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Vesikko website
« on: 18 May , 2009, 03:18 »
From Timo Merensilta, our own Urpok, a great site on Vesikko:

http://www.vesikko.fi/

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Re: Vesikko website
« Reply #1 on: 18 May , 2009, 23:40 »
Thanks for this topic Wink!

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« Reply #2 on: 21 May , 2009, 05:30 »
Tell us more about the book!!!
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Re: Vesikko website
« Reply #3 on: 21 May , 2009, 07:38 »
I would like to have that book when complete. Great site.

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« Reply #4 on: 23 May , 2009, 02:59 »
Hi guys,

Thanks for your interest!

Submarine Vesikko has been my real love since I saw it in Suomenlinna Sea Fortress when I was seven.  ::)
So writing a book about the subject is a dream come true.

There are many hints to CV 707 / Vesikko in submarine books but no monographs except one booklet with only few images. So I wanted to make a book for both history and modeling enthusiastic.

History of Vesikko is much more than a story of one sub. CV 707 was a technical leap and true starting point of new German u-boat arm in 1930

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« Reply #5 on: 24 May , 2009, 15:30 »
Hi Urpok,

Your book sounds extremely interesting. I'll certainly buy a copy when it is available.

Please keep us informed when it will be released.

Cheers,

Dougie

 

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« Reply #6 on: 02 Jun , 2009, 02:56 »
Hi,

I got some more facts from my publisher Hobby-Kustannus Oy:
- The book about submarine Vesikko will come out 1st September.
- The price is 49,95 Euros + postage.
- ISBN 9789525334074
- 224 pages (48 color pages)
- The size of the hard cover book is landscape A4.
- An English language summary and extended photo captions.

The name in Finnish is

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Re: Vesikko website
« Reply #7 on: 11 Sep , 2009, 12:48 »
Hi guys!

The Vesikko book will finally get out 28th September.
Then we

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« Reply #8 on: 11 Sep , 2009, 22:47 »
Fantastic news, hope it goes great!
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« Reply #9 on: 03 Oct , 2009, 10:44 »
The Vesikko book was released last Monday.

We had press conference and all went well:
Several TV channels, radio stations and newspapers made their story about Vesikko and the book.
I hope this will help to get more funds for the museum submarine.

We had some good time with the TV reporter (commercial MTV3) in Vesikko:
http://www.katsomo.fi/?progId=21884&itemId=18073
That funny sounding language is Finnish.  :D

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« Reply #10 on: 03 Oct , 2009, 13:13 »
Hi Timo,

I have filled in the form to allow me to order your book. Really looking forward to it. I just wish I could read Finnish so that I could read it all!

I trust your press conference in Helsinki went well.

Congratulations on completing your book.

Cheers,

Dougie

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« Reply #11 on: 03 Oct , 2009, 16:57 »
Congratulations, wishing you great success with the book, sounds terrific!
Cheers,
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« Reply #13 on: 17 Oct , 2009, 08:24 »
Hi Timo,

I received your book today. Wow, you have done well. The book exceeded my expectations, with no negative points at all. There are numerous period photos, all of which are printed in very high quality. There are also some really great shots of Type IIs, again in good quality.

Given that I cannot speak Finnish I cannot make comment on the main text. But the English captions are very helpful, especially to the modeller. The most helpful point for the modeller is that you have made comments on how the boat was changed and her colour schemes. The book is in chronological order, which helps to build the picture of the boat's various features and colour schemes. The colour side profiles also help enormously in this regard.

The 45 colour walk-around photos of the Vesikko are also essential. They provide a modeller with sufficient research material for a superdetail project.

Altogether it is a perfect research resource for a Vesikko build.

Well done!

Dougie



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« Reply #14 on: 19 Oct , 2009, 12:45 »
Thanks Dougie! Thanks Anakin!
Great to hear that you like the book!  :)

It was a wonderful experience for me to write an U-boat book.
Hope you enjoy it.

All comments, criticism and ideas for future research are welcome.

Timo