Another brilliant choice! Eerie cold war sub build! This GB my end up generating a lot of trade for Amazon and Netflix! There may well be a few of us binge watching our way through the list. Although in this case I may go for the book - which I have never read!

Michael, c’est fantastique!

I remember watching this as a kid and getting freaked out at the sub breaking through the ice for some reason, don’t know why it provoked such a reaction.

I’m really delighted to have you on board and as Paul said it’s a brilliant choice. He’s also right that I should be on a commission for Netflix and Amazon...

Merci, mon ami,

David

Nice idea! I remember that movie well, cold war intrigue.

The submarine in Ice Station Zebra is actually USS Blackfin (SS-322) a GUPPY conversion of a Balao class diesel-electric fleet submarine, with the "North Atlantic" sail. Blackfin was used for the "surface" shots.

The underwater shots are actually Aurora USS Nautilus plastic models, so your choice of that kit to portray the submarine is good for portraying the mockups. The Revell Nautilus and the Aurora kit are very different in hull shape, with the Aurora kit being far more accurate for the real shape, which was highly classified when Revell did their "fantasy" Nautilus - which I remember building several of when I was a kid who had no knowledge of the word "accuracy" as applied to plastic models.

I did a 1/350 model of Blackfin with a scratchbuilt sail - here's photos.

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