Subject: SMML VOL 1634 Date: Sun, 07 Apr 2002 13:15:11 +1000 SMML is proudly sponsored by SANDLE http://sandlehobbies.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MODELLERS INDEX 1: Mold Damage 2: My Movie Wish 3: Re: Phillie navy yard 4: Re: Movies 5: "Broken molds" 6: Re: S-boat book 7: Address search 8: Re: Movie wish 9: Schnellboot Typ 38 10: Re: Philly Navy Yard 11: U.S. Navy - A Brief History of Destroyers 12: Repy and addition to Joseph Poutre's online list -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TRADERS, ANNOUNCEMENTS & NOTICEBOARD INDEX 1: The Kellys -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MODELLERS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) From: JOE DAMATO Subject: Mold Damage I work at Micro Trains and we do a lot of really delicate tooling, and I can tell you it doesn't take much to destroy a mold. Tolerances are so tight that one minor mistake by press operator can render a mold unusable. Bent ejector pins, sliped shims, a worn out core, the list is endless. Before working there I would have guessed a destroyed mold was cracked or distorted in someway, but it can be as simple as a crushed detail caused by an ejector pin that didn't get out of the way fast enough. The water feed may have been cut and the molds overheated while in the press...since each slide is cooled differently you can guess what happens when they expand or contract at different rates and then get pushed together. We had a minor problem with a tool that required rewelding the area, grinding, recutting the detail for the EDM machine, aligning the mold in the machine, re-burning, polishing, test shooting, re polishing and on and on. Lots of money to get a tool back into shape for production. And then there's flash..a big issue and any distortion of the mold will cause a ton of it. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2) From: JOHN CURRIE Subject: My Movie Wish My wish for a Movie has to be Red Storm Rising, i cannot believe nobody has done it yet, Cost i suppose, But it would be if done properly the Movie of all Movies IMHO. John -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3) From: NAVYDAZE@aol.com Subject: Re: Phillie navy yard The USS DES MOINES is still being held by the Navy for transfer to a museum. I have been working with the groups for since 1993 - a lot of political and financial problems kept her from moving to Duluth - it now appears she may go to Milwaukee harbor all up in the air. I also did a painting of her which I donated to raise funds for the ship's restoration. Exterior wise she is in pretty bad shape as having no upkeep for several decades. I understand she looks pretty good inside. If you want to see her as she is today and want more information on how you can help or additional links, go to: http://www.ussdesmoines.com/movement.html Cheers, Mike Donegan NAVYDAZE - Naval & Aviation Artist -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4) From: Sean Obrien Subject: Re: Movies How about the Spanish American War? Battle in Manilla Bay with the Olympia or battle in Carribean with the USS Oregon. With the Olympia everything wouldn't have to be faked eather. Great White Fleet going around the world? Battle of Tushima? Sean O'Brien -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5) From: Fkbrown90@aol.com Subject: "Broken molds" I submit that the term "broken molds" is one used in a most general sense to indicate that no more copies of the molded product can be produced. The molds may indeed be "broken" inadvertantly, but more likely they are intentionally made unavailable (by purposeful destruction or by re-cutting to some other similar shape, etc.). I know that in my case, the "mold was broken" and no more copies were made. It was up to me to produce any more, which I did in two instances. I gave the specifications to me wife who painstakingly made these copies, taking 9 months of steady work for each one. She retired after the second one. They are not exact copies (clones), but are more like one-of-a-kind replications. They do, however, generally conform to the original specs, and have the same standard equipment as the original. One is a school teacher and one is a doctor. Both have opened factories of their own. Franklyn -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6) From: SteveWiper@aol.com Subject: Re: S-boat book >> I got my copy of Steve Wiper's S-boat book today and, well.... I really like it :-}. It's always nice to see something that is: a. done by someone who actually knows something about the subject; b prepared by a modeler who knows what is useful to modelers; c. well-balanced in its content (photos, text, and drawings); and, d. considering the wealth of information contained therein, very reasonably-priced. Unfortunately, now I'm going to have to buy some of the others... :-} << Thank you for the comments. That means a lot, coming from you, a published author. You have stated everything I am trying to do with my series of books. As a customer myself, I look for the type of information that I am trying to provide in my own books. Granted, there are mistakes in every one of them, unfortunately, but I try to have the accuracy outweigh the mistakes. Live and Learn. Most of all, I enjoy the heck out of producing something that I sell world wide and hopefully provide enjoyment and information to someone. Steve Wiper -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7) From: "Barry and Angie Peters" Subject: Address search Could someone please inform me of the mailing address for the Holland Maritime Musuem. Thanks, Barry -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8) From: JAGURNUT@aol.com Subject: Re: Movie wish Battle off Samar. Who was Lt. CND Robert Wicher? LtCmd Robert W Copeland was the CO of the SammyB and someone a little more romatic than Tom Hanks would be required. Don Young crew member of the SammyB -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9) From: "Dengar" Subject: Schnellboot Typ 38 If you couln't load the earlier site try this one and click on Schiffmodell. http://www.andressen-home.de/index.htm Gary New Zealand -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10) From: "Devin J. Poore" Subject: Re: Philly Navy Yard We have some shots of the ships currently waiting scrapping in Philly on the USS Barney website (http://www.uss-barney-ddg6.org/). As far as my vote for the worse recent war movie, I have to echo the sentiment that The Thin Red Line takes that award. I've read a heck of a lot of Guadalcanal history, and I have no idea WHAT that movie was about. Devin -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11) From: JRKutina@webtv.net (John Kutina) Subject: U.S. Navy - A Brief History of Destroyers http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/ships/destroyers/ddhist5.html -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12) From: "Howard Brower" Subject: Repy and addition to Joseph Poutre's online list Thanks for the list. I think all of us can use this. I have one listing to suggest to you and all others here. In the town of Laughlin, Nevada, which is about 90 miles south of Las Vegas on the Colorado river there is a hotel Casino called the Ramada Express. They have a small museum devoted to WWII, Korea, Viet Nam and Desert Storm. They also have a 15 minute presentation every hour that is well worth the trip. The presentation was developed by the same people that did the light show at Disney Land. This shows you America at its best and I have seen many older veterans, and others leave with tears at the end. If any of you come down this way it is well worth seeing. And yes there are some ship models there and they could always use some more. For more information you can contact them at (702) 298-4200 and ask for Ode Callan. She is responsible for the museum. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TRADERS, ANNOUNCEMENTS & NOTICEBOARD -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) From: John Snyder Subject: The Kellys We have received Chris Langtree's superb new book, THE KELLYS: hardbound, 224 pages, the definitive story of the Royal Navy's J, K, and N-class destroyers, augmented by 100 great photos, plans by the inestimable John Lambert, and colour camouflage profiles by John Roberts. Price is 28.00 Pounds, and we're ready to ship now. And it may as well be told now: our own Peter Hall is hard at work creating the 1/350 masters for three of the class, HMS JERVIS (1945), HMS KELLY (1940), and the Polish ORP PIORUN (1941). Expect the superb work you've come to see in our STODDERT, KNOX, REUBEN JAMES, PEGASUS, and Narrow Seas subjects from Peter. Pre-production orders being taken now.... Finally, WEM will be moving to its new home next weekend. We'll still be at Gardeners Cottage for the next week, and then the address will change to the one below. Best, John Snyder White Ensign Models South Farm Snitton, Ludlow Shropshire, SY8 3EZ United Kingdom Phone: 0870 220 1888 Fax: 0870 220 1786 http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/white.ensign.models/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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