Subject: SMML VOL 2590 Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2004 03:34:05 +1000 SMML is proudly sponsored by SANDLE http//sandlehobbies.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- MODELLERS INDEX 1 Re shipcamouflage.com 2 Re Something hard to fit on the modelling bench 3 Re Something hard to fit on the workbench 4 PT 728 5 Re USS HOUSTON CAMOUFLAGE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TRADERS, ANNOUNCEMENTS & NOTICEBOARD INDEX 1 New Kit - Confederate Ram Arkansas in 1/96th scale ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- MODELLERS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) From "John Snyder" Subject Re shipcamouflage.com Hi Cameron, It's (hopefully) just a temporary down period. Getting the site back up requires the attention and action of our webmaster, John Sheridan. Best regards, John Snyder Snyder & Short Enterprised and White Ensign Models http//WhiteEnsignModels.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2) From "John Snyder" Subject Re Something hard to fit on the modelling bench Interesting, but hardly accurate, and not technically a USN boat anyway! PT 728 was a 70' Vosper built under license in the U.S. by the Annapolis Boat Yard for the Soviet Union. She was never transferred, and was sold in 1947. At least 3 other license-built Vospers from the same yard were completed after her, so she wasn't the last in that sense. And since there are several other real USN PTs in existence, she's hardly the last in that sense either. Standard fit for these boats would have been two torpedo tubes and four depth charges, so the "restorer" didn't get that right either! Where's truth in advertising gone to, anyway??!! ;^) If you want one in model form, get the Revell 1/72 Vosper kit, based on these boats. Best regards, John Snyder White Ensign Models http//WhiteEnsignModels.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3) From GKingzett@aol.com Subject Re Something hard to fit on the workbench Roland, It seems to me that if you could afford half a million dollars for a PT boat, you could certainly afford a bench big enough to put it on. I think the main concern ought to be, what would your wife want, just to keep things even. I didn't think there were any mink(s) that big, a Mercedes convertible is less than 1/2 a mil, with a little shopping around, and jewelry is sooo trite, unless you are Kobe Bryant's wife. Gary ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4) From "DUCKMAN" Subject PT 728 HOWDY YA'LL, I CAN'T FIND THE BOAT ON EBAY. CAN YOU PLS. GIVE THE LINK? DAVID IN DIXIE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5) From Jeffon10@cs.com Subject Re USS HOUSTON CAMOUFLAGE I submit that all nations had considerable distain with respect to the abiltiy of aircraft to target warships at sea well into 1941. Therefore, USS HOUSTON's decks probably were hollystoned natuural wood. Comments? Jeff ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- TRADERS, ANNOUNCEMENTS & NOTICEBOARD ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) From "John Harloe" Subject New Kit - Confederate Ram Arkansas in 1/96th scale The construction of the Old Steam Navy's model kit of the Confederate Ram Arkansas is unique. We used Computer Aid Design software and stereo lithography to construct her. Stereo lithography uses a laser beam, which scans at .004 of an inch, to "burn in" all the victorious detail. The grooves in the railroad iron and rivets used to build the Arkansas are clearly there in perfect sequence. The Old Steam Navy model of the Arkansas has a one-piece hull and a resin casemate. The vast majority of her other parts are spun cast in lead free pewter. No expense or detail has been left out to create a museum quality model of one of the greatest ships in American history. The Arkansas comes with a 16-page history and 7 pages of instructions, both full of photographs, drawings, and images. The Arkansas is almost 21 inches long. The kit contains over 95 separate parts; three types of cannon, and a custom made flag. Everything you see in the picture outside of the base and pedestal is included. The Arkansas was finished in Yazoo City, Mississippi. The armor that plated her sides were rows of dovetailed double thickness ordinary railroad iron collected all over the state. Only the forward and rear sections of her casemate were angled. She had a heavy iron beak on her bow for ramming. Her hull had a flat bottom Mississippi River design and she had twin screws. To conceal the Arkansas, the ship was painted a deep earth brown to match the color of the Mississippi River but every eyewitness account says she was rust colored due to the poor quality of the pigment in the Confederate paint. On July 15, 1862 the Arkansas steamed down the Yazoo River. There she fought the Tyler, the Queen of the West, and the Carondelet. She sank the Carondelet and chased the other two Union vessels down the Mississippi where she then fought her way through the entire Mississippi squadron of ships commanded by Admiral Farragut! The Arkansas fought her way past the Hartford, Iroquois, Richmond, Sumter, Louisville, Oneida, Cincinnati, Sciota, Wissahickon, Winona, Essex, Benton, and Lancaster. Such a feat is an amazing accomplishment to her construction and the bravery of her crew. The Arkansas once docked at Vicksburg was repeatedly attacked by the Union fleet; but her crew repulsed every attempt to sink her giving more than she got on each occasion. The Arkansas' 28 days of glory came to an end when her engines failed while supporting Confederate troops in the land attack on Baton Rouge. To prevent her from falling into Union hands, the Ram was run aground and burned. John Harloe Charleston Distributors See this kit on the web at www.cottage-industries.com Home of the Old Steam Navy and other Civil War models and kits ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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