Seaview Submarine Plastic Model Kit Moebius Models

As a kid, I had this model back in the 60s, and it was small. And of course back then I painted everything by brush. If you were standing to close, I paint you to. Everything looked good, what's brush marks? Forward, 50 plus years, lights, rattle cans and airbrush. Well skies the limit. This kit is clocking in at around the 3 1/2' mark. Took a few liberties in the build, but it looks great. No lights, no fancy frills, just display. But you could do what you want, this kit allows it. So if you're looking for a Seaview model, get yourself 3 1/2 feet for display and look no further. Cause if your reading this, you are.

Tooling on the model is very good, parts fit well. As a fan of the show I'm looking forward to building it.

This model is big it 38 inch long and 10 inch hight with stand and easy to put it together very good detail need a lot of paint to finish it the control room very good detail you can buy a kit to make it very real

This is big model , with many parts. It is very detailed and I even bought stickers seperately. Painting it accuraty will cost .better to use the stickers and not do every suggestion. Saving painting chores. You can buy lighting kits for this. But I will not be going that route. This has many pieces and is not meant for quickness of assembly.

Yes I'm a "Seaview" fan since I was a kid. It was good to see that someone finally got serious about making the worlds classiest submarine available for a reasonable price. Here is what I liked about it the most. (1)Nice and big! You can take it in the swimming pool and have a ball if you want. (2)The parts fit together to perfection. No warped or lopsided pieces that didn't fit. Like a laser cut version. (3)With a little time and patience you can paint it to a cool blue underwater color like it was seen in the TV show--plus add full lighting for more studio realistic fun like I did. Here are the Cons: The model is made to accomodate both the 18 foot and 8 foot studio models. If you are a Seaview fan you know this was a no no! The fact is--the 18 and 8 foot studio models are completely different in design--particularly the bulkhead, fin curvature and window design. You cannot just switch the windows for the 8 foot design and presto it is now the 8 foot version. The Moebius version is specifically designed for the 18 foot studio version and the bordeless windows match that design and the model should have been left that way. Moebius tried to accomodate both designs and that was a no no!!! What should they have done? Made the 18 and the 8 footer studio replicas as 2 different models. I prefer the 8 foot 6" studio model over the 18 footer. The 8 footer was used for most of the underwater scenes for the TV show and the one I like the most. The other problem I encountered is the plastic (clear) windows. They are warped and further distort by making an objects seen through it appear smaller like a negative lens instead of a clear window. I had to make new clear designs using crystal clear plastic (glass is even better). This is necessary if you put control room lighting and want to see the interior details through the window. Finally putty filler and sanding is necessary to get rid of the bulkhead lines after the window section is glued and where the 2 pieces of the hull are joined. All in all--it's a decent attempt to give the public a timeless classic that still looks great today. In fact a sub that could actually be built and I might add--no one today in TV or motion picture could match the futuristic and artistic concept of the Seaview from that era. PS I hope the Flying Sub they are preparing to make is another cool replia! Kenn Wingle

I recall the TV show that I used to wacth. Coolness factor: My HHA, Inna, She is from the Ukraine, she was able to read the instructions that was written in Ukrainen. The model is 1:48 so is almost 3 foot long so bear aware of display spave. It was fun to be able to share my hobby with my HHA.

Buy it.

What can I say. It's the SSRN Seaview and almost 39 inches long. It's huge well detailed has the flying sub the diving bell and mini sub too. Also comes with scale figures to put in the interior or where ever you want. Highly recommend.