Subject: SMML VOL 2291 Date: Tue, 09 Sep 2003 00:48:46 +1000 SMML is proudly sponsored by SANDLE http://sandlehobbies.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- MODELLERS INDEX 1: Ohio 2: Re: model mountings 3: Re: USS Halsey (CG-23) photos 4: Navy shore vehicles 5: OHIO 6: Re: Model mountings 7: Re: "Scratch One Flattop" 8: Matchbox 1:700/720th kits 9: Re: Brass mounts 10: Re: Paddle to the Sea 11: Commandante Teste 12: 1/600 scale flat tops? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- MODELLERS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) From: "Chris Drage" Subject: Ohio If anyone else wants a 1:700 model of Ohio might I suggest that they lobby Skytrex in order to show that there is sufficient interest. They have all the info....just need the necessary inticement to actually commission a master pattern maker. They are at: sales@skytrex.com All together now...... Regards Chris He tao rakau e taea te karo kupu kaore e taea te karo (Te reo Maori) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2) From: "Ken Goldman" Subject: Re: model mountings For brass mounting pedestals, go to your nearest lighting fixture store and get a couple of lampshade risers. These are similar to the finials used to hold lampshades to the harps but are tapped at one end and threaded at the other. Ken Goldman ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3) From: Darren Scannell Subject: Re: USS Halsey (CG-23) photos >> Does anybody know where I can lay my hands on some pictures of the USS Halsey (CG-23) as she appeared in the early '90's? << Hi Glenn, I have some I took in the mid 80's, if you're interested I can email them to you. I'm not sure how much she changed between then and the time she was decomm'd, but she had harpoons in place of her 3 inchers by then. I also have some of the LEAHY at the same time. Darren Scannell ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4) From: Bradford Chaucer Subject: Navy shore vehicles What color were vehicles such as jeeps and Deuce & a halfs used by the US navy painted?? Were they gray, blue or OD green. Regards, Bradford Chaucer ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5) From: "Edward Wyatt" Subject: OHIO  Hi All Just a general description of the "OHIO" "OHIO, famous, fabulous, never to be forgotten" Admiral of the Fleet Sir Philip Vian, K.C.B., K.B.E., D.S.O. THE OHIO The OHIO was built in the U.S.A. on the River Delaware at Willmington, launched 20th April 1940 - 9,263 tons  - 515ft length - 107,000 Barrels of oil. Speed 16 knots - Crew 77. Commissioned for TEXACO OIL COMPANY. It was the first Tanker ever to be welded The Ohio was handed over to the British on the June 25th 1942. At Greenock on the river Clyde in Scotland, It was painted grey, and was fitted out with 40mm Bofors - 6 x 20mm OERLIKONS plus 1 x 5" Gun Aft - 2 x 3" Guns on the Bows. Arrived in MALTA 15th August 1942 with OPERATION PEDESTAL also known as the "SANTA MARIA CONVOY". That saved Malta from starvation. It was towed into the Grand Harbour, with H.M.S. PENN and H.M.S. BRAMHAM strapped each side as steering was jammed. Towed out to sea on 19th September 1946 and was sunk by gunfire. The OHIO was Captained by Dudley Mason, who was later awarded the George Cross. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6) From: Fkbrown90 Subject: Re: Model mountings To: Janine Crick Have you given any thought to having your model resting on keel blocks and stacks of cribbimg? This is a far more natural way to display a ship model, in a setting resembling a drydock. It does take a little more time to so do, but the effect is worth it. If you would like to look into it, contact me off-post, at fkbrown90@aol.com and I will pass along a few pointers. And don't forget the underwater fittings (various water intakes etc.). Franklyn ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7) From: "Robert Mosher" Subject: Re: "Scratch One Flattop" According to Paul Dickson's "War Slang" ((c) 1994 Paul Dickson) published by Pocket Books in 1994 (ISBN 0671750224), the Coral Sea reference is the best known root of the phrase. His entry reads: Flattop. An aircraft carrier; from the flat flight deck. The following etymology, perhaps mythical, appeared in an article on the war's new vocabulary in the April 1944 issue of 'Word Study:' "This name was first applied by a jubilant bomber pilot who yelled into his microphone, 'Scratch one flattop' after he sank a Jap carrier. He was pledged not to reveal important information and he thought the Japs wouldn't be able to decipher that." Robert A. Mosher ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8) From: "Adrian Webster" Subject: Matchbox 1:700/720th kits Hello FWIW, I know that most if not all the Matchbox small scale armour and some of the aircraft moulds ended up in China. They were available here in Australia for a little while last year. Had exaxtly the same Matchbox packaging, instructions and sprue colours as the originals, but I don't recall seeing any of the ships. They were available for a time from NKR hobbies (www.nkrmodels.com.au). Regards, Adrian Bendigo ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9) From: airartcsb Subject: Re: Brass mounts I get my brass mounts from a lamp and shade company. They are brass extensions and come in 1/2inch to 1 inch sizes. good luck C. S. Bailey ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10) From: David and Alison Muir Subject: Re: Paddle to the Sea Nice storey indeed. I too was inspired by "Paddle to the Sea"...my parents brought a copy back to OZ from America and it became the 'plans' for my first ever scratch build. One lump of inch and a half square balsa, single edged razor blade, sandpaper and anti-fouling paint from my uncle's dingy. I still have it and may one day do another...perhaps in it's first livery. I wonder how many others started down the slippery slope courtesy of Holling Clancy Holling? David M ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11) From: "donald p morgan" Subject: Commandante Teste I would like to build a 1/1200 scale model of this WW II French seaplane carrier. The only top and side view diagrams I can find are in the 1942 volume of Jane's Fighting Ships, and I question their accuracy. Can anyone provide an accurate set of top and side view diagrams, or at least point me to a source from which I can obtain same for a reasonable price? Don Morgan San Antonio, Tx. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12) From: Morris D Shirley Subject: 1/600 scale flat tops? Hello. Googling around re Revell's 1/600 SS United States (waterline kit, bummer), found that Hobbysurplus lists in 1/600 scale the aircraft carriers Enterprise, by Kangman Plastic, and Charles DeGaule, by Zhengdefu Models. A couple of questions to the list about the carrier kits: are they 1/600 scale (i.e., not a typo), and of what quality are they? Thanks. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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