Subject: SMML VOL 2681 Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2004 02:18:07 +1100 SMML is proudly sponsored by SANDLE http//sandlehobbies.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- MODELLERS INDEX 1 Color matching 2 Re USS Nimitz rudders 3 WW 2 National emblems ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- MODELLERS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) From DD Subject Color matching Hello SMMLers, Here in Italy are unavailable Model Master Marine series acrylics.I,m especially looking for Kure Navy Yard Gray. Do you know matching colors of other manufacturers? Here are available Tamyia, Gunze Sangyo. Salute Damian Pliszka Slupsk, Poland (temporary Trento, Italy) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2) From "Ed Wandall, Aviation Research Group/US" Subject Re USS Nimitz rudders >> Forrestal and Saratoga have three. Do you know where the third one is located? << Okay, Keith, I will bite! On CV-59, the third rudder is in Newport R.I., still welded in place as part of the keel, under the carrier. Ed Wandall ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3) From Fkbrown90@aol.com Subject WW 2 National emblems Can any SMML people please explain the significance of the two flags used by Japan in WW 2 ? One was simply a large red disk on a plain white background. The other was similar, except it had "rays" extending outward from the disk, giving rise to the phrase "Land of the Rising Sun". I seem to recall seeing both used on Japanese ships, but I don't remember if they were both used on naval vessels, both used on civilian craft, or if there was a regulation governing the style. Nazi Germany had an optional use of its swastika. One application had the various straight lines oriented either horizontally or vertically, as the case may be. In other instances all the lines made an angle of 45 degrees with horizontal or vertical. The swastika was used not only on flags, but as a sort of logo on a wide variety of symbols. This curious mind would like to know what determined the use of one arrangement or of the other. Franklyn ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the SMML site for the List Rules, Reviews, Articles, Backissues, Member's models & reference pictures at http//smmlonline.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Volume