Subject: SMML VOL 1506 Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2002 00:11:51 +1100 shipmodels@tac.com.au -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MODELLERS INDEX 1: Re: Photo Question 2: Re: Freeman's paintings 3: IJN Myoko 4: Re: Atlanta 5: Re: Flight Deck Action by Squadron 6: Re: photo question / dry transfers 7: S-Boat question 8: Re: Freeman's Paintings -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TRADERS, ANNOUNCEMENTS & NOTICEBOARD INDEX 1: Book for sale -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MODELLERS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) From: "Devin J. Poore" Subject: Re: Photo Question >> Does anyone know the ship type that is next to the Minneapolis in the photo on page 19 of Warship pictorial 2? Has a # 5 hull marking. << That is some type of tug or auxiliary, I believe. I wasn't able to turn up any other mentions in other references of this boat/ship. If you happen to find anything, I'd be interesting in knowing as well. I have a Classic Warships USS New Orleans that will someday have her bow chopped off so I can build a diorama of that photo. Devin -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2) From: SHIPMDLR@aol.com Subject: Re: Freeman's paintings I have one of Tom Freeman's paintings of the USS Kidd about to be smacked by the Kamikaze. It was inexpensive, and looks really nice on my office wall. Rusty White 2003 IPMS/USA National Convention Chairman OKC IN 2003! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3) From: "Frank and Carol Berger" Subject: IJN Myoko I've been out of the loop for awhile, so if this has been previously posted please bear with me. I recently purchased the re-released Hasegawa 1/700 Myoko (with the cool Leviathan ordnance set). While flipping through M.J. Whitley's Cruisers of World War Two, I came across a photo of the Myoko, moored in Singapore, sporting what appears to be a two tone camoflage. Can anybody out there provide any more information on this camo scheme? Thanks Frank -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4) From: Bradford Chaucer Subject: Re: Atlanta >> AAA Hobby will be there with a wide assortment of new models (all types, not just ships) and our entire line of GMM and Tom's in stock. Commanders Series will be there too, with lots of new stuff. << New Stuff - OK Corley start talking :-) Regards, Bradford Chaucer -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5) From: ECammeron@aol.com Subject: Re: Flight Deck Action by Squadron Wasn't the 'ESSEX Class Carriers in Action' written by Michael C. Smith, a frequent contributor to SMML? Eugene -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6) From: "Mike C" Subject: Re: photo question / dry transfers My guess on the photo would be USS Ortolan, ASR 5. The suggestions made regarding dry transfers have all been good. After being in the grapics arts industry and using dry transfers for many years, my favorite burnishing tools are chopsticks and rounded toothpicks. I was able to make custom dry transfers until the company I worked for folded recently. One of those that I'm currently using is rows and rows of periods (that have been tightly kerned) that are being applied to a 1/200 Akizuki turret to represent rivets. Believe me, a toothpick will get into much tighter places, with more control, than any commercially available burnisher that I've seen. Another tip would be to lightly burnish until the design separated from the transfer sheet and then do a final burnishing with the pattern covered with the backing sheet. One of the reasons you get creep is because the whole backing sheet is coated with adhesive. As soon as the image starts to lift, it can get caught by the adhesive on the backing sheet outside of the image area and get pulled. Another reason for creep is because the transfer adhesive is pressure sensitive. Burnish too hard and the adhesive slips. Burnish lightly over the entire image to be transfered, starting in the middle and working outward. What you are trying to do is get the entire image to tack evenly. If you get bubbles during your final burnish, poke them with a sharp pin and reburnish. To make dashed lines from a solid line, flip the dry transfer over, use a sharp blade to lightly score where you want the breaks to be, and scrape away the open areas of the dashed line. Hold the transfer with the backing sheet while you work to prevent skin oils in your fingerprints from contaminating the adhesive. For stencils, Olfa mask cutting blades are available in most graphic arts supply stores. Don't buy a swivel cutter. Like a shopping cart with a bad wheel, they'll rarely go where you want them to. If worse comes to worse, tape an x-acto blade to one leg of a thumbwheel compass and have at it. With a little practice, you'll be able to score lines without going all the way through the mask material and you can cleanly peel out the areas you want to stencil. Finally, after you've finished with your transfers, give them a clear coat to seal them to the surface. If you don't, the adhesive may dry out over time and you'll get curling on the edges. I hope this helps some. Have fun, Mike C -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7) From: "Jaap Woort" Subject: S-Boat question I am working on soem improvments on the hull of the Airfix S-boat. No I am wondering from which S-boat the Germans improved the hull at the lower stern. The Revell boat has a nice step (our wedge added) but when is it introduced, I cann't find it at www.prinzeugen.com. They show a nice picture but don't say anything about when. Michiel Woort -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8) From: URUDOFSKY@aol.com Subject: Re: Freeman's Paintings There is a great painting on the cover of the December issue of the Nautical Research Journal entitled: "Convoy Duty". It depicts a 1943 scene of the USS Arkansas at sea. The cover legend states that the painting was displayed at "the White House from 1993 to 2001." Apparently, prints may be available from SM&S Naval Prints, Inc., Forest Hill, Maryland -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TRADERS, ANNOUNCEMENTS & NOTICEBOARD -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) From: Subject: Book for sale I volunteer for our local Friends of the Library booksale, and occasionally we come across something interesting. the money we raise from the sales goes to the local library children's reading program and assorted other needs of the library. Anatomy of the Ship: Battleship Fuso, with dustjacket $40US postpaid Continental US. if anyone is interested, please contact me off list. shirley -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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