Subject: SMML VOL 1392 Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2001 00:54:40 +1000 shipmodels@tac.com.au -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MODELLERS INDEX 1: Dissapearing Hobby and Scratchbuilding 2: Samek Alaska - instructions? 3: New Iowa kit 4: Re: Lindberg 1/72 scale Air-sea rescue launch? 5: Re: Glue 6: Subchasers of World War One 7: future RN carrier 8: Heller Hood 9: Re: Armada Scale Models and S-boats 10: Hobby Shops in Tampa/St. Petersburg Area of Florida -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TRADERS, ANNOUNCEMENTS & NOTICEBOARD INDEX 1: 10% OFF ALL PRE-OWNED BOOKS.. LIMITED OFFER! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MODELLERS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) From: "Kerry L. Jang" Subject: Dissapearing Hobby and Scratchbuilding Hi All, Scratchbuilding is certainly one way to never be limited by subject or scale. One publication that features a lot of scrachbuilt steel warships is "Model Shipwright". This is a quarterly publication that featrues everything from wooden sailing ships to 1:1200 merchantmen. Just about every model is built from scratch. It is an expensive journal to get, its 30.00 pounds or so year, but is my bible. As an Educator, the hobby is encouraged by letting the younger members of the modeling fraternity build what they want. The first thing one has to do is "engage them" into the process. Don't think the hobby is dying just because the kid next door, grandchild, child of yours does not share your passion or interest in IJN battelwagons or V class destroyers... My 5 year old is into Star Wars and we are working on a "Tyridium Shuttle" and having a blast; my 3 year old daughter told me that she now wants to build a "Baby Boat" (whatever that is, but something outta the scrap box will do!). They will make a hash of the model. There will be glue spots. They don't care at this early age if Measure One camo should be applied or if it has yellow or red spots. Just DO it! As an Educator, I often hear or get letters that say, "When I was his age, I could read better than him", etc, etc., and parents also complain about the state of public education, etc., etc. When I get these kinds of letters, one realizes that parents expectations are way outta whack with reality (I mean, the grammatical errors alone in some of these letters suggest the parent's reading level never progressed beyond their kid's current age...;-). Its been my experience that people think things are "not right" as their own expectations are out of touch with reality, or that the kids of today don't share YOUR opinions (hey, you don't share THEIR opinions either). Let the kids build what they want. Look at the decision of Bandai to make nothing but toys and those GUNDAM model kits.... Yes, it mean less new subjects for us, but at our age, we should be SCRATCHBUILDING anyways... Cheers, Kerry Jang, PhD -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2) From: thorstenwahl@t-online.de (Wahl, ID3) Subject: Samek Alaska - instructions? Folks, looking for a copy/set of instructions for Samekīs 1/700th scale CB-1 Alaska. Would someone have a spare or could me copy hers/his? Will gladly reimburse all expenses. BTW I know about the online scans available - those wonīt help all that much since Samek provides quite a lot of templates for the masts and camo scheme on the instructions - so I need paper ones for a change. Imagine this - coming from a computer guy . . . Please donīt tell anyone ;-)) Thanks & best Thors īAt least we donīt name our ships for our mothers-in-law.ī USS Reuben James to HMS Battleaxe -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3) From: stillmo@mb.sympatico.ca Subject: New Iowa kit New IOWA class modern from Pit Road.....is it available yet....I certainly would like a couple as soon as they are released.....what WAS the release date??? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4) From: "Harold Stockton" Subject: Re: Lindberg 1/72 scale Air-sea rescue launch? While I was searching out S-boats I came across this site that lists a 1/72 scale, in German language, MPBR-Klasse. http://www.s-boot.de/div/liste/#01 This thing looks just like the high-speed launches that the USAAF used to recover downed airmen. Does anyone know anything about this crude but essential kit? And, though this is not a scale that I consider myself, this same site lists new 1/40 scale Robbe RC kit for the Japanese PT-15. This thing looks very similar to, but not exactly like, a late style modern Vosper torpedo boat. Harold Stockton -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5) From: "Erhardtsen" Subject: Re: Glue Capt. Bob Leonti wrote >> I would like to know what is the best glue for styrene plastic? I am using .090 styrene. Thanks in advance. << I have not bought glue fore 15 years fore polystyrene or plastic card models. I do buy a bottle of Toluol - it last fore a very long time. Xylol (xylen) can be used, but Toluol (Toluen) is better. If I need a heavier type of glue, I do put some in a small bottle, and put in small pieces of clear scrap plastic (f.ex. from Fujimis 1/700 airplanes). After one night I do have a heavy glue. Erik Erhardtsen -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6) From: "Victor M. Baca" Subject: Subchasers of World War One I'm really having a good time reading the thread on the WWI SCs. With all the research presented in this forum, the modeler should have no trouble chasing down information. These have inspired me to research further, learning more about these sleek little craft. I was surprised to find in my files several sets of plans and photos from various sources showing these vessels (it's amazing what you forget once it's squirrelled away). The WWI SC-1 class has an antique quality to the hull; slim, graceful, hand crafted of good wood and as stinging as an epee in the right hands. Over the years, these seems to be no shortage of kits depicting the SC-1 class. In comparing the early Ringo plastic kit with the current Glencoe re-issue, there is virtually no difference between the two, other than the color of the styrene. The kit certainly replicates the look and qualities of the prototype, only requiring the usual detailing and hull sanding to make an interesting little model. The only thing that seems to be deficient in plans and kits is that little 3" gun. It's usually shown in bare detail or depicted in a heavy hand. We ran a copy of the original gun plans in the Autumn 2001 issue of MSJ so accurate gun info could be presented. Good plans can be obtained from The Floating Drydock to add detail or for scratchbuilding purposes. I also purchased the Microglass hull/plan set in 1/32 scale, hoping to get the time someday to make an R/C version for "border parol" duties out on Birch Bay, WA. One thing to be said for Microglass is the skillful lay-up job Karl Kalb does to make a nice thin hull with edges sharp as glass and faired beyond compare. The fiberglass hull will save a lot of precious time, allowing me to concentrate on the details. More important than the details of these small fighting boats are the tough men who took them into harm's way. I think about those crews from a bygone Navy, transiting the Atlantic in these little hulls, ready for war, and am glad they're not forgotten. Its one thing to serve on one of the Big Boys, but takes a special kind of guts and skill to survive on a small wooden craft tasked to take on stealthy submarines and the wide open seas. Some folks may take snipes at these boats, but I'm sure many a submariner sweated it out on the bottom, harried by the Splinter Fleet, wondering when he'd hear the dreaded sound of a destroyer's screws... Victor Baca Model Ship Journal -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7) From: "Andrew Jones" Subject: future RN carrier The Royal Navy is interested in the Joint Strike Fighter (which was to announced the other day, but i think i saw that they have put it off till Friday)( what happened to classy lines of a plane! JSF looks like it was built by Lego kits). The RN will take delivery of the same style as the Marines a harrier style version with vertical take off & supercruise engines & so they did start to get plans & ideas for the carriers. I recall for a while there it was some confusion over the JSF as the US was delaying it & there was some set backs, so it was almost going to look lik ethe the new carriers would come online, long before the JSF, but seems the US govt has given the go ahead for the JSF & saved the F-22 for a while now, so we should see the new RN carrier in sometime around 2010 perhaps..but a lot can happen between then, look at the V-22, F-22, Charles De Gaulle (carrier), Seawolf subs, Collins Class subs & the other projects that have taken longer than expected -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8) From: Peter K. H. Mispelkamp Subject: Heller Hood I wish this myth of the Heller Hood molds being damaged/unusable in any way would just go away! I exchanged emails with a source from Heller who assured me in no uncertain terms that there is nothing wrong with the molds. Anyone who wants to petition/beg Heller to release some of their now classic kits should lookup the contact cited on Felix Bustelo's good International Maritime Modelling site. I doubt that it will have any effect - they seem to want to re-release these kits in penny-packets over a program that spans many years. Jacques Druel is right about the 2-3 years wait, but if I remember correctly that estimate was for the Dunkerque & Strassbourg. Regards Sincerely Peter K. H. Mispelkamp -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9) From: SteveWiper@aol.com Subject: Re: Armada Scale Models and S-boats >>> Big fast power boats, with GUNS!!! That and power tools, What more could a man ask for? << Ummmm, Steve....does Tammy read SMML....?? <<< Nope! She sure is easy on the eyes, though, especially in a Bikini, out by the cement pond. A rather nice distraction from modeling, toy boats, that is. Also, a really cold, smooth beer would be nice. I really like that Lion Red I found in New Zealand. With the exchange rate as it is, I think a six pack went for $1.50 US. You gotta like that! Steve Wiper -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10) From: "maeisen@erols.com" Subject: Hobby Shops in Tampa/St. Petersburg Area of Florida Folks: Can anyone suggest a good hobby shop in the Tampa/St. Pete's area of Florida, which has a good stock of modeling supplies (especially Polly Scale paints), magazines, ship modeling stuff, etc.? Thanks in Advance! Mike E -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TRADERS, ANNOUNCEMENTS & NOTICEBOARD -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) From: "WEM" Subject: 10% OFF ALL PRE-OWNED BOOKS.. LIMITED OFFER! Yep.. First come, first served.. expires 31st October and no exceptions! 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