Subject: SMML VOL 2580 Date: Mon, 02 Aug 2004 01:15:15 +1000 SMML is proudly sponsored by SANDLE http//sandlehobbies.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- MODELLERS INDEX 1 Re Trip to Virginia 2 they say its a tiny sub but it looks like a model 3 Re Trip to Virginia ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Model club & SMMLcon Information 1 Re SMML in Phoenix 2 SMML Phoenix Con 3 Phoenix IPMS Nats ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- MODELLERS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) From SantMin@aol.com Subject Re Trip to Virginia If you do get up to Gettysburg, a short trip north to Harrisburg, PA to another very nice American Civil War Museum. Safe trip. Bob Santos ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2) From Ned Barnett Subject they say its a tiny sub but it looks like a model http//news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3939355.stm>http//news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3939355.stm Tiny submarine makes big splash Australian researchers have built what they claim is the world's smallest submarine a 40cm-long, self-controlling submersible called Serafina. The tiny submarine, no bigger than a toy, can dive to around 5,000 metres (16,500 feet), turn, somersault and perform a range of scientific tasks. Its designers say the Serafina could be used in shipwreck recovery, in search and rescue and may have military uses. The Serafina has a plastic hull, five propellers and rechargeable batteries. Being small, for a submersible, is not only a very good thing to have but is actually a very excellent thing Dr Uwe Zimmer It can travel at the relatively fast underwater speed of one metre per second, equivalent to walking pace, and can hover, tilt and right itself if overturned. Dr Uwe Zimmer said his department of systems engineering team at Canberra's Australian National University had refined the design so the submersibles could be produced relatively cheaply, starting at about A$1,000 (US$700) each. Its development and production costs were a tiny fraction of what autonomous submersibles usually cost. "Being small, for a submersible, is not only a very good thing to have but is actually a very excellent thing," Dr Zimmer said. "To handle a fully-blown autonomous submersible, you need to have a crane, you need to have a specialised boat, you need to have a calm sea, you need to have a full crew on the sea to operate the vehicle. "This is a big improvement." Dr Zimmer added that the Serafina's small size made it much easier to pressurise than larger submersibles. The only possible problem with the submarine's size, is that it could possibly be eaten by an aquatic creature. It can be programmed in advance and last on a mission, with its current battery capacity, for up to a day. Story from BBC NEWS http//news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/science/nature/3939355.stm Ned Barnett ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3) From SANDYMOOR@aol.com Subject Re Trip to Virginia Hi David, I'm not sure if you received my email last week, so in case you didn't, heres a part of it regarding your trip to Virginia. Hope you have a nice time, and remember Virginia is hot and HUMID in August. So bring comfortable, cool clothes! ...I saw your post on SMML tonight. I live in the Norfolk-Newport News (southeastern) part of Virginia. If you're interested in Civil War history as I am, you'd enjoy the Mariners Museum- http//www.mariner.org/ -in Newport News. They have the turret of the USS Monitor along with quite a number of artifacts from it's on going recovery and restoration. There is also some items from CSS Virginia. In near by Portsmouth is a very small museum, The Naval Yard Museum, about a mile from where CSS Virginia was built from the scuttled USS Merrimac. They have a piece of Virginia's armor plate and several plates from CSS Albemarle. From my house I can take Interstate 664 across the Monitor-Merrimac (no kidding!) Bridge Tunnel to Newport News. This aptly named bridge goes right over the site of the famous ironclads battle. A little further west (about 1 1/2 to 2 hours drive time) from N/News is the capital of Virginia, Richmond. In Richmond is the Museum of the Confederacy. A mecca for all us 'Southern Boys'. No finer exhibit of Southern Civil War artifacts in the USA- CSS Virginia's prop shaft, Gen Lee's uniform, saddle, personal camp gear, Jeb Stuart's plumed hat and 'shotgun' pistol, etc, etc, and etc! Also in the Richmond area in the Cold Harbor battlefield, Drewey's Bluff, etc. In Norfolk is Nauticus, a museum with some civil war displays, modern ocean related inter-active displays AND the battleship USS Wisconsin moored next to it. At this you can only tour the main deck, but it is an awsome ship to walk on. If you need anymore information, please don't hesitate to ask. If our scheduals coincide and if you'd like, I'd be glad to meet you at one of the locations and show you folks around. It doesn't take much to talk me into a museum trip! I'll be gone roughly the middle of August for a week. Best regards, Sandy Moorman ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Model club & SMMLcon Information ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) From BRADFORD CHAUCER Subject Re SMML in Phoenix Afraid I won't be making it either. The big news in my life is that I am moving from Connecticut to Noeth Carolina, and am starting the process of moving my stuff down. Trips for me in the forseeable future are between CT and NC. OTOH Next year in Atlanta will be a hop and a skip Regards, Bradford Chaucer ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2) From "William B Luther" Subject SMML Phoenix Con Fellow SMML'ies, The votes are in and counted. The "official" SMML Luncheon Meeting will be held on Thursday at noon. I have a friend in Phoenix scouting for a suitable restaurant within walking distance of the convention. If we find one soon enough I'll post the location before I leave for Phoenix on Wednesday. Check in at the Loose Cannon/SMML table when you arrive to verify the location. See you there, Bill Luther ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3) From Henry Blecha Subject Phoenix IPMS Nats Bill Thanks for the reminder. I will be arriving Wed afternoon and Sat is a bit busy. I'll vote for Thursday. Henry Blecha ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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