tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4601090335485436846.post2877411159266803781..comments2024-03-03T20:15:57.737+08:00Comments on model ships in the cinema: Hell and High Water 1954munghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11833483639783575804noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4601090335485436846.post-26838142569477847922019-05-18T17:22:49.691+08:002019-05-18T17:22:49.691+08:00The explosion at the end and beginning looks very ...The explosion at the end and beginning looks very similar in style to the explosion at the end of 20.000 leagues, I guess as a lot of the fx team were the same?Steve Begghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04276292135473803657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4601090335485436846.post-83518608521208060072013-08-05T20:54:35.000+08:002013-08-05T20:54:35.000+08:00I believe that the ex-IJN sub is supposed to belon...I believe that the ex-IJN sub is supposed to belong to the class shown in this pretty nice little clip. Very different from the model.Thomas Lundynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4601090335485436846.post-56322750338149428722013-06-24T23:22:34.000+08:002013-06-24T23:22:34.000+08:00"It may be that the miniature sub is the same..."It may be that the miniature sub is the same model as that from Crash Dive as well even though it is supposed to be an ex WW2 Japanese sub in the film."<br><br>I suspect that you are right on this point.Thomas Lundynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4601090335485436846.post-33625435435853750502013-06-21T18:02:28.000+08:002013-06-21T18:02:28.000+08:00Hello,Super blog! I was wondering: were the models...Hello,<br><br>Super blog! <br><br>I was wondering: were the models of the bad-guy-sub used in the 1966 episode of <i>Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea</i> entitled "The Phantom Strikes?" <br><br><a href="http://thumbs4.ebaystatic.com/d/l225/m/m0-HyH2PC6eq40MDVFx8SRw.jpg" title="Flying Dutchman Sub" rel="nofollow"></a>Thomas Lundynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4601090335485436846.post-20080349897731592362015-04-11T09:41:00.000+08:002015-04-11T09:41:00.000+08:00You wrote in your article that you thought the pla...You wrote in your article that you thought the plane was supposed to be a B29 but did not look very convincing. I do not know how carefully they researched Japanese aircraft but indeed the Japan had a small number of large landbased bombers. This model looks to be depicting the type given the allied reporting name RITA. And Japan had even larger aircraft on the drawing board and in factory mockup<br>So don't know if they did some checking or if it was a happy accident.Mike Uptonnoreply@blogger.com