger AND nicer than the aurora.

We build kits too ya know!
I htink one of the problems with a lot of comapnies is that the people makeing the decisions do NOT build models anymore. They approach things like a marketing course instead of an end user.

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Not "the craw" - "The Craw!"

Oops - wrong sixties show?

Huzz


that is one of my favorite lines!!

hey , hey we're the................

Great to see any Flying Sub kit. I know that I would love a 1/12th scale model, but Iwill buy the Moebius kit when it comes out. However, one simple question - if this is made from scans of an actual studio model, what are the ribs where the blue lines go over the hull? I know the Aurora kit has them and the original studio blueprints have them. But I have yet to see a photo of a studio model with those ribs on the model. I may need glasses for my glasses, but has anyone got photos of an actual studio model with those ribs sticking up rather than just painted blue lines? I know there are small raised ribs near the front of the sub on both top and bottom, but they do not progress very far. Please enlighten me someone, anyone. Thanks in advance.

Great to see any Flying Sub kit. I know that I would love a 1/12th scale model, but Iwill buy the Moebius kit when it comes out. However, one simple question - if this is made from scans of an actual studio model, what are the ribs where the blue lines go over the hull? I know the Aurora kit has them and the original studio blueprints have them. But I have yet to see a photo of a studio model with those ribs on the model. I may need glasses for my glasses, but has anyone got photos of an actual studio model with those ribs sticking up rather than just painted blue lines? I know there are small raised ribs near the front of the sub on both top and bottom, but they do not progress very far. Please enlighten me someone, anyone. Thanks in advance.

The ridges are present both in the laser scan of the 18-incher and in the Moebius kit. All the studio models had ridges, but they were not as pronounced as in the studio plans. The ridges start at the leading edges of the hull, blend into the hull as they pass under the outer edges of the docking rings, then resume as they segue into the tailfins.

Some years ago, Phil Broad and I took photos of the 36-inch Flying Sub that had been modified to include landing gear and manipulator claws. Phil has posted his photos, which clearly show the ridges, at his website: http://cloudster.com/Sets&Vehicles/FlyingSub/FlyingSubTop.htm.

Gary