Subject: SMML VOL 2848 Date: Thu, 02 Jun 2005 11:59:17 +1000 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 Shipping a Model ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Model club & SMMLcon Information 1 Small Warship Group ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- MODELLERS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) From Subject Shipping a Model Hello all stations, I read an article some years back about an American builder that moved a model ship coast to coast in a novel way. He built a special container of pine, matt board and soft foam. The foam conformed to the ship’s superstructure and hull. He booked an airline flight from the U S east coast to the west coast. I think it was in conjunction with a naval ceremony. But he purchased TWO seats side by side, he sat in one seat and the ship model took up the other. Of course this was before Sept 11 but he reported that his USS BUNKER HILL model arrived without even losing an antenna. And I believe he came back the same way. The model was about 4 feet long if I recall and was expertly built, with a fine degree of detail. Oh it was radio controlled too! M J Maynard USCG(Ret) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Model club & SMMLcon Information ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) From brownatfareham@surefish.co.uk Subject Small Warship Group Our website (www.smallwarshipgroup.org.uk) was updated on June 1st with issue 53 of our magazine Escort. This features an article on how to convert the old Revell PT boat into an accurate representation of PT109, as skippered by JFK. If you would like to receive this issue or any of the past issues, all are available in pdf format. Just drop me an e-mail. Regards Les Brown (brownatfareham@surefish.co.uk) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the SMML site for the List Rules, Reviews, Articles, Backissues, Member's models & Reference Pictures at http//smmlonline.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Volume