has anyone seen?

rjwood_uk · 23-06-2006

has anyone seen the film Down Periscope?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116130/

its a comedy but i found it quite good! one Richard might like!

i would love to make a model of the sub used in it.

apperently it was the USS Pampanito (SS 383), a WWII submarine currently (2000) on display to the public at Pier 45 in San Francisco, California.

http://www.maritime.org/pamphome.htm

anyone know if you can get a model of this or one of its class? (World War II Balao class) As i cant seem to find one!

edit: lol i found one!!! http://www.badshipmodels.com/balao.html for about £75!!!!

edit: (seems like im answering my own post before anyone else gets chance here!!!

found this one

http://www.submarinestore.com/models-us.htm

but its a resin kit and i have never used resin before so dont know what its like!!!

i have also found that revell do the USS Lionfish which is the same class, they do it in 1/220 or 1/180 scale.

anyone thing you would be able to get the decals for the "stingray" out of the film? i have no idea where to look for extra decal kits.

any help would be appriciated!

Richard

**Bunkerbarge** · 23-06-2006

I don't think I have seen this one. It might be interesting to see the shots of the sub but I am not sure if the Ameican humour is worth it!!

As for decals as specific as this, it would almost certainly be worth considering making your own with some decal paper on your computer and a bubble-jet printer.

rjwood_uk · 23-06-2006

(before they do it up)

this is what she looks like now!

i cant find any pictures of here when she his all re-ferbed in the film showing the logo, no.s and everthing!!! going to have to plug it into my tv card and get some pictures off the actual film i think!!!

i tried searching for the stingray logo and all i got was the hockey team, the car and the jerry anderson tv program!!!!

rjwood_uk · 23-06-2006

ok, after hooking my vcr up to my tvcard i got some pictures!!

i love the look of this sub!!! got some pictures of it delapidated and then some pictures of it restored. Also have some pictures of the L.A. Class submerine that is the other sub in this film! Got a good picture of the emblem, anyone who is good at photoshop...any chance of editing this pic so its just the logo? (as in no grey...etc)

thanks, Richard. This is deffinatly my next project after the Musashi and a motorbike!!!! (always good to have a que!!!) lol

**Bunkerbarge** · 23-06-2006

Thanks for the pictures Richard. A superb example of a well weathered sub and a very interesting modelling subject.

dynamite25 · 23-06-2006

I've watched it three times on sky and find a good everytime i watch it and it has the best cast for the film.

itsa_ss · 25-06-2006

Richard ive been on one of those WWII subs that is on display, the U.S.S. Drum SS-228, im not sure what class it is, but i think that i may have some pictures laying around, i will try to find them if you think that it will help you in any way.

**Bunkerbarge** · 25-06-2006

The first one I went on was one on display in Charleston in about 1981-82. Very interesting but long before I could afford a camera.

The last one was U-535 in Liverpool. Equally interesting but now sadly not available to the public.

rjwood_uk · 25-06-2006

never been on a sub!!! i have only ever seen one in sydney naval harbour!

itsa_ss · 25-06-2006

Ive never been to Sydney!