Subject: SMML VOL 2505 Date: Fri, 14 May 2004 03:20:31 +1000 SMML is proudly sponsored by SANDLE http//sandlehobbies.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- MODELLERS INDEX 1 DON wife hip replacment 2 Thornycroft Second Class Torpedo Boats 1880-83 3 CV-14 / Tico 4 RN vehicle colours in WW2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TRADERS, ANNOUNCEMENTS & NOTICEBOARD INDEX 1 warshipbooks.com Update ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- MODELLERS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) From "Don Macdonald" Subject DON wife hip replacment Well I am tying to figure it our on how to do it but cant seem to fine the right bass wood she keeps moving it . At least with the ships the wood stays in one place and don't move all over . ON the LST I am now wating on the person for he is suppose to send parts to me soon. That way of casting parts that I have told some of you about has sure help allot . IF any of you want to know on what I mean please send me an E mail I am more then happy to share it with ya, FOR me it is a cheaper of casting parts but a little more work and time but the finely works comes out just as good DON That Portland Rustbucket ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2) From brownatfareham@surefish.co.uk Subject Thornycroft Second Class Torpedo Boats 1880-83 I am currently building a model of TB85 - one of the above vessels (TB76-95). The plans I am using are from Model Boats to a scale of 116 and were drawn by Dave Metcalf. Conways All The Worlds Fighting Ships (1860-1905) contains just three lines on these vessels. I would like to know more. Can anybody help or suggest a source of data? Regards Les Brown ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3) From HAZEGRAYADM@aol.com Subject CV-14 / Tico Speaking of Wiper's beautiful booklet (#22), page 7 shows a photo (Sorry Steve, Image) of CV-14 in primer, 84D. Anybody have an idea what comes close for reproducing that color, either in existing model paint or the 595 ref. manual? In black & white it looks to be about the reflectance of 5-O / ocean gray. Hey, John Snyder, any info over there? I know why bother. Possible weathering might bring up small patches of same. More likely, as in my case, I might just give up trying to fill so many seams on my Trumpeter kit and call it a newly launched but uncompleted ship, still in primer. Bert McDowell ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4) From "Robert Lockie" Subject RN vehicle colours in WW2 Chaps Apologies if this has come up before but I don’t remember seeing it. I was having a discussion last night about the colour schemes of RN and RAF vehicles and it became apparent that we had singularly little information on RN practice. The current colour appears to be dark blue and we have a few photos of late war vehicles in NW Europe which seem to be a dark shade (we assume SCC 15 Olive Drab, like the army used from April 1944 onwards) but does anyone have any solid information on the instructions and what colours were used earlier in the war (and when)? All information is welcome, as is any on markings, which seems also to be a neglected field. Regards and thanks in advance Robert Lockie Swindon UK ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- TRADERS, ANNOUNCEMENTS & NOTICEBOARD ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) From Keith Butterley Subject warshipbooks.com Update Hi, Sorry for the long delay in the update, but I managed to fry the motherboard on my computer. So much for the surge protector. The St. Laurent is ready to go except for the PE. If you have already purchased a kit and wish it shipped to you now, please let me know. I will send the PE to you as soon as it is available. Good news/bad news AOTS Agassiz is going to be reprinted. WR Press says stocks of Warship Perspectives Flower Class Corvettes and RN Camouflage Volume I are just about depleted and they will OOP before the year is over. If you have not purchased a copy of these books, now would be the time. Recent book releases All Brave Sailors AOTS The Naval Cutter Alert 1777 AOTS The Frigate Diana Ark Royal III Battleship Battleship Axis and Neutral Battleships in WWII - A reprint of this much sought after title, this huge volume has become one of the standard references for the battleships of the axis and Neutral navies of World War II. Over 500 pages, including many gatefold plans and line drawings. Before the Bells Have Faded Defiant but Dismasted at Trafalgar Destroyer Captain DOWN ELSWICK SLIPWAYS Armstrong’s Ships and People 1884-1918 Hero of the Upholder HMS Cavalier Past and Present JUTLAND 1916 Death in the Grey Wastes PALMERS OF JARROW Sea Power A Guide for the 21st Century Shipcraft Series German Pocket Battleships Shipcraft Series King George V Class Battleships Submariners VC Submarines at War 1914-1918 Submarines at War 1939-1945 SWAN HUNTER The Pride and the Tears The End of an Era The First Submarines The Fleet That Jack Built - Nine Men Who Made the Navy The Man Who Bought a Navy The Sinking of the Prince Of Wales and Repulse THE SAIL AND STEAM NAVY LIST All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815-1889 The Trafalgar Roll Trafalgar and the Spanish Navy War in the Mediterranean 1940-1943 Releases from Classic Warships Warship Pictorial #22 Ticonderoga Warship Pictorial #23 Italian Heavy Cruisers (July) Warship Pictorial #25 Yamato Warship Pictorial #27 Kriegsmarine U-Boats (July) Worth having on your shelf Tribal Captain (Blue Island) Atlanta Class Cruisers (Warship Perspectives) Regards Keith Butterley warshipbooks.com/West Coast Models Vancouver site of the 2010 Winter Olympics ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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