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Ric

Posted 2009-08-09 3:34 PM (#29558)

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Subject: Got to thinking....

..and everyone knows that is dangerous, anyway....

I have image of the USS H-3 torpedo room as my wallpaper and got to wondering what the scale was. In the left rear can be seen a wash stand for the officers. It has fold out basin and mirror on top for shaving and grooming functions. So how large was the compartment anyway? Using an estimation of 6 feet for the cabinet height I found a photo of Nimitz as an ensign so it would look period and I did a rough cutout of him and pasted it in. If he were to turn around and walk the approximate 5 feet back to the stand I think the scale would be correct. What do you think?

crystal

Posted 2009-08-09 4:48 PM (#29559 - in reply to #29558)

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Subject: RE: Got to thinking....

LOL - Sorry Ric, I couldn't get past your title without laughing!

I've got some scale drawings of the H boats (etal) buried around here that should help with the measurements. I've been digging out out this stuff to take down south and know they're here someplace - give me a bit and I'll find them (hopefully)

Ric

Posted 2009-08-09 5:54 PM (#29560 - in reply to #29559)

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Subject: RE: Got to thinking....

Thanks John.

Bear

Posted 2009-08-09 8:35 PM (#29563 - in reply to #29558)

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Subject: RE: Got to thinking....

Did it hurt? Thinking that is!!!!!!

Tom McNulty

Posted 2009-08-10 6:05 AM (#29568 - in reply to #29558)

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Subject: RE: Got to thinking....

I'd say his feet are about 12" apart. I'd put the distance between the basin and Nimitz to be about 3-1/2 feet. But I'm lousy reading greens on the course too.

steamboat

Posted 2009-08-10 6:32 AM (#29570 - in reply to #29558)

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Location: Boydton, Virginia

Subject: RE: Got to thinking....

What strikes me from the photo is the austuer lack of any piping and wiring. Looks like virtually nothing going thru compartment bulkhead except comp. pressure lines. And the two stations on right side, what are they for? Really bizare shot on a submarine if you ask me.
Steamboat sends

Runner485

Posted 2009-08-10 7:29 AM (#29571 - in reply to #29558)

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Location: New Jersey

Subject: RE: Got to thinking....

It looks like the ensign is too spit and polish for the environment he is in
and should stick to BB's

Ric

Posted 2009-08-10 8:32 AM (#29575 - in reply to #29568)

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Subject: RE: Got to thinking....

You are forgetting about perspective and vanishing points. Basic art stuff.

Ric

Posted 2009-08-10 8:59 AM (#29576 - in reply to #29570)

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Subject: RE: Got to thinking....

Much simpler boats for sure but probably most is behind the paneling and lockers on both sides of the compartment.

The two stanchions are for torpedoes, (torpedo loading hatch can be seen in the overhead), What ever was in the tubes and 4 reloads it looks like.

Go to http://www.pigboats.com/subs/h-boats.html for more interior shots.

Ric

Posted 2009-08-10 9:01 AM (#29577 - in reply to #29563)

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Subject: RE: Got to thinking....

Nah, do it all the time... try it, you'll like it...:-)~

Ric

Posted 2009-08-10 9:28 AM (#29579 - in reply to #29571)

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Subject: RE: Got to thinking....

Runner485 - 2009-08-10 7:29 AM

It looks like the ensign is too spit and polish for the environment he is in and should stick to BB's

Gotta remember I chopped it out of what may have been a formal portrait. If I could have found another full length image I may have used that.

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