Hi Crispin,
I thought you might like to know, The Sand Pebbles is out on tape again- I got a copy for a friend at Suncoast Video for fourteen dollars and some change, proceeds going to the Arizona Memorial, I believe.
Enclosed are two photos of HMS Jonquil, (Jonquil-1) (Jonquil-2) the first corvette model I did, about ten years ago.
I thought you might enjoy seeing them.
Jim
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Subject: German gun boat photo
Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2001 16:37:52 EDT
From: JAD11240
To: Cris Garcia
This is a photo of the boat I mentioned in my email. This is the first picture that I am scanning, let me know if it works. To see picture...click here.
Joe DeMarco
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Subject: Build a Model
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 22:13:47 EDT
From: JAD11240
To: Cris Garcia
I am in the process of designing a near scale waterline model of the San
Pablo. The scale is for 1/32 figures similar to Britains (54mm). I have
just completed the moulds for 4 different sailor figures. I already have
moulds for the officer types and the basic marching sailor. The concept is to
make a great model, but not to exact scale as it might be too large in my
scale. The plans are nearly complete and I will be building the model by
summer. Is there any interest in people buying plans of this ship or the
figures. Previously, I built a German Gunboat circa 1900, with crew. Photos
are available.
Joe DeMarco
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Subject: Re: Recent San Pablo Model Project
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 10:06:03 -0700
From: Larry Stitt
To: Crispin Garcia
Cris,
Thank you for your kind comments regarding my effort and my collection page. Although quite time consuming, I rather enjoyed this first time project and look forward to building another more realistic model of the San Pablo.
You are doing a great job with your forum, and providing a fantastic service, for all participating Sand Pebbles fans.
Larry Stitt
Lake Havasu City, AZ
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Subject: Recent San Pablo Model Project
Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2001 18:21:27 -0700
From: Larry Stitt
To: Cris Garcia
Hello Cris,
I read, with interest, the many emails on your forum concerning models of
the San Pablo. I recently built one (a mind's-eye concept, anyway) and
manned it with a few vintage 48 to 60MM plastic and lead sailors from my
collection (http://www.ctaz.com/~shadgraf/collect.htm).
A photo of the 90% finished model can be viewed at
http://www.ctaz.com/~shadgraf/sp9.JPG
Other than watching the movie multiple of times and seeing one still photo
of the actual model of the San Pablo made by the Hong Kong builder , I sat
down with no plans, and simply planned a "conceptual" model 36" long by 7"
wide, then built it. Eventually, I plan to make another one that is less
conceptual and more closely depicts the actual San Pablo.
Another photo of my San Pablo can be seen at
http://www.ctaz.com/~shadgraf/SP1-A.jpg
My best to you,
Larry Stitt
AOC, USN-Ret
Lake Havasu City, AZ
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Subject: New YANGPAT miniatures
Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2001 22:02:36 +0930
From: gregoryblake
Organization: Kormilda College
To: Crispin Garcia
Dear Mr Garcia,
I thought you might like to see the latest YANGPAT figures from CFM...click here
Regards
Greg Blake
Visit Cannon Fodder Miniatures
http://canfodmins.com
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Subject: Re: YANGPAT Cannon Fodder Miniatures...
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 18:25:25 +0930
From: gregoryblake
Organization: Kormilda College
To: Crispin Garcia
Thanks Crispin for your email and the link to my website. Keep watching for more figures due out soon.
All the best
Greg Blake
Visit Cannon Fodder Miniatures
http://canfodmins.com
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Subject: Yangtze Patrol miniature figures
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 10:36:10 -0500
From: Jeff Jones
To: Cris Garcia
Greetings, Mr. Garcia.
I just wanted to let you know that an Australian military miniatures
company is in the process of making Yangtze Patrol figures for
skirmish-oriented wargaming. A few pictures of the US figures have been
posted on their website, including a sailor with a BAR and an officer.
The expressions on the faces of the figures are, to me, kind of
cartoonish (which seems to be common among British/Australian figure
sculptors), but the figures are obviously meant to be a tribute to a
period and movie we love, so I can't be too hard on them. You can check
them out at the http://canfodmins.com Cannon Fodder Miniatures website.
Sincerely,
Jeffry Scott Jones
(By the way, I showed my girlfriend The Sand Pebbles for the first time,
and she was deeply moved. I'm still working on my own model of the
gunboat.)
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Subject: Model
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2001 16:05:02 -0800 (PST)
From: tlee531
To: Crispin Garcia
Does anyone know where I can get a scale model of a gunboat similar to the San Pablo? Been looking everywhere and I can't find anything even close.
Thanks Shipmates
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Subject: Yangtze Patrol minatures
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 16:05:02 -0800 (PST)
From: David Sharpness
To: Crispin Garcia
Hi Cris
Found this site with minatures of Yangtze Patrol
sailors--Cannon Fodder Minatures
http://canfodmins.com
David
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Subject: Gunboat Drawings
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 00:09:33 -0800
From: James Hathaway
To: Cris Garcia
Dear Sir-
This is a great website- I am currently collecting data to build a radio-controlled
U.S. Navy China gunboat, probably U.S.S. Panay.
I thought you might appreciate some plans sources that will save other model
builders much time and aggravation.
The Floating Drydock is a superb source for plans, photos, data and fittings.
His own TFW drawings are taken from the USN booklet of general plans.
He offers plans for U.S.S. Panay in 1/96 and !/48th scales and they are excellent.
I saw another set from another company for the U.S.S. Monocacy but I have
not actually seen these drawings.
The other source for ship drawings from the national archives is the Maryland Silver Company which offers Spanish American war and Civil War ship drawings.
They do have a set for the U.S.S. Panay and Monocacy (I have Monocacy on
order).
Both companies are on the web.
Gunboats for a modeller are difficult to find good photographs of (I have only seen
one photo of Monocacy) but good drawings can overcome a lot of this.
Sincerely,
Jim Hathaway
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Subject: Gunboat plans
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 12:34:54 -0800
From: Bayer, John
To: 'Crispin Garcia'
Hi Cris:
For those looking for gunboat plans, you might post these 2 sources, from the Naval Historical Center website:
1) Special Media Archives Services Division, NWCS, National Archives and Records Administration, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD 20740-6001;
telephone (301) 713-6885.
Their collection includes the general plans and drawing of most ships stricken from the Naval Vessel Register. Requests should be limited to no more than
three ships at any one time. The average cost for microfilm is $23.00 per reel. Charges for paper copies vary with the size of the original drawing. The old
name for this Division was the Cartographic Branch.
2) Smithsonian Institution:
This collection includes the plans of naval and merchant ships with emphasis on 19th Century ships. The quality is generally high. Many are not original
drawings, but were done by Howard I. Chapelle and other for publication. Separate catalogs are available for naval ships and for merchant ships. The
naval ship catalog does not include modern ships. Each catalog costs $10.00 and can be purchased, using a check or money order made payable to the
Smithsonian Institution, from:
Smithsonian Collection of Warship Plans
Ship Plans
NMAH 5010, MRC 628
Smithsonian Institution
Washington DC 20560
Regards,
John Bayer
Editor, SA
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Subject: Re: New San Pablo Model Builder Forum...
Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 13:09:12 -0700 (PDT)
From: David Sharpness
To: Crispin Garcia
Hi Cris,
As it happens I visited your site yesterday, and saw
the model thread, and wondered, was that there
before!!?? Those are good ideas!
I still hop about looking for Panay things--I've read
the Sand Pebbles book now, and watched the video
several times. (Once, very closely, as I found
elephants like the movies in old National Geographic
story about Nanking, and wonedered if it was filmed in
Nanking!! They're different, but that thought had me
going...)
Here and there I find things, usually Yahoo search
Panay, or USS Panay, or...Sand Pebbles (2 years on
the web:)!
In the library at Palomar College are bound editions
of old Literary Digests--Oct 9, 1926 has article about
the gunboats right around the time of the Sand Pebble
story.
Right now I'm focusing on how the six "new gunboats"
the book refers to (the Panay being one) were built,
how they were funded, and so on. Naval History, February 2000 has some of the story.
I've browsed about your site looking for how the San
Pablo was built too--and I think there's a story to
that.
But the movie boat is so realistic, one wonders if the
Chinese who built it were the same workers that built
the real ones. (Oh, that's the title of the Naval History
article--The Real Sand Pebbles)
And, this I'd really like to get a feedback on--what
happened to the movie boat??
It's a treasure
trove of stories, you know--the Yangtze Patrol goes
back to before the Revolution (ours!).
Oh, in one search I found obit of Admiral Fowler, who,
it said, had a hand in designing the Panay. This
caught my eye, as he did a lot of design work for
Disney--Fowler's Harbor.
David
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Subject: Re: San Pablo Information
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 19:47:00 +0100
From: "Rob Crain"
To: "Crispin Garcia"
Hello again
My apologies for the slow reply, and a huge thank you for your reply. Myself and my ship building friend would love to contact any other model builders out
there, as long as any of them don't mind. If you would pass my email address on to them, I would be very grateful. It is robcrain@ntlworld.com
My friend has looked into a model of the Panay (not by Iron Shipwright, but another plan maker). He says he would be content to make this model (I
believe the plans he has are excellently made), but would prefer to get the model as close to the San Pablo as possible, as there are differences
between the ships, I am told.
As for the CD you offered - I was a little unsure of what you meant. Am I right in thinking that you will send me (or my friend) a copy of the CD, but if
someone else requests it, we would then send it on to them? I think we would rather purchase from you a copy of our own if this is possible, as a
reference source for the building of the model.
Finally, a our gratitude for your help, and please be sure to post on your website news of when the virtual walkthrough of the ship is complete!
Rob Crain & M. Coney
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Subject: San Pablo Information
Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2000 18:10:05 +0100
From: "Rob Crain"
To: Cris Garcia
Hi there
I write on behalf of a friend who is a great fan of "The Sand Pebbles". He is a keen and talented model ship builder, and is desperate to build a model of
the San Pablo. However, he has so far found very little information on the ship, despite writing to 20th Century Fox and the Smithsonian Institution. In fact
I have been able to find him more information from the internet and your website over the past few days than he has discovered in the past 5 years! We
are very grateful to you for your superb site.
In order to build his ship, my friend wondered if plans were ever drawn up for the contruction of the San Pablo, either for models, or for the actual ship's
construction? We'd be very appreciative if you could throw some light on this.
If not, could you perhaps point us in the direction of further information on the ship?
Also, I noticed that you mentioned a CD-ROM of the featurette "A Ship Called The San Pablo". We'd love to hear more about this CD; I'm sure it would be
a God-send to my friend's project.
Many thanks for your help and your excellent site!
Rob Crain (on behalf of Mr. Michael Coney)
Lincoln, UK
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Subject: San Pablo Model
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 15:46:17 -0500
From: "Lilly, Richard"
To: Cris Garcia
I would like to build a large scale model of the San Pablo and am having
difficulty finding plans. Can you help?
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Subject: San Pablo the Boat
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 14:19:19 -0400
From: "RONALD STUTESMAN"
To: Cris Garcia
Dear Cris,
Thanks for your timely and informative reply to my email. I would be interested in your offer to provide the email addresses of others interested in modeling the San Pablo.
Also I would like to obtain the CD-rom , "A Ship Called San Pablo", and agree to the stipulation of forwarding it to the next requester. Again thanks for the effort, I'm
spreading the word about the website and the excellent job you are doing.
Ron Stutesman
133 Hilltop Dr Brick NJ 08724
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Subject: San Pablo the boat
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 12:33:51 -0400
From: "RONALD STUTESMAN"
To: Cris Garcia
Hi,
This is truly a great site both in it's content and honor paid to the film and the people who made it. I am presently in the process of developing a plan to build a working
model of the San pablo. Your pictures have helped me and the details about the ship being built as a prop surprised me. Obviously I am impressed with the ship enough
to model it and am saddened to learn that the actual ship has been scrapped and only the engine has been preserved. For years I had conjectured that the actual boat
was probably an artifact from some South American Country resurrected for the film. I even thought that it would out class most of the large pleasure yachts of rich and
famous notoriety, and day dreamed about living on such a boat. I'm an old WestPac sailor so I know you understand.
Anyhow, now that I know that it was purposely built, I suspect that the plans might still exist. I would appreciate it if you could direct me to someone who might know of
their existence ,hoping that they weren't scrapped with the ship, and also provide more detail on the ship itself. Possibilities include: the designer, the actual shop that built
it or even the studio. My present plan of attack is to photograph stills off of the TV screen for details and use my best guess estimate for sizes. I am experienced in this
method and have had good success on other projects but it would be more accurate not to mention easier with more to go by,i.e.. real plans. Also I believe this project
deserves the quality I plan to incorporate in the model, lets call it my salute to film.
I have also noted that some of the pictures in the photo gallery showed models, which is to be expected before a large project like building the full-sized prop was
attempted. Any ideas or help you could provide would be deeply appreciated. In any event I'll keep you advised of my progress if you are interested.
Sincerely,
Ron Stutesman
133 Hilltop Dr Brick, NJ 08724 732-458-2241
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Subject: Panay
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 20:48:26 -0700
From: David
To: Crispin Garcia
Hi Chris,
Thanks, yeah, I have that photo. Today I found a search engine called
Dogpile and typed in
USS Panay and it went and "fetched" some sights, one with several photos by
a model builder of his Panay diorama--so Ive got a good
look at the details I haven't been able to see. If I had the two hundred
dollars I'd buy the model--it's a resin kit made by Iron Shipwright.
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Yes, I think so! The posters to your forum should be a good source of
info.
----
And too I found with Dogpile the China Marines, really nice site I'll get
back to you with that one--I think my search word was China Marines.
----
There was an earlier Panay and it was Admiral Nimitz first command.
---
I've found some neat stuff, a year old interview with one of the Japanese
pilots for example, and a long book, The Japanese Imperial Conpiracy which
has just a wonderful chapter one--it puts December 12, 1937 in its context,
the fall of Nanking and China's civil war.
----
I think the Smithsonian has a model too, and I keep seeing e-bay listings
for Naval Covers of the Panay, but they've all been sold!
----
For my class at school I can/am/maybe building a Panay site. I dunno
though, I'm a little shy...I'll make it, and if it looks allright...
----
A detail: Early in the movie the Chinese workers are hauling carts with a
strap over one shoulder--that strap has been used for thousand of years
to pull the junks on the Yangtze from shore, and when the Panay survivors
were going finally back to safety, they were in small junks being pulled
along a canal, which may have been the grand canal, but I'm not sure.
----
There's a new book about the merchant ships of the Yangtze Patrol
era--Amazon has that. And Tolley's book I read is to be re-issued..
----
Years ago now, I happened to be reading about the Panay when the Stark was
misled, and that scared me, and then when we mistakenly hit the Chinese
embassy in Yugoslavia, I slapped my head and said 'Heck! I gotta go look up
the Panay! I'd forgotten all about the Sand Pebbles, but links must have
been going on in my subconscious. One of my scenes has a little boat with
American flag next to a junk, very much like in mood to the opening of the
movie--a lot like the model builder's diorama!
----
And then there's the British Yangtze Incident of 1948...Rambo's guru was
right on with his depiction of circumstances fraught with peril waiting for
incidents..
David :}
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Subject: Sand Pebbles
Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2000 20:09:25 -0700
From: David
To: Cris Garcia
Hya!,
You know, for the last two months I've been researching the Panay, browsing the web, and had bookmarked your site. Last night I watched The Sand Pebbles, got it
through the library, and was struck at how authentic it is....the scenes of Shanghai are right out of My War with the Japs by Alcot. I came back to your site and read
some of the posts. The research has got me going off in all directions...China Marines presently. Were there Marines on the gunboats?
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I saw The Sand Pebbles in the movies (I'm fivethree...). For my project I"ve been drawing the Panay, but all the photos are not very good, The San Pablo is a little
Panay--one smoke stack instead of two. Naval History, 2/00 has gunboat on cover and story.
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What the hell happened? Smedly Butler could tell us. :)
David
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Subject: Re: Models of San Pablo
Date: Sat, 25 Sep 1999 17:57:13 EDT
From: YngtzPtrl1
To: Cris Garcia
Hello Cris,
Thanks for the tip on the new section on your website. Your TSP site
continues to be the best site I have come across on the Internet.
In regards to your question regarding models, I have not come across any
information on anyone having built a model of the USS San Pablo. I would
guess that someone has built such a model, though, as the movie is very
popular. One problem, however, would be a lack of plans/drawing of the ship.
If you look on page 66 & 67 of the Sea Classics issue with the TSP article,
there are photos of a waterline model of the USS San Pablo. There is an
article in the 10/95 issue of Scale Ship Modeler that mentions this model as
having been a gift to director Robert Wise from the full size vessel's
Chinese builders.
I know that the sentiment of several ship modelers with interests in the
Yangtze River gunboats is: why build a model of a fictional ship when there
are plenty of real subjects, with plenty of reference materials. In reality,
the movie USS San Pablo doesn't resemble the real ship that the fictional one
was modeled after, the USS Villalobos.
The kit of the USS Panay that was to be released in the Spring of 1999 has
been held up. I am not sure of it's present status, but I hope it gets
released, as I think it will sell well (even with it's hefty $165 price tag).
Have you had a chance to read Dennis Noble's book, The Eagle and the Dragon?
I had planned to e-mail Mr. Noble after you included his letter on your
website, but I have fallen behind on my correspondence. I am currently
reading A Rocky Mountain Sailor in Teddy Roosevelt's Navy, which is a
compilation of an Asiatic sailor's letters to his sister from 1905-1910. It
gives really great insights to the sailor's life on the early Asiatic
Station. The sailor, Charles Fowler, was very articulate, and a very good
writer. It is amazing (to me) that his letters survived. A good read!
Take care, and thanks again for the tips.
Steve
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Subject: "San Pablo"
Date: Fri, 27 Aug 99 13:53:00 -0500
From: "Tamantini, William"
To: Cris Garcia
My friend tells me you are the Sand Pebbles contact. I tried the 20th
Century Fox archives and they said the archives are not for public
information. I have never built a scratch model before but that boat
intrigues me. I will build it one way or another but it nice to have some
accurate plans.
I am thinking about balsa in 1/8th scale. If there is any help you can give
me, I would appreciate it.
Thanks, Bill Tamantini
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Subject: San Pablo drawings
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 18:03:41 -0400
From: "Van Buskirk, Lance SFC"
To: Cris Garcia
Sir, After a great deal of research, I have yet to find a model of the type
of gunboat that served in China. I would like to build one from scratch, but
it is difficult at best to draw the boat from watching the film. I know the
movie company added there own style to the San Pablo, are there any
blueprints or naval drawings of the China gunboats. I would appreciate your
help in this matter, and to anyone who can enlighten me!
Sincerely, Lance Van Buskirk
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Subject: San Pablo
Date: Sun, 2 May 1999 17:19:57 EDT
From: Navionflyr
To: Cris Garcia
CC: Charles.J.Schuler
Dear Chris,
Thank you for your recent e-mail and picture of the San Pablo ...
unfortunately the dog (or the computer) ate the hardcopy before I got to
filing it ... and we try to keep the mail box empty so if it wouldn't be too
much trouble I would appreciate your comments again.
Through your website (or the internet at large) I have made the acquaintance
of a Mr. Charles Schuler in VA who has a similar modeling interest and I have
offered to share any information I am able to uncover on the San Pablo ... he
has agreed to do the same.
To date I have been unsuccessful trying to contact 20th Century. I wrote a
blind letter (not e-mail) to them c/o the public relations department about a
month ago and have had no response. I basically stated that I was interested
in building a museum-quality model of the San Pablo and asked for any
assistance that they might be able to offer. If you know some one at the
Studio who I might direct a letter to in this regard I would appreciate
knowing his (her) name
In the mean time I understand that several models have been built ... one by
Vaughn & Jung Engineering Ltd., and one that is now at the Lane Victory
museum ... if I recall your last note you mentioned the craftsmans name of
the model at the Lane Victory .... is he still alive? Do you happen to know
how (or if) he can be contacted?
Hours spent on the internet trying to learn if Vaughn & Jung are still in
business have so far been unproductive .... have had some correspondence with
several Chinese-English newspapers but no help there. Have also sent about a
dozen blind e-mail messages to Chinese shipbuilding concerns asking for any
information that they might be able to offer ... for the most part these have
gone unanswered. As we are relatively close (less than 45 minutes drive)
from Manhattan I expect to pursue this inquiry with the Chinese trade
commission in NY City (if one even exists).
I agree that maybe my best hope is with the picture studio .....
Have found plans for the USS PANAY ... is it reasonable to assume, since both
ships were supposedly built for the unique purpose of navigating a relatively
shallow river, that the hull of the PANAY might be sufficiently similar to
the San Pablo to use it, and then build the superstructure from scratch using
photos from the movie as reference??
Thanks in advance for your continued support of this project/inquiry
Regards,
Larry Shepard
34 Fairfax Drive
Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922
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Subject: RE: More San Pablo...
Date: Wed, 28 Apr 1999 12:32:55 -0700
From: "Schuler, Charles J NAO02"
To: "'Crispin Garcia'"
Cris,
Thanks for the additional pictures. I will view my copy of the movie for
the 30th time and see what shots I might use. I got an email message the
other day from a Larry Shepard, in New Jersey, who wants to build a model of
the San Pablo to put a steam engine he built in. I mailed him copies of the
Ships in Scale and Scale Ship Modeler articles, Steve from
YngtzPtrl1@aol.com. sent me. Most of the info was on the Panay and the Wake
but every bit helps. Included was a good clear starboard side shot of a
model of the San Pablo and two of the shot you just sent.
I think I have enough to at least start my scale drawings. I'll keep you
posted. I emailed Lane Victory in hopes of locating Robert J. Mader who
donated a model of the San Pablo to the museum but got no reply from Lane
Victory yet. Thanks again for all your help.
Charlie Schuler
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Subject: RE: Modeling the San Pablo
Date: Mon, 26 Apr 1999 06:07:15 -0700
From: "Schuler, Charles J NAO02"
To: "'Navionflyr'"
CC: "'Cris Garcia'"
Larry,
I'm still gathering information such as still photos, magazine articles and
the like. I got most of my information so far from Cris Garcia of the San
Pablo web page. He sent me still photo from the movie plus copies of old
Scale Ship Modeler articles on the San Pablo.
Model maker Robert J. Mader donated a model of the San Pablo to the Lane
Victory Museum in Seal Beach, CA. I've emailed the Lane Victory webmaster
asking for Mr. Mader's email address in hope of obtaining a
copy of his plans.
I haven't heard from Lane Victory yet, but I'm hopeful. Like yourself I am
facing making my own plans. I'm currently working on a 1/8" scale waterline
drawing base on photo information. The ship was a $200,000.00 prop, built
in Hong Kong in 1963, for the movie. The ship is all steel construction
(it's still being used in Viet Nam) 150' long, 27' wide and has a 30' stack.
If you send me your mailing address, I will send you copies of what I have.
Us modelers got to stick together. If you come across anything more, please
share it with us. Thanks
Charlie Schuler
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-----Original Message-----
From: Navionflyr
Sent: Saturday, April 24, 1999 11:01 PM
To: Charles.J.Schuler
Subject: Modeling the San Pablo
Dear Sir,
Recently saw your note on the "Sand Pebbles" forum board ... am also
interested in modeling the San Pablo.
Have already built a twin-cylinder live steam engine as power for the model
... am now looking for information which will lead to construction of a
museum quality model.
So far all inquiries have been dead ends. Have about decided to take still
pictures (from the TV screen) of the ship as depicted in the film and spend
a lot of time on the drawing board.
Have left numerous requests on BBS's devoted to ship modeling and no one has
yet been able to offer any help.
Hope you have had more luck! If you have, I would greatly appreciate any
information that you could share with me. I will do like wise as I uncover
anything more.
Thanks in advance.
Regards,
Larry Shepard
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Subject: The Sand Pebbles
Date: Sat, 24 Apr 1999 22:30:48 EDT
From: Navionflyr
To: Cris Garcia
Dear Sir,
I am interested in building a steam-powered, museum quality model of the "San
Pablo" as depicted in the 20th Century Fox film "The Sand Pebbles."
I understand that the ship in the film was constructed for the purpose and
designed to be in keeping with the description in Mr. Mckenna's novel. Do
you think it may be possible to research this project through studio archives
or actually enlist the aid of the studio in obtaining enough information to
make this project a success?
Any assistance or advice that you may be able to offer will be greatly
appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
Regards,
Larry Shepard
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Subject: The San Pablo
Date: Tue, 16 Mar 1999 11:32:36 -0800
From: "Schuler, Charles J NAO02"
To: Cris Garcia
I have been searching the internet on information about the ship, the San
Pablo. I am a model ship builder. The Sand Pebbles is my favorite movie.
I've seen a hundred times and read the book ten times. You mentioned on your
web page that the ship was built for the movie. I would like to build a
model of the San Pablo. Could you help in providing a source for obtaining
plans or any information on her dimensions? Thanks, a devoted fan.
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