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17Th Century Dutch Merchant Ships by Ab Hoving θωερτψυιοπασδφγηϕκλζξχϖβνµθωερτψυι οπασδφγηϕκλζξχϖβνµθωερτψυιοπασδφγη ϕκλζξχϖβνµθωερτψυιοπασδφγηϕκλζξχϖβ νµθωερτψυιοπασδφγηϕκλζξχϖβνSMA SMA µθωερτψ υιοπασδφγηϕκλζξχϖβνµθωερτψυιοπασδφ γηϕκτψυιοπασδφγηϕκλζξχϖβνNewsletterNewsletterµθωερτψυι οπασδφγηϕκλζξχϖβνVolume 45, Number 01, January 2018µθωερτψυιοπασδφγη ϕκλζξχϖβνµθωερτψυιοπασδφγηϕκλζξχϖβ νµθωερτψυιοπασδφγηϕκλζξχϖβνµθωερτψ υιοπασδφγηϕκλζξχϖβνContactsµ θωερτψυιοπασδφ President: Mike DiCerbo: (714) 523-5218 – [email protected]. Vice President: Jean Philippe Delgobbo – [email protected] γηϕκλζξχϖβνSecretary: Paul Payne: (310) 544µθωερτψυιοπασδφγηϕκλζξχ-1461 Treasurer: Larry Van Es: (714) 936-0839 – [email protected] ϖβνµθωερτψυιοπασδφγηϕκλζξχϖβνEditor: Don Dressel: (909) 949-6931 – [email protected]. µθωε Web Manager: Doug Tolbert: (949) 644-5416 ρτψυιοπασδφγηϕκλζξχϖβν µρτψυιοπασδφ WEB PAGE www.shipmodelersassociation.org. γηϕκλζξχϖβνµθωερτψυιοπασδφγηϕκλζξχ Meeting – Wed., Jan. 17, 7 PM, Red Cross Building, 1207 N. Lemon, ϖβνµθωερτψυιοπασδφγηϕκλζξχϖβνFullerton, CA. 92832 µθωε ρτψυιοπασδφγηϕκλζξχϖβνµθωερτψυιοπα σδφγηϕκλζξχϖβνµθωερτψυιοπασδφγηϕκλ ζξχϖβνµθωερτψυιοπασδφγηϕκλζξχϖβνµθ ωερτψυιοπασδφγηϕκλζξχϖβνµθωερτψυιο πασδφγηϕκλζξχϖβνµθωερτψυιοπασδφγηϕ κλζξχϖβνµθωερτψυιοπασδφγηϕκλζξχϖβν WORK IN PROGRESS December 20 2017 Reporter: Dave Yotter HMS Bellona 1760 – Chris Carl HMS Bellona was a 74-gun Bellona- class third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. Designed by Sir Thomas Slade, she was a prototype for the iconic 74-gun ships of the latter part of the 18th century. “The design of the Bellona class was never repeated precisely, but Slade experimented slightly with the lines, and the Arrogant, Rammillies, Egmont, and Elizabeth classes were almost identical is size, layout and structure, and had only slight variations in the shape of the underwater hull. The Culloden class ship of the line was also similar, but slightly larger. Thus, over forty ships were near-sisters of the Bellona.” Bellona was built at Chatham, starting on 10 May 1758, launched on 19 February 1760 and commissioned three days later. She was the second ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name and saw service in the Seven Years War, American Revolutionary War and the Napoleonic Wars. (Wikipedia). Class and type: Bellona-class 74-gun ship of the line Tons Burthen: 1615bm Length 168 ft (gundeck), 138 ft (keel) Beam: 46 ft 11 in. Draught: 21 ft 6 in. Depth of hold: 19 ft 9 in. Sail plan: full rigged ship Compliment: 650 officers and men Armament: Lower gundeck: 28 X 32 pounder guns Upper gundeck: 28 X 18 pounder guns QD: 14 X 9 pounder guns Fc: 4 X 9 pounder guns Chris has started his new model of HMS Bellona. This is being built from a plank-on- bulkhead Corel kit in 1:100 scale. All bulkhead frames are installed on the keel and the main, forecastle and poop decks are in place. Also installed are the decks in the great cabin and head areas. There is some photoetch supplied for the forward bulkhead under the forecastle deck. This has been installed but he is thinking about how this should be painted. After the backbone structure was completed, he discovered that there was a 4-degree twist in the keel. At first, he attempted to correct this by soaking the assembly in water and applying an opposite twist. Having no luck there, the final solution was to sand the area on the frames that mount the poop and forecastle decks. This reduced the apparent twist down to 1-degree, which is unnoticeable. Chris said he does like the instructions supplied with this kit. Cardstock Yellow Submarine & Ship Sketch – Bob Penikas Bob writes that he had purchased a new printer (Brother MFC J985DW) and wanted to try it out by seeing how it would do in printing out a cardstock model. Gaining inspiration from Steve Lund’s U-453 he hoped to provide some comic relief by printing a model of the Beatles Yellow Submarine. The model was downloaded from www.papermodelers.com and printed on 57 lb Wausau Exact Vellum Bristol paper. The model received a protective coating of rattle can Krylon clear acrylic prior to the build and then the finished model was coasted with Future Acrylic. Bob also had a pen and ink sketch done in Dana Point while relaxing at the Blue lantern Inn. The subject is likely the Ocean Institute’s full-size replica of the brig Pilgrim immortalized by Richard Henry Dana, Jr. in his American seafaring classic novel Two Years Before the Mast. The sketch was dated 8-14-97 and the time of day was 4:45 PM. Dutch Fluyt Derfflinger – Don Dressel Don brought in his continuing efforts on masting and rigging the Derfflinger. He has managed to complete the fore, main and mizzen masts and is now in the process of installing the shrouds, stays and other associated standing rigging. The time consuming process of “ratteling down” or installing the ratlines has been started. There was some difficulty in the rigging process since the instructions for rigging were “lost”, so a little research had to be completed to determine the size of line, number of shrouds, stay procedure, belaying pin locations, etc. Several books were consulted including Historic Ship Models by Wolfram zu Mondfeld, The Ships of Abel Tasman by Ab Hoving and Cor Emke as well as the book introduced in this newsletter, 17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships by Ab Hoving. Don also mentioned that he is using a new procedure while installing his ratlines with clove hitches – he is using Elmer’s washable clear glue on the clove hitches once they are tied to make sure they do not move and/or untie, although that is not supposed to happen with clove hitches. He also uses a large needle to help “rove” the clove hitches through the shrouds in order to try and get a little “curve” between each shroud with the ratline. There is nothing worse than a shroud being pulled out of alignment while installing the ratlines. Don does not think that perfectly straight ratlines look good either. Tuna Boat La Marie Jeanne – Jean-Philippe DalGobbo Marie Jeanne is a French tuna fishing boat that operated between the French port of Concarneau in Brittany and off the coast of Mauritainia (South of Morocco), typically during the months of June to October. The trips took up to two months as the tuna are typically far off the coast. Due to the long passages and offshore fishing grounds these boats had to be built strong and fast. The boat building industry that developed these vessels started at the Sables d’Olonne shipyard in the Vendee region south of Brittany around the 1890’s and moved to Concarneau and the island of Groix in the early 1900’s. The boat model is being built from an Artesina Latina kit in 1:50 scale. Jean- Philippe’s model is a boat of around 115 feet in length and carries a crew of twelve. During fishing the whole crew works on deck processing the fish and hanging them to dry on the rack. The hull appears to be largely complete with individually laid deck planking. He tried a method of using thread for deck caulking and using wood filler to simulate trennels. Deck furniture is all in place as far as the kit is concerned but there is no mention of any kind of bilge pump. He found the kit plans to be bad with few instructions and pictures that conflicted. Mackerel Schooner Smuggler – Jim Ingersoll Smuggler was an extreme clipper design of 67.92 gross and 64.52 net tonnage built by Daniel Poland, Jr. and Charles C. Woodbury at Gloucester, Mass. in 1887 for Gloucester interests. Jim is making good progress on his model of the mackerel schooner Smuggler, being built from a 1:48 scale Bluejacket kit. The hull is planked over solid and he has worked to make the hull planking more pronounced compared with the partially completed hull as received. Deck planking is on and painted, as is most of the deck furniture. He has settled on a light grey/dark grey scheme for the deck with white for the bulwarks and deck furniture with the hatch covers and gratings left bright. The hull is antifouling red lead with a green topside with a yellow rub rail. Jim mentioned having trouble striking the waterline and that masking for the deck details was hard to deal with. Masking lets the paint run under where the cracks are. HMS Bounty 1787 – Brian Stein HMS Bounty, also known as HM Armed Vessel Bounty, was a small merchant vessel purchased by the Royal Navy for a botanical mission. The ship was sent to the Pacific Ocean under the command of William Bligh to acquire breadfruit plants and transport them to British possessions in the West Indies. That mission was never completed due to a mutiny led by Acting Lieutenant Fletcher Christian. This incident is now popularly known as the Mutiny on the Bounty. The ship was later burned while moored at Pitcairn Island by the mutineers. An American adventurer rediscovered the remains of the Bounty in 1957 and various parts of it have been salvaged since then. Bounty was originally the collier Berthia, built in 1784 at the Blaydes shipyard in Hull, Yorkshire in England. The Royal Navy purchased her for £1,950 on 23 May 1787, refit, and renamed her Bounty. The ship was relatively small at 215 tons, but had three masts and was full-ship rigged. After conversion for the breadfruit expedition, she was equipped with 4 X 4-pounders and ten swivel guns. Her principal dimensions were: Tons burthen: 220 26/04 (bm), Length: 90 ft 10 in., Beam: 24 ft 4 in, Depth of hold: 11 ft 4 in, Compliment: 44 officers and men. (Wikipedia). Brian is building his model of Bounty in 1:60 scale from an Amati kit. The hull is now complete and the decks have been started. The wales have been a problem as there is conflicting information as to their location and width. The rail tops on the foredeck would have been difficult (if not impossible) to bend and so were cut to the required curve.
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