Subject: SMML VOL 2644 Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 04:47:41 +1000 SMML is proudly sponsored by SANDLE http//sandlehobbies.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- MODELLERS INDEX 1 Need some help 2 Looking for Felix 3 Queen Mary II or Second? 4 Monitor HMS Erebus 1944 5 How long is a plank? 6 Looking for small props 7 Trumpeter Essex 8 Sea Shadow 9 Wingy-thingy newsletter 10 Duct tape residue 11 Re Graf Spee 12 Graf Spee, oil, fuel and like that ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- MODELLERS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) From "Matthew Prager" Subject Need some help I am looking for a SMMLie in Japan that might be able to help me. There is a model kit I'd like to acquire that is made by Tokiwa Aircraft Create (TAC), but they do not ship orders outside of Japan. I was wondering if there is a list member in Japan that would be willing to have the kit shipped to them and then forward it to me in the US. I'll gladly compensate you for the help. Thanks, Matt Prager, Ingleside, Texas, USA ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2) From shaya novak Subject Looking for Felix Felix call me 5156-569-7115 The Captain at - Totalnavy.com www.totalnavy.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3) From "Bruno Gire" Subject Queen Mary II or Second? >> I`ve been wondering about the Queen Mary II and I think that the builders/designers/owners have forgotten the rules about naming ships. .......... After all, the `Queen Elizabeths` had persons as precedent, and the King George V (both of them) weren`t the fifth ships in the series. << Chris, you're perfectly right! When I visited the Saint Nazaire Yard, two months before Queen Mary 2 departure, I remember reading a text which clearly explained this the roman numbering (II) is only for the real King/ Queen (Henry V, Elizabeth II,etc.). The common numbering (1,2, etc) is for ships. So we've to name this ship Queen Mary 2 and NOT Queen Mary II. This is NOT a builder/designer/owner mistake those were right. Just a press and people mis spelling. Not convinced at all ? Look at this website http//www.worldshipny.com/qm2pt1.htm The poop bears Queen Mary 2 - Southampton Bruno Gire ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4) From Maarten Schönfeld Subject Monitor HMS Erebus 1944 Hello All, It came into my mind to attempt to model HMS Erebus, a WW1 monitor of the Royal Navy, and to convert this from the yet to be released HMS Abercrombie which has been announced by WEM (1350). I want to build her in the configuration of August - September 1944, when she shelled Le Havre day after day. Can anybody help me with plans, colour scheme and if possible pictures of this ship in that era? I already have some b/w pictures of the starboard side, but the port side is still unknown to me, and so are the colours used.. Thanks in advance! Maarten Schönfeld ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5) From Keith Butterley Subject How long is a plank? Hi, More specifically, how long would a typical deck plank be on the Prinz Eugen? If not does anybody have any idea what the standard length of a plank would be? What does that equate to in 600 scale? TIA Keith Butterley ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6) From "Bill Michaels" Subject Looking for small props I'm looking for a source of small props, for us in converting the Trumpeter 1/35 scale LCM into a RC model. Ideally, I'd like small plastic or nylon props, 3 or 4 bladed, in the 3/4 to 1 inch size range. Anyone know of a source for such items? The traditional RC suppliers don't carry props that small. Anyone have a pair of props from the Lindberg Blue Devil they's be willing to part with? Bill ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7) From "Janine Crick" Subject Trumpeter Essex Hi, I would like some help with the Trumperter Essex. On the port side aft of the midship elevator is the whale boat, the kit has it sitting on part A15 (which is a small deck). But in all the books I have it appears to be hanging from the flight deck overhang. Is this correct? Also I'm using the Toms Modelworks set and would to know how many and where the 5in shell fuse setting racks go. The instructions say on part G7 but once again my books don't show me where. And my 2 cents the Trumperter Nimitz is nowhere near as good as their first releases because of the lack of hanger deck bulkheads. Last for Roger Pearson - I think Fleetline Models was doing a WWII Sydney. Thank You. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8) From andrew jones Subject Sea Shadow Hi there quick question Hopefully doing the revell Sea Shadow I was thinking of doing her tied up to a pier... but looks like when she gets tied up, she gets tied up to some sort of floating "hanger". There is a photo ia the Global Security web site http//www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/images/SeaShadow-small.jpg ... now there appears to be some sort of pole , what appears to be at the back of the ship..do you think this is placed down its stern roof access hatch, or do you think its just something attached to the "hanger" Also appears that the ship had 2 different styles of radar mounted towards the back..is this correct? Also the radar could hide away inside the ship to keep its stealth lines the hanger is actually HMB-1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9) From "donaldpmorgan@juno.com" Subject Wingy-thingy newsletter Can anyone tell me if a wingy-thingy newsletter similar to the SMML newsletter exists, and if so, can provide the e-mail address?? I am searching for a particular model kit which I believe, is now out of production. Please reply to donaldpmorgan@juno.com Don Morgan ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10) From Fkbrown90@aol.com Subject Duct tape residue I would appreciate it if SMML could please suggest a solvent for removing duct tape adhesive residue from ordinary house vinyl siding. Thank you. Franklyn ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11) From Sab1156@aol.com Subject Re Graf Spee Greetings to all, As mentioned in an earlier letter,The Graf Spee hat no damage to the fuel tanks,but received a hit in the drinking-water tank.In order to repair the damage,she had to go into the Rio de la Plata. Best Regards Detlef Hartwig ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12) From "Jim Johnson" Subject Graf Spee, oil, fuel and like that Having served in the US Navy as a Machinist Mate (we took care of the main engines and auxiliaries. What people think of as machinists were Machinery Repairman.) and having worked in an oil refinery for 30 years, I feel I can shed some light on the recently discussed issue of the Graf Spee. The Graf Spee ran on diesel fuel since it was a diesel powered ship. Diesel fuel is kerosene which is the basis of jet fuel. It needs to be clean to be run in any engine, but not pristine. There would be a filter in front of the injector pump on the engine, but nothing fancy. Standard practice would be to include a filter by-pass incase the filter was inoperable. Running dirty fuel is to be avoided, but is not fatal to an engine in the short run. Diesel fuel could be made from bunker oil, but not at sea. The mechanism that would be required would take up all the space for ammunition and other essentials. We made diesel (as well as other products) by heating the oil up to 1200 deg F and mixing it with a fluidized catalyst bed. We also cracked oil by heating it to 800 Deg F and pressurizing it to 2800 psi. Neither of these would work in a ship. The fuel had to be taken on board as diesel fuel. Early in the war, the fuel was pure and only what it picked up while stored in the ships tanks had to be filtered out. This was practically nothing and would not have prevented the ship from sailing for as long as the fuel lasted. The lube oil purifier was an essential part of any ships main engine. It was a centrifugal separator that spun the lube oil. The heavier parts (water and debris ) were thrown to the outside and the oil would be skimed from the inside. They worked the same way as a cream seperator. As a matter of fact, some of the USN oil purifiers were made by a company that also makes cream seperators. A diesel engine fowls it's lube oil faster than a steam plant. This is due mainly to blow-by. Combustion gases get past the piston rings and contaminate the oil. The standard procedure was to run the lubo oil purifiers for 12 hours a day on a steam plant and continiously on a diesel plant. If the lube oil purifyer was OOC (Out Of Comission), they could have run the engines. It may have caused an overhaul of the engines sooner but they would have run just fine. Saying that the Graf Spee was scuttled because the lube plant was OOC is like driving your year old car to the junk yard because you went over the oil change interval by a few miles. Jim Johnson MM2 (ret) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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