The Ship Model Forum

here you go - google has a 3D model you can download and rotate for any view you want

http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=c71472690d457241fedea13cf1ae7dcc

Lego coming out with a Shinkai 6500 deep sea submersible kit: [url]http://buyjapanese.jp/japanese-stuff/lego-shinkai6500-deep-sea-6500-160-scales/[/url]

All my mental images of the Trieste came from National Geographic issues in the 1960s. Have you looked there for images?

Pit Road made a 1:100 scale kit of I or II, apparently long sold out.

Simple side image here as part of a lesson plan in bouyancy: [url]http://www.marinetech.org/rov_competition/2010/Trieste_Model_Detailed_Assembly_Instructions.pdf[/url]

3D CAD drawing here: [url]http://www.3dcadbrowser.com/preview.aspx?modelcode=41086[/url]

Always the first source: [url]http://www.navsource.org/archives/08/08554.htm[/url]

Can anyone direct me to where I might find scale drawings of the Trieste? This is the original, built in 1953, that went to the bottom of the Marianas Trench, not the Trieste II. I have the side view diagram, but am also looking for deck detail and other detail (sail, ballast hoppers, towing hardware, etc.).

Lee Anne