Subject: SMML VOL 1509 Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2002 12:17:24 +1100 shipmodels@tac.com.au -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MODELLERS INDEX 1: Tom Freeman Exhibition 2: Pearl harbor salvage pictures 3: Great Lakes freighters 4: Flagship models 5: USS Asheville article 6: Fairmile Mummy Ships 7: SMS Dredsen 8: special magazine review 9: Laker and Liner Kits -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TRADERS, ANNOUNCEMENTS & NOTICEBOARD INDEX 1: Old Steam Navy Introduces the Passaic Monitor USS Weehawken Model Kit in 1/96th Scale -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MODELLERS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) From: schiefet@cs.com Subject: Tom Freeman Exhibition To commemorate the 60th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, The Navy Museum has opened the exhibition Visions of Infamy: Pearl Harbor Remembered. The general public may visit the exhibition by calling ahead to make an appointment anytime between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. The exhibit features paintings by nationally-renowned artist, Tom Freeman. Visions of Infamy will run through May 12, 2002. Note that for security reasons, the Navy Yard museum is only open M-F, 9 to 4. Steve Pelham, NH -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2) From: schiefet@cs.com Subject: Pearl harbor salvage pictures The Naval Historical Center has a number of Pearl Harbor related files on-line. One of the most interesting are the photos of the salvage operations. Salvaging these ships was truly an engineering feat. http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/events/wwii-pac/pearlhbr/ph-salv.htm Steve Pelham, NH -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3) From: Rod Dauteuil Subject: Great Lakes freighters >> My interests lie in Great Lakes freighters and cruise ships. The Iron Shipwright has a nice 350th resin model of the Edmund Fitzgerald. I'm wondering if there are other (resin or otherwise) kits available of Great Lakes ships. << Walthers, which the model railroad distributor, has a great lakes ore freighter available in 1/87. The basic kit is a bow, stern, and midship portion, and is cast in resin. They have additional midship portions available separately so builders can make the ship as long as they choose. I believe they recommend 3 midship portions to make the freighter prototypically correct. It is rather pricey (around $700.00 for the basic kit), and you'll probably need to devote an entire wall to display this model. Does anybody here in SMML land have this model? Also, Revell of Germany presently has the SS Aida available, which is a modern-day cruise ship. It has the design of many of the ships presently used by Carnival, Norwegian or other cruise lines. It's small in 1/1200, but is also cheap, usually around $5.00. Rod -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4) From: "RAY MEHLBERGER" Subject: Flagship models Been trying to get to Flagship model's web sit, to see what PE they offer. Nothing works!! Can't seem to bring up the URL I get off of YAHOO. Is this site gone? Regards, Ray Mehlberger -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5) From: "Ken Goldman" Subject: USS Asheville article For those interested in smaller warships, there are a couple of good stories, with photos, of a scratch-built model of USS Asheville in the January 24 and 25 issues of the Asheville Citizen-Times. You can access them through their website at www.citizen-times.com Ken Goldman THE WALRUS AND THE CARPENTER unique wood sculpture and fine scale models www.walruscarpenter.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6) From: Subject: Fairmile Mummy Ships Not a difficult one to answer. All the Fairmile "D"s served in British Home Waters or in the Med. at a coastal Forces Base, where there were repair and maintenance facilities. These varied depending upon the location. Boats operating to Norway were based in Scotland. The ships companies normally lived on board. This was true of the Fairmile "B" Motor Launches too, which were based world wide, including the Far East India, Burma etc. There were some C/F base ships. These were converted smaller ex-merchant vessels, and the repair crews were housed aboard those. In the case of a main C/F Base such as HMS Hornet at Gosport, there were barrack facilities, but in general the ships company lived aboard in the very cramped conditions. Camouflage is another subject. In most cases they were painted in standard authorised schemes, but as always there were slight variations. Some (but not all) of the 55th Flotilla painted up Sharks Teeth on the bows, in 1944. It was probably officially frowned upon, but it was a great morale booster. I do have some official paint schemes, but they are not yet drawn. (Oh for more hours in the day). If you require more info then get back to me. Yours "Aye" John -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7) From: "graham and melanie" Subject: SMS Dredsen Hi what was the colours for SMS Dresden 1WW, I need a match for Humbrol if possible. many thanks graham -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8) From: "Andrew Jones" Subject: special magazine review There is a special edition of the World War 2 magazine.. 1941 a year in review. Another wonderful release from this company & in this issue covers The defence of Hong Kong (one good shot of a coastal gun for you artillery buffs & a 2 photos of japanese troops in action).. The defense of Wake island.. (pictures include a painting of a rowboat load of japanese soldiers rowing away from a Jap destroyer ..a TBD flying over Wake & a line drawing of a Mg team firing on a the invasion beaches) Hurricane in hiding abouta RAF pilot during the siegoe of Tobruk (2 pictures of a hidden hanger at Tobruk 1 complete & one being built so good for you aircraft modellers that wanna do a diferent hanger than the "norm"..Italian Naval nightmare about the death kneel battle of the Italian navy (good painting of a RN battleship with searchlights on pummeling an italian ship, a few photos of the ships walrus, swordfirsh, warspite & the italian ship Gradisca hospital ship) .. OPeration Baberossa (a painting of russian troops marching thru red square on tehir way to front & various pictures & art drawings.. An artcile on taking belgrade by bluff(only a few photos ) .. Hunt for the bismarck (wonderful colour painting in what looks like overall grey.a colour photo of her black/white colour scheme with "copper""brass" turret tops & the usualy photos & maps etc & another art work of teh Bismarck in flames with a large arship circling in the kill with a carrier & PBY & other ships & planes closing in ) .. The battle for Crete ( artwork of german troops on the ground with sky with parachutes, photos of troops in action) The other pearl Harbour , the attack on cavite in teh Phillipines (Colur painting of ships being bombed ..Too littel too late a painting a P40 in action against zeros (thought i thought this painting is for p-40s @ pearl harbour) & of course the attack on Pearl harbour colour painting of Vals flying over a sunken battleship & the pretty normal regular photos) .. some good pictures for the model maker, but probbaly more for the historian thats interested .. price USD 4.99 & for the aussies $14.20 (i got mine from teh newsagency in sydney, and seeing that we get ours a month after the release in the US, anyone in the US might stil check their usual outlets or see www.TheHistoryNet.com for purchase details -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9) From: "Victor M. Baca" Subject: Laker and Liner Kits >> My interests lie in Great Lakes freighters and cruise ships. The Iron Shipwright has a nice 350th resin model of the Edmund Fitzgerald. I'm wondering if there are other (resin or otherwise) kits available of Great Lakes ships. Models for good candidates. << Hi Tom: Lakers are very interesting ships, but often overlooked outside the regional area as model-making candidates. Most of the work we see comes from scratchbuilders and a few from the guys building from solid-hull wood kits by A.J. Fisher, etc. Right now, I'd steer clear of the Laker offerings made for the model railroaders, they appear toy-like, but I suppose you could modify them into scale replicas with a good set of plans and a little scratchbuilding. I don't know if you consider ocean liners as falling into the cruise ship catagory as these vessels tend to run from point-to-point as transportation vessels while cruise ships get there by taking "the long way home" so passengers have plenty of time for eating, loving and eating some more. You definitely need to contact Pacific Front Hobbies and Nauticus Models for good candidates coming from the resin and plastic kit manufacturers. As far as liners go, there are quite a few and I like the ones by Japanese plastic kit makers in 1/700 scale. Right now I'm playing around with Hasegawa's hospital ship Hikawa Maru in 1/700 and it's also available in her ocean liner configuration. Info on the ship and model is printed in Model Ship Journal Winter 2001-2002 issue. I think you'll enjoy this e-mail list--lots of excellent modelers and researchers on-line to steer a good course for you. Regards, Victor Baca MODEL SHIP JOURNAL -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TRADERS, ANNOUNCEMENTS & NOTICEBOARD -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) From: "John Harloe" Subject: Old Steam Navy Introduces the Passaic Monitor USS Weehawken Model Kit in 1/96th Scale www.cottage-industries.com is proud to announce a new model kit of the Passaic Class Monitor USS Weehawken in 1/96th scale. Pictures of the Weehawken can be seen on the above web site. A few comments below: #OSN-18 - The Weehawken was one of a class of ten single-turreted monitors, which were ordered built directly after the great success of the Monitor in its battle with the CSS Virginia. The fleet of monitors, known as the Passaic Class, were larger than the first Monitor and differed from her in one very important point: the pilot house was built above the top of the turret. The Passaic class was also armed with heavier guns. Most carried one XI-inch Dahlgren and one XV-inch Dahlgren smoothbore guns. The Passiac's were 200 feet long and 45 feet broad. Other Passaic Class monitors built were the Patapsco, the Montauk, the Passaic, the Catskill, the Nantucket, the Nahant, the Lehigh, and the Sangamon. "Old Steam Navy's" kit used Stereolithography (a laser) to cut the master pattern. This kit is in 1/96th scale and is made of resin and white metal/pewter parts. Each part is individually cast, and the use of the laser produces stunning historically correct detail. The turret contains all the parts necessary to produce a cut-away version that matches the historical blueprints. We also went to great length and expense to use historical blueprints to make the XV Dahlgren and carriage. To our knowledge, Old Steam's XV Dahlgren is the only gun in this scale in the world. The kit also includes 64 two-ball stanchions, Old Steam Navy spun cast white metal flagpoles, turret stanchions, sheaves, cleats, warping chocks, etc. We also include two Steingraeber life boats and even the canopy that sat on top of the turret. Fifteen color pages of history and instructions are provided. They include historical blueprints, photographs, and wood etchings, to aid you in its construction and to tell the fantastic story of the Weehawken's service. The Weehawken was in the vanguard in the naval attack on Ft. Sumter and Charleston harbor in April, 1863. The Weehawken's four shots in its battle with the CSS Atlanta forced the Atlanta to strike her colors and surrender to the Weehawken, On another mission, the Weehawken ran aground in Charleston's harbor, resulting in Admiral Dahlgren sending three other monitors and the New Ironsides to her rescue. The New Ironsides emptied her entire supply of ammunition in this engagement. A XV shot from the Weehawken hit the muzzle of a Confederate gun inside Ft. Moultrie causing the powder magazine to explode. She subsequently escaped. Finally, the Weehawken accidentally sunk in Charleston harbor having had to much ammunition stored in her bow causing her to plow under filling with water and sinking killing 24 sailors. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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