...turn the lights out.
Big Lindberg Japanese submarines coming!
Jan 07, 2008
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wizz azz.
as a card carrying member of the sarcastic bastard and bad joke society, i quite understand.
what did they use late 50's? it sure wasn't pets. i think.
I don't know of any refs directly on the C-1 submarines, possibly some of the Gakken series (there is one on the I-400 series of subs). Plenty of Maru issues on subs though, if you can find them.
Aurora's counter-rotated too and it was 1/48th but I agree about the rivets.
Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr.
too bad it wasn't cellulose.......boom.
More likely leaching plasticiser.
Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr.
vinyl, I believe.
Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr.
About your only hope would be allied photos of captured Japanese subs. This is kind of cool...the Kaiten crews set forth:
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Pat
Remember the rivets on the Aurora Me-109? That was appalling. Their Crusader was the same way. This thing is covered with petite rivets also:
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is at _least_ the third incarnation of that model since the late
1950's:
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Pat
One of the first things cellulose got used for was Pool balls. Players were mystified that they made odd "bang" noises when they hit, with a noticeable flash in a darkened room.
Pat
I looked it up; they were made of "Marlex":
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million in the first six months at $1.98 apiece in 1958 didn't exactly suck for sales profits. Two years in, they had sold over 100 million:
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may make it the most successful single-manufacturer product in U.S. history. And you know who's cranking them out now, don't you?:
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course.
Pat
Marlex is high density polyethelene, like is used for "soft" toy soldiers. While I was digging up info on plastics, I found the story of our great friend, polystyrene:
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it goes clean back to 1839 in its earliest form.
Pat
yep, and watch out for that moving expirience at the movies!
rhere was a major japabese movie about them a few years ago. can't translate the name.
big surprise.
Deguchi no Nai Umi - "Sea Without Exit":
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may be a video of the trailer here:
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my Quicktime version won't display it. There were two earlier movies involving Kaiten:
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think I saw that 1962 one on television as a kid.
Pat
thanks
on 1/9/2008 10:09 AM Pat Flannery said the following:
They could explode too. Ping pong balls are still made of cellolose.
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