Subject: SMML VOL 2861 Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2005 23:55:26 +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 Royal Navy EW Aerials 2 Art Herrick please contact me 3 Flags for the Tamiya 1/350 King George V 4 Re George Peat BEM ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- MODELLERS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) From Subject Royal Navy EW Aerials Does anyone know a reference for the ESM and ECM aerials fitted to RN ships in the 70’s and 80’s? I have tried HMS Collingwood museum but am getting no response. I am particularly looking for pictures and information on the “Cotton Reels” mounted on the foremast of the Leander Class which I think are part of the ESM gear and the Horn aerial turrets which are probably 667 jammers. I am also keen to get any information on the short lived missile decoy system fitted to the Ikara conversions but later removed. This was an oval radome aerial at the peak of the pole mast above the foremast. Memory may be playing me false but I believe it was designated 695 and was designed to project a ghost radar image of the ship. The system was removed soon after installation and replaced with a single “Christmas Tree” UHF aerial. Any Gollies out there can help me? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2) From Steve Singlar Subject Art Herrick please contact me Hello Art, Please contact me off net about our ship model discussion. I was unable to make a connection with your e-mail account. Thanks, Steve Pelham, NH ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3) From Matthew Subject Flags for the Tamiya 1/350 King George V Good day, Looking at http//www.modelflags.com they have cotton flags, but not sure which sets to get. Anyone have experience with this? Do they look good? Noticed that they have depth markings, did KGV have these in 1945? This is what I got from with regards to depth markings >> As regards Depth Markings we do have a new range of Hull Markings which are now available even though not yet shown on our website. Details are as follows......... HULL MARKINGS (See "New Products" Attachment) Hull Depth Markings, Plimsoll Lines, Bow Thrusters & Bulbous Bow markings printed on Transparent Vinyl. Available in 16 different packs Type Imperial or Metric Colour Black or White Scale........Height (of Depth Marking Characters) 148.......... 3mm 172.......... 2mm 196....... 1.5mm 1128........ 1mm Price 3.40 UK Pounds per pack. TO ORDER Email us - Product Name, Type, Colour, Scale VALUE ADDED TAX Orders to the UK and other EU destinations subject to an additional 17.5% Value Added Tax. POSTAGE & HANDLING 2.95 UK Pounds per order CURRENCY CONVERTER If you wish to obtain an "indication" of these prices in your own currency there is a user-friendly Currency Converter on our online Price List page. HOW TO ORDER Simply email us at ModelFlags@aol.com with the "TO ORDER" information shown above against each product and we shall revert with confirmation of the total price and instructions how to pay online without having to go through our online shop ... OR ... telephone us on 020 8777 8191 (International +44 20 8777 8191) ... OR .... email us your telephone number and we shall call you. Kind Regards Brian ModelFlags.com << Many thanks, Matt ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4) From Paul Jordan Subject Re George Peat BEM I was deeply saddened to hear of George Peat's passing. It came as even more of a shock since I was currently in contact with him and had arranged to phone him at home in Scotland to thank him personally for all the help he had recently given me on my "H.M.S. Ross" project. George had gone to the Glasgow Museum of Transportation and taken a whole slew of pictures for me so I could get better reference for the model I am building. These great pictures arrived by email only three weeks ago. George's phone number is sitting here on my desk and I was to phone him in Loanhead to thank him. I'm broad sheeting this email so everyone knows how incredibly helpful and what an inspiration George was to me. When the revolutionary new technology of the Internet arrived, he was one the first ship modelers to go online and reach out to other modelers around the world, assisting them in any way he could. Whether it was a modeling question or a detailing question about an actual ship, George was an endless source of information. He was part of one of the very first internet advisory groups on model ships and was tremendously effective in assisting experienced modelers and beginners alike, between whom he made absolutely no distinction. As a beginner, I knew that whenever I needed ANY information on ship modeling or prototype information, I could always email George and there would be a detailed reply in my inbox within hours. We first met online when I expressed my interest in "Director" Class paddle tugs and he immediately sent me a series of photos he had taken at Roseath of the very last example before it was scrapped at Roseath. George had already built a model of these Royal Navy paddle tugs and we exchanged many emails on the subject of the "Directors", the last paddle tugs ever made. George sometimes sent me pictures of his own models of which he was justifiably proud. One of his "classics" was the 1/72 Revell Flower Class Corvette kit adapted so effectively to the famous ocean tug "Sudbury" based right here in Victoria, British Columbia. Thankfully details of that conversion have been preserved on the internet at Bob Pearson's web site where thousands of modelers around the world have admired the model and the article which accompanies it. It can be found at http//www.cbrnp.com/RNP/Flower/MODELS/Sudbury/Sudbury.htm George also maintained his association with Canada when he converted the same Revell kit to the Canadian Flower class short fo'c'sle Corvette "Agassiz". Once again this excellent article has been preserved with Bob Pearson at http//www.cbrnp.com/RNP/Flower/MODELS/Agassiz/Agassiz.htm George recently sent me photos of his latest model of USS "John D. Ford", once again in the 1/72 scale he loved to model in. He was Secretary of the Task Force 72 Scale Model Ship Association in the UK and had also been very active for many years in the Surface Warship Association and was the Editor of their Newsletter, "Quarter Deck". So, George, on behalf of all those of us you have helped and the thousands you've touched through the internet, I want to say "Thank you, old Friend". Thank you for sharing your lifetime of knowledge and experience with us and for inspiring us with your enthusiasm for the model ships you love so much. It has been a privilege knowing you and I will miss you greatly. My deepest condolences go out to Gary and members of George's family. Paul Jordan Moderator "Paddleducks" Victoria, British Columbia, Canada ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the SMML site for the List Rules, Reviews, Articles, Backissues, Member's models & Reference Pictures at http//smmlonline.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Volume