I just saw Moebius posted on myspace new test shots of the Flying Sub

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Great! Can't wait!

FANTASTIC..
Beautiful.....

AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!:woohoo::woohoo:

Looks like another winner!

Spectacular! The paint job is superb. The only two things I see (from my vast experience with the Flying Sub - ha ha ha) are: I thought the floor was raised around the front control panels so that the two girders on either side of the control panels were shortened at the base - the angled foot either isn't there or is much smaller. And do the jet exhausts look a little large? They look to my eye the size of the enlarged exhausts David Merriman used on his "real" Flying Sub. I know this is months away so I only mention it if anyone wants to check and I could be totally mistaken on both points.

But that is really beautiful. The thing is made by , that model totally is, that factory fresh Ferrari paint job. In car kits you never get instructions on how to paint. It's something you have to piece together over time. It would be excellent if this kit came with instructions on achieving that great finish, maybe as an advanced modelers option: suggestion on the paint used, then the finer and finer 1000 2000 grit sanding, then the polishing compound. I know there are some people who can get that kind of finish out of a can of lacquer but I have never been one of them. For me it's always been orange peel and micromesh.

Any chance of some profile shots?

That is just AMAZING......:woohoo: It's also not fair to taunt us....:drunk:
I can't wait to get my hands on this fantastic kit. Great job, Moebius.:thumbsup:

Check this out for more photos:
http://www.forbiddenplastic.com/moebius/fs1/moebius_fs1.html

I don't have a single 1/32 scale kit in my collection. No, one: the original Aurora Black Beauty.
This is definitely going to be my second one. Wow.

that was thoughtful: they added a tunnel to the back door! Still plenty of room for ductwork I see.

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I don't know about you fellas, but this is Perfect!

I love the way the top Docking ring is removeable to view the interior:thumbsup:!
I always hated the old Aurora Remove the "Whole middle" section thing.
Plenty of room for the Lighting Package Back there as well.

Looks like Joel Tavera had a hand in Making the Interior! It's very close to the Lunar Interior he did, which was stunning!:hat::hat:

You remember how long the interminable wait was for the Seaview??? Well, that was good practice for being patient waiting for THIS beauty to arrive come Springtime!
Just to get it all out of my system:
Is it here yet?
No.
Is it here yet?
No.
Is it here yet?
No.
Is it here yet?
Banned member.
Membership reinstated.
Is it here yet?
No.
Is it...

:woohoo:

I don't have a single 1/32 scale kit in my collection. No, one: the original Aurora Black Beauty.
This is definitely going to be my second one. Wow.

First, thank you so very much for posting the link for those great pictures....
I think I need a new keyboard though, my jaw hit it hard......:woohoo:
This is going to a long two months......:drunk:

You remember how long the interminable wait was for the Seaview??? Well, that was good practice for being patient waiting for THIS beauty to arrive come Springtime!
Just to get it all out of my system:
Is it here yet?
No.
Is it here yet?
No.
Is it here yet?
No.
Is it here yet?
Banned member.
Membership reinstated.
Is it here yet?
No.
Is it...

:woohoo:

Great post....

I looked at the pictures and I think I actually wet myself a little bit. I honestly haven't been so excited about an upcoming model since Polar Lights announced they were releasing the Jupiter II.

I wonder how many people on all the model boards have wet themselves in the past year?

The exhaust openings look right to me; I think they were too small on the Aurora kit which might account for the impression that they're too big here.

You're right, the do look fine. I'd post this image here but it says it's copyright of David Merriman so I'd better just do a link to it:
http://www.culttvman.com/assets/images-SFTV-2005/dmerrimanflysubproj107.jpg
My thinking this morning went like this: I didn't know there were doors in the center section under the bunk. Easy enough to get rid of them and open up the area. Easy enough to add 1/32 frogman gear from any number of Tamiya Dragon Esci and all armor kits. Armor kits! Think of the diorama possibilities! The Flying Sub was always ending up in some hot and steamy jungle somewhere. You could add in figures, armor, trucks, pibbers, water, plants, all of the literally thousands of kits and aftermarket accessories armor modelers have.
Going from 1/32 isn't my scale so I'm not very interested to Is one of these going to be enough? Is two of these going to be enough? (One in flying mode. One in an underwater setting. One in a surface setting on a jungle stream somewhere.) (Not to mention a couple to put away for when the Irwin Allen license runs out and the value of these things goes through the roof.) How much will these kits be anyway?

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looking good, they need to add a pop can to show how big it is tho. (-::hat:

I don't remember any tunnel. I thought the one hatch was the one on the inside and lead directly to the outside. Am I wrong?

I don't remember any tunnel. I thought the one hatch was the one on the inside and lead directly to the outside. Am I wrong?

That's because There was no Tunnel In the Show!

Another one of Irwin Allen's "Mistakes".

In the Series, the rear hatch led Directly to the outside, which would be Immpossible. The Flying Sub would have been MUCH shorter and Have NO engine room.

What Moebius did was brilliant!It's actually what really should have been in there:thumbsup:

Yes, the show completely ignored that there should be an engine room between the inner door and the outer door.

Also, where is the "reactor"? :freak:

Also, where is the "reactor"? :freak:

Behind the glowing wall, of course :rolleyes:

Also, where is the "reactor"? :freak:Same place it is on the Proteus -- in the one foot of space under the floor!

The Reactor's behind the reactor wall, right on top of the Landing gear well and in the middle of the intake ductwork for the water and air breathing jet engine, where else would it be?
You guys shouldn't confuse anything from an Irwin Allen series with reality - there is no connection between Voyage to The Bottom of The Sea and reality.
Flying Sub is cool it wouldn't work but it's cool....
This is not Science Fiction - it's science FANTASY....

Dave

Same place it is on the Proteus -- in the one foot of space under the floor!

Nope, can't be ... a full sized sub needs more than 2 or 3 atoms of atomic material in its reactor.

Sure it can.....It's science Fantasy!

I think that you all are being unfair to Irwin Allen, the flying sub is no worse than the ST shuttle craft. IA always said that his shows were not sf shows, they were action shows. He called them running an jumping shows. Everything was streamlined to keep the action flowing. I'm willing to bet that he knew the Flying Fish was undersized, and that diving into the water like that would have pasted the fs passengers onto the windows. But like the scene with the Seaview breaching, it sure looked cool. As none of his shows were ever canceled for low ratings, he must have had something going for him.

Also in the 50s, and 60s they really believed that they could miniaturize atomic reactors where they could be used as power sources for aircraft, and other vehicles. Unfortunately it didn't work out that way. Or fortunately, depending on how you feel about nuclear power.

The engines could have been air breathers out of the water, and functioned as pump-jet propulsors under the water. The fs needed jato rockets to takeoff from the water.

There was a line that I loved from the first Mr. Pim episode. The Seaview shutters, and Crane asks Admiral what he thought it was. The Admiral replied that he would have said it was one of the propeller shafts. That is if they used propellors.

David.

I think that you all are being unfair to Irwin Allen

I can't speak for everyone else, but for me I'm totally not being UNFAIR to him. I'm totally having fun at his expense. There is not one single SF show/movie/book/comic (even 2001: A Space Odyssey) that is totally, scientifically accurate in its vehicles.

I could just as easily be writing about TOS shuttlecraft (as mentioned above), Bladerunner spinners, Galaxy Quest berillium spheres, Doctor Who's TARDIS, 24's amazing changing CTU command center, etc etc etc.

We ALL understand that this stuff is fiction and that the designs are made to deal with the needs of the show/movie/book/comic/etc. (I HOPE well all understand that!)

P.S. Forgot to mention the 2001 Discovery's lack of cooling vanes - they were cut off for visual needs of the film.

. . . I'm willing to bet that he knew the Flying Fish was undersized, and that diving into the water like that would have pasted the fs passengers onto the windows.The Flying Fish? Wasn't that what they used for the front half of the Disco Volante in Thunderball?

http://www.hobbytalk.com/bbs1/attachment.php?attachmentid=72059&stc=1&d=1229924034

Hey, I take exception to your lumping the TARDIS in with those obviously fantasy vehicles!
;)

It's a quasi-living (grown, not built) example of Time Lord technology, which being very far advanced of human technology merely seems like fantasy!

:)

Larry

Hey Dave, I can't help but notice there are scored panels and interior mounting pins for the landing gear, claw and tail hook.

Planning ahead for aftermarket stuff?

The Reactor's behind the reactor wall, right on top of the Landing gear well and in the middle of the intake ductwork for the water and air breathing jet engine, where else would it be?
You guys shouldn't confuse anything from an Irwin Allen series with reality - there is no connection between Voyage to The Bottom of The Sea and reality.
Flying Sub is cool it wouldn't work but it's cool....
This is not Science Fiction - it's science FANTASY....

Dave

Right on, Dave. By the way, Moebius rocks. :thumbsup:

This is the best time ever for us Boomers. I love it.

This is the best time ever for us Boomers. I love it.

Couldn't have said it better, I haven't been this dizzy from the fumes of open
bottles of modeling glue in a long time....:drunk: I just hope none of us Boomers go Bust with all the fun stuff to get for these great kits.....:rolleyes:
I know I've bought just about everything offered for my kits, except for lighting, I love doing that on my own. Keep on posting any new pictures that
might be out there, I'm having withdrawals.....;)

The Reactor's behind the reactor wall, right on top of the Landing gear well and in the middle of the intake ductwork for the water and air breathing jet engine, where else would it be?
You guys shouldn't confuse anything from an Irwin Allen series with reality - there is no connection between Voyage to The Bottom of The Sea and reality.
Flying Sub is cool it wouldn't work but it's cool....
This is not Science Fiction - it's science FANTASY....

Dave

so um, that flying reindeer thing, how's that work again?

Did someone say "Flying Fish (http://bellsouthpwp.net/s/t/steveplj2/modeltech/ff/ffmain.htm)"?

I'm having withdrawals.....;)

I'm running out of shelf space. :freak:

I just saw Moebius posted on myspace new test shots of the Flying Sub

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FOAMING AT THE MOUTH! :eek: :thumbsup: :lol:

The Flying Fish? Wasn't that what they used for the front half of the Disco Volante in Thunderball?


I don't believe that it was ever mentioned in the show, but the name of the flying sub was the Flying Fish. Much like the diving bell's name was the Apple, which I don't ever remember hearing in the show.

David.

They do refer to the diving bell as "Apple One" at least once but the "Flying Fish" designation was only used in early promotional materials for Voyage's second season and is never mentioned on the show.

This will probably open up loads of speculation, but did anyone notice that in the photo comparing the Aurora Flying sub sitting on top of the Moebius prototype the drawing of the Jupiter 2 on the table?

Rogue

SHHH!~ Pay no attention to that drawing on the table! ( :woohoo:)

This will probably open up loads of speculation, but did anyone notice that in the photo comparing the Aurora Flying sub sitting on top of the Moebius prototype the drawing of the Jupiter 2 on the table?

Rogue

Y'mean Dave's the only one with a Jupiter 2 tablecloth? Not sure I believe that.... If that's what it really is...

I certainly hope that every panel that can possibly use lighting up,be made transparent by Moebius.The Flying Sub is about as popular as the Seaview,if not more,in my opinion.Any idea about it's possible price.;)

I'm running out of shelf space. :freak:

I've torn down all of my walls to make room for anything Moebius might put
out this year, I hope I thought this out.....:rolleyes: I might need to get a
new wall.....:thumbsup:

Any idea about it's possible price.;)

The suggested retail is $74.95. I'm sure it can be found discounted out there.

Somewhat pricey but I can't say it's not worth it.Is this the final box art picture this kit will be boxed in.:cool:

Somewhat pricey but I can't say it's not worth it.Is this the final box art picture this kit will be boxed in.:cool:

The final artwork is what has been online lately.

Frank, Dave-
The FLYING SUB kit looks awesome- I hope it is out in February as planned!
Now about that Jupiter 2 drawing- darn if that isn't one HINT to us of things to come- you can't tell me it was left in that pic by accident! Baloney!
Toy Fair '09 surprise. maybe!???????:woohoo:
Gary