Subject: SMML VOL 931 Date: Sun, 04 Jun 2000 00:37:43 +1000 shipmodels@tac.com.au -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MODELLERS INDEX 1: Tamiya Enterprise 2: Re: carrier Question 3: Re: LST (Large Slow Target) 4: Re: MARBLEHEAD, SF SMMLieCon, LST Kit 5: New Jersey Turret top color '86 6: WIGs 7: Authentic Graf Zeppelin 8: Re: Revell Graf Zeppelin 9: USS Perry Found 10: Re: Marblehead 11: Re: Kiev 12: 1/700 Graf Zeppelin 13: 1/700 Aquila 14: MARBLEHEAD 15: 1/192 USS Kidd model. 16: Naval Stukas 17: Serious - Help needed 18: Marblehead 19: Re: Kiev 20: Re: Graf Zeppelin 21: New IS USS Burlington Patrol Frigate Kit 22: London Naval Conferences -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SMMLcon Infomation & posts 1: Re: SMMLCon 2001 "Lend Me Your Ears!" 2: Re: STEVE WIPER ROMAN PARTY -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TRADERS, ANNOUNCEMENTS & NOTICEBOARD INDEX 1: NEW!! Photoetched brass detail set for the Airfix 1/600 Queen Mary 2: Model Ship Journal Launches! 3: Vol.1, Number 1 of Model Ship Journal -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MODELLERS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) From: BEN8800@aol.com Subject: Tamiya Enterprise For those of you who have built the subject carrier, or are in the process. How did or will you secure the aircraft and crash cars, crane truck, etc. to the deck? Or do you? Am curious how others do it. By not securing them there is an opportunity of rearranging them, but also a problem of movement if model is encased. Ben -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2) From: NAVYDAZE@aol.com Subject: Re: carrier Question ANDERSONVILLE is fictional - God help us it must JAG again! I would rather watch commercials :-) Mike NAVYDAZE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3) From: louellet@uism.bu.edu Subject: Re: LST (Large Slow Target) Thank you to those who replied about locating an LST. I have found one locally from Fritz. Larry Ouellette -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4) From: "John Snyder" Subject: Re: MARBLEHEAD, SF SMMLieCon, LST Kit 1. MARBLEHEAD was with the Asiatic Fleet before and during the early months of the war. Badly damaged, she was one of the few survivors of the ABDAFLOT debacle off Java, and made good her escape round Africa and into the Atlantic, eventually arriving at New York. She served the remainder of the war with the Atlantic Fleet. Model her in early 1942 and you can paint her in Cavite Blue. 2. Boycotting San Francisco: Tom, I'm a 'Nam vet. The Willie Browns of this world will come and go. Ignore them and the rest of the yo-yos that bother you. Boycott San Francisco and you'll boycott your $ away from the museum ships there: JEREMIAH O'BRIEN, PAMANITO, the ships at Hyde Street Pier, and indirectly HORNET and RED OAK VICTORY... how long do you think they'll last without tourist $ to keep them in existence? What about all the dedicated folks who labor to keep them in existence....? 3. LST Kit: Larry, contact me off-list. I've got one that I can part with. John Snyder Snyder & Short Enterprises The Paint Guys http://www.shipcamouflage.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5) From: Art Pagsuyoin Subject: New Jersey Turret top color '86 Does anyone know of the turret top color on the New Jersey in '86. Here's a link of the pic: http://www.battleship.org/images/bb62od.jpg And could anyone recommend fairly accurate enamels for this scheme (haze gray, non-skid, horizontal surfaces, etc)? thanks Art -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6) From: Summers David Col 56 MDG/SGPMI Subject: WIGs SMMLies not allergic to (small) wings may be interested in a developing technology of "Wing In Ground Effect" (WIG) craft which "fly" 10 feet above the water at extreme speeds (excess of 250 knots). No one's sure whether they're ships or airplanes--most can operate in up to about 6 foot seas. Some can bounce up to 50 feet to clear objects, but most lose stability at high altitudes (like 11 feet). Prototypes have existed since the 20's. In 1987 the USSR developed the Tun, a 400 ton craft which carried 6 surface to surface missiles. (For comparison, a 747 weighs about 200 tons) Development of a naval WIG was stopped with the dissolution of the USSR. A few WIGs operate world-wide as ferries, but operational use is limited by a low tolerance for heavy seas. On the positive side, the technology is highly fuel-efficient. For more info and pix, see: http://www.se-technology.com/wig/ German Revell makes a model of a small tourist WIG ferry. The website also shows pix of RC WIGs. David Summers -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7) From: Summers David Col 56 MDG/SGPMI Subject: Authentic Graf Zeppelin The quest for an authentic Graf Zeppelin is "interesting". I personally prefer the Nov 1944 fit, after they added the angle deck with ski jump catapults to launch Me262 and Ar243s. I always liked the navy blue mottled Me163s that formed the defensive CAP. David Summers -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8) From: "Caroline Carter" Subject: Re: Revell Graf Zeppelin Aaarghhhh.. Nooo.... Not more little aeriplanes... Actually, guys, Brian's still working thru barrowloads of unmarked moulds, patterns, submasters.. including a squillion little aeriplanes... tell 'em Brian!! So no, mateys, we're not going down THAT road! (Well, not unless you can come up with the requisite 20 bag order) ATB, Caroline Carter Please check out Chris Drage's fjordic diorama of HMS Penelope in 1/700 Scale: http://whiteensignmodels.simplenet.com/penedrage/penedrage.htm -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9) From: "Mike Leonard" Subject: USS Perry Found Posted to another naval-related list: "Wreck of WWII DMS-17 USS Perry located" http://starbulletin.com/2000/05/25/news/story2.html Interesting item. They're concerned with scuba divers disturbing the remains of crew members that were trapped inside when the ship struck a mine. Wreck is in about 240 feet of water. 240 feet! Here I thought diving on the U-85 and U-853 in 125 feet was hairy enough. At least in the tropics the visibility will be better than a couple of feet. Mike -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10) From: Marc Flake Subject: Re: Marblehead Yes I did think that Detroit-class designation was funky, but I couldn't remember the class name off the top of my head and relied on the DANFS entry. Go look, it's right there in DANFS. . . "Class: DETROIT." http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/ I know in my heart it's an OMAHA-class crusier. DANFS led me astray. Marc -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11) From: RhinoBones@aol.com Subject: Re: Kiev >> No, no, no, everybody has got this tourist attraction thing wrong. What you actually don't know is that the Kiev is heading from South Africa into Mauritius to be a floating casino. << The following news story appeared on today's news wire. The Kiev seems to be making headlines all over the globe. Regards, RhinoBones >> Friday, June 2, 2000 Russia sells retired Kiev carrier to China Source: Kyodo Kyodo via NewsEdge Corporation : MOSCOW, June 1 (Kyodo) _ Russia has sold the decommissioned light aircraft carrier Kiev to China, the third retired Russian flattop now in China's possession, the state-owned RIA news agency said Thursday. The agency quoted a Russian Defense Ministry official as saying that the 43,000-ton Kiev, on tow by a Chinese warship, left its North Fleet base about three weeks ago. It is expected to be towed to China by way of the Atlantic off the African coast. Apart from the Kiev, China has also acquired two other decommissioned, Kiev-class carriers -- the Minsk and the Novorossiysk. The Minsk, which was first sold to a South Korean company as scrap, was later resold to China. The three aging flattops were removed from the Russian fleet in 1994. RIA said the Kiev will be scrapped in China but a Hong Kong newspaper said China brought the carrier in order to find out more about Russia's carrier design. Military experts believe China has the ambition to build a carrier force, and the acquisition of the Kiev will lift China's carrier-building project from an ''initial stage'' to a ''preparatory'' stage. << -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12) From: Paul O'Reilly Subject: 1/700 Graf Zeppelin Peter et al; I agree with you that the 109T probably would have had folding wings but my main reference, a book called "Sea Eagles" by Francis L Marshall (ISBN 1-871187-23-0), specifically mentions that none of the T-0, T-1, or T-2 aircraft had folding wings. However, I do have an IPMS UK article that depicts an aircraft with a wingfold line and a portion of the narrative mentions the wing span (folded). The Ju87C did have wings that folded rearward much like the Wildcat or Avenger. I do have a photo somewhere but I can't find it at the moment. The Squadron In Action book Number 73 on the STUKA (page 36) does have a line drawing of an aircraft with the wings folded. You are correct in your estimate of the WEM aircraft. Their 109 appears to be an F model or later with the rounded wingtips. The 109T also had a wingspan that was 4 feet greater than its land based brethren. On the other hand, the Ju87 appears to be a G model which had a wingspan greater than the Ju87C which had clipped wings. However, I felt that the WEM offerings were close enough, especially when my scratch building skills are quite infantile. One other thing I forgot to mention the other day was that the decal sheet includes a naval ensign but it does not show the swastika. I guess political correctness has raised its ugly head. Furthermore, the decal sheet includes two name plates with the ship's name in black on a rectangular white field. I believe this reproduces the name plates used at the ship's launching when the name was revealed as the ship slid down the ways. I believe German ships carried their names only on the stern in black lettering. Please correct me if I'm wrong on this point. The decal sheet does have a representation for this purpose. Paul O'Reilly Winnipeg, MB -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13) From: Paul O'Reilly Subject: 1/700 Aquila All; I just bought my first resin kit, the 1/700 Aquila by Delphis. It looks quite nice but I have almost no reference material to do an accurate build. The instructions do give you the general arrangement but there is no mention of the communication aerials that most carriers have surrounding the flight deck, for example. I notice that the Aquila has a catapult arrangement similar to that on the German Graf Zeppelin. The carrier was to be fitted with the Regianne (sp?) 2001 and the model comes with 10 aircraft. How were they painted? If anyone knows of any reference material that specifies colours and physical layout please point me in the right direction. Paul O'Reilly Winnipeg, MB -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14) From: Paul Jacobs Subject: MARBLEHEAD Anyone interested in the U.S.S. MARBLEHEAD should try and find an old book entitled WHERE AWAY! by Perry and Leighton. This tells the story of the bombing of the ship in Feb. '42 off Java (which probably ultimately saved her from a worse fate) and the long struggle to bring her home. You'll find this to be very interesting reading. And a movie made during WW II called "The Story of Dr. Wassell" tells of a doctor from the ship and a number of casualties in his care, who were off loaded on Java before the ship sailed for home, and their struggle to escape the Japanese Paul Jacobs -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 15) From: SHIPMDLR@aol.com Subject: 1/192 USS Kidd model. Check out this amazing model built by Bob Steinbrunn on the Warship site. The caption says there are over 14,000 parts on the model. Absolutely amazing model building! http://warship.simplenet.com/SteinbrunnFletcher.htm Rusty White Flagship Models Inc. http://www.okclive.com/flagship/ "Yeah I want Cheesy Poofs" -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 16) From: Ned Barnett Subject: Naval Stukas >> As for the Stuka's, my sources state that the Ju 87C-0 variant featured "manually folded outer wing panels", while the proposed C-1 would have "an electronic wing folding mechanisms. Certainly sounds like the C-0 definitely did not have backward folding wings of the Wildcats. << Some years back (a phrase I use lightly to hide my gray beard), I modeled the Ju-87C-0, from the Revell 1/32 kit. It was a big sucker. To make the kit right, based on the research I was able to do, I had to backdate the Revell B-2 into a B-0 ... it had the earlier exhausts with no visible exhaust pipes - just oval holes in the fuselage. I had photos of the aircraft (several, from different sources) with the wings folded - and it was a near-match to that of the Wildcat. Manually folded but, as I recall, with a straight break, rather than the Wildcat's jigsaw puzzle break in the wing. Don't know about the C-1 as it was never made. Also, the C-0 had landing gear mounted with explosive bolts, so they could be jettisoned in case of a forced water landing. The existing C-0s flew combat in Poland (often mis-identified in photos as B-0s) - but one photo exists of a Stuka over Poland with no visible landing gear - that's one of the carrier versions for sure, though I don't know why the pilot blew the landing gear. Maybe he was Gus Grissom's uncle? (tacky, I know ...). Ned Barnett -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17) From: Ned Barnett Subject: Serious - Help needed I was serious, folks. I've got the Chi-com Romeo kit in 1/144; I'd like to convert it to the Foxtrot that's in Long Beach. They look similar, but there are important differences. I'm trying to get a handle on the amount of plastic surgery involved. Does anybody have: a. Knowledge b. References c. Comparative plans Or, lacking that, the opinion that I'm absolutely nuts and ought to sober up and finish Noah's Ark ... Thanks Ned -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18) From: "Bruce D. Wright" Subject: Marblehead Hi All: If you want the plans to the Marblehead (an Omaha class cruiser) you can get them from the National Archives, Buships Reel 5963, It consists of 15 reels of microfilm of the plans of this class. There are a few points of interest. Conversions to CVL's is one of them (Only the basics) and there are a few plans of the Lexington class BC's. But as to the Marblehead, she was the only one I could find that had 11x 6" guns. At one point, and I believe it was before WWII, she was modified to remove the lower 2x 6" guns in the after superstructure. In their place, they shipped a single 6" on top of the after superstructure, just aft of the after fire control station. I can find no references for WWII material that this ship entered the war with this configuration, but her Book Of Gereral Plans prior to that does show it. Take care all. Bruce:? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19) From: "Volker Haeusler" Subject: Re: Kiev >> No, no, no, everybody has got this tourist attraction thing wrong. What you actually don't know is that the Kiev is heading from South Africa into Mauritius to be a floating casino. << I have no idea what's really going on out there; however, there are a number of very strange news in the last months regarding ex soviet carriers. Here in SEA, local newspapers reported some 6-7 weeks ago that some chinese investors want to buy a "semi completed" Russian aircraft carrier (obviously the Varyag - or whatever name it carries today) to convert it into a floating casino moored in Macau, ready to open when Stanley Ho's monopoly will end. My personal opion: Someone out there tries really hard to get his hands on some of these carriers. Wether this is really worthwile regarding their (conceptual) age is left to everyones opinion. However it's defintely better they throw away their money this way instead of investing it in some MIRV development or similar... By the way, Trumpeter's Kiev is widely available at least over here in Malaysia - and usually for a very attractive price (something like US $ 15.-). Having looked on it, it still may be a waste of money. Volker Haeusler -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20) From: "Volker Haeusler" Subject: Re: Graf Zeppelin >> Special thanks to Paul O'Reilly. Not my question, but I have two of these kits, and plan to build one as her never launched sistership. For what's worth, my Luftwaffe references indicate that a small series of 109T-0 fighters were completed with folding wings. I have thought of using the WEM rendition of 109's but those smaller and rounder wing tips are still troubling me. As for the Stuka's, my sources state that the Ju 87C-0 variant featured "manually folded outer wing panels", while the proposed C-1 would have "an electronic wing folding mechanisms. Certainly sounds like the C-0 definitely did not have backward folding wings of the Wildcats. I wonder if enough of us got together we might be able to get WEM to make a special aircraft set for this kit - Bf 109T's and Fi 167A's to complement their Ju 87's? I just know I don't need 20+ bags of these planes! << Some comments on Graf Zeppelins aircraft complement: 1. Bf 109 T Did not have folding wings (nor were they planned. The real plan was to DISMANTLE the wings for storage. easily possible because the 109's undercarriage was mounted to the fuselage. The imaginary "wing fold line" shown both in some articles and on some of the now very frequent 109 "Toni" models (at least 5 only in 1/72 scale, if I'm not wrong) collides both with the aircraft's flaps and with the wing mounted cannon magazins. 2. Ju 87 C The Stuka really had BACKWARD folding wings. There is a number of very good Ju 87 C photos available. One good source for it is T. Hitchcock's famous "09 Gallery", which contains some information and photios on the majority of the german carries aircraft projects. The wings folded just outboard of the undercarriage. 3. Bf 109 G While WEM's resins show the "rounded tip" 109 ( F or G version), this is actually a VERY GOOD choice. Please note that Revell's "Zeppelin" shows the 1942 concept status (Radars, Bow etc.). However, at that time the complement was planned to include 109 G's, no longer 109 T's! Also, if my memory serves me right, the Ju 87's were at that time planned to be "D" versions. 4. Me 155 I only mention this one, because it was the only REAL folding wing "109" (but given a new designation).. Basically a 109 G fuselage married to a new wing with inward retracting undercarriage and a wing fold line just outboard of the undercarriage attachment points. Never built, it was finally evolved into the rather extreme BV 155 high altitude fighter that actually flew. Volker Haeulser -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 21) From: "Bruce Buchner" Subject: New IS USS Burlington Patrol Frigate Kit I just received my new Iron Shipwrights USS Burlington Patrol Frigate Kit. The kit depicts the ship in its 1944 fit. Its the best IS kit that I have purchased. Casting on the details and hull is getting better all the time. One sheet of PE parts and another sheet of railings. Does anyone have any sources for line drawings, photos or paint schemes? All I have found so far is a starboard side view in Allied Escort Ships of WWII along with a couple of photos. The Greensboro is pictured in an interesting dazzle scheme while Burlington is in overall blue and Gloucester is in two tone gray. 21 ships were transferred to the RN while 28 are listed as having been transferred to the Soviets in 1945. I think a Soviet PF would make an interesting subject. Does anyone know what the looked like in Soviet service? Bruce Buchner -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 22) From: "J. London" Subject: London Naval Conferences Can anyone provide details of the restrictions imposed by the London Naval Treaty of 1930 and proposed by the London Naval Conference of 1935-36? Michael London -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SMMLcon Infomation & posts -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) From: "Caroline Carter" Subject: Re: SMMLCon 2001 "Lend Me Your Ears!" Well... Although Steve's Roman Party sounded fab (Can I come as an Ancient Briton... you know, naked and woad-covered with Dave sporting the Freddie Frog Novelty codpiece.. only the sad gits who watched Chelmsford 123 will understand the latter.. ) I would like to hear from ALL SMMLlies who MIGHT just consider hitting Festival of the Sea 2001 (August Bank Holiday weekend) .. for lotsa ships, a Good Time... a summer barbeque on the Solent.. with resident fluent German speaker Jim Baumann on hand for those particularly tricky moments.. and that includes any British, Irish, French, Dutch, Germans, Spanish, German, Danish, Belgium, Canadian, Aussie (Speshly the Aussies!!), American (refraining from the "Y" word.. better than the "Rep******n" word I guess.. ), as I know that San Fran will be way out of the reach of most "Euros"... well, except for me of course ;¬)) so we end up with at least two SMMLlieCons next year. Just send me your name/address/E-Mail and, as it gets closer to the time, we'll keep you informed! "Regions Caesar never knew thy posterity shall sway" or how's about "Ille terrarum mihi prater omnes angulus ridet" meaning "That corner of the earth to me smiles sweetest of all" Caroline Carter, a White Ensign Model -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2) From: Bradford Chaucer Subject: Re: STEVE WIPER ROMAN PARTY >> Would it be a great idea if I bring some dozens of delicious chilean wine bottles with me? << Well if you must, but I'd really prefer that you bring the wine! ;-) Regards, Bradford Chaucer -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TRADERS, ANNOUNCEMENTS & NOTICEBOARD -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) From: "Caroline Carter" Subject: NEW!! Photoetched brass detail set for the Airfix 1/600 Queen Mary Guys, In my excitement at seeing the shining gold stuff arrive, I failed to say that this set also has parts for the 1/570 RMS Queen Mary by Revell/Modelcraft or whoever.. you can build either the RMS Queen Mary OR the Queen Elizabeth with this set. Price is 16.13 Pounds or $25.00 direct from us. http://whiteensignmodels.simplenet.com/wembrass/wempe621.jpg Cheers! Caroline Carter http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/white.ensign.models White Ensign Models, for a fine range of photoetched brass for 1/600, 1/700 and 1/350 scale kits, and THE finest warship kits and upgrades in the world -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2) From: "Victor M. Baca" Subject: Model Ship Journal Launches! After a year of detailed preparation and TLC, Model Ship Journal's Premier Issue Zero went to press yesterday. I spoke with the printer this morning and they are meeting with staff to plan and execute the job as scheduled. We took great pains to make sure that the press was scheduled ahead of time and stuck to our hard and fast rule of NEVER missing a deadline. I am also now in a position to work on the magazine full-time. You'll be assured of receiving your MSJ on time each quarter. This is a really cool quarterly and it's totally devoted to ships of all types and building models of them. We'll have plans (2 sets) for modelers- and they're copies of the official general arrangements with hull lines. Steve Wiper has written a great plan review on Christian Schmidt's offering of the P.G. Huff drawings of SMS EMDEN. He reviews each one of the 14 pages in this spectacular set. Also reviewed are the new plans by Tom Walkowiak of Floating Drydock for the USS ATLANTA (CL-51) and reviews of books of interest to ship modelers. We have an article dealing with scratchbuilding (Early Flower Class corvette-Canadian) in our series that will bring a model from plan to finished replica in each subsequent issue. There are two ship tours; USS HOEL (DDG-13) and USCGC MELLON (WHEC-717) that are fresh, never before printed, original photography made with scale modelers in mind. These are from Photomarine Archives' photofiles and there are a lot more where they came from for future issues! Also look for a feature on Capt. Dave Webb's collection of 1/96 scale USCG and Revenue Marine models from the U.S Coast Guard Museum in Seattle, WA. We actually took each of the models out of their cases and photographed them so you would get the clearest, sharpest images. We also present a photofeature on Don Preul's detailed models of U.S. Naval ships in 1/192 scale and his 1/128 scale special edition replicas of Civil War subjects. A special page is devoted to his Gold Medal winning USS ST. LOUIS in 1/192 scale. This highly detailed and professionally executed model won a Gold Medal and the Newport News Shipyard Award at this year's Mariner's Museum Exhibition and contest. Radio control modelers are featured as well with a photo page showing Northwest and Canadian R/C modeler's work. These ships are so detailed, you'll have to look twice to believe they're not real. When we got back from the printers, a package from Steve Wiper of Classic Warships had arrived late in the mail. Inside was an excellent article on ICM's Konig. It just missed our deadline, but I will definitely make space for material on the Konig in the next issue. This is an excellent kit and worth the money. Kudos to the people at ICM. We'll be looking at the aftermarket items for the Konig kit that are in the works now. We also have in-the-box reviews of new offerings from Heller and a photopage devoted to 1/1250 scale. There's a lot more and it's ONLY available through subscription. We're working now on the next issue of Model Ship Journal, Volume One, Number One, due out on September 15th. Look for another posting regarding upcoming features. Subscribe now--there's still time to begin your subscription with the collector's Premier Issue Zero. Call us toll free at (877) 371-0290. >From outside the U.S. or if calling from Canada, call us at (360) 371-0290. We accept checks and Master Card/Visa. Cost for 1 year is $30.00 (U.S.) and $45.00 outside U.S. Our mailing address is: PHOTOMARINE ARCHIVES, Model Ship Journal, P.O. Box 28516, Bellingham, WA 98228-0516. Victor Baca MODEL SHIP JOURNAL -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3) From: "Victor M. Baca" Subject: Vol.1, Number 1 of Model Ship Journal Model Ship Journal's Volume One, Number One will ship on September 15, 2000. I think the most significant thing about this issue is the re-appearance of Loren Perry in print-you're in for a treat! Here are some of the features we're planning: How To Use Photoetch Parts: Loren Perry builds USS ARIZONA The Long & Short USN WWII Destroyer Escorts: Photofeature showing both USS OTTER (DE-210) and USS REYNOLDS (DE-42). Excellent reference photos for modelers using kits or Alan Chesley's plans. Scratchbuilding The Canadian Early Flower Class Corvette: Fiberglassing the wood hull and making molds. Two Plan Features: Tentatively scheduling the USS ASHEVILLE (PG-84) these will be copies of the original vintage 1/48 scale shipyard plans used to build the actual ship. If your tastes run toward smaller craft, we are obtaining plans for the U.S. Biological Survey Ship GRIZZLY BEAR, a classic wooden Pacific Northwest design. ICM's KONIG in 1/350 scale: We'll look at the kit and aftermarket goodies planned for this model. Classic Warships' 1/350th scale USS SAN FRANCISCO in resin: By Ken Summa There's a lot more planned and we'll keep you posted. 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