Sheerline Akula submarine

[tomhugill]

Well I finally took the plunge (sorry) and bought a static dive submarine. This is the Sheerline Akula, it's ruggedly built and apparently very reliable. Although they're not the most accurate models they function well on the water. I plan on adding more detail to the hull, accurate scopes etc and give her a proper weathered paint job.











And a vid of me dive testing her in the bath.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJWD5LRnJrk

[MichaelC]

Wow....... What scale is it ? Very sweet.......... Where will you be running it other than the bathtub ?

[palepainter]

Well, that is going to make bathtime fun.

[tomhugill]

I belive its 1/96 scale! I will hopefully run it out on the canal near mine but I'm reluctent to dive it. I need to find a decent boating lake in manchester!

[PainlessWolf]

Good Afternoon,
Tom, you seem to run across the most interesting stuff. I expect you to show up with a flying UFO one day. ;o)
Happy Holidays!,
Painless

[tomhugill]

Haha I try to keep things interesting! Although I have a hunch I might getting an RC vampire jet for Xmas We shall see!

[TKcommander]

And a vid of me dive testing her in the bath.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJWD5LRnJrk

Looks great fun Tom, the pic made me chuckle! Sub in a tub!!

I think you need to invest in a swimming pool

Merry Christmas,
Andy

[Dietrich]

Hi tomhugill ,
I just Googled it.......That is a nice looking Sub...... Its almost ready to go out of the box ...what is its maximum depth ?....

[ALPHA]

HOLY COW TOM ... that's a MONSTER ...(you better not reply that's what she said) ....I guess your boat met with approval... because I can't imagine how you'd hide that baby

Great to see you are enjoying your Holiday Season

ALPHA

[ALPHA]

OK... I need to ask... is that water dripping off the hull while it's sitting on the counter or clever weathering ?

ALPHA