Making a Tin Can Submarine

A year or two ago, a couple bought a riveted rocket ship I made and hung it in their son's room as a nightlight. He loved it so much, they contacted me to create a custom submarine in the same style for their soon-to-arrive baby girl. Notes: ▶ Wet-sanding the aluminum with a vibrating palm sander gives it a nice, even, satin finish. ▶ The latex caulk makes a nice adhesive for this kind of thing because it gives me plenty of time to reposition pieces if I need to, and it fills the gaps created by overlapping panels. ▶ What I cite as frosted acrylic was clear acrylic treated with some 400-grit sandpaper and the frosted-glass spray that I also used on the magnifier lens. ▶ I picked up the propellers at Aero Hobbies in Lewisville, TX. (Great place for RC hobbies. Check them out.) ▶ For the curious, there were 221 rivets. Tools and materials featured in this video: ▶ General Tools #4 Circle Cutter: http://amzn.to/2gGjb33 ▶ General Tools Automatic Center Punch: http://amzn.to/2htnN9B ▶ Rust-Oleum Frosted Glass Spray: http://amzn.to/2huXYGo ▶ LEDwholesalers Warm White LED Light Strip: http://amzn.to/2hLPkCo ▶ DAL Props Bullnose Propeller: http://amzn.to/2hrrOOM