All taken apart for the gray primer paint
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Red/Brown base coat
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On the display stand at the lake for show only
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Close up of the salon
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Close up of the wheelhouse
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Gluing the lead ballast (it needed 10 pounds)
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Floating at the waterline
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Ballast tanks flooded, Nautilus sinking for the first time
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and it comes back up!
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All lights on
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Note camera and helm in the wheelhouse
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Night view - notice the 'green glow' along the fins
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close up
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Ready for final detail painting and maiden voyage
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