Western Reserve Volunteer
Sergeant
- Joined
- May 12, 2018
I thought I'd share this image here, I've been working on it for a site called Shipbucket and more or less finished it up just yesterday. Although I've been editing images from that site, this is my first submission to it. I used the Gimp image editing program on one of the stock size templates as the format requires for that site. Here's my design notes on the boat:
My design pulls greatly from the Winans Cigar Boats of the 1870's, the unidentified submarine from Bayou St. John of 1861, and the books descriptions and original illustrations of the boat. As per the book, she features a central airlock, a custom boat sitting in a deck well mated to the submarine that can be released to float to the surface (Yeah, don't ask me how that works!), and also a pair of blow off valves for the ballast tanks which simulate the breaching water spouts of a whale. There is also a pair of forward salon windows that have armored shutters which are based off those of USS. New Ironsides, a Civil War ironclad. A personal touch, inspired by special missions submarines of the 20th century, was adding a pair of skegs to the boats keel so she can sit comfortably on the bottom of the sea floor. I used this site to get the measurements of the submarines as per the book, and to figure out some of the more obscure design features of the sub.
My design pulls greatly from the Winans Cigar Boats of the 1870's, the unidentified submarine from Bayou St. John of 1861, and the books descriptions and original illustrations of the boat. As per the book, she features a central airlock, a custom boat sitting in a deck well mated to the submarine that can be released to float to the surface (Yeah, don't ask me how that works!), and also a pair of blow off valves for the ballast tanks which simulate the breaching water spouts of a whale. There is also a pair of forward salon windows that have armored shutters which are based off those of USS. New Ironsides, a Civil War ironclad. A personal touch, inspired by special missions submarines of the 20th century, was adding a pair of skegs to the boats keel so she can sit comfortably on the bottom of the sea floor. I used this site to get the measurements of the submarines as per the book, and to figure out some of the more obscure design features of the sub.