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Anyone know if any exist in any scale?
I think I saw some on clearance at HobbyLink Japan.....
Interesting that you should mention it now, with all the stuff happening in Japan.
Obviously, you are not familiar with Manny's reputation...
he DOES in fact know...
My brother built a model of nuclear power plant back in the 60's. I think Revel made it. I'll be talki8ng to him tomorrow... see if he remembers more about it.
ozzman Interesting that you should mention it now, with all the stuff happening in Japan.
jbrady My brother built a model of nuclear power plant back in the 60's. I think Revel made it. I'll be talki8ng to him tomorrow... see if he remembers more about it.
http://www.oldmodelkits.com/index.php?detail=15662&page=1&searchtext=atomic
this what you're talking about?
That's the one... Think it sold for about $10.00 back in the day.
Heljan (Danish model company carried by Walthers) makes a model in (supposedly) HO scale-1/87.I built it last year-not all that accurate and a very different design than the Fukushima plant. The Heljan design has the classic 'hour glass'cooling tower.It is a very easy build if you are serious about the question
How about this?
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Hey , MANNY , what,s with you .Don,t you like submarines anymore ?? LOL.LOL.LOL. I do know of one and I can,t remember what scale it is but , it,s paper . The only one that REVELL did has never seen the light of day for over forty years . It,s easier to get the oil platform or the big GERMAN mining machine than the reactor .You could get the paper model and use it as a pattern to do one in plastic . tankerbuilder
Well I was thinking of putting a reactor on a type IX U-boat and calling it a Kreigsmarine '46 "what-if?" paper project
Manstein's revenge Well I was thinking of putting a reactor on a type IX U-boat and calling it a Kreigsmarine '46 "what-if?" paper project
Kreigs-'46??
On the bench: Airfix 1/72 Wildcat; Airfix 1/72 Vampire T11; Airfix 1/72 Fouga Magister
My LHS has a section behind glass with vintage models. It has a sign that reads, THESE MODELS ARE NOT FOR SALE, BUT IF YOU HAVE TO HAVE IT. PRICES AS MARKED.
They do have the Revell mint in box and I believe it is 1/144. If memory serves me well, the price tag is $400.
VanceCrozier Manstein's revenge: Well I was thinking of putting a reactor on a type IX U-boat and calling it a Kreigsmarine '46 "what-if?" paper project Kreigs-'46??
Manstein's revenge: Well I was thinking of putting a reactor on a type IX U-boat and calling it a Kreigsmarine '46 "what-if?" paper project
We have a new modeling genre!
Soon, we'll have Manny starring in, "Das Boot Zwei: the hunt for the type CCXXIX"
So do we clamor for Revell to re-release the kit so we can do a Manny Nuke powered U-Boat build ?
BTW.....did the old Renwal US Sub kits have nuclear reactors as part of the kit interior components?
Years ago, I saw that Revell nuclear plant kit at a model kit expo and wanted to buy it, as I thought it would make an interesting "go-with" for my telephone-pole insulator collection.
Then I saw the price--five hundred bucks for the dang thing. (I didn't buy it.)
"Whaddya mean 'Who's flying the plane?!' Nobody's flying the plane!"
Sounds like Manny may need to visit the Hardware Store PVC plumbing department for some scratch-building components.
It may be the only practical way to duplicate the Revell kit's building shell.
Boba Fett http://www.oldmodelkits.com/index.php?detail=15662&page=1&searchtext=atomic this what you're talking about?
Looking at the box artfor the first time, it appears to be a fairly detailed model of the PWR's of the day. Its almost like a Westinghouse salesman's version of the big three's car promos. It looks like Revell included feedwater heaters, condensors and boiler feed pumps under the turbine. Its kind if difficukt to identify what all is in the reactor side.
it sure wouldn't be any fun being the turbine side operators in Nothern winters.
It would be nice to break some collectors heart by building that kit If only it wasn't so pricey
Carl
I'd build it. Where I'd put the finished model in this little apartment is another issue.
Sounds like the two primary issues are cost and where to put the nuclear reactor....................
Last time I saw that model on E-bay, about 3 years ago, it was also priced at $400.
Revell had some old cutaway polaris subs showing the power plant, missile bay, etc. I think the Abe Lincoln was one that was recently re-released in their classic series?
Abraham Lincoln was nucleur powered? Maybe the tall hat was really a cooling tower?
Now that you mention it I remember having one of those cutaway subs. Don't remember which one. Would have been early 60's.
It was probably a little to advanced for my skills at the time as I remember having difficulty gluing it and never did finish.
The Abe Lin was re-released:
Also the "atomic cruiser":
And this new release, the "MannyAbe", of Abe Lincoln with a nuclear back pack:
rare pic of manny (1st from right):
That pic was taken when I worked as a CIA operative vis-a-vi the US Navy in the early '50's...it was either that or Spandau Prison...
Naw..looks more like Tim Curry .....
Hi , you incorrigible sub guy . Listen I think you might be able to do this , first , what scale are you talking about ? If you are staying small you could use a modified unit from one of RENWAL,S or REVELL,S nuke SSBNs . If you need a larger one for the big sub model a really good go by would be the reactor from the N.S. SAVANNAH . Especially the larger kit by I think LIFELIKE or whoever . I will not stop zig zagging this here ship sir , why you might actually hit me , and that wouldn,t do ! tankerbuilder
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