Subject: SMML VOL 1309
Date: Wed, 04 Jul 2001 02:58:59 +1000

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MODELLERS INDEX

1: Midway Class Carrier
2: Re: Detail sets for Flower class corvette?
3: Re: The Enemy Below
4: Re: Rigging material
5: Re: Despatch No. 9?
6: IJNS Kongo
7: Re: HMCS Wetaskiwin>>
8: Bangor Class Minesweepers (WWII)
9: Re: Detail sets for FLower class corvette?
10: Re: search for HMS Hood
11: Resin, White Metal, and Rubber Cement

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TRADERS, ANNOUNCEMENTS & NOTICEBOARD INDEX

1: New 1/350 scale plastic USS Arizona kit

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MODELLERS

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From: "Russ Smith" <rmsmast@Dreamscape.com>
Subject: Midway Class Carrier

 Bradford,

 I would guess that a downside would be if you really wanted the FRANKLIN which was an ESSEX Class. The upside would be if you were hoping for an FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT you surely have one. <grin>. Seriously though, for the time it was a pretty good model. I have part of one somewhere around here. It's been a lot of years since I've taken a look at it. I would say that, it's not up today's standards by a long shot but its worth whatever you paid for it to a collector.

 Russ Smith
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From: louellet@uism.bu.edu
Subject: Re: Detail sets for Flower class corvette?

 "Bill & Kaja Michaels" <billkaja@tiac.net> wrote:

>> Does anyone have a source for detail kits/fittings upgrades designed to be used with the 1/72 Revell Flower Corvette? I know that David Parkins used to make some fitting for the old Matchbox kit, but I understood them to be OOP now. <<

 Bill,

 David Parkins created a ton of all new details sets for the Flower Class Corvette.  They are listed at:

 http://www.djparkins.clara.net/gls/glsmast.htm

 There are no pictures, but at least one of the modeling web sites has a review of a few of the detail kits. If you bought them all, all you would keep from the original kit is the hull! You'd also be out a few hundred $$$. Good luck.

 Larry Ouellette
 Volunteer, USS Salem (CA 139)
 United States Naval Shipbuilding Museum
 Quincy, Massachusetts, USA
 http://www.uss-salem.org/
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From: Les Pickstock <J.L.Pickstock@lboro.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: The Enemy Below

 A great movie (and a salutory lesson in watching where you put your hands) but which ship was used in the film? It was obviously one that had been converted to a floating power house as the heavy duty cable reels are clearly visible although sheeted over.
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From: SHIPMDLR@aol.com
Subject: Re: Rigging material

>> 2. before using it, trap a piece of line against a scrap of plastic with a magic marker and pull the line through. I usually do this twice. It takes the "clear" look away. <<

 Yeah Bob, I did just that. I also used some thinned down Haze Gray to add a bit more color to the rigging. As long as the paint is thinned down, it doesn't add much to the thickness. Even after doing that, the line is still virtually invisible which it should be anyway.

 I'll be adding more diameters of Tippet line to my workbench as well.

 Rusty White
 Flagship Models Inc.
 You can now pay using your Visa / MasterCard
 http://okclive.com/flagship/
 "That's mighty bold talk for a one-eyed fat man!"
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From: Mike Settle <settlem@mindspring.com>
Subject: Re: Despatch No. 9?

>> The Lindberg Diesel Tug kit claims to be a model of the "Despatch No. 9". No other info is given with the kit.

 There used to also be a wooden waterline model of the same tug, in HO scale. This tug was described as being an ex-Army 86 foot steel hulled WW2 era tug, that ended up as a Standard Oil Company tug in the SF Bay area.

 I'm trying to find any information about the Despatch No. 9. I'm especially trying to find any info about the color schemes these tugs carried.

 Do any of the SF Bay area modelers know anything about these Standard Oil tugs? <<

 I don't know if this site has the information you seek, but the following is a good site on tugs and tow boats:

 http://www.ktis.net/~wzumwalt/

 Mike Settle
 I am not agent #1908 of the non-existent Lumber Cartel (tinlc)tm
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From: ZMzimmerman@cs.com
Subject: IJNS Kongo

 Two questions:

 1) When the Kongo class where rebuilt and the additional 25 feet where added to the hull. Where was it added? Forward,aft,midships multiple places?
 2) In Classic Warships book on the Kongos are the drawings all to the same scale and what is it?

 Thank you,

 Michael Zimmerman
 Dallas, Texas
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7)
From: SteveWiper@aol.com
Subject: Re: HMCS Wetaskiwin>>

 Is this some sort of bad New Zealander joke?

 Steve Wiper
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From: Gord and Doreen Smith <thesmiths@strat.net>
Subject: Bangor Class Minesweepers (WWII)

 Hi Group,

 Has anyone ever produced one of the 'BANGERS' in any scale? I appreciate that I could Scratch but if there was a kit that I could add PE stuff to it would speed up the process next winter.

 Gordo
 Canada
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From: wem <wem@onetel.net.uk>
Subject: Re: Detail sets for FLower class corvette?

 David Parkins still makes the detail sets for this kit. Contact him at:

 DJParkins@aol.com, or www.djparkins.com

 John Snyder, A.B.
 White Ensign Models
 http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/white.ensign.models
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From: "DJMartin56" <DJMartin56@btinternet.com>
Subject: Re: search for HMS Hood

 Bob and SMML:

 Go here for HMS Hood on Channel4:

 http://www.channel4.com/hood/

 Drop the hood/ bit if you want the main directory.....

 Douglas
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From: Derek Wakefield <iscandar@chatter.com>
Subject: Resin, White Metal, and Rubber Cement

 a.ka., an exercise in futility!

 Set up...

 Last summer, the upper hull of my ISW 1:350 Tennessee/California lost the tip of it's bow in an accidental collision with the concrete floor of my garage. Tom and Jon graciously helped me out by replacing this part (which other than being removed for a quick inspection, has remained in it's box since then). This left me with what I call my 1:350 USS California "Paper Weight" because I just couldn't bear the thought of throwing it away. Besides, it's still good for inspiration, research, parts placement jig, etc. And I guarantee...it's a very effective paper weight (and probably the most expensive one I've ever owned).

 Time marches on...

 When I was out of work for awhile last month I got exceptionaly bored one day. About that time I recalled I had the second set of turrets and gun barrels for the "West Virginia" version of the kit. Well, since I wasn't going to need those for the California, and since I was tired of looking at the bare hull, I pulled out those parts, cleaned them up, etc. Problem...no super glue, no bucks for super glue (my funds were supremely tight at the time).

 "What do I have" I thought looking around. "Liquid and tube plastic glue...yeah, right, that ain't gonna work," I realized. Looking around I then spotted an alternative... "Rubber Cement...hmm"

 Took me 2.5 hours, but by golly, I got those white metal gun barrels attached to those resin turret parts using that Rubber Cement. That said, I don't recommend this, but I proved it was possible given enough determination.

 And now I have a paper weight that roughly resembles the West Virginia as she appeared in the process of being scrapped.

 Of course, over the last month, the weight of the barrels caused them to pull loose. Thus, with the first paycheck I grabbed a two pack of cheap super glue and remounted them in about 3 minutes. Like I said...made me realized just how futile my prior attempt had been. Oh well, what is modeling other than an exercise in experimentation. I did learn some things out of this.

 For one, I learned that rubber cement is a good alternative for mounting the turrets to the barbettes. It holds them in place pretty well for the most part (so long as you don't toss the ship around like an American football), but permits them to be removed and positioned for different poses (I get tired of looking at that straight fore & aft pose). White glue would probably hold somewhat better for this purpose, but I haven't tried that yet.

 Second, a partially assembled resin model makes for an interesting conversation piece (re: what the hell's that supposed to be)

 Third, dremel sanding barrels applied to resin over pour stubs in the confines of a garage is not a good idea (cough, cough), and white metal barrels are a narly B to get straight and round if they get bent/squashed in transit.

 So that's my story...laugh if you wish.

 Derek Wakefield
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TRADERS, ANNOUNCEMENTS & NOTICEBOARD

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From: Loren Perry <goldmedl@rockisland.com>
Subject: New 1/350 scale plastic USS Arizona kit

 The all-new plastic kit of the USS Arizona in 1/350 scale will be officially announced at the IPMS/USA Nationals by its manufacturer. We at Gold Medal Models have been cleared by a manufacturer's spokesman to discuss this new kit in greater detail after that date in accordance with our secrecy agreement with the maker. Meanwhile, GMM's dedicated new PE detail set for this kit has passed the test piece stage and full production was ordered earlier today. A test sample was sent today to the kitmaker for their own files. The first production PE sets are scheduled to arrive here in two weeks. These new sets have been carefully
designed to precisely fit the kit's plastic parts with minimal cutting required. The level of detail is even higher than that seen on our 1429 scale version for the classic Revell kit. Printing of the instruction sheets has been completed and they are already here, awaiting the PE sets' arrival. A production version of the plastic Arizona kit is on its way here to us now, so we'll be able to give a better description of it after July 5th. They should start appearing on store shelves soon after the conclusion of the IPMS/USA Nationals this coming weekend.

 For more information on this subject, see the What's New section of the GMM web page at: www.goldmm.com
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