Subject: SMML VOL 2765 Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 01:57:13 +1100 The Ship Modelling Mailing List (SMML) is proudly sponsored by SANDLE http//sandlehobbies.com For infomation on how to Post to SMML and Unsubscribe from SMML http//smmlonline.com/aboutsmml/rules.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- MODELLERS INDEX 1 Can anyone in LA Help Please! 2 Re Imai Susquehanna 3 Re BB 55 NC teak deck 4 Pyro Blockade Runner Kit ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- MODELLERS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) From "lamkeel" Subject Can anyone in LA Help Please! Can anyone residing in LA help solve a problem for a friend of mine. David wishes to model the Tug "Angels Gate" moored at the Los Angeles Maritime Museum. Built in 1944 for the ATS as ST 695, later LAHD #10. He is looking for original drawings, some phototographs of one of those units in wartime service, and a couple of rolls of film of her, as she is now. In return, I will provide, free of charge, a full set of any of my drawings as shown on www.john-lambert-plans.com I understand that the museum has proved to be less than helpful. Thanking you in anticipation. Yours "Aye" John ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2) From David Wells Subject Re Imai Susquehanna Joel Labow wrote >> You are probably referring to the Imai USS Susquehanna in 1/150 scale...a very nice kit comparable in detil to the Revell Kearsarge. I believe they are out of production but occasionally crop up on eBay. << I know that Monogram once issued a kit of the Susquehanna, (kit 3702} said to be in 1/120 scale. I don't know if this is from the same mold as the Imai kit, or if it is something from Otaki. I'm pretty sure it's not a Monogram original mold. "There seems to be something wrong | David R. Wells with our bloody ships today" | Adm. D. Beatty, May 31, 1916 | http//home.att.net/~WellsBrothers/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3) From "keith bender" Subject Re BB 55 NC teak deck Hi SMMLies, I done the same thing for two large Missouri models 1192. I had a large piece of deck and made the mounting keel blocks for each model. Keith ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4) From Edwparent@aol.com Subject Pyro Blockade Runner Kit I just finished modeling this kit from an old box that was in someone's attic. It was marked CIVIL WAR Blockade Runner Number 375-2.98. A yellowed flyer inside the kit box announced that it was a 19 inch model. and the price (1947?) was $2.98! The molding quality is superb. It is in 1/144 scale and matches the appearance of USS Harriet Lane perfectly. On the box it says "The ship Model you can build with this kit is so authentic that it has been placed on permanent display in the Ship Model Collection at the United States Coast Guard Academy, New London, Connecticut." Maybe I shouldn't have built the model. It might have been more valuable left in the box! Ed Parent (Civil War Enthusiast) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the SMML site for the List Rules, Reviews, Articles, Backissues, Member's models & Reference Pictures at http//smmlonline.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Volume