Glad to hear those vertical tail fins are innacurate anyway! It may be time for me to build one of the first-run 688s. They are after all the cleanest, most minimalist torpedo-hulled Cold War SSNs of all time. And I have a decent-sized kit of one, in 200-ish scale - maybe I could master a 7-bladed "Banana-Blade" prop, while I'm at it.

I concur The Hunt for Red October - both the movie and the book - was really great. Particularly all the stuff about the sonar ops. My favorite being "Jonesy's" hearing the Soviets singing, as they disappeared into the depths with their (quieter) Caterpillar Drive.

I am sure the real USS Dallas was used for the exterior shots (the helicopter drop) in that movie - but was her actual interior used for the control-room and sonar shack shots, as well?

Yet another in your latest string of just excellent posts - Bravo Zulu, Don!

Cheers,

- Matty