CSS Hunley released - Page 2

**Krzychu74** · #11 05-25-2009, 10:55 AM

Hello!
nothing: good work!

Best regards.
Krzychu74

**Kazziga** · #12 05-25-2009, 04:23 PM

Nothing, I know that his website doesn't say that the bow's shape was a result of sand and ocean currents activity. This information was posted on yahoogroups CSS H.L. Hunley. If I remember it right, it was printed in one of Charleston's newspapers.
M. Crisafulli's plan shows the original shape of the hull as a dotted line. You can always add it as an option in your model (like in Renova's one).
I like your model and I hope you are going to design more Confederate warships.

**APA-168** · #13 05-25-2009, 04:53 PM

I concur with the others, the shape of the bow was distorted. It originally had the vertical profile. It is an EXTREMELY common error and we just want to help you avoid it. Very nice work, you sure knock them out quick! I trust this one will be in the shop next time I check?? :P 8) Love the weathering, by the way, not something you see very often. Well done weathering really adds A LOT of life to a model, particularly one like the Hunley. Keep up the good work!

**zot** · #14 05-27-2009, 11:27 AM

Nothing.
I tend to agree with your profile of the bow. I just finished watching National Geographic's "Raising the Hunley". At the end of the program, they showed some very good shots of the bow. It would seam to me that if erosion were the cause of the bow's current shape, there would be some sort of seam or gapping visible. The thickness of the bow looks no different within the curvature than it does at any other point. I would think that the bow, if eroded away, would at least be thicker towards the curve based on the taper given from the top profile. I've included a photo from www.hunley.org showing one of the views that I saw. I am by no means an expert or trying to sound like one. I'm just giving my opinion based on what I can see.

**cgutzmer** · #15 05-27-2009, 03:23 PM

cool looking sub

Chris

**Kazziga** · #16 05-27-2009, 03:43 PM

Zot, there is no seam or gap visible, because the bow and the stern were made of cast iron and were not hollow inside.

**JT Fox** · #17 05-28-2009, 04:00 AM

Whatever the shape, you have produced another nice model.

Cheers JTF

**nothing** · #18 05-28-2009, 08:21 AM

i appreciate all the input and comments guys. im going with this shape as i still dont think that any of the theories on the bow are confirmed as fact. i beleive if it were erosion, it would be more even along the whole edge and not focused on the mid point. as is evident with the erosion on the dive planes, the basic shape is still there despite the erosion. there are also a wide varience on theories for the spar torpedo. i have chosen one that more than 1 place agrees on and i like.

**APA-168** · #19 05-28-2009, 08:28 AM

Well if you like it, than that's the most important thing. Especially with this era, as records are so few and far between that we can never be too sure of anything. Looks like a fantastic model. 8)

**fitter** · #20 05-28-2009, 09:56 AM

Hunley has been designed and issued by Polish publisher from Radom "Renova-Model" too.
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