SHIPPING UPDATE!

Disney has approved our final sample!  We are now in production. The shipping date of the Nautilus is now anticipated to be Q3/Q4-2011.  We are now are in production!

When a design is instantly recognizable the world over and across many generations, you know it's not just good, it's genius.  So it is with Captain Nemo's Nautilus.  Designed by famed production designer, Harper Goff, for Walt Disney's 1954 production of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, this futuristic, anachronistic, animal-like submarine is a true classic that has never been bettered.

Scott Brodeen should know, he's made many commercially available models of this boat over the years in his quest for the perfect replica. There have been 16" and 32" models, a six footer, an eleven footer, he even helped restore the original 11 foot movie miniature.  Scott knows a thing or two about the Nautilus.  But what size should we make the eFX version?  Too small and you can't appreciate the size and detail of the sub.  Too large and you'd need a private museum to display it.  Four feet sounded right to Scott, and so he set to work.

Like most movie sets and props, the Nautilus existed in many forms and several scales, all of which differed in their details.  Starting with the original Disney blueprints, Scott scaled them up and laser cut the longitudinal and cross sectional braces out of clear acrylic.  This substructure was assembled and clad in sheet styrene, in a similar way to how you would build an actual ship, to form the outer hull of the boat.