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We've got two new projects
of a couple favorites. First up is the Flying Sub as featured in Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea. This is built by Larry Kremer
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This is a 1;18 scale flying sub model from Richard Teskey. The interior is completely scratchbuilt from styrene,
plexiglass and junk parts from model kits. LED and flashlight bulbs illuminate the interior. The floor is transparent and is illuminated from underneath. The difficult part was to calculate
the interior so it would fit sandwiched between the two cockpit cover.
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Next we have a Batmobile project from Steve McGovern. There are a number of kits and conversion kits out there, but Steve has taken the project a bit further....
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I started with the Jimmy Flintstone Batmobile kit.
The body in this kit is excellent, but having built them all, the frame honestly sucked. The Caped Custom has a better frame, but I wanted a realistic frame with a V-8 (because we all know the original cars didn't have a turbine in them anyway!)
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I used a frame from a 1968 Roadrunner, notched the fenderwalls, did a V-cut into the flor of the chassis, squared off the
gas tank, and put in a plate to match up the V in the body to the V on the frame.
I had to heat the front frame rails and stretch the front end a bit to get the proper length, cut and removed the
sub frame supports and made new ones.
I used the firewall and fender wheels from the Roadrunner, after cutting and trimming them to fit. The engine is a Plymouth Hemi, but i used Ford Cylinder heads and valve covers to make it look more like a Ford engine.
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I used rear turn signal lenses I had in a big old parts box to make the "glass lights" on the arch, and it is coming
along quite nicely.
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