Queries about Mobiles

(0) Any idea what is inside the back of a Mobile? Is it largely empty
space like a delivery van, or what? On the back of Don Showalter's
mesh model of a Mobile, there is an area named "back doors".
(1) In making UFO, were any mock-ups made of the inside of a Mobile?
Are there any pictures of it?
(2) Where on a Mobile are its mounted guns? Are there any good
pictures of those guns?
(3) If the back of a Mobile was empty like a delivery van's, could a
man get from the back into the cab? While making Don Showalter's
model into a Poser model with an inside, I seem to get the impression
that there is so much equipment in the back of the cab that nothing
much bigger than a cat could get from the cab into the back.

Hi

You can get an idea about the rear interior of a SHADO Command Mobile by
watching "Computer Affair". The Command Mobile appears to differ from a
normal mobile in that it seems to have fixed scanning and RADAR equipment on
the roof. "Computer Affair" shows the interior of the Command Mobile with
Colonel Freeman and Lieutenant Ellis.

Also, in the episode "The Sound of Silence" you can see that various weapons
(look like they are remotely controlled) are located in the forward roof of
the mobiles, and retract back into the interior when not in use.

If you look carefully at the side of the mobile cabin in various UFO
episodes, you can see the lines indicating when the outline of the door is.
This may just be cosmetic as in no episode do you see a mobile with an open
cab.

Useful episodes showing SHADO Mobiles: Computer Affair, E.S.P., The Sound of
Silence, Square Triangle... there are others...

Hope this helps,

Griff

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Subject: [SHADO] Queries about Mobiles


(0) Any idea what is inside the back of a Mobile? Is it largely empty
space like a delivery van, or what? On the back of Don Showalter's
mesh model of a Mobile, there is an area named "back doors".
(1) In making UFO, were any mock-ups made of the inside of a Mobile?
Are there any pictures of it?
(2) Where on a Mobile are its mounted guns? Are there any good
pictures of those guns?
(3) If the back of a Mobile was empty like a delivery van's, could a
man get from the back into the cab? While making Don Showalter's
model into a Poser model with an inside, I seem to get the impression
that there is so much equipment in the back of the cab that nothing
much bigger than a cat could get from the cab into the back.





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That isn't a door just a side window. Note lack of door handles and even
seams for the door to open. Most likely the Mobile would be entered from the
back. Just because you don't see opening in the model kits and the ones on
the show doesn't mean it isn't there. They weren't making the scale models
that detailed.

There is a great quote I remember from Houdini with was his method of
figuring out magic tricks. He said rather than asking how is that trick done
he asked himself how would I do it. So that is the question you sould ask
yourself not how did they do it but how would you do it to make it work.

James K.


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Sorry to disagree, but if you look carefully at the mobiles in the
programmes, there do appear to be door seams.

Also, there are cars today that do not use door handles, they use remote
control. It is not beyond reason that the mobiles could have used a similar
technology. If the only entrance/exit was at the rear, it would surely be
very limited on safety grounds.

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Subject: Re: [SHADO] Queries about Mobiles


That isn't a door just a side window. Note lack of door handles and even
seams for the door to open. Most likely the Mobile would be entered from
the
back. Just because you don't see opening in the model kits and the ones on
the show doesn't mean it isn't there. They weren't making the scale models
that detailed.

There is a great quote I remember from Houdini with was his method of
figuring out magic tricks. He said rather than asking how is that trick
done
he asked himself how would I do it. So that is the question you sould ask
yourself not how did they do it but how would you do it to make it work.

James K.


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If it is a door then see the second paragraph of my message.


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Marcs UFO Series site has a reference link to Angelo Finimores UFO Tech
Manuel Site. He posted Tech Blueprints of the Shado mobiles - showing
details of the gun turret and mortar launchers. The rear section houses
communications, storage, seating, command and control, or more ammo. They
seem to be assigned different tasks at different times. Take a good look at
the blueprints. Marc may have examples on hhis site.


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Griff,
I had another look at the mobiles in the photos in my Super Visual
Town Mook UFO book and found a few things. There is a foldout of the SHADO
vehicals in the front and it has 4 views of each including top side and front
and back. In the top view looking down there is a indentation in the metal
on the ledge outside the window. The might be the door handle? Also looking
at the side view I see a kind of box like opening just ahead of the track and
directly under the window. This could be a step. If there is a door there
as you think I think it would work like this. The driver and the other crew
person would first step on the track in front then step into the box like
open and then over to the top of the track. They would then open the door
handle and the door would swing open. I thing it would open in a gullwing
fashion like the cars. The driver and other crewman would then step into the
cab and get in their seats and close the door.
I also noticed looking at stills from Computer Affair that there is a
white outline of a square just behind the the cabin over the track on the
right side of the mobile. It has a red line in the center of it. Its size
and placement and its look reminds me very much of one of those emergency
ejection levers on the outside of jets to rescue the crew from a burning play
on the ground.

James K.


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--- In [hidden email], harada357@a... wrote:
> Marcs UFO Series site has a reference link to Angelo Finimores UFO
> Tech Manuel Site. He posted Tech Blueprints of the Shado mobiles -
> showing details of the gun turret and mortar launchers. ...

Please what are the URL's (WWW addresses) of these sites?

You can see at:
http://www.ufotv.it/art.htm
and for SHADOMOBILES at:
http://www.ufotv.it/art_shadoearth/artofufo_shado_earth_machine-shado-
mobiles.htm

--
Angelo Finamore
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--- In [hidden email], "anthonyappleyard <MCLSSAA2@f...>"
<MCLSSAA2@f...> wrote:
> --- In [hidden email], harada357@a... wrote:
> > Marcs UFO Series site has a reference link to Angelo Finimores UFO
> > Tech Manuel Site. He posted Tech Blueprints of the Shado mobiles -
> > showing details of the gun turret and mortar launchers. ...
>
> Please what are the URL's (WWW addresses) of these sites?

Someone wrote about Mobiles' cab doors. He mentioned a step on the
mudguard to climb in, and a door handle. In Don Showalter's mesh
model these are called mudguard_light_bezel and side_marker.