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[PSUBS-MAILIST] Re: Replica subs
On Thu, 17 Feb 2000 19:02:38 -0000 "Captain Nemo" <vulcania@interpac.net>
writes:
>Back in the late 80's, the only copy of the DISNEY NAUTILUS plans I
could
>find was a poor quality XEROX the local librarian took of the Art
Department
>Plans published in CINEFANTASTIQUE MAGAZINE: I enlarged it many times
>and made the working drawings on which the replica hull is based from
>them.
I did the same thing to get plans of a 1950s USN target submarine.
One day I spent my quarters and a couple of hours trying to get
good drawings of a X-craft (I was going to build it out of plexiglass,
but that's another story).
It's really very frustrating, isn't it?
>Nowadays, there are lots of plans around.
Check the URL I provided in my other message.
>A SEAVIEW would be cool; especially if we could build one with an
>actual FLYING SUBMARINE!!!
There's a chap named Richard Tesky who has built several models
of it. One of them is about 17 feet long. All display or pond models,
though.
As I recall, the series and the movie used three: a 1.5 foot version,
an 8-foot version and an 18-foot version. No one seems to know
what happened to any of them, after the series was cancelled.
(In about '65, I built the usual models of the Seaview, and realized
how unlikely it was. So I took a Renwal Ethan Allen, stripped out
the torpedo room and made it into a two-level observation
nose with six windows around the sides of the hull. I moved
the torpedo tubes back into the forward part of the missile
room (losing six missile tubes). If I were going to do it today,
I'd still use the Ethan Allen (I think), and add a section forward
of the missile room for the torpedo tubes (I could have eight
instead of four) and for a diver and equipment lockout room.)
Taubman Plans Service (in New Jersey, I think) used to sell
Seaview plans, but I can't seem to find the website any
more. The owner had some health problems several
years ago, so it all may be gone.
Mike holt
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