British Submarine Plans from the Dockyards

[Kazzer]

I have the following plans many with the Chatham Dockyard stamp on them, scanned and cleaned up in TIFF format, on a DVD.

A Class
HMS Olympus Odin Class
HMS Subtle
HMS Sunfish
HMS Swordfish 1916 Steam
K Class 3,4,8,9,10,12, 17
L Class 1917
R1 & R2
R1 -4
R12
S Class Stubborn
T Class
HMS Thresher & Token

Some plans are quite large and very detailed.
Several have cross section drawings

They cost me a good few bucks to get them scanned and I'd like to get some of my money back on these, so I'll let the dvd go for $10.00 plus postage.

If anyone would like to see a specific file, let me know and I'll post a thumbnail of it.

[toppack]

Mike,
Do you know the resolution of these drawing files, in pixels?
I'm wondering how large a printout could be made from them without Fuzzy lines?

[Kazzer]

Some of the plans are 3' x 4', some 18" x 36", other are only 24" x 12". They were scanned at approx 300dpi so they will blow up pretty well. The file I just uploaded of the Swordfish was just a thumbnail and low resolution.

[subsunk]

R class

If anyone would like to see a specific file, let me know and I'll post a thumbnail of it.

hi there,
i am interested in getting the cd.
could you post a thumbnail of the r class boats please.
i am interested in the profile but am really after cross sections.
the r class had two types of conning tower, do you hafe both covered in the drawings?

also how can i pay?

steve

[Subculture]

I'd be interested if the R-class has cross section information.

[Kazzer]

Unfortunately, the better half (she who hates submarines - and most things to do with them) has packed up all my cd's. We're moving house, so it will be a week or three before I stumble across them. I did ask but got one of 'those' looks (like 'are you a complete idiot - we're moving').

Bug me in a couple of weeks!

[Kazzer]

I found my disks and have been able to sort out the R Class. At this time, I'm not going to make a CD of al of the files, but just load them to the web page as I have time.

So, to those who wanted the R Class British WWI Submarine

Here she is in pdf format.

R CLASS Submarine Plans and Photos

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

I love it. Thanks for posting those drawings, Mike. Gotta build one of those sleek beasts someday.

Hey, we should be thinking about a follow-up to our (so far) successful 1/96 Type-212 kit. How about conducting a survey of the group on that topic, Mike?

I recommend two different surveys: one for wanted kits in 1/96 and the other for kits to the scale of 1/72.

David,

[Subculture]

I reckon a 1/96th scale R-class would be very diddy indeed. Only about 2" across the beam.

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

I reckon a 1/96th scale R-class would be very diddy indeed. Only about 2" across the beam.

Making the R-Class the ideal candidate for the 'full-house' 1.25" SubDriver. Now I'm really hot to do this project. That's right, Andy, these are small boats.

David,

[Subculture]

Yep. It is a model that is prone to rolling. Dave Forrests model, which is as far as I know the only working model R-class, is quite large at 1/32nd scale, and he knows his onions when it comes to making a boat stable.

The superstructures is made from 0.5mm G10 (I know because I sent it to him), but the boat still rolls a bit when on the surface.

My money would be on 1/72, it's that bit bigger (whilst still remaining portable) and it also matches up nicely with the Revell models.

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

Good points.

David,

[Subculture]

I think the X1 would be a better bet. Scale it for the same sort of footprint as the baby Skipjack. Would out handle most boats with it's optimal control surfaces, and it's a good hydrodynamic shape.

[Subculture]

Went to a Model Engineers Exhibition today. there were three nice British models there of an R-class, H-class and HMS Swordfish, all in 1/96th scale.

The pictures aren't great- the lighting was very low and my camera only has a small lens, so I tried longer exposures, etc. but had to use the flash to get decent results.

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

Very good stuff, Andy. Thanks.

I did not catch, till these shots, that the R's had twin rudders. Very good to know!

Are these static or r/c models?

David,