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Newsletter Volume 42, Number 11, Nov Newsletter Volume 42, Number 11, Nov. 2015 Contacts Work in Progress President: Bill Schultheis (714) 366-7602 October 21, 2015 E-Mail: [email protected] Reporter: Bill Schultheis Vice President: Don Dressel (909) 949-6931 AUCTION MONTH E-Mail: [email protected] Secretary: Paul Payne A reminder to everyone in the SMA that this (310) 544-1461 month is auction month, so there is not need to Treasurer: Larry Van Es bring your ship models, BUT you may bring (714) 936-0389 nautical items, kits, tools books, plans and other E-Mail: [email protected] things of interest for your fellow ship modelers. Editor, Don Dressel (909) 949-6931 The October meeting of the SMA was 908 W. 22nd Street surprised to see your editor, Don Dressel, Upland, CA 91784-1229 E-mail: [email protected] attending the meeting, as he was planning to Web Manager: Doug Tolbert: attend the NRG Conference in Mystic. Due to a (949) 644-5416 medical emergency, this was not to be, so Don did Web Site attend the meeting. However, we were also www.shipmodelersassociation.org missing Dave Yotter, your intrepid reporter, who did attend the SMA meeting. In his stead, Bill Meeting – Wed., Nov. 18, 7 PM, Schultheis was kind enough to fill in – Thanks Bill. Red Cross Building, 1207 N. Lemon, Fullerton, CA. 92832 Despite the NRG Conference, there was a good attendance of over 28 SMA members at the Officers meeting –Wed., Dec. 2, 2015, 7 PM, Bob Beech’s house, meeting on this balmy fall day in “sunny” 130 Clove Pl., Brea, CA. 92821 – California. (714) 529-1481. French warship Le Hussard – John Bakker John Bakker opened the evening presentations with his 1:150 scale model of the French warship Le Hussard, a kit by Artesania Latina. Your editor 1 tried to find the Artesania Latina kit model on the internet, but failed. John obtained the kit from one of the SMA auctions of the past. It may no longer be produced by Artesania Latina. As is usual with many of John’s models, he did not rig the model but cased it as a hull model only. John started work on the model only a month ago and in that short time has completed the hull and cased the model! He did not mention the actual hours he spent building the model. John also built the case for the model. The Le Hussard was built for the French Navy in 1815 and was noted for having two rotating guns, fore and aft, with removable bulwarks so she could fight without the necessity of maneuvering for position. She was considered the prototype for modern gunships with rotating turrets. She was a fast sailer in all weather conditions and thus was used as a scout and as a supplier to the fleet. The Well Smack Emma C. Berry – John Bakker John Bakker came back with an encore in the Model Shipways 1:32 scale Emma C. Berry. The kit was his first attempt at plank-on-frame construction. John intended this kit model build as a learning experience to prepare him to build the Galley Washington – 1776 from plans provided by the Nautical Research Guild (see comments in the Mayflower Group report). The Emma C. Berry was launched June 5, 1866. She was operated for 28 years as a sloop-rigged well smack transporting live mackerel to market. She was converted to a schooner sometime prior to 1890 when she was registered in the fishery and coastal trades. Thirty years later she was abandoned as worn out. She then served as a coaster until 1931 when F. Dale purchased her and used has as a yacht. He presented her to the Marine Historical Association in Mystic, Connecticut, 2 where she was reworked from 1969-1971 and again in 1987-1988. She can be seen at Mystic Seaport today. Stouffer’s Lasagna Box Fishing Vessel Nordkap 476 – Burt Goldstein. Burt brought in his Stouffer Lasagna Box paper model built on a Billing Boats set of plans. He had this model in last month and now it is completed. All the particulars in last month’s newsletter still stand. This month we were treated to a finished, whimsical model built with household items. The mast is a combination of a straw, rolled newspaper, and a toothpick. An interesting and quite convincing pair of life rafts was made from articulated straws and life preservers from a syringe cap. Also, the light stanchions are bent pins, the flagstaff if spaghetti, etc. “Mark Twain” Riverboat – Burt Goldstein After adding two decks, smoke stacks and rigging, Burt brought his finished “Mark Twain” riverboat to the October meeting. It is a cardstock model depicting the riverboat in Frontier land at Anaheim’s Disneyland. You can make a print of the model parts and instructions by visiting www.dinseylandexperience.com and downloading the files (free). The detail is amazing and the model holds its own with any other type of model. The riverboat has three decks, 12 stairwells, as well as the control room and anything else you can see on the actual boat (at Disneyland). It took Burt 6 weeks at 5 hours a day to complete this model and he recommends the use of a VERY sharp X-Acto knife, as some parts are a fraction of a millimeter in size. 3 Bill indicated that he would surely be downloading the model as well as half the SMA members IF he can trust the comments he heard at the meeting. Mariner 35 – Crawford Westering Crawford brought a model in he made in the ‘70’s of a ketch he owned back in 1964. The model was built to ½” scale. The model was of a handsome ketch with a clipper stem and a wine-glass stern. The hull was originally built in Japan as a plank-on-frame model. Someone took a mold and made some fiberglass hulls and Crawford brought on of these fiberglass hulls for $25.00. He then built the rails, deck, and hatches from teak. He used creative methods using jewelry stone and beads to make the lights and bullet shells for the mast caps. Rigging is stainless steel line used for fishing line that Crawford purchased. During the question and answer period it was mentioned that one of the nice things about a ketch is that the mizzen can take the place of the rudder if the rudder is disabled. As I remember, Crawford’s inspiration was the real ketch that he owned. USS Pennsylvania conning tower 1941 – Sean Fallesen Sean brought in the conning tower parts in 1:350 and 1:700 for the USS Pennsylvania (BB-38). These were 3-D plastic printed parts (in two scales) from Model Monkey. Sean wanted to convert the USS Arizona kit to the USS Pennsylvania. The detail on the parts he showed is incredible as the finest details are there without being enlarged out of scale. This detail would be nearly impossible to achieve by hand-building and the interiors are accurate to boot! 4 The timeline on these parts started when someone (including Sean) showed interest in the USS Pennsylvania parts. It took two weeks from the idea being discussed resulting in an order for the parts and another two week delivery time. The process is for a designer to send CAD files of the parts to Shapeways and they manufacture and ship the parts via Model Monkey. Sean now has the necessary materials to confidently convert the kit model of the USS Arizona to an accurate model of the USS Pennsylvania. We look forward to the results of Sean’s efforts, which will be exemplary. Smuggler – John Simmons John brought in his Smuggler from Model Shipways, in 1:72 scale, which was a solid hull kit that he planked as practice in preparation for a build of a plank-on-frame model. He says his big mistake was putting a smooth finish on the planking since all of that work is totally unnoticeable after painting the hull. It looks like John is ready to build his plank-on-frame model. I, for one, can’t wait to see it when he brings it in. You go, John. Monterrey Clippers - David T. Okamura David brought in his finished Monterrey Clippers built on Dennis Ivison hulls. We have seen these models in many stages of completion and this time the outriggers are attached. The outriggers are very convincing, made of two sizes of very fine tubing topped off with a length of music wire. The models were painted by Kevin Spady for his model railroad modules. David will still add some rigging and a few details, then they will be finished. Most likely we 5 won’t be seeing them again unless we go to a model railroad convention and catch them there. San Felipe – Don Dressel Don brought in his 1:112 scale San Felipe to try and convince the SMA membership that it “pays to enter a ship model in the ORANGECON, sponsored by IPMS Orange County. The model won first place in her category despite the fact that it was a wooden ship model judged by plastic modelers. Perhaps next year more SMA members will enter their models to support the IPMS Orange County IPMS modelers. At least, that is the hope. The ship model itself has an interesting history. A very popular model, originally a kit model by Mantua/Panart in 1:75 scale, it is claimed by Mantua that the model is based on a ship built for the king of Spain in 1690.
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