Evening All...I do figures...but I have a thing about under the water, especialy that of WW II, done a frogman..Id like to get my head around a underwater chariot,dose any body have imfo or scale drawings dealing with them... Have a plenty of imfo on the men who rode them,both Italian 10th flo.. Royal navy.....happy to pay for copy and postage.....cheers guys.

Phil Walden ( auburn )

Aha Phil!!

Another member pulled under the water :-)
Please check my gallery ("Skipper's Sub's" and "Dive! Dive! Dive! Campaign" folders) for any further pics that may help you in your project!

If you need hard copy material send me a PM with your address

Skipper

Phil

I recomend Paul Kemp's
"MIDGET SUBMARINES OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR: ShipShape series"
ISBN 1-84067-521-7
Ian Allan's superstore has it on offer at the moment at £7.99.
This is a photo of Chariot scale drawing


It also has a number of photo of Chariots and Maiale.

David

Phil,

I would highly reccommend this book!
And it's very cheap (payed £30 for mine several years ago)

Skipper

Morning guys,thanks so much for the fast turn around with the imfo,...i do enjoy the hunt,I dont start any thing untill I have the complete picture in my mind..

Rui: thanks for your gallery offer,will be into those and chase the book you and David recommend, it will be the M.1 chariot I make and in the scale to match 90 mm figures do the maths later...

Yes under the water is a real part of my family..my grand father the first colonial chief petty officer in the Royal Navy he joined in 1888 in New Zealand and being a colonial that was the highest rank he was allowd to obtain. But ended up as the chief hard hat diver in the navy, all before ww1,also dived on the building of the Panama cannel, and was in the British Naval brigade in the Boxer up rising and retired back to NZ ware he became the hard hat diver or the Auckand habour board, one very hard man !.. With a current day ralitive now the diver for the A.H.B....grand farther was only 5ft 4in but built like a brick out house ,again he was a VERY HARD MAN....as a wee boy I can still remember the full rig.,sailing ship tatooed across his chest , white hair, looked as if it was comming out of the fog........ he! he! anyway enough of the family tales..

thanks again fellas Phil....

Phil,

Please keep us posted on your work progress and if any doubts, please post your questions on the Warship Area - you're most welcome!

Skipper