Subject: SMML Vol 3122 Date: 1 May 2006 20:35:45 -0000 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: Re Airfix Forum 2: Re s/s United States 3: Re Airfix Forum 4: Re s/s United States ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- MODELLERS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) From: Matt Subject: Re Airfix Forum Already done, forgot to check the obvious as I had already had it bookmarked http//gregers.7.forumer.com/index.php Matt einar kr holtet wrote > The Airfix Forum > > For Roger Pearson, may be we could share ideas still, despite the "axing". > Let us re-establish a group of Airfix enthusiasts and get ahead .. > > Einar Kr. Holtet > Oslo ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2) From: Jodie Peeler Subject: Re s/s United States hello all -- John Emery wrote > That is great stuff about the United States; more please. May I > repost it on LinersList@yahoogroups.com, or better yet will you? > That is another group that I can recommend to you, Cap'n Randy, and > anyone else interested in Ocean Liners in all their various forms. It's fine by me if you share it -- but I'd appreciate it if you'd add the caveat that the 42+ knot speed was (IIRC) only for a brief period. According to my sources, the highest recorded sustained speed she recorded was 38.32 knots, during builder's trials in June 1952. I doubt they'd have wanted to run her at full-bore speed for very long, for obvious reasons. The actual highest speed the Big U achieved has been a matter of some controversy, and somehow I suspect that it'll spark some on the Liners List too. It always seems to do so in maritime circles. ) jodie ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3) From: "einar kr holtet" Subject: Re Airfix Forum Hi Matt Have checked it out - the Airfix forum does'nt seem to contain much for ship modellers, though .... Einar -----Opprinnelig melding----- Fra smmlonline@yahoogroups.com [mailtosmmlonline@yahoogroups.com] På vegne av Matt Emne Re [SMML] Airfix Forum Already done, forgot to check the obvious as I had already had it bookmarked http//gregers.7.forumer.com/index.php Matt ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4) From: John Sweetman Subject: Re s/s United States Dear Folks, United States was driven by steam turbines, which by introducing the steam higher up the steam system (some engineer will probably shoot me down in flames here!) for a short period can increase speed dramatically, under optimum conditions at the expense of a huge increase in fuel consumption. My self as a very junior officer on the Windsor Castle Acheived 28 kts over designed 22.5, for 3 hours answering a mayday off South Africa at a cost (if memory serves me of a 40% increase in consumption over the period. So yes high speeds = high Fuel cons= big bucks. They don't happen very often1 Unfortunately1 Best regards John Sweetman Jodie Peeler wrote hello all -- John Emery wrote > That is great stuff about the United States; more please. May I > repost it on LinersList@yahoogroups.com, or better yet will you? > That is another group that I can recommend to you, Cap'n Randy, and > anyone else interested in Ocean Liners in all their various forms. It's fine by me if you share it -- but I'd appreciate it if you'd add the caveat that the 42+ knot speed was (IIRC) only for a brief period. According to my sources, the highest recorded sustained speed she recorded was 38.32 knots, during builder's trials in June 1952. I doubt they'd have wanted to run her at full-bore speed for very long, for obvious reasons. The actual highest speed the Big U achieved has been a matter of some controversy, and somehow I suspect that it'll spark some on the Liners List too. It always seems to do so in maritime circles. ) jodie ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the SMML site for the List Rules, Reviews, Articles, Backissues, Member's models & Reference Pictures at http//smmlonline.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Volume