TEXAS ROSE & AITKEN EXPEDITION from Warlords of Atlantis

Produced by Milton Subostsky and John Dark. Directed by Kevin Connor (1978)

This film is an original story but features all of the expected ingredients of a Doug McClure adventure. The Aitken expedition is searching for the lost city of Atlantis and engineer Doug McClure has been engaged to operate his specially designed diving bell, christened the Aitken Expedition Underwater Observatory. A beautiful design which perfectly captures the elegant functionality typical of the turn of the century setting. 

In the film the Texas Ros and the diving bell appear as both full scale props and via miniatures. The Texas Rose itself appears to be a heavily modified contemporary yacht.

This kit would come with the vac-form sails and black cotton rigging typical of Airfix’s sailing ships of the time. It would of course include the diving bell as well as some crew figures.   In 1/72nd scale it ould be in the same family as the E Boat and MTB and woud dbe a little over a foot in length.

Production Designer Elliot Scott

Special Effects Supervisor John Richardosn

What If Model Kits #9

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-n91Cd2R0c4