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Confederate submarine found?
Posted by gregbale on Thursday, March 24, 2022 2:24 PM

Didn't see this mentioned elsewhere on the forum, but it appears the second of H. L. Hunley's Confederate submersible designs...variously known as the Pioneer 2 or the American Diver...may have been found by a group comprising historical researchers and divers (including Chaos Divers, a pretty cool Youtube Channel if you haven't seen it).

Saw it mentioned on FB, but here's a little fuller description:

https://laststandonzombieisland.com/2022/03/24/hunleys-other-submarine-found/

Greg

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Posted by Real G on Thursday, March 24, 2022 2:51 PM

I would love to see some mainstream injected plastic kits of Civil War subs and semi-submersibles.  I built the resin Verlinden 1/32 CSS Hunley and it whetted my appetite.  I bought a 1/72 CSS David but want one in 1/32.

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Posted by EdGrune on Thursday, March 24, 2022 4:09 PM

MikroMir out of the Ukraine made a 1:35 scale CSS Hunley.   It has been out for several years and is currently listed as OOP.   It is injected plastic.  Look around and you may locate one on the secondary market.

https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234971638-mikromir-hunley-in-box-review/

 

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Posted by Real G on Thursday, March 24, 2022 11:06 PM

Well, the Hunley was one I actually finished(!), so I'm casting my beady crab eyes on a fresh subject. Big Smile

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Posted by gregbale on Friday, March 25, 2022 7:58 AM

Given the relatively simple lines of most of the craft involved...since most were cobbled together from iron boilerplate...they'd be virtually ideal candidates for scratchbuilding, either in styrene or paper card.

As long as decent drawings or even plan/profiles are available, most would be pretty quick and not-too-complicated projects.

Greg

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Posted by Tanker-Builder on Friday, March 25, 2022 8:29 AM

Hi GregBale!     

    Hmmm, could be ya Know. Stranger things have happened. Remember though one of the most amazing things about the Hunley! Her rivets were flush to the surface! If they can find any build references to this type of construction on this vessel and those remains we may find that she's indeed found! Otherwise it just may be an old Nav Bouy.

     Hey, in your referrence to Paper or Thin sheet plastic they could Both be scratch built.

 

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Posted by mfsob on Monday, March 28, 2022 8:24 AM

Hmmmmm ... from what little I know about Hunley's earlier effort, it didn't have a framework like that shown in the photos, it was just iron plates bolted together. Still ... it's tantalizing ...

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