Peter,
Using your link, the only that I could find is where to buy the CD. Couldn’t find where to download pages.
Sorry about that. The text was correct, but the link was the same as the second one. I’ve fixed it now.
To download a page, right-click it and Save As.
Peter
Hey BigJim & Peterj-Aloha
Are you guys researching the potential of a (should I say it)… Gato interior? I love it! It’s good to know there are other demented souls gracing these forums. Seriously though, I’m more than estatic about trading ideas & sharing resources with any of you guys planning to undertake a similar project.
I was surprised to learn there isn’t an A.O.T.S. Gato book available. However, many people have posted great info sources on this thread, and, I’m sure more is to follow, not to mention the collective talent & knowledge of these guys.
I’m hoping to find a cd-rom similar to what has been made for the type VII, essentially a photo mosaic of the interior, and, a deck plane for rib placements etc. I suspect it’ll end up being an olio of different sources, and, I’ll end up with a fleet boat library as good as the type VII library I’ve amassed.
Good talking to you guys. Cheers, Macleod [soapbox]
" Be pompus, obese, and, eat cactus
Be critical, meddling, and, rude
Criticize things you don’t know about
Sit in a swamp, and, be three dimensional"…Steve Martin
Mac,
When I was younger, one of the neat models was the George Washington SSBN with interior. I had one then and I think that I have one on the shelf downstairs somewhere. Of course, now I know that it wasn’t very accurate, but still it was neat back then…even fired a Polaris missile.
I’m not planning an interior to my Fleet Sub, just way too much work to do. But you guys with more time than I have, go for it. That was one reason that I posted the link to my pictures of the inside of the U.S.S. Ling (see previous page). Maybe they will be of some help to the modelers out there.
Ahoy there, Big Jim [oX)]
I had the exact same sub kit, and, it did have spring loaded polaris missles. Mine was the deluxe version with glow in the dark bulkheads, you know that freaky green plastic ala godzilla model. That was way back in the groovy 60’s.
As far as having a lot of time on my hands is a bit of a misnomer as i expect this project could take a year or two-pecking away at it.
Thanks for the great link, all interior pics are enthusiastically welcome. Thanks again for your input…
Regards, MacLeod [8D][yeah]
I’ve found a new source of info on subs, both diesels and nukes. Periscope Film. They the same guys that sell “The fleet Submarine” (a reproduction of Navpers 16160).
I just got six of their submarine DVDs. I’ve only watch two of them, so far. Good stuff! Some of the stuff, I’ve seen before, but not since the late sixties, at New London Sub School. The reproductions are as sharp and clear as I remember the originals, being. And a lot better than most of the stuff you see on TV. Also, for the most part, the narration is accurate. (No pictures of Barham blowing up, while narrating the Battle of Midway.) Although,I have to admit, in several of the Navy Dept films, the narrator had no idea what, he was talking about. These guys have reproduced the films exactly as they were made. And at a better level of quality, than I’ve come to expect from that TV channel that specializes in them…
There are some seldom (or never seen) shots. Like the one of the cook, choking the Main Induction, during a dive.
As for their book, “The Fleet Submarine”, I agree, the lack of color drawings and full size fold outs, is a draw back. But it’s easily remedied. And, for the price, you’re still getting a good deal. Unless you have a museum boat near you, where you can go aboard and take pictures, the book is a must have, to do an interior. And, the museum boat won’t tell you how it’s all tied together. Just where individual components are.
As a side note, they don’t have, just, submarine stuff. Check it out at www.periscopefilm.com .
Mike K.
Not a frequent visitor to this forum, but after a visit to the sub museum in Groton and having just finished Flukey’s “Thunder Below”, I am curious if any of you have gotten into this project since the kit has been released?? I have a desire to try my hand at the Barb, but am thinking the Trumpeter 1/144 kit might be a bit better scale to start…