Subject: SMML VOL 1452 Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2001 01:06:14 +1100 shipmodels@tac.com.au -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MODELLERS INDEX 1: Season's greetings 2: "Nuclear Carrier" 3: Re: 1/700 scale russian insigna 4: Merry Xmas for all 5: Maryland Silver Company 6: Re: Tomato Benefits 7: Warning about AOTS books, esp. the Hood! 8: Thanks 9: Plans Reduction/Enlargement 10: Lindberg Jolly Roger -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TRADERS, ANNOUNCEMENTS & NOTICEBOARD INDEX 1: Update on the latest Classic Warships Books! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MODELLERS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) From: CAPTVIN@aol.com Subject: Season's greetings merry christmas and happy new year to all -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2) From: "Rodney Dauteuil Jr." Subject: "Nuclear Carrier" Hello All, The other day I happened across an old magazine at my local hobby store. He had purchased a large collection of magazines that were mostly about aircraft, but the odd one or two naval magazines were set aside. I found this 1986 magazine entitled "Nuclear Carrier" by the editors of Sea Classics. It's a documentary style writing about the USS Carl Vinson's 1985 Tiger Cruise leg from Pearl Harbor to Alameda, California. It is full of photos, great narrative, and a lot of interesting facts. After reading it I noticed that it was written by our own SMMLie Mr. Loren Perry. Nice work. Very nice work. I envy you in being able to go on an operational cruise like that, rather than the rest of us who can only visit a ship while in port. Happy Holidays to all Rod -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3) From: annobon4@aol.com Subject: Re: 1/700 scale russian insigna Hi Thanks for the response on the Russian Insigna. Has anyone heard about this? Has AFV Club reissued it's 1/700 scale Knox class Frigate? Also is it true that Revell Germany is reducing it's ship line for 2002-3? Craig -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4) From: GGeGratz@aol.com Subject: Merry Xmas for all Merry Xmas for all George Gratz -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5) From: Joel Labow Subject: Maryland Silver Company >> I found this site while looking for something else, and at first blush seems too good to be true. since they've not been mentioned on the list, I was wondering if anyone else knew about Maryland Silver and what sort of experience they had. http:\\www.marylandsilver.com mostly the plans available are Spanish/American War, WWI destroyers, and WWII submarines. those who were asking about the Oregon and minesweepers earlier may find a goldmine here. << Shirley, I have ordered several planbooks from MSC as well as their 1866 Union Navy ordnance manual and their stuff is indeed excellent, albeit not cheap. I recommend their paper catalog for browsing. Best regards, Joel Labow -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6) From: John Snyder Subject: Re: Tomato Benefits >>> A Slice of Pizza Cuts Prostate Cancer Risk <<< >> Aha, I knew it!!!! You are all protected as I have already consumed enough pizza to immunize a small army! :-) << Ah, you wimp! I take mine in the form of Bloody Marys! None of the cholesterol worries from all that cheese, either.... Cheers, and Merry Christmas to all, John Snyder White Ensign Models and Snyder & Short Enterprises -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7) From: SteveWiper@aol.com Subject: Warning about AOTS books, esp. the Hood! This is a little warning about one very nasty and bad habit I have found in most, not all, of the Anatomy of the Ship series books. Quite often, the scale of a particular drawing stated is not always correct. Who ever formatted the book prior to printing resized the drawings and did not changed the scale accordingly! What bone heads! The AOTS Hood book of the past is probably the worst of the bunch, as far as this problem is concerned. To use this for model building, you will have to do some massive scale recalculating. BEWARE! Let us all hope they have fixed this problem (I doubt it!), Steve Wiper -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8) From: Derek Wakefield Subject: Thanks Thanks to everyone who supplied the feedback on and off list regarding the PH Batdivs, Trumpeter Arizona, etc. Derek Wakefield -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9) From: Derek Wakefield Subject: Plans Reduction/Enlargement What is the proper mathmatical formula needed to reduce and/or enlarge plans to smaller/larger scales? I know this has been brought up here before, but I can't seem to find the message tonight. Derek Wakefield -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10) From: Derek Wakefield Subject: Lindberg Jolly Roger Almost hate to even bring this one up, but a bud offered me a Lindberg Jolly Roger kit the other day. IIRC, this just a generic sailing ship, not meant to represent any specific vessel. That said, any opinions about the kit here? Never have attempted anything pre-WWII before, so I'm in the dark as to what to think or expect. Derek Wakefield -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TRADERS, ANNOUNCEMENTS & NOTICEBOARD -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) From: SteveWiper@aol.com Subject: Update on the latest Classic Warships Books! Warship Pictorial #15 Kriegsmarine Schnellboote The layout is finished. History and captions are well along and should finish in about one week. Proofreading after that will take about two weeks. Hope to print in mid January, shipping books to distributors by the end of January. Here are the book's stat's; 72 pages (64 in black & white, 8 in color) 171 black & white photos 8 color photos 20 sets of line drawings 11 color illustrations 4 pages of history 4 pages of statistics Price: $16.00 US This has got to be one of the best books I have ever put together. There is more visual information in this one book on this subject than has ever been printed in any other book, and for that matter, than a few other books combined! This will be an excellent complement to the new 1/72 Revell/Germany kit of the S-100, and to the old Airfix 1/72 kit of the S-10. You will also have information to enable you to kit bash either of these two kits into some of the other variants. There is also a large amount of information on the various camo patterns worn, in color! Warship Pictorial #16 USS New Jersey BB-62 (Photo Album) This book has actually been completed for some time now, but as I always print at least two books at the same time, it has to wait until the Schnellboote book is read to print with it. Here are the book's stat's; 64 pages (56 in black & white, 8 in color) 96 black & white photos 14 color photos 4 pages of history 4 pages of statistics Price: $15.00 US Wait 'till you see the front cover! It will knock your socks off! Thanks, Steve Wiper www.classicwarships.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the SMML site for the List Rules, Backissues, Member's models & reference pictures at: http://smmlonline.com Check out the APMA site for an index of ship articles in the Reference section at: http://apma.org.au/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Volume