| All sci-fi movies require a certain amount of belief suspension to
enjoy the experience, and 20K is no exception. I was awed by the submarine Nautilus when I watched the movie in
July 1971 at the age of 12. I was convinced by the Disney wizardry that
they had actually built a full size submarine for the movie, and I wrote
Walt Disney Productions requesting blueprints and photos so I could
build a scale model.
While the company graciously sent me an info pack containing one photo, one lobby card and the production story, I did not receive any blueprints. Over the years, I slowly gathered various articles and photos and blueprints. The more I learned, the more the realization set in that, Hey, these things don't fit After the various discussions on the DNC site about this, I decided to put together the various side views of known contiguous sets to illustrate the discrepancy. I utilized known blueprints and using the movie as a guide, the compartments were arranged as we see them in the film. I can still suspend my belief to enjoy the picture and hope you can too. |
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 SALON KEY This overlay is keyed to the salon window to illustrate the problems with fitting the sets into the hull. The hull is really too small to fit everything into. This view uses the contiguous set blueprint below. |
 CONTIGUOUS SETS In this image, I have pasted together the contiguous sets shown above and below. Use it to more clearly understand how the compartments SHOULD fit together within the hull. |
 WHEELHOUSE VIEWPORT KEY This overlay is keyed directly over the wheelhouse viewport. The hull is larger but still won't contain everything...DRATS! This view uses the contiguous set blueprint above. |
