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Post by laustonrr28 on Sept 5, 2015 15:31:08 GMT 8
Hi all, I'm currently building a 3D model of Fort mills and would like to share some snapshots of Topside. Its a work in progress...    |
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Post by Registrar on Sept 5, 2015 18:32:03 GMT 8
Wow, what a task you have set yourself! I'm not a gamer, myself, but am super-impressed with what you've taken on.
I recall many years ago when my son showed me Castle Wolfenstein and it crossed my mind that it would be an interesting thing one day if someone were to build a game about the tunnels and installations of Corregidor in that way. It was all very rough in those days.
I wish you all the best.
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Post by batteryboy on Sept 6, 2015 9:19:48 GMT 8
Looks really good!
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Post by laustonrr28 on Sept 6, 2015 12:16:28 GMT 8
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Post by fortman on Sept 6, 2015 13:36:19 GMT 8
laustonrr28,
This is truly amazing work. Keep going!
fortman
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Post by Karl Welteke on Sept 9, 2015 16:30:34 GMT 8
ONE MORE PIC OF THE CORREGIDOR CABLE WAY & TROLLEY BRIDGE THEN AND NOW  W99 the picture shows the Trolley-line Bridge, over the old cable way, from the uphill side. This is Ft. Mills on Corregidor Island in 1945 or a little later. Karl Wilhelm Schmidt sent one more picture to Karl-Wilhelm Welteke. Karl Schmidt is a leader in the Coastal Defense Study Group (CDSG). And we have met several times on Corregidor. He has done extensive research in the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) and that is where this image came from. He has given me many of his pictures and encouraged me to share them. The original image came from a high resolution image and you can’t upload a picture at this size. So I just tried this, copy, crop, reduce, capture, snip etc which allowed me to maintain quality and clarity but is now a small size image. This picture must have shot 1945 after liberation, the steel tracks are still there, and does that mean the Japanese were not interested in them? The west concrete side did not fall over onto the east side yet, so when did that happen? For your orientation, the newer Ft. Mills Diesel Power Plant is in back and we see the west end of the Ft. Mills Coal Powered Power Plant. |
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Post by laustonrr28 on Sept 11, 2015 10:30:49 GMT 8
Hi Karl, All the photos you been posting really helps me a lot on modeling fort mills. I could see and imagine what could have been a certain area looks like and what details to add. Thanks alot keep posting them.  Do you happen to have photos for the other bridge on the bottomside going to malinta tunnel. Thanks. |
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Post by Karl Welteke on Oct 25, 2015 16:01:56 GMT 8
A GUN BATTERY AT THE FORT MILLS HOSPITAL ON CORREGIDOR, 1800, WHAT YEAR? This picture came from Karl Schmidt, a leader of the Coastal Defense Study Group (cdsg.org) who most likely got it from NARA. It was mounted for decorative effect of course! It was there sometime between after the hospital was built and WWII. I uploaded it and my comparison image into this album: s74.photobucket.com/user/PI-Sailor/library/Corregidor%20by%20subject/Historical%20Corregidor/Old%20Corregidor%201?sort=9&page=1 W236 a Gun Battery at the Fort Mills Hospital on Corregidor, 1800 what year? This picture came from Karl Schmidt, a leader of the Coastal Defense Study Group (cdsg.org) who most likely got it from NARA. It was mounted for decorative effect of course!  W237 because Karl Schmidt sent the image with the ancient gun in front of the hospital in Fort Mills on Corregidor Island I tried to find the concrete base for this gun and may have found it. This picture was shot on the 17th Sep. 2015.  W238 because Karl Schmidt sent the image with the ancient gun in front of the hospital in Fort Mills on Corregidor Island I tried to find the concrete base for this gun and may have found it. This picture was shot on the 17th Sep. 2015. I tried to clear more of the concrete but I thought this is good enough for Government work and called it a day. This location certainly jives! |
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Post by beirutvet on Oct 25, 2015 20:26:32 GMT 8
Karl
Great find!
What do you suppose happened to the cannon?
It appears to large for modern day privateer scrappers, though not being a scrapper myself I can only guess. Perhaps they have the ability to take something that large. Does anyone know if they have that capability?
More likely I think the Japanese took it at their leisure for their own scrap purposes. What are your thoughts?
P.S. I love these old prewar photos. Makes you wonder about the people we see in them, wondering what was their fate. Many thanks for this post.
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Post by beirutvet on Oct 26, 2015 21:44:58 GMT 8
Hey Karl
What is that obelisk shaped "monument" in the background of the then and now photo's?
(I will paste my reply here rather than as a separate post: I think the obelisk is the base of a flag pole - Registrar)
laustonrr28
I love the work you have done so far. The potential of what you are doing is so far reaching it boggles the mind. Do you have any updates for us?
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