Subject: SMML VOL 2341 Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2003 02:31:28 +1100 SMML is proudly sponsored by SANDLE http://sandlehobbies.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- MODELLERS INDEX 1: Instructions Re: Sterling Missouri 2: Roll Call 3: Re: Wireless Telegrah 4: Roll Call 5: Re: Roll Call 6: Re: Royal Sovereign 7: Roll Call 8: Re: Roll Call (I Also Weakened) 9: Roll call 10: HMAS Australia Plans 11: Roll Call ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- MODELLERS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) From: Albert Choy Subject: Instructions Re: Sterling Missouri Keith~ I have a copy of the instructions (15 pages; legal size). Send me your mailing address and I will drop a copy in the mail. Albert afc_02478 AT yahoo.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2) From: GAZWE Subject: Roll Call Hello boys & girls I am currently building a 1/128 scale HMS Sussex as HMS Cornwall ww2 by Fleetscale about 30% done "A bad day modeling is better than a good day at the office" happy modeling chaps Gary from Slough uk ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3) From: "David Way" Subject: Re: Wireless Telegrah >> I have some questions about wireless on ships, specifically ships of the Great White Fleet. Was wireless installed on all battleships in the GWF when they sailed? Some pictures I have seen of the multiwire horizontal antennae show them very slack, hanging in a loose curve, the center of the sag being as low as 10-15% of the overall length. Is this right, is there an electrical reason for this? How many parallel wires make up an antenna? Are more wires a better receiver, or does it have something to do with frequency? I don't know how accurate I can be modeling this in 1:144, but for sure I don't want to make any glaring errors. Any help or references would be appreciated. << Hi Gary. There is a detailed aritcle, pictures, and diagram about the Titanic's Marconi wireless telegraph on the Titanic Resarch and Modeling web site; http://titanic-model.com/ Look under the Research Article section, then the Marconi article; http://titanic-model.com/marconi/ I hope that will provide some help. It appears the author did some homework. The forest fires have the air so dirty outside today, I will be forced to work on a model in doors!!!!! Regards, Dave Way Huntington Beach, CA ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4) From: Mnw888 Subject: Roll Call Hi I'm a 53 year old Civil Engineer who couldn't help but noticing how many SMML's had two cat's so I thought I'd better sign up. One wife and a Golden Retriever to complete the set. We all live in Liverpool I'm more a ship collector than modeller, I collect 1/1250th mainly Neptuns, plus large numbers of 1/1200th Superiors that one I'm going to paint using those wonderful USN measure drawings supplied by my good friend Randy. Job's on the workbench a company of Panzer IVH's in 1/285th and a Battalion of early French Napoleonic Light Infantry in 15mm but then there are those 1/1200th ships and drawings! Malcolm Waite ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5) From: David Gregory Subject: Re: Roll Call Better jump in before it is too late.. Dave Gregory Age:44 Commodity Manager (by day) for Carrier Corp. Wonderful wife and five children (only one interested in modeling) all living in Sodus, NY- near Rochester. Soon to be buried in snow (fact- we had snow this fall before Moscow did). Most of my modeling efforts surround the PT Dockyard which is all 1/600 scale and coastal. I also dabble in 1/700 destroyers and subs in all scales. Interests lately are drawn to more subjects way off the mainstream, like the lake and river flotillas of both sides during the Russian Civil War, Finnish and Soviet Lake Flotillas in WW2, Axis landing craft in WW2, Hungarian river monitors in WW2, The Yugoslav Partisan Navy, Russian and French subs in WW1- things like that. I find captial ships rather boring (ESPECIALLY Essex carriers and the Hood) unless they are part of an alternate history scenario (I want to build an Italian WW2 cariier group in 1/1200 scale to duel with the USS Wasp and Ranger). My little fleet can be seen at: http://ptdockyard.tripod.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6) From: "Kathy/Pirie Sublett" Subject: Re: Royal Sovereign Pieter: Thanks for your note on RS. Unfortunately, when I open your link all I can see is a chap looking (with some surprise) at a PC and a couple of lines in Polish(?). This is possibly the result of my anti-virus array. Is there a citation for the photo you could send? I'm interested, because I thought the Victorian scheme had been replaced - except for some special circumstances - by the time RS was rebuilt. PLease free to contact me off site at isublett@cox.net. Pirie Sublett ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7) From: Joe Hinds Subject: Roll Call I'm Joe Hinds living in Richmond, Virginia. I am now and have been a n illustrator since 1967. I had a tour in the marines in 1964 to 1970 and the Navy 1974 to 1980.I served most of my time on the carriers Coral SEa and Enterprise. I have reserve time for Desert Storm and Shield and always as an illustrator. I have about a dozen clearances and have seen some exciting projects and real dogs that would put anyone to sleep. I have done contract illustration work for six of the major aerospace corporations, American Honda, British Petroleum and freelanced for over a dozen magazines and publishers. I've been working on a series of torpedo boats from 1863 (the CSS David, the worlds first single purpose built torpedo boat) to the last W.W.II boats built, the S-700 boats.In my world there is no such thing as a bad torpedo boat. I love'em all. Every single one has at least one good point. I build models of TB's now and then to test color schemes, practice rust tones and corrosion and scaring on the hulls. I doodle with weathering and solve to ee effectiveness of colors in on the James River at different times of the day. I have a three month show coming up at the Hampton Roads Naval Museum in March of 2004. Through SMML I have found many really good sites to visit and it's interesting to see how other people solve problems. Good luck everybody. If you need any help with colors let me know. I know about a thousand short cuts that most any modular can use. Joe Hinds ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8) From: HGYL Subject: Re: Roll Call (I Also Weakened) I suppose if John Lambert can do this so can I. Harold Lincoln, 60, retired marine engineer (both gray funnel and merchant experience) and retired chief exec of multinational engineering company. One dog, one gray and white cat, one wife, two children. Built model ships for ever. Used to build at 1:600 but eyes no longer allow that, can't read the newspaper anymore because arms have become too short. Now working at 1:384 although recently finished a 1/8 inch to the foot RN steam picket boat. When time permits, have fun with the Mirror sailing dinghy my wife and I built thirty years ago and with my Mazda MX5 Miata (John Snyder, do you still have yours?) Regards to all, Harold Lincoln Hingham, Massachusetts ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9) From: "ian MCBEAN" Subject: Roll call Hello everyone, thought I'd join in the fun, My name is Ian McBean, I'm 39, and live in on the Kent coast of England. I work in a local bookshop, though my working week may soon be reduced by my wife's present of a scale model person due early next year... I've only recently started making ship models again - after a gap of approximately two decades - but in 18 months I've so far managed to: Buy 7 assorted ship kits Finish none of them Scrap 4, including 2 Tamiya 350 ships Embark on a ludicrously difficult project to scratchbuild HMS Hood in 1:200 scale Come to my senses and go back to plastic kits Spend a small fortune on WEM's PE, most of which is now lost in the carpet somewhere Inhale approx 3 litres of toxic CA fumes Coat every horizontal surface in my work room in a thin layer of atomized AP507B Spend about 5 times as much time on the internet as I do actually making (or in my case scrapping) models Follow avidly every last whisper of a rumour about a 350 scale injection moulded Hood I (re)started out with 700 scale ships but found the scale just too difficult to work in to accomodate all the detail I was attempting to recreate (I'm not Jim Baumann) so after a couple of attempts at a Scharnhorst/Gneisenau moved up to 350. Of course I'm now finding the scale restricting because I'm wanting to put even more detail in than before. All the while I find myself relearning basic modelling skills like airbrushing, and also spending a lot of time practicing new skills - for example, working with PE. Despite being sometimes maddeningly frustrating, I find this hobby incredibly rewarding, and like nothing better than getting totally obsessed with a ship. The great thing for me is coming back to the hobby I haven't yet built a Yamato or Bismarck or KGV using all the new goodies/reference available. And what a lot of goodies there are... One last thing to mention is the unfailingly excellent service I've had from WEM, and also my appreciation for the time and effort that go into the various internet-based resources such as SMML. Without the internet this would be a different hobby - albeit one in which I might actually finish a ship! Happy Modelling, Ian ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10) From: "maeisen" Subject: HMAS Australia Plans All: Thanks to all those who provided pointers to where I might find additional info regarding HMAS Australia. Once again, the SMMLie family comes through! Yours truly, Mike E. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11) From: "Coleman, Denis PO" Subject: Roll Call Hi all, Denis Coleman, currently serving in Williamstown, Victoria, OZ. Currently building 1/200 Yamato and several other kits at various stages of completion. Mostly ships but do spread over a wide range, 1/35 AFV and 1/48+1/144 -planes, though the planes are normally just a break from the ships. i love really large scale so i can super detail. My favourite model to date is the old 1/16 R/C Sherman which i spent 18months on building and super detailing. Lately i have been making display mounts to reduce breakage next time the navy post's me across the country. Regards ALL. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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