Melting down my stash

Why do you guys go so nuts over brand new large scale submarine kits? Before I came to this newsgroup I didn't even know anyone cared about submarines.

read clay blair's silent victory and you'll care. watch the director's cut of das boot. talk to a ww2 submariner from any country. all of a sudden you'll realise how damned interesting the things are. unless you're dead from the hair down.

I like that, mind if I use it?

nope, you can even pretend it's yours.

how about the movie. the van allen belt is burning! the tv got really dumb when they added aliens. should have died of embarassment. i got an aurora nautilus to rebuild. all 10 pieces.

I think I've built three in my life, all from Aurora which should explain how long ago they were done. The only one still here is the Seaview. Cool sub, dumb TV show.

Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr.

Yes, things really went downhill when the control room moved down to the nose. Watching both VTTBOS and Lost in Space got you the chance to see your favourite monster twice in the same week. Most overused phrase: "run a charge through the hull!"

Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr.

snipped-for-privacy@hotmail.com wrote: : : Why do you guys go so nuts over brand new large scale submarine kits? : If you have to ask the question, you won't understand the answer.

Bruce

Maybe he never went to any submarine races.......:)

Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr.

I wonder if there is anyone under 50 who understands what you just said (:>

Mad-Modeller wrote:

I knew what he meant. no problem lol.....

Got the two kid's to prove it :)

Probably those who didn't live near a river. Ours was in the Hudson highlands on a gravel plateau overlooking the widest part of the Hudson River. The gravel was soft sometimes requiring a tow by other race fans. :-)

One of ours was literally across the road from the Ft. McClellan light arms firing range. One could see the tracers at night through the trees. But every now and then they would put an M-60 mg on some sort of metal target (old tank hull?) and the tracers would richochet up into the night air.

Ah, nothing like fireworks on a summer's evening!

Art