Subject: Fw: Ship Gallery- I-29 Part 1 Corected paragraph
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2003 23:21:12 -0500
From: "mtiger" <mtiger@noln.com>
To: <Ship_Gallery@modelwarships.com>

Sorry I had some misspellings on the first one (now should be know twice)so
I corrected it on this
one.    Thanks Mario

 Hi  again, Here are some old photos of my 1/48 scale Japanese submarine
1/29
 . She was made from a Scale shipyard hull a long time ago and is fully
r/c.
 It features a real gapped wood deck , The guns are scratch built from
brass
 stock, AA electrically swivels, & deck gun recoils & elevates.   During
this
 particular photo group (patrol)she was caught a unexpected rain squail.
The
 submarine being in its wet envirement,   is immune to rain but cameras are
 not and did cause a costly short on mine.   The object you see floating in
 the water on the tower surfacing shots  top right corner ,is one of I 29
 crew Members. The crew is not glued on the sub, but have stands made of
wood
 done up like its deck. This is done so that when the submarine submerges
the
 crew ejects and is recovered since they safely float around. I know I'm
 cruel, But they all know how to swim, Ha..  The Conning tower is fully
lighted ,
 the hanger is also detailed internally. Curently she is the mother ship
for
 two seaplanes.
 In the out of water shots is the sub today lying dormant in her dry dock.
 Guarded by 1/6 scale imprerial guards She is sceduled  soon for an
upgrade.
 Will be seen in upcoming part 2.    By Mario Grima