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θωερτψυιοπασδφγηϕκλζξχϖβνµθωερτψυι οπασδφγηϕκλζξχϖβνµθωερτψυιοπασδφγη ϕκλζξχϖβνµθωερτψυιοπασδφγηϕκλζξχϖβ νµθωερτψυιοπασδφγηϕκλζξχϖβνµθωερτψ υιοπασδφγηϕκλζξχϖβνµθωερτψυιοπασδφ γηϕκτψυιοπασδφγηϕκλζξχϖβνµθωερτψυι οπασδφγηϕκλζξχϖβνµθωερτψυιοπασδφγη ϕκλζξχϖβνµθωερτψυιοπασδφγηϕκλζξχϖβSMA SMA νµθωερτψυιοπασδφγηϕκλζξχϖβνµθωερτψ υιοπασδφγηϕκλζξχϖβνNewsletterNewsletterµθωερτψυιοπασδφ γηϕκλζξχϖβνVolume 47, Number 6, June 2020µθωερτψυιοπασδφγηϕκλζξχ ϖβνµθωερτψυιοπασδφγηϕκλζξχϖβν µθωε ρτψυιοπασδφγηϕκλζξχϖβνµρτψυιοπασδφ γηϕκλζξχϖβνµθωερτψυιοπασδφγηϕκλζξχContacts President: Jean-Philippe Dal Gobbe – [email protected] ϖβνµθωερτψυιοπασδφγηϕκλζξχϖβνVice President: Brian Stein – [email protected] µθωε Secretary: Paul Payne: (310) 544-1461 ρτψυιοπασδφγηϕκλζξχϖβνTreasurer: Larry Van Es: (714) 936-0389 – [email protected]µθωερτψυ ιοπα Editor: Don Dressel: (909) 949-6931 – [email protected]. Web Manager: Doug Tolbert: (949) 644-5416 σδφγηϕκλζξχϖβνSMA mail address: 21520 Yorba Linda Blvd, Suite G234, Yorba Linda, Ca. µθωερτψυιοπασδφγηϕκλ 92887 ζξχϖβνµθωερτψυιοπασδφγηϕκλζξχϖβνwww.shipmodelersassociation.org. µθ Meeting – Wed., ? , 7 PM, Red Cross Building, 1207 N. Lemon, ωερτψυιοπασδφγηϕκλζξχϖβνFullerton, CA. 92832 µθωερτψυιο πασδφγηϕκλζξχϖβνµθωερτψυιοπασδφγηϕ κλζξχϖβνµθωερτψυιοπασδφγηϕκλζξχϖβν µθωερτψυιοπασδφγηϕκλζξχϖβν µθωερτψυ1 ιοπασδφγηϕκλζξχϖβνµρτψυιοπασδφγηϕκ λζξχϖβνµθωερτψυιοπασδφγηϕκλζξχϖβνµ Corona Virus Cancellation of SMA Meetings As everyone in the SMA is aware of at this time, the SMA Meetings for May have been cancelled. It is hoped that the current situation improves in the next few months and that we will be able to conduct our ship modeling club meetings once again. The Mayflower Group meetings have also been cancelled for the same reason. Your editor has made an effort to contact some of the SMA members asking for information on the progress of their ship modeling efforts, with only a few responses indicated here. If any other SMA club member wishes to let his fellow modelers know what progress he/she is making on their current project, please let your editor know by furnishing him with the information. Bob Zmuda Bob is working on a 1:700 scale trumpeter waterline model shown in the photo to the left. It is very small but that appears to be the type of model that Bob prefers. He originally wanted to purchase a model of the USS Texas but Brookhurst Hobbies did not have that model, so he bought the USS New York instead due to the fact that he wanted to help the hobby shop out. The USS New York was first in the ‘New York’ class of US Navy battleships, laid down at Brooklyn shipyard in 1911, launched in 1912, commissioned in 1914 and was the first ship to be equipped with 14-inch guns. In 1917 USS New York was assigned to British waters and assisted the British Grand Fleet, being mainly responsible for blockade and escort missions. After the World War I she returned to training and participated in various problem-solving exercises, being modernized in 1926. Until Pearl Harbor, the US had maintained neutrality in WW II with USS New York on Atlantic neutral patrols. After the US declared war on Japan, USS New York operated in North Africa (Operation ‘Torch”) and spent time protecting the North Atlantic and Mediterranean convoys. In 1945 USS New York transferred to the Pacific Fleet and participated in the battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa. During the battle USS New York received minor damage in a kamikaze attack. After the war USS New York took part in Operation ‘Magic Carpet’, the repatriation of US military Personnel from overseas theaters of war. In 1946 USS New York 2 was used in Operation ‘Crossroads’ as a target for atomic tests, remaining afloat but was eventually sunk in 1948 following use in target practice by other navy ships and aircraft. Bob’s plastic model warship consists of many tiny plastic parts. There is a tiny little searchlight (see photos below) and an AA gun that is actually made of four pieces. Bob Penikas Bob is at it again with his latest completed paper model project. It is the Mondorfer Motor Yacht Apollo, which is a free paper download from: https://www.kallboys.de/mondorfer- bastelboegen\. Bob writes: The model has 197 parts and is in 1:40 scale. Its stand is a kithara, in Greek mythology; the God Apollo is often represented with this instrument. The model parts are printed on 110-card stock. The photos below show some of the building process. The photo to the left shows the model as completed with the kithara stand. The next two photos below show the kithara stand being simultaneously cut out and the reinforced deck by laminating stiff card and allowing it to dry weighted down overnight. 3 The next set of photos show first the hull being sprayed with krylon shaky can acrylic clear gloss and allowed to dry overnight and a very interesting (as well as a great idea) of Bob sitting, with his apron upon his lap to catch small parts that may drop from his workbench into his lap instead of on the floor (or elsewhere). If they do fall on the floor or into space, they do tend to ‘disappear’. James Ingersoll Jim sent me the photo below indicting that he had just finished his rigging class and wanted to know what I thought of it. He said he was ready to move on to another modeling skill. On further inquiry, he did let me know that a friend of his back in Boston, who teaches rigging of models, brought this picture in to show his class. Then he told them they should never complain about rigging ever again because he could have had them work on something like the model shown in the photo. He sent the picture to Jim for inspiration. Jim thinks he got the picture out of a “Blue Jacket Article”? Thanks for the photo, Jim. It really had me going for a moment. I wonder what they called all the sails – not to mention the fact that it could not have worked (at least I think it could not have worked!!) 4 Clare Hess Clare, a good friend from the Hyde Pier model group in San Francisco, sent me two Japanese models he is working on. Clare writes: The first is the Niigata Honryousen, which is a 1:10 scale scratch built model of a river boat from Niigata prefecture in Japan. The boat was used for fishing and occasionally as a workboat for hauling gravel. The model is based on one built in the fall of 2019 by boat builder Douglas Brooks and Nina Noah under the direction of Japanese boat builder Nakaichi Nakagawa. The model was commissioned by Douglas Brooks as a special fundraising gift for one of the project donors. The boat has a very simple design, and is of a type often referred to locally as an Itaawawe (ee-tah-a-wah-say), which simply means, “plank joined”, referring to a boat built with a simple plank bow and plank transom. Its primary construction consists of only 5 planks, a beam, and blocks fit into the bow and stern. This particular boat also has a seat or platform at the stern composed of 3 removable planks. The model is very simple, but the lack of frames, particularly with such a log and narrow hull, made it a challenge to put it all together evenly and without twists. The model was completed in March of this year and was sent to its new owner who has it nicely displayed in his home. The second model that Clare sent me information on is the Kitamaebune, A Woody Joe kit in 1/72 scale using Hinoki, Japanese cypress. Clare writes: The Kitamaebune is a Japanese coastal transport that was used to carry goods between Japan’s northern ports and Osaka, traveling up and down the western coast of Japan on the Japan Sea. These ships didn’t just carry cargo, they bought and sold goods along their travels, buying where a product was considered cheap and selling where they could for a profit. Contrast this with coastal transports called Higaki kaisen, which were large ships that carried cargo the much 5 shorter distance between Osaka and Edo (Tokyo) on the calmer Pacific coast, making numerous trips throughout the year. While higake kaisen were owned by trade guilds, the kitamaebune were privately owned. Ordinary people and sailors who signed aboard a kitamaebune could work hard to rise through the ranks and save enough money to one day buy their own ship, with the most successful ship owners eventually having several ships. In this way, the kitamaebune offered the dream that anyone could become rich. Kitamaebune are also responsible for the spread of local culture throughout Japan, including the widespread popularity of foods, music and dance. The model is currently under construction, but close to completion. It is based on the kit from Woody Joe. Construction is mostly straight for the kit, but I replaced the copper details in the kit with vinyl details that I designed on computer and cut using a Cameo 3 machine, which works much like an old-style computer plotter, but uses a knife blade instead of pens. It serves much like a poor man’s laser cutter. The reason I replaced the copper is that on a visit to Japan in 2016, I had a chance to visit a replica ship that was built on the island of Sado on the Japan Sea coast of Niigata prefecture. The ship, called the Hakusanmaru, had numerous copper coverings, and the kit parts represented just a fraction of them. I considered trying to use actual copper, but it made sense to simulate the copper instead, and mass produce the details with the aid of a computer. Because of the large difference between the appearance of the kit-provided copper and copper-brown vinyl, I had to remake all the parts in vinyl. To round out the model, I decided to add a small workboat called a tenmasen, which was often carried on the deck of a ship. This was built based on drawings by French officer Armand Paris around 1860 and published in the book Souvenirs de Marine.

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