Subject: SMML02/02/98VOL078 shipmodels@tac.com.au ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- INDEX 1: Re: Sunken Titanic 2: Re: Titanic Model 3: 1/600 Baltimore Class 4: Re: White Ensign Fixed-Wing A/C Details 5: Re: Revell Titanic Kit 6: Heller 1/400 7: Re: pre WW1 subs 8: Re: Sunken Titanic Diorama ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) From: Ives100@aol.com Subject: Re: Sunken Titanic An award winning (Popoular Best of Show) diorama of the sunken Titanic was done at last year's IPMS Nationals. Absolutely superb. The builder, Roy Mengot, used two kits, and most of the wreck was scratch built. Roy did unbelievable research, and built the wreck in two pieces, bow & stern. He wrote an article on the building of the diorama in the Nov./Dec. 97 IPMS Journal (Vol. 10, issue #1). Have a look at this before you start..... Tom Dougherty ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2) From: BackPage@aol.com Subject: Re: Titanic Model Tom Dougherty,s preference to using Bondo Glazing putty over the 2 part glaze is well taken; however, if it is anything like the red oxide glazing putty of yesteryear, one must beware as there is more than 40% shrinkage in the drying process over time, and has a tendency to crack if applied to thickly. The 2 part catylized glaze has no shrinkage. Frannk Pietrzak ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3) From: Graham Holmes Subject: 1/600 Baltimore Class I have come across a very old 1/600 kit of a Baltimore class cruiser in a local store, made by Aurora. Does any one know what this kit is like. Is it workable, or just a collectors item. It is sealed and I am not so keen on it to have it opened, although I know this shop would if asked. TIA Graham ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4) From: Dave Carter Subject: Re: White Ensign Fixed-Wing A/C Details Hi John, Thanks for the nice comments about the Airstrike 1/700 stuff. We have since been contacted by a couple of folks who didn't get instructions for the Fixed Wing Aircraft parts. If you were one of these, please let me know and I will mail a set, or even E-Mail them.. However, although every part is identified on the instructions, as we will eventually have a range of around 400 1/700 Scale aircraft types, we have not included assembly instructions for every type of aircraft. Re the Walrus anyhow, the aircraft carried a 4-Bladed prop, and the Swordfish type undercarriage. If you look at the fret with "WEM" at the top, you have the rocket rails on the right. Just left of the @ copyright symbol is a vertical row of undercarriage parts.. these are destined for Swordfish, Walrus etc. The interplane struts are straight bar struts (one of those technical terms!) and are best fabricated with pieces of stretched sprue. Let me know re. instructions and we will mail you a set. Cheers Caroline White Ensign Models,Gardeners Cottage,Cowarne Court,Lower Eggleton, Ledbury,Herefordshire,HR8 2UF,U.K. Tel: 01432 820403 Fax: 01432 820830 http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/town/avenue/xdt22/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5) From: "Bill & Kaja Michaels" Subject: Re: Revell Titanic Kit My 2 cents on this kit and seam filling: Personally, I don't like the squadron green putty-- It leaves with a a dark green area to be covered with paing. I have switched to Testor's white putty, which is much easier to use under light paint. Brush painting white is hard to do. If all you have is a spray can, it is better to spray the whole model white, and brush the darker colors. Also, don't forget that Gold Metal Models has recently re-done their 1/600 scale Merchant ship railing set. This photo-etched detail set now includes Titanic-specific parts, for the Revell kit. You can read about the set at the GMM or NAVIS web sites. I am one of the original posters on lighting the 1/350 scale model. I looked at lightsheet, but it is expensive-- I figure over a $100 to light just one side of the model. My current (no pun intended) line of thought: The key to even lighting is to use reflected light. I'm thinking now that I'll paint the interior of the model white or light gray, and put a shield in front of the light bulb(s). The idea will be to set it up so that you can't directly see the bulb thru any porthole. Fiber optics may be used to "conduct" light to parts of the ship with tight quarters. Where the cable ends, it will act as a light bulb, if rounded off as other have described. I'm thinking about mounting the lights in the model's stand, and cut holes inthe bottom to fit over the bulbs. The idea I'm considering is to basically make the display stands a couple of small lamps, with the completed model fitting over it like some sort of fancy lampshade. Bill and Kaja Michaels ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6) From: Luis Verissimo Subject: Heller 1/400 Hi all, Anyone out there knows where I can find the Comandant Riviere (n. 1094) Heller 1/400 kit ? There was a sister model/ship. I think was Victor Schoelcher (sp?). Thank you. Luis ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7) From: "Ron or Julie Hillsden" Subject: Re: pre WW1 subs Can you give me any additional info, i.e. a series name?? I presume that these were Holland derived boats rather than Simon Lake designs. I have a book on US subs from the beginning through the end of WWII that has drawings of most of the different types, right back to the first Holland Subs. You ask the questions which are giving me heartburn, Bradford. Yes, they were Holland boats. I can't seem to fiind where they fit into the series, though. They were classed as 'submarine torpedo boats'. Subs up to SS12 were to small. SS26 (orG4) was too large (it's a Lake boat). I just don't have enough material to find out where they belong.There are 2 good sites on the net, but they have gaps in the early subs. I saw a picture of SS36 (K5) and she had a similiar break in the aft end of the deck, so I suspect it may be close. FWIW, these boats were 313/421 tons, and either 144' or 152'x15'x11'. They were the same except for the bow. The boat with the longer bow had 2 TT, while the bluff bow held 4 TT. I'll appreciate any help ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9) From: "Reidar Berg" Subject: Re: Sunken Titanic Diorama Hello Johnny; Try this address: http://www.flash.net/~rfm/ Reidar Berg, Narvik, Norway ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Volume