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Ushakov LPL Flying Submarine Blueprint Wall Art
Open production · Made after your order
A hand-plotted technical blueprint, drawn stroke by stroke in real ink.
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A technical plan of the Ushakov LPL Flying Submarine, plotted pen to paper, line by line, on 250 g/m² paper, 11 × 17 in. A physical tip presses into the paper and lays down real ink, one pass at a time. On the back, a serial number and date, plotted in UV ink in the same pass as the drawing.
The plan of the LPL exists as a file, everywhere. What doesn't exist everywhere is a copy someone can point to and say who drew it, where, on what day, and under what serial number.
In 1934, Soviet engineer Boris Ushakov proposed a machine that would fly to an enemy fleet, land on the water, submerge, and attack by torpedo — a genuine flying submarine. Three 1,000hp AM-34 engines (two in the wings, one in the nose) would give it a cruising speed of 100 knots in the air; underwater, it would creep along at 2–3 knots on batteries, diving to 40 metres with a crew of three sealed inside a 1.4-metre duralumin hull. The Soviet Navy studied the proposal for years, judged it too heavy to work, shelved it in 1937, briefly revived it under Beria in 1943, and closed the file for good in the 1950s. It was never built. This blueprint captures a machine that only ever existed on paper — which makes the paper the only place it ever really flew.
At a Glance
- ◆Designed by Boris Ushakov, 1934
- ◆3 engines, 1,000hp each
- ◆Dove to 40 metres underwater
- ◆Armed with two 18in torpedoes
- ◆Crew of three, never built
- ◆Studied on and off until the 1950s
Each piece is physically plotted by the studio's precision robot in Québec City, using Stabilo® Fineliners and Sakura® Gelly Roll inks on 250 gsm (120 lb) stock — stroke by stroke, never printed. A physical tip presses into the paper and lays down real ink. The result is a tactile, hand-plotted finish — never printed.
Specifications
> FORMAT: Tabloid Standard [11" x 17"]
> INK SYSTEM: Stabilo® Fineliner / Sakura® Gelly Roll
> SUBSTRATE: 250gsm High-Density Stock [120lb]
> EXECUTION: Precision Vector Plotting
> PLOT TIME: ~1–1.5 h of machine drawing time
> PRODUCTION: Open · plotted after you order
> ORIGIN: Québec City, Canada
What the robot does, what a person does
The robot
- ◆runs the file
- ◆draws
- ◆lays down ink
- ◆repeats without tiring
A person
- ◆picks the concept
- ◆designs the linework
- ◆decides which lines disappear
- ◆sets pressure, speed, pen height
- ◆watches the hours
- ◆signs, numbers, packs
Drawn by a robot. Designed by a person.
Included
Production timelapse included — every order · no extra cost
Watch your piece being plotted, line by line, by the studio's robot. A personal timelapse of your production is sent with every order — to share, or to keep as a record of how your piece came to be.
Hidden signature
Real footage — an early production piece, shown under blacklight.
A signature only UV light reveals
On the back of every piece, in the same pass as the drawing, we plot a signature invisible under normal light — codeink.art, the piece's name and serial number, the year, and Québec. Shine a blacklight on it and it glows.
“Every other blueprint in this catalogue draws something that flew. This one draws something that never left the drafting table — which means every line here is an argument, not a record. There's no photograph to check it against, no surviving airframe to correct a mistake. The drawing is the only evidence this thing ever almost existed.”
Open production, no duplicates
Every LPL piece is plotted after you order it — the pen wears down differently each pass, ink density shifts, and no two lines close exactly the same way. Nothing is corrected or hidden.
PERFECTLY imperfect.
A real process, not a printer
Each piece is physically plotted, pen on paper, in Québec City — watch the machine work.
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Real defects — shipping damage, wrong colour, missing lines — are replaced free of charge.
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Numbered and signed
A unique serial number and the date are plotted on the back in UV ink — invisible to the naked eye, laid down in the same pass as the drawing.
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This design was a Soviet military research proposal from the 1930s–1950s that was never built and is presented here as a historical technical illustration. No company, trademark, or living rights holder is associated with this concept. The trademarks and designations mentioned belong to their respective owners.