Subject: SMML22/02/99VOL464 Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1999 00:37:19 +1100 shipmodels@tac.com.au -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MODELLERS INDEX 1: Re: Soviet modern warship models 2: Re: Ironclad colors 3: Re: GMM Naval Aircraft Insignia 4: Re: LIBERTY tankers 5: Ship Rigging 6: Re: Liberty Tankers 7: Re: Tamiya Parts 8: Re: Classic Warships USS Salem 9: Re: Missing instructions 10: Re: Tirpitz colours 11: Re: Straightening Warped Models 12: Re: ACW Ironclads 13: Re: Liberty tankers 14: Re: Emden-Dresden 15: Many Thanks, was USS Burleigh Instructions 16: Fleet Air Arm Show 17: Re: ACW Flags 18: Replacement Parts and IRCs 19: Tamiya 1/350 Yamato 20: French "Soot" Class submarine 21: Was Bismarck Yellow? 22: Re: Missing Instructions 23: Japanese Cruisers Book 24: Re: GMM Decals 25: German navy stuff on "the net" 26: 1/700 Aircraft Decals 27: Confederate Naval Flag -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TRADERS, ANNOUNCEMENTS & NOTICEBOARD INDEX 1: Re: GMM Naval Aircraft Insignia 2: Manuel P. González López 3: Books for sale 4: Yorktown Kit 4 Sale -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MODELLERS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) From: CBNJBB62@aol.com Subject: Re: Soviet modern warship models Dear Puis: Soviet warships are a topic that rises and falls. For years only the Aurora MOSCOW was available in 1/600 scale. It's to released this year by Airfix. The Japanese firm of PITROAD/SKYWAVE has produced in 1/700 scale the following: 1. Krivak I +II class 2. Soverrmeny class Destroyer 3. Udaloy class Destroyer 4. Complete weapons set 5. Echo II class sub Also the company of Aoshima produced in 1/700 the 2 carriers of the Kiev class: KIEV and MINSK. I don't if they are still in production but there are lot of modeler's who still have them in storage in the closet so ask around. Craig Bennett PS Ever hear of the hunt for red October well it really happened in 1975 aboard not a sub, but a Krivak class frigate stationed in the Baltic Sea. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2) From: Bradford Chaucer Subject: Re: Ironclad colors >> Does anybody have any information about what colours Union and Confederate Ironclads were painted during the ACW. Every drawing shows the ships a metalic grey colour, which I take to be highlighting the fact that the vessel is an ironclad. I would have thought that a coat of paint would be required, if only to stop the ship rusting! << There isn't very much published about colors of most of the ironclads. Most info I have suggests that the iron armor was painted black, with wood portions left natural. Some, like the Davids may have been painted in a sort of medium-light powder blue in an attempt to make them less visible (I presume). I have had good luck painting them in one of the darker shades of Testor's modelmasters metallic shades and then drybrushing with black to simulate a worn or weathered black. Wood portions I paint for a dark oak like effect. I use a dark brick red to simulate anti fouling paint below the water line, except on the CSS Hunley and CSS David which were submersibles, and the CSS Virginia which had a copper bottomed hull. Don't know whether it's historically accurate, but given that there was no color photography technique available at the time, and the general inaccuracy of most artist's renditions of the time, I consider my guesses to be as good as anyone else's! Beside's they look good!! Regards, Bradford Chaucer -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3) From: "chenyangzhang" Subject: Re: GMM Naval Aircraft Insignia cn Yes it does, but only 24 of them. Register is not 100+ACU- and so the dots are a bit off centre. I don't know about the Fleet Air Arm but you could always blank out the red dots on the British roundels with white paint. Also you could put red dots of paint on the US roundels which lack them (there are 72 of these). What I would be interested in are 1/700 G symbols that the USN used on their aircraft, if no one does them I am interested in commissioning a set Shangri-La lighting bolts. Any manufacturers out there please give me a quote. I would be interested in about 424 for TBM's, SB2C's, F4U's and F6F's. Chris Langtree -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4) From: ALROSS2@aol.com Subject: Re: LIBERTY tankers According to the Maritime Administration Collection of Ship Plans, there were 60 LIBERTY tankers - Z-ET1-S-C3. Thirty were built at California Shipbuilding Corp, San Pedro; the others were built at Delta Shipbuilding Co., New Orleans. The catalog lists 23 different drawings and is available from: Ship Plans Maritime Collections NMAH-5010/MRC 628 Smithsonian Institution Washington, DC 20560 USA Cost for the catalog a few years ago was $10.00US; may still be the same. Well worth it if you are interested in merchant vessels. Al Ross -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5) From: "scola" Subject: Ship Rigging Anyone have any suggestions for securing rigging from masts stacks to decks etc. I've tried several different methods from drilling small holes in masts and decks to securing lines with stays. While these all seem to work ok I'm not 100% satisfied with the results and would like to improve on realism. I have yet to find any ship or model photos that clearly show how rigging is secured throughout a ship. I'm not concerned with the material being used like nylon quilting thread fishing line (which works real well and is less likely to burn up when heat is applied to take up slack) Anyone have any ides or suggestions? Thanks Rich -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6) From: "Barry Gerrard" Subject: Re: Liberty Tankers Using "The Liberty Ships" by L.A. Sawyer and W.H.Mitchell as a refererence they state that contracts for 102 vessels were awarded, but reduced to 62 later on. The original intention was to convert existiing vessels and to redesign some of the new hulls then under construction, but it was found that the requirements could be satified by confining the conversion to new, forthcoming, ships. This is a small portion of the text the section including drawings is nine pages long -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7) From: Robert Vancel Subject: Re: Tamiya Parts I have tried getting parts from them in the past. It depends on who you talk to there as to whether or not you get them for 'free'. Sometimes you only get to talk to the switchboard operator and sometimes, _maybe_, you get an actual service rep. Since I'm in the business, there's a second number for dealers, but we end up with the same round and round. I have a customer who needed a replacement canopy for the Bf110 (I know, this is a SHIP forum, but bear with me), since the one he has was broken. After several tries, he finally got through to someone who knew what he needed. But, they wanted the original part back, the tree it was on, the box the kit came in, AND a receipt as proof of purchase. Oh, I forgot, the part was going to cost him $8.95 + $6.95 S+H. Hollywood/nWMo -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8) From: Robert Vancel Subject: Re: Classic Warships USS Salem >>> .. Then I opened the box only to discover that the hull was straight and true. Rob Mackie Martha Stewart's Favorite Ship Modeling Site <<< >> Well I think that since you went through all that trouble to tell us how to straighten the hull, you should use your own method for straightening to bend the hull first so that we all can start out on an even keel... or is that uneven keel? << The way I straighten a bend hull is to call the manufacturer, spend countless hours on hold listening to the Muzak (c) versions of Queen's 'We Will Rock You' and and Twisted Sister's 'We're Not Gonna Take It' before getting a person who says the person I need to talk to is busy on the computer writing informed reviews for the internet groups he/she hangs out on. I then get the voice mail box and after getting cut off mid sentence for something on the order of the sixteenth time, finally get my name and address and part number recorded, only to hit the 'Send' key which gives me the 'Message has been erased' recording and hangs up. Then, in frustration, I take the hull and lay it in the hot sun on the asphalt to warm it up. After trying to find it in the weeds where a redneck in a 4X4 ran over it and sent it flying, I come across a rain-soaked, weather-beaten package from another company I had mail-ordered replacement parts for over a year ago before they mysteriously went out of business. After taking the package in the workshop and carefully peeling layer after layer of wrapping and styrofoam beads (which stick to everything) I discover that the decals are now totally useless AND are the wrong ones anyway. The next day, while doing the 'honey-do' stuff (mowing the lawn), there's a horrible 'bang-thwang-ka-chunk' sound and something goes flying from under the mower and into the side of the neighbor's minivan (they have no kids and hate soccer so I'm wondering why they have one). I shut off the mower and go see what it was and find to my suprise, a can of Testor's Dullcote that was missing. I also find that the neighbor is using the hull as a parking brake for his minivan (we all live on a hill). I retrieve the hull and take it back to the workshop and lo and behold! Its as straight as an arrow. That was when I heard another strange sound outside. The minivan had rolled out of the drive and down the hill, only to collide with the UPS truck that was delivering another replacement part from the previous company that had been bought out and reopened by another company and they had gone through the records and were sending parts originally ordered. So not only is the hull straight, I got the decals I wanted, too. Hollywood/nWMo -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9) From: Robert Vancel Subject: Re: Missing instructions >> First of all, welcome, Tom! I hope you'll find this list as much fun and as informative as I have. You may very well also find someone who will have the instructions that you need (sorry, I don't). One thing, though, is that I and many others have found Revell to be surprisingly responsive to customers. I wouldn't dismiss out of hand the possibility of obtaining the missing instructions from them << Yeah, they're pretty good about that. It does take a little time (a couple of weeks) but you do get them. I was in a bit of a rush for a customer one day and talked to Tina at RMX and she faxed the instructions that day. Hollywood/nWMo -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10) From: Robert Vancel Subject: Re: Tirpitz colours >> Also, he writes that the turrettops were carmine red during the Baltic training, and that the swastika's were covered with tarpaulins after May 1941. << See? Even the Germans were into Historical Revisionism during the war. Hollywood/nWMo -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11) From: Robert Vancel Subject: Re: Straightening Warped Models >> What, y'all don't just break out the mud bug pot and light up the ole propane burner? It doesn't take long to get the 4 gallons or so of water hot, and since resin hulls don't take up much room, you might as well throw in some crab boil seasonings, some new potatoes, onions, garlic, coarsely chopped carrots and a couple a dozen mud bugs. Saves having to fill those nasty holes left by the rod, too.. << Now _that's_ good eatin' Hollywood/nWMo -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12) From: Robert Vancel Subject: Re: ACW Ironclads TNT recently (well, okay about a year or so) did a movie called 'The Ironclads'. As I recall, the CSS Merrimac, renamed CSS Virginia after its reconstruction to the ironclad, had a subframe of thick oak on which steel plating (either 3" or 6") was laid on this and then the plating had another layer of oak on top of that. I'm not sure if it was painted dark grey of black but with its low profile, a darker color would have made it hard to see, especially at dusk. Hollywood/nWMo -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13) From: "Robert Lockie" Subject: Re: Liberty tankers I have an article on modelling Liberty Ships in 1/1200 from the magazine 'Army & Navy Modelworld' from September 1983, by Arthur North. He gives longitudinal and plan views of the Liberty Tanker Z-ET1-S-C3 so it would seem that it did exist. He suggests a book called The Liberty Ships by LA Sawyer and WH Mitchell (published by David & Charles) for details of all the ships built and apparently the photos therein provide details for over 50 models, including doubtless a tanker. Robert Lockie Cambridge UK -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14) From: DKrakow105@aol.com Subject: Re: Emden-Dresden >> 1) Would someone kindly tell me where I can get hold of detail photos of the WW1 light cruisers Nurnburg, and Emden? << Hi Russel I got behind with SMML and don't know if your question has been answered. Check http:\\www.warship.simplenet.com for pictures of a spectacular 1:100 scale Emden, by Gunther Huff as well as sources for his super 1:200 plans. Its listed under the features section. The photos on this site should be enough to get by in 1:700. Time Life in its nautical history series published some detail photos of the Emden's wreck, which are about the best detail photos in print. Nürnberg and Dresden differed from Emden, they had for example ratlines, a different stern crest and a differing ventilator system- not a whole lot of the other differences is going to be noticable in 1:700. Christian Schmidt in Munich offers a set of comparison plans showing the Dresden's differences. Cheers Dave -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 15) From: therbert@zibex.com (Tom Herbert) Subject: Many Thanks, was USS Burleigh Instructions I would like to thank all of you that offered help on getting me a set of the instructions for the USS Burleigh. The response was much more than I could have hoped for! And, per Tom Dougherty's suggestion, in the future, I won't dismiss Revell out of hand as a source of help. Let me tell you a little about myself so that in the future you have a little information to judge my responses and other e-mails against. I have been modeling for over thirty years (I am 37). I am primarily a live-steam modeler; I have machine tools in my shop as well as woodworking tools, and my main sub-interest in that area is marine steam. I have completed one wooden-hulled, R/C controlled steam boat, and am currently working on a steam tug called the "Seguin" ( a Midwest kit). My interest in the Burleigh is an outgrowth of that, in that the Liberty ships were the last US built class of ships that were powered by reciprocating steam engines. I have a couple of other projects on the horizon. I hope to build a larger, steam-powered Liberty ship, probably 1/96 scale, and also a steam-powered Titanic, as well as whatever tugs strike my fancy in the meantime. Tugs are my favorite type of ship. I also, however, like submarines. Thanks again for all of the responses to my request, and if I can be of help to any of you, please let me know. Tom Herbert, Secretary Houston Area Live Steamers Houston Small Scale Live Steamers Katy, Texas, USA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 16) From: "Caroline Carter" Subject: Fleet Air Arm Show Hi SMMLlie folk First, a public congrats from WEM to Chris Drage's 10 year old son Adam who won the Juniors at the Fleet Air Arm Model show. Not bad for a first-ever-competition entry.. he'll soon be catching Dad up at this rate! Secondly, an early apology for the 3 or 4 days possible delay in getting your orders out... due to the show. Next weekend, to compound everything, don't forget we're down at Folkestone..you can expect us to be about a week behind as of next Monday, although we'll be burning candles at both ends to catch up a.s.a.p.!! Also congrats to Jim Baumann, who won Best of Show with ALL the models he entered! These included his WEM 1/700 HMS Sussex, the WSW 1/700 Svent Istvan (about to turn turtle with around 300 figures jumping/swimming for their lives after being hit by a torpedo), his lovely Classic Warships 1/350 Kirishima and his WEM 1/700 Askold). Peter Hall's valiant attempts in the ship section were beaten back by Jim, although Peter Hall took 2 Golds in the Aircraft section to compensate. WEM now have access to the FAA Archives ... say no more. Just to say that we had a pretty "Glorious" time! All in all, a great day... lovely to meet so many of our SMMLlie friends and customers... from Tim Stoneman, to Chris Hughes and Tim Perry (who's lovely 1/350 LCT kit is pretty spectacular... we look forward to getting that on the shelves!) Finally, I have updated the WEM 1/700 Askold pages with Jim Baumann;s 2 pages. I will also be adding details of his other winning builds in the near future. The URL for those Askold builds is: http://whiteensignmodels.simplenet.com/askold/askold.htm Best Regards, Caroline Carter http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/white.ensign.models -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17) From: SantMin@aol.com Subject: Re: ACW Flags >> There is sometimes some confusion about Confederate flags. There were THREE national flags, an Army battle flag, and a naval ensign. In reverse order, the naval ensign was an oblong flag of red with a blue Cross of St. Andrew with white borders and white stars within. Your see it everywhere today as the "battle flag", but the ya-hoos displaying it are generally an uneducated lot when it comes to Confederate history! The Army "battle flag" looked similar, but was SQUARE. It was adopted because the national flag (which was actually the "stars and bars" looked too much like the Union (US) flag, and could be mistaken for it in the smoke and confusion of battle. (Pretty important, because these flags were used as rallying points for regiments... "rally 'round the flag, boys!" was meant literally. Be a bummer to head for the wrong one.) The first CSS national flag was adopted in 1961, and had a blue field with a circle of stars (other layouts were used too), and three horizontal bars: red-white-red. This was actually the "stars and bars" flag. The second flag was adopted in, I think 1864, and had a white field with a small version of the battle flag in the upper pole corner. The third flag was adopted late 1964/early 65 (my memory fails and I'm << All of these flags are available for free download from: http://fotw.digibel.be/flags/ (Flags of the World) site. It's then simple to print them out in the proper size for your model. Cheers, Bob Santos -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18) From: "Paul O'Reilly" Subject: Replacement Parts and IRCs All, What a great group we have here! I received lots of responses to my query about replacement five inch guns. Thanks to all for your prompt replies. A special thanks to Jeff Herne of Accurate Image Models who offered to replace the parts for free! With customer support like that he should do well in this business - or go broke! I noticed from Malcolm's response that 11 IRCs in the UK would cost 3 pounds 30p so I checked the exchange rates in the newspaper yesterday. In terms of Canadian funds that translates into $8.05. In US funds it would be $5.40. If IRCs are to be used as a form of standard international currency then someone is being ripped off, and I think it's me! I must write a complaint to Canada Post, but they'll probably lose my letter. As my contribution to this august group for the assistance rendered I offer up some photos I have taken. I am learning how to use a scanner that I have just purchased. I'm not terribly computer literate, but I'll figure it out soon enough. At any rate, I was recently in Hawaii on business and I took in a whirlwind tour of the Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor. I took a bunch of shots of the 1/96 scale model of the Akagi on display there. I'm not sure how accurate it is but it sure is beautiful. If anyone wants an electronic version of the photos let me know. I'll send them off as soon as I've scanned them in. Please note that the glass case made me shoot from an angle to prevent glare from ruining the pictures so there are no beam on shots. Also, the auto-focus function of the camera had some difficulty seeing the full length of the ship through the glass on the shots taken from ahead and astern. Cheers, Paul O'Reilly Victoria, BC -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19) From: WESTJET@aol.com Subject: Tamiya 1/350 Yamato Ahoy All ShipBuilders, I have built aircraft off and on over the years and have decided to try something new. I recently made a great deal on a Tamiya 1/350 Yamato Battleship at a garage sale ($25) and am pretty excited about giving this kit a try. Would like all the help I can get from the Ship experts out there as I really want to try and make this a showpiece for my fireplace mantle (except during the winter!). I have already ordered the GMM set and am now ready to begin assembly. My first questions about building this kit are: What are the pitfalls of this kit? Do I mount it to a base after painting the hull and then complete the ship from there or what? What paints and colors are recommended? What are good reference sources, especially on the Internet? Not too familiar with Japanese Navy colors. Any info would be greatly appreciated. Look forward to any responses I can get. Thanks. Ron D. P.S. I promise in the future not to use the AHOY greeting! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20) From: Reg585@aol.com Subject: French "Soot" Class submarine Hi, all. I was looking at the FSM 1999 new kit list, and it said that L'Arsenal was going to produce a 1/350 scale kit of the French "Soot" class submarine. Can anyone tell me where I can get info on this boat? A photo maybe? Any help would be appreciated very much. Best wishes to all. Rich -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 21) From: William Aldorfer Subject: Was Bismarck Yellow? The earliest reference that I have found to the application of a yellow scheme to Bismarck appeared in a letter authored by A.T. Tappman to the editor of Warship Profile 33. In that letter, Tappman states "I also found out from Admiralty records recently that Bismarck's turret-tops were painted yellow for her last sortie." Tappman was not specific about the record to which he referred. I was told several months ago by a credible source that he had seen a copy of a signal sent to the CINC Home Fleet from Admiralty, which described Bismarck as having yellow turrets. Hans Gally, in Warship No. 35 I believe, states "On 26 May 1941 the turret roofs of the heavy and secondary armament were painted yellow but the heavy seas washed away the colour of the 15cm guns". In 1979, Squadron/Signal published a book entitled "Kriegsmarine A Pictorial History of the German Navy 1935 - 1945", authored by Robert C. Stern. In that book, Stern makes broad claims about the application of the yellow scheme to KM surface units. That book, which enjoyed wide circulation, may have been largely responsible for the currency that the idea now has. I addressed the question of the yellow scheme to Paul Schmalenbach, Dieter Jung, and Baron Burkhard von Mullenheim-Rechberg. In February 1981, I asked Schmalenbach "In preparation for, or during, "Rheinubung", were the main batteries of Prinz Eugen, and the tops of the main and secondary batteries of Bismarck, painted yellow?" In his reply dated 02 March 1981, Schmalenbach said "No". I addressed a similar question to Jung in February of the following year. His response, dated 17 February 1982, contained the following: "As to yellow parts of guns, turrets, forecastle, this was the aircraft recognition mark for operation "Barbarossa", officially given out on 16.6.1941. So it is quite clearly, that ... Prinz Eugen and Bismarck hadn't this colour scheme during operation "Rheinubung" one month earlier." An inquiry on the subject to Mullenheim-Rechberg resulted in this reply, dated 06 September 1987: "... no yellow to be seen anywhere. This is confirmed by another survivor who had eventually saved himself from a position halfway up the front mast from where he had seen all the turrets from above. No yellow anywhere - and this survivor has confirmed this to me yesterday once more, over the telephone. From our combined evidence, I think, the idea has to be dismissed." Mullenheim-Rechberg and Jung both had copies of Stern's book in their possession at the time they wrote me, and were aware of the claims that he had made concerning the application of the yellow scheme. I have neither solicited nor seen statements from Royal Navy veterans of the Bismarck action on the subject of the yellow scheme, so this avenue of inquiry is still open. I haven't the time or interest to pursue it, but perhaps someone else does. It should be done soon, before much more time passes and takes with it any remaining survivors. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 22) From: Burl Burlingame / Pacific Monograph Subject: Re: Missing Instructions Here's something I'm going to try as soon as I have access to Adobe Acrobat -- turning the instructions to Pacific Monograph kits into downloadable PDF files. Car manufacturers do. Model kit companies should do it too. Burl Burlingame Pacific Monograph, 1124 Kahili Street, Kailua HI 96734 A historical interpretation company. Visit our web site at http://www.PacificHistory.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 23) From: Stephen C Gustafson Subject: Japanese Cruisers Book Hi Guys, Just to confirm a comment made the other day about the Lacroix an Wells book. The $39.00 price quoted on a order from Barnes and Noble for this book is not a mistake. I took the comments to heart and checked their web site. IT'S TRUE!! I ordered one and got an e-mail confirmation on the price. This is considerably cheaper that Amazon.com or the Naval Institute Press member price, not to mention the retail price $85.00. This is the time get scarf one up. Steve -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 24) From: John Burch Subject: Re: GMM Decals The GMM 1/700 Naval Aircraft insignia sheet has 24 US pre-WWII insignia with the red circle center. The same sheet includes 24 British wing rondels (blue with red center) and 48 side rondels (red/white blue/yellow-from the center out). The same sheet includes US star in circle insignia (early WWII) and late war star/circle/bars, "NAVY" and "MARINES" lettering, as well as German, Japanese, French and Soviet insignia. The GMM sheet is a good source for A/C insignia, although registration is a problem from sheet to sheet.. However, before this sheet was available, I used the Waldron Sub-Miniature Punch and Die Set to punch out Japanese Hinomaru insignia and British rondels (or any other nationality rondels) from solid color sheets of decals (or a selected color painted over a decal sheet). This method can be fairly tedious, and decals this small do require a strong setting solution. One plus for using a punch and die set is that you can make different size rondels, whereas the GMM sheet insignia are all very small. For the RN Far East Insignia, I would use a US late war star/circle/bars insignia, and overlay the star with blue/white/blue circles punched from decal sheets using the Waldron Sub-Miniature Punch and Die Set. John Burch Gaithersburg, MD, USA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 25) From: "Björnm4=" Subject: German navy stuff on "the net" Hello. Just wanted to share some German stuff I found on Internet: http://www.cnd.net/~kais/navy/krgsmarn.htm http://members.aol.com/Efaust1/EFaust1/germannavy.htm Bjorn Backlund, Sweden -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 26) From: Duane Fowler Subject: 1/700 Aircraft Decals The GMM site says that they have the decals for both early and late war US carrier aircraft. If you need any custom decals made or if the GMM decals don't suit your needs, let me know. I do custom decals and am building a library of 1/350, 1/400, 1/600, and 1/700 images for ships and aircraft. Best regards, Duane Fowler -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 27) From: Duane Fowler Subject: Confederate Naval Flag While I am not an authority on the Confederacy (all my ancestors either arrived later or were well north and west of the Mason/Dixon line) I will do the flag for you as a decal if you like. Just let me know what size it should be. I have several references to the flags of the Confederacy and can reproduce them fairly well. Best regards, Duane Fowler -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TRADERS, ANNOUNCEMENTS & NOTICEBOARD -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) From: James Corley Subject: Re: GMM Naval Aircraft Insignia Chris Neel wrote: >> Can anyone let me know if the GMM 1/700 Naval aircraft insignia decal sheet contains U.S. pre-war style stars with the red circle in the middle? If so, how many per set? If not - any suggestions on how to make some using existing decals? Still planning on that USS Lexington - pre-war era configuration. I'm also looking for RN Fleet Air Arm aircraft insignia (1/700) for both Atlantic Fleet and Far East Fleet service (WWII). Are any of these readily available? << This sheet has 24 star-n-ball insignia, 72 without the ball, 48 star-n-bar without the red stripe and 48 with the stripe. If you were to apply a "ball" (either paint or a red Sharpie ultra-fine permanent marker) to the center of the 72 other circular stars, that would, IMO, yield a better "look" than the printed ones (use them for under the wings?). It also has 15 each of black & white "NAVY" & "MARINES" stencils. BTW, the sheet also contains 72 RAF/FAA roundels (24 of each of the red&blue, yellow outline and red-white-blue); 120 Nazi markings; 48 large , 72 medium and 96 small IJN Hinomarus; 48 French roundels and 48 Russian stars. Contact me off-list for prices, as I sell this and all the GMM items. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2) From: Evert-Jan Subject: Manuel P. González López I recieved your mail (good work!) but I cannot answer you, as the address you've given me is apparently wrong! If you could contact me again I could try to resend it. Evert-jan Foeth -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3) From: Derek Frost Subject: Books for sale Alll prices are in $U.S. & postage will be extra. Derek Frost “ADVANCED FORCE PEARL HABOR”. B.Burlingame. 1992. A detailed account of the Japanese Navy’s midget submarine attack on Dec 7 1941 and ther submarine blockade that followed. sc. 480pp. 100 photos + scale drawings. fine. $23.00 “AEGIS GUIDED MISSILE CRUISER”. D.M.Biley. 1991. sc. 96pp. well ill. b/w photos. vg+. $10.00 “ALL THE WORLD’S BATTLESHIPS 1906 TO THE PRESENT”. Ed. Ian Sturton. 1986 ed. hc. 190pp. prof.ill b/w scale drawings & photos. new. $28.00 BATTLESHIP. DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT 1905-1945”. N.Friedman. 1978. Deals with Hulls, SEagoing Peformance, Armour, Armament & Machinery. hc. 176pp. prof.ill. b/w photos & drawings. vg. $25.00 “BRITISH WARSHIP DESIGNS SINCE 1906”. G.M.Stephen. 1985. An appraisal of the Royal Navy’s ships & their effectiveness in combat. hc. 120pp. prof.ill. b/w photos & scale drawings. vg+. $25.00 “THE IOWA CLASS BATTLESHIPS”. M.Muir. 1987. Covers the Iowa, New Jersey, Missouri & Wisconsin. hc. 160pp. Very good selection of b/w photyos& drawings. vg. $13.00 “MODERN HISTORY OF WARSHIPS”. Wm.Hovgaard. 1978 ed. Orig .published in 1920 by one of the outstanding naval architects of this century. Covers warship design from the early 19th Century upto 1919. The first part of the book deals with various classes of ships, with special emphasis on Battleships. The last part of the book is technical, dealing with development of design, hull construction, machinery, ordnance, armour & weapons. hc. 502pp. prof.ill. b/w drawings & scale technical drawings. vg except dustjacket is worn. $45.00 “THE NAVAL INSTITUTE GUIDE TO WORLD NAVAL WEAPONS SYSTEMS 1991/92”. N.Friedman. 1991.All the World’s Naval Arsenals at Your Fingertips inone volume! Data on naval guns, missiles, radars, mines, sonars, torpedoes, command & control equipment plus countermeasures. hc. 858pp. over 1300 photos line drawings, many never before published. fine. originally published at over $200. $35.00 “THE NAVAL INSTITUTE GUIDE TO WORLD NAVAL WEAPONS SYSTEMS 1991/92”. N.Friedman. 1991. Same as above but has no dustjacket. Minor mark on rear cover., otherwise fine condition. $32.00 “PC PATROL CRAFT OF WORLD WAR II”. W.Veigle. 1998. A history of these small wooden ships & their crews. hc. 400pp. prof.ill. with b/w photos & 15pp of b/w detail drawings of fittings & equipment that will be greatly appreciated by modelers. Appendix list all of the craft and their fates. new. $35.00 “REGIA MARINA”. E.Bagnasco & M.Grossman. 1989 2nd printing. The Italian Battleships of Wolrd War Two a Pictorial History. sc. 74pp. prof.ill./ b/w photos and scale drawings plus 2 page ship color profile & a color reference chart. vg. $8.00 “THE SHIP THAT CHANGED THE WORLD”. D.Van Der Vat. 1986. The Escape of the ‘Goeben to the Dardanelles in 1914. hc. 251pp. b/w photos. End-paper maps. vg. $20.00 “SHIPS AND SHIPPING OF TOMORROW”. Dr.R. Schonknecht et al. 1983. Originally published in East Germany. A fascinating book of the future of commecial shippping and cargo handling, illustrating many innovative ideas for both ships and cargo handling. hc. 240pp. 100’s of color & b/w drawings. English language edition. vg. $15.00 “TYPE VII U-BOATS”. R. Stern. 1997 paperback ed. 160pp. prof.ill. b/w. new. $21.00 “USS AMERICA”. B.Kinzey. 1989. Detail & Scale Vol.34. CVA-66, CV-66 & also includes coverage of Carrier Air Wing One. sc.72pp. prof.ill. b/w & color photos. vg+.$8.00 “USS JOHN F.KENNEDY”. B.Kinzey. 1983. Detail & Scale Vol.42. Includes covergae of Carrier Air Wing 3. sc. 72pp. prof.ill. b/w & color photos. vg+. $8.00 “U.S.S. ABRAHAM LINCOLN”. B.Smith. 1995 Concord. sc. 62pp. prof.ill. b/w & color. vg+. $5.00 WARSHIP PROFILES No.23 HMS FURIOUS/AIRCRAFT CARRIER 1917-1948 Part.I. The First Eight Years (Sold only as a pair No.24 HMS FURIOUS/AIRCRAFT CARRIER 1917-1948. PartII. 1925-1948 ($12.00 No.28 USS INDIANAPOLIS (CA35) HEAVY CRUISER 1932-1945. $6.00 No.31 GERMAN SCHNELLBOOTE (E-BOATS) $10.00 No.36 UNITED STATES NAVY MONITORS OF THE CIVIL WAR $8.00 No.40 HER NETHERLANDS MAJESTY’S SHIP DE RUYTER. $6.00 FROM POLAND “ITALIAN LIGHT CRUISER ‘RAIMONDO MONTECUCOCCOLI’ “. S.Brzezinski. 1998. sc. 32pp. prof.ill. b/w photos & drawings. Drawings includes plans & details of fittings. Back-cover has color drawings of the wartime appearance. Polish text. new. $8.00 FROM RUSSIA. Russian text. “NAVAL GUNS OF THE RUSSIAN FLEET 1867-1922”. 1997. 38pp. prof.ill. b/w photos & scale drawings+ col. profiles on covers. new.$10.00 “ITALIAN AND AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN NAVIES 1914-1918”. 1995. sc. 32pp. A review of the fleets of the two Nations with b/w drawings of ship classes. Color profiles of a number of ships. new. $8.00 “ROSSIJA (RUSSIA) 1905 CRUISER”. 1997. sc. 88pp. Well ill. with b/w photos & scale drawings. new. $9.00 NAVAL AVIATION PROFILE PUBLICATIONS. 2nd Series. (blue covers). sc. 14pp (approx) well ill. b/w photos & 2 pp color profiles. No.240 Fairey Barracuda Mks. I-V. gd+. $6.00 “GERMAN NAVY AVIATION 1939-1945”. Vol.1. J.Ledwoch. sc. 74pp. prof.ill. b/w photos plus many col. profiles. Polish text with English captions.new.$10.00 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4) From: "Joe & Adrienne Norris" Subject: Yorktown Kit 4 Sale Greetings, I have enough unbuilt models around here to last several lifetimes and I'm getting the itch to buy another motorcycle. :-) Is anyone interested in making me an offer on my recently acquired 1:350 U.S.S. Yorktown (Midway outfit) kit from Blue Water/MB? It includes the following extras: A second set of aircraft from Blue Water (w/ Wildcat, Dauntless, and Devastator types) Aircraft decal sheets from Blue Water Several bottles of Floquil "Navy Blue" and "Weather Deck Blue" paint and two cans of their thinner. A USN Aircraft Carriers (WWII) reference book. The lower hull has been attached, so making a waterline model will take some extra effort. No other work has been done on the kit. If you are at all interested, contact me at joe@atcsd.com with your offer and I'll get right back to you. I'm willing to take a reasonable loss on the purchase price of $700.00+ It's a beautiful kit with huge potential. Joe & Adrienne Norris -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Volume