Here's my entry to the Underwater competition. I loved the idea for this challenge, and although I seldom find the time to participate here I could not let this one pass.

After reading the competition it took me a few days to decide what to do, and I tried to think of the story around it as much as the model itself.

The Camper has been a favorite set of mine ever since I saw some pre-release photos of it here on Eurobricks. And rather then making a decaying model, I tried to imagine how this set would have evolved.

I also enjoyed making the base for it, and had to strip all my other builds for flower stilts and anything fishy-looking. The photos are taken with an iPhone with a white bed cloth as a background.

I added additional snapshots of various details from the set at the very bottom.

Cheers

Thor

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Subvan Campicus SXF 2000

Brickset 7639 - Camper

Melted icecaps, flooded skyscrapers... Nothing will get in the way of a good holiday!!!

The Subvan Campicus SXF 2000 will take you deeper and further than any other camping wagon, and with the comfort you deserve! Explore the dark depth of the French farmlands, the rich and colorful marine life of the Himalayas, or the ragged shark infested offices of Manhattan.

With its panoramic rooftop you and your family is privy to every detail of our sunken land. Pressure chamber, oxygen outlets* and a handy scuba-propeller lets you spend as much quality time outside as you can muster. Two powerful turbine rear engines keeps you speeding through continents in no time!

Here depicted in cruise, rear and anchored mode.

*oxygen level may alter depending on depth.

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Additional air tanks, masks and anchor rope

Support for holding the Camper at an angle

Holding the school of fish

Jellyfish and unidentified sea-monster

Car tire and some barbed wire

By Thor

Edited October 9, 201113 yr by Thor Lund

It's bulkyness reminds me on Twilight ship from SW.

It's just so awesome. Does it has any weaponry to defend against huge animals?

It's bulkyness reminds me on Twilight ship from SW.

It's just so awesome. Does it has any weaponry to defend against huge animals?

Oh, I had only thought of harpoons for the travelers, not to arm the vehicle itself. That is a great idea, and it makes me want to work more on this model.

Some torpedoes and other underwater ballistics would be a nice addition!

Thanks,

Thor

Very nice entry.

It has a very under-watery look, but is still recognizable as a Camper Van.

The big turbines on the side, and the cockpit on top are especially great.

Good luck in the contest.

Thanks LandShark,

The hardest part was actually replacing the wheels, I'm still not too happy with it. I tried removing the rounded grey wheel caps, but then it really lost the shape of the original Camper

Cheers,

Thor