This struck my eye back in December but I’m afraid I was lazy and I never mentioned it, so here we are!
The Volcania Volunteers are some incredible artists for design junkies like myself. First off they have a very nice looking site: http://www.vulcaniavolunteers.com/
They are an organization which provides highly accurate models of items and diagrams of Harper Goff’s Nautilus (the one from the Disney movie 20,000 leagues under the sea).
Taken from the news on their site:
“For the past 30+ years, Harper Goff’s Nautilus has been rendered in many forms & styles, but not accurately And never as if she were an actual, fully functional vessel of that era.
A new approach was long over-due & is at the core of the V.V.’s – reason for being.
When & where Nautilus models are concerned,
…there are some fairly good models of the Harper Goff’s Nautilus readily available, but the V.V. take issue with the complete lack of progress or initiative to improve – beyond utilizing the original pre-production Disney-Plans.
Using the original ‘Dsiney’ plans – never fails to result in a slightly misshaped Nautilus, that is also missing crucial details.
And we’re Not merely ‘rivet-counting’ – Discerning eyes, recognize the shortfall of Plans-Boats. (modelmaker’s term: for most commercial Nautilus models)
The Hero & other Nautilus models in the film do Not match the Disney plans, …so how could using the Wrong plans – result in the making of a good & accurate model?
Simply put…
The Vulcania Volunteers intend to Change for the Better,
the way people look at & appreciate – Harper Goff’s Nautilus!”
Well worth a look. Sorry for no pictures on our post. I forgot to ask for permission and didn’t want to break any copyright laws.
This has been Shaunathan Sprocket reporting from under the sea.
