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WORK IN PROGRESS

June 19, 2019

Reporter: Dave Yotter

WWII Japanese Seaplanes – David T. Okamura

The Nakajima A6M2-N (Navy Type 2 Interceptor/Fighter-) was a single-crew floatplane based on the Model 11. The Allied reporting name for the aircraft was Rufe. The A6M2-N floatplane was developed from the Mitsubishi A6M type O, mainly to support amphibious operations and defend remote bases. It was based on the A6M-2 Model 11 fuselage, with a modified tail and added floats. A total of 327 were built, including the original prototype. The aircraft was deployed in 1942, referred to as the ‘Suisen 2” (“Hydro fighter type 2”), and was only utilized in defensive actions in the Aleutians and Solomon Islands operations. Such seaplanes were effective in harassing American PT boats at night. They could also drop flares to illuminate the PTs that were vulnerable to destroyer gunfire, and depended on cover of darkness. The seaplane also served as an interceptor for protecting fueling depots in Balikpapan and Avon Bases (Dutch East Indies) and reinforced the Shumshu base (North Kuriles) in the same period. Such fighters served aboard seaplane carriers Kamikawa Maru in the Solomon’s and Kuriles areas and aboard Japanese raiders Hokoku Maru and Aikoku Maru in Indian Ocean raids. In the Aleutian Campaign this fighter engaged with RCAF Curtiss P-40 Warhawk, Lockheed P- d8 Lightning and Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses. Later in the conflict the Otsu Air Group utilized the A6M2-N as an interceptor alongside Kawanishi N1K1 Kyofu (“Rex”) aircraft based in Biwa Lake in the Honshû area. (Wikipedia)

The Kyõfü)”strong wind”, allied reporting name “Rex”) was an floatplane fighter. The Kawanishi N1K-J Shiden (“Violet Lightning”) was an Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service land-based version of the N1K. Assigned the reporting name “George”, the N1K-J was considered by both its pilots and opponents to be one of the finest land-based fighters flown by the Japanese during World War II. The Shiden Kai possessed heavy armament as well as surprisingly good maneuverability, due to a mercury switch that automatically extended the flaps during turns. These “combat” flaps

2 created more lift, thereby allowing tighter turns. Unlike the Mitsubishi A6M Zero, the Shiden Kai could compete against the best late-war Allied fighters, such as the F6F Hellcat, F4U Corsair, and P-51 Mustang. Kawanishi’s N1K was originally built as a single pontoon floatplane fighter to support forward offensive operations where no airstrips were available but by 1943 when the aircraft entered service Japan was firmly on the defensive and there was no longer a need for a fighter to fulfill this role. It was powered by the Mitsubishi MK4C Kasei 13 14-cylinder . The requirement to carry a bulky, heavy float essentially crippled the N1K against contemporary American fighters. However, Kawanishi engineers had proposed in late 1941 that the N1K would also be the basis for a formidable land-based fighter and the company produced a land-based version as a private venture. This version flew on 27 December 1942 powered by a Nakajima NK9A Homare 11 18- cylinder radial engine, replacing the less powerful MC4C Kasei 13 of the N1K-1. The aircraft retained the mid-mounted wing of the floatplane and combined with the large propeller this necessitated a long, stalky main . A unique feature was the aircraft’s combat flaps that automatically adjusted in response to acceleration, freeing up the pilot’s concentration and reducing the chance of stalling in combat. The N1K did have temperamental flight characteristics, however, that required an experienced touch at the controls. (Wikipedia)

David’s cardstock model of the Nakajima A6M2-N is done in 1:33 scale and Howe Modele provided the model kit. The Kawanishi N1K1 is in 1:48 scale and the kit came from phobby.com.

Japanese Destroyer Yüdachi – Bob Penikas

Yüdachi (“Sudden Evening Shower”) was the fourth of ten Shiratsuyu-class destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy under the “Circle One” Program (Maru Ichi Keikaku). The Shiratsuyu-class destroyers were modified versions of the Hatsuharu class, and were designed to accompany the Japanese main striking force and to conduct both day and night torpedo attacks against the United States Navy as it advanced across the Pacific Ocean, according to Japanese naval strategic projections. Despite being one of the most powerful classes of destroyers in the world at the time of their completion, none survived the Pacific War. Yüdachi, built at the Sasebo Naval Arsenal, was laid down on 16 October 1934, launched on 21 June 1936 and commissioned on 7 January 1937.

At the time of the attack on Pearl Harbor, Yüdachi was assigned to Destroyer Division 2 of the Destroyer Squadron of the IJN 2nd Fleet together with her sister ships Murasame, Harusame and Samidare. They sortied from Mako Guard District as part of the “Operation M” (the invasion of the Philippines). From January 1942, Yüdachi participated in operations in the Netherlands East Indies, including the invasions of Tarakan, Balikpapan and Eastern Java. During the battle of the Java Sea, Yüdachi engaged a group of Allied destroyers and cruisers. Returning to Subic Bay in the Philippines on 16 March, Yüdachi

3 assisted in the blockade of Manila Bay and the invasion of Cebu, returning to Yokosuka for repairs in early May. During the Battle of Midway on 4-6 June, Yüdachi was part of the Midway Occupation Force under the overall command of Admiral Nobutake Kondõ.

From mid-June, Yüdachi deployed from Kure via Singapore and Mergui for raiding operations in the Indian Ocean, but the operation was cancelled due to reverses suffered by the Imperial Japanese Navy in the Solomon Islands. Yüdachi arrived at Shortland Island on 30 August and was immediately assigned to “Tokyo Express” high-speed transport runs to Guadalcanal. During one such mission from 4-5 September, Yüdachi assisted in the sinking of the destroyers USS Gregory and USS Little. Yüdachi continued making missions to Guadalcanal through November, participating briefly in the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands on 26 October under Admiral Takeo Kurita.

On the night of 12-13 November 1942, in the First Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, Yüdachi escorted the Bombardment Force of Rear Admiral Abe Hiroaki. The lead ship in the formation at the beginning of the battle, Yüdachi had to swerve to avoid U.S. ships, and then torpedoed the cruiser USS Portland. Yüdachi then mistook the destroyer USS Sterett for a friendly ship and flashed its recognition signals. Sterett fired back, hitting Yüdachi’s boiler room, leaving the ship dead in the water. After Yüdachi was disabled, 207 survivors were removed by Samidare, which then failed to scuttle her with three torpedoes. The abandoned hulk was later sunk by the gunfire of USS Portland, southeast of Savo Island at position (09° 14’S 159° 52’E Coordinates: 09° 14’S 159° 52’ E). According to James Hornfischer, Yüdachi was showing a white flag before USS Portland fired, but this was deliberately ignored by the American captain, who directed his gunnery officer to “sink the S.O.B. “ (Wikipedia).

Class and type: Shiratsuyu-class destroyer, Displacement: 1,685 long tons, Length: 340 ft pp, 352 ft 8 in waterline, Beam: 32 ft 6 in, Draft: 11 ft 6 in, Propulsion: 2 shaft Kampon geared turbines, 3 boilers, 42,000 hp, Speed: 34 knots, Range: 4,000 nmi at 18 kn, Complement: 226, Armament: 5 x 12.7 cm/50 type 3 naval guns, 2 x 13.2 mm AA guns, 8 x 24 in torpedo tubes, 16 x depth charges.

Bob’s model kit of Yüdachi was downloaded free on the Internet from http://www.papermodelers.com/. Yüdachi was selected from three offered, the other two being Shiratsuy and Shihgure. The parts were printed on Wausau Acid Free Hyper White Color Copy Card Stock 60 lb. Some parts were printed and cut out of 20 lb. letter paper. All parts were given a Krylon Acrylic Clear Gloss protective coat. Aleens Tacky Glue and cyanoacrylate glues were used to build the model. The gun barrels and masts were made from wire. Bob thinks the scale of the model is around 1:600.

HMS Sovereign of the Seas – Craig Coleman

Don Dressel brought in a beginning model of the Sovereign of the Seas originally started by friend and mentor Craig Coleman a number of years ago just prior to his succumbing to cancer.

There are a number of reasons why Don brought the model in, the first one being the fact that Craig started the model with a “new” wood – “bendy beech”. Don does not know exactly what this wood is and has never used it himself, but Craig, at first, praised its

4 great properties of easily bending into shape, which made the first layer of planking of the model very easy to do. Unfortunately, it is also apparently very susceptible to moisture. Craig had the model completely planked with the first layer of wood (bendy beech) and was starting his second layer of planking, having drawn all the frame lines onto the hull prior to the second layer. It rained very hard at his home the next day and evening and upon returning to work some more on the model, Craig found that the hull had twisted violently into a pretzel! The hull, as shown in the photo to the left, is almost completely straight today, with only the upper strakes still twisted. Craig called me and told me to come to his house and see his model. WOW. It was a disaster. Needless to say, “bendy beech” was not the correct wood to use. The twisted hull resided in Craig’s home at that stage until he passed. There was a subsequent SMA auction where the model was “auctioned off” to Bob Beech. Upon the passing of Bob Beech, the model came into the possession of Don and is kept as a kind of “keepsake”. In the passing years, it appears as though some of the wood has “unbent” to the present state of the hull, which is now fairly straight.

In addition, there are a lot of details in the present state of the model to show just how a model should be built. There are battens on the hull, the planks are nicely formed, there are “nails” utilized on the hull, and there are other features that are worth studying and understanding. Just in passing, Don has no idea just what happened to the model in the years that it spent in Craig’s and Bob Beech’s homes, as there are some areas that have been damaged (the bow in particular). Note also the apparent “wood putty” that was applied to the model prior to the second planking to make everything “straight and shipshape”.

For those not in the know, Craig was one of the founding members of the SMA and was an inspiration to many of the club members, being a “master modeler” himself. Prior to the founding of the SMA, ship modelers met at Craig Coleman’s “SHIP SHOP” to utilize the “back room” of the shop where all the wood working tools were. Advice on how to construct real wooden ship models “with planks” was freely given and many plank-on- bulkhead” kits were available for purchase at the shop. This was all prior to 1974, when the only plank-on-bulkhead kits I was aware of were made by Billings.

As a little added thought, this is not Craig’s first Sovereign of the Seas that he built. The first one was completed and fully rigged when, carrying the completed model, he came down his stairs from the second floor in his house, tripped, and the model went “sailing” through the air to land on the floor at the bottom of the stairs – with subsequent “extreme” damage to the entire model. Thus, a second one was started.

HMS Beagle 1780 – John Bakker

HMS Beagle was a Cherokee-class 10-gun brig-sloop of the , one of more than 100 ships of this class. The vessel, constructed at a cost of £7,803 (£613,000 in today’s currency), was launched on 11 May 1820 from the Woolwich Dockyard on the River

5 Thames. In July of that year she took part in a fleet review celebrating the coronation of King George IV of the , and for that occasion is said to have been the first ship to sail completely under the then new London Bridge. There was no immediate need for Beagle so she “lay in ordinary” and was then adapted as a survey barque and took part in three survey expeditions.

Sir Henry Peake designed the Cherokee class of 10-gun brig-sloops in 1807. The working drawings for HMS Beagle and HMS Barracouta were issued to the Woolwich Dockyard on 16 February 1817, and amended in colored ink on 16 July 1817 with modifications to increase the height of the bulwarks by an amount varying from 6 inches at the stem to 4 inches at the stern. Her particulars were: Tons burthen: 235 bm; 242 for second voyage, Length: 90.3 ft., Beam: 24.5 ft., Draught: 12.5 ft., Sail plan: brig (barque from 1825), Complement: 120 as a ship-of-war, 65 plus 9 supernumeraries on second voyage; Armament: 10 guns, reduced to 6 guns for first survey voyage, changed to 7 guns during second survey voyage.

The second voyage of HMS Beagle is notable for carrying the recently graduated naturalist Charles Darwin around the world. While the survey work was carried out, Darwin travelled and researched geology, natural history and ethnology onshore. He gained fame by publishing his diary journal, best known as The Voyage of the Beagle, and his findings played a pivotal role in the formation of his scientific theories on evolution and natural selection.

Darwin had kept a diary of his experiences and rewrote this as the book titled Journal and Remarks, published in 1839 as the third volume of the official account of the expedition. This travelogue and scientific journal was widely popular and was reprinted many times with various titles, becoming known as The Voyage of the Beagle. This Diary is where Darwin drew most of the ideas for his publications. Darwin attributes his first real training in natural history to his voyage on the Beagle.

John has a huge start on his model of HMS Beagle. It is being built using an OcCre kit in 1:60 scale. Basic construction is plank on bulkhead and John has all the major planking and decking in place. The outside planking will be done in two layers and the first layer is complete. After some minor sanding and filling the second layer will go on. The main, quarter and forecastle decks are on as is the main deck bulwark planking.

Warwick’s Carrack – Michael Davis

Our subject carrack, Warwick’s carrack ca. 1459, is a model built at Michael’s request by Julian Fernández du Sevilla in Alicante, Spain. It started out as a Zvezda hull of the cog Thomas in 1:72 scale. It was converted to represent Warwick’s carrack in 1:56 scale. Most of the model with the exception of the plastic hull was scratch built. It was the first, or

6 among the first ships designed to carry guns. These early cannons were breech loaders. Somehow the Spanish or US postal service destroyed the finished model in transit and Michael was looking to have the model restored. It looks like most of the damage was done to the masting and rigging.. The hand carved figures and decorations appeared to be in good shape.

Bill Schultheis has now completed the models restoration. It was noted that some of the modifications to the original kit included adding a lot of height to the forecastle and raising and lengthening of the quarterdeck using white styrene shapes as a modeling material. The rigging blocks were cast resin as were the ships guns. The major portion of the damage repair was rebuilding the rigging. The masts had been broken off during shipping and rather than attempting their repair, Bill decided to make new main and mizzen masts and these were installed. Most of the rigging lines remain original and were reattached to the spars. The old crow’s nest (top castle) was made out of plastic, flat styrene pieces, but a new one was reconstructed out of wood. Cleats and ca glue were to “pose” the line. Bill added a few brass monkeys for shot and was concerned that there was no direct access to the forecastle for the crew and so installed a ladder to correct that problem.

English Ship Revenge 1577 – Michael Davis

Revenge was an English race-built galleon of 46 guns, built in 1577 and captured by the Spanish in 1591, sinking soon afterwards. She was the first of 13 English and Royal Navy ships to bear the name. Revenge was built at a cost of £4,000 at the Royal Dockyard, Deptford in 1577 by Master Shipwright Mathew Baker. Her race-built design was to usher in a new style of shipbuilding that would revolutionize naval warfare for the next three hundred years. A comparatively small vessel, weighing about 400 tons, being about half the size of Henri Grâce à Dieu, Revenge was rated as a galleon.

The armament of ships of this period was fluid; guns might be added, removed or changed for different types for dozens of reasons. Revenge was particularly heavily armed during her last cruise: she carried 20 heavy demi-cannon, culverins and demi-culverins, sakers, and a variety of light weapons, including swivel-mounted breech-loaders, called “fowlers” or “falcons.” Her particulars were: tons burthen: 440, Length: 140 ft., Sail plan: Early full-rigged ship, Complement: Approx. 260.

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The English ship Revenge of 1577 is a model built a Michael’s request by Julian Fernández du Sevilla in Alicante, Spain. It started out as a Zvezda plastic kit of the Revenge in 1:350 scale. The model was customized and painted using the original Elizabethan era, Mathew Baker drawn plans.

Catalan Ship “Nao” – Bill Schultheis

Bill has finished his Catalan ship Nao ca. 1450, a kit model by Woody Joe of Japan in 1:30 scale. Finished, final time, done he says. The yard was recently refabricated as the sail turned out to be a little too large for the initial one. Head cringle and clues are on the sail and have been used to bring the sail to the yard in a loose furl. A post was added for the figurehead. Stanchions have been fabricated and installed. There is a hand- woven basket hanging from a stanchion supporting the poop deck. It was speculated that this had something to do with crew’s food storage. The rudder, which had been missing for four months, reappeared and has been secured in place. The finish for the model is wet sanded urethane and has been used in conjunction with different stains for contrast. One of the last items to be added was the dragon figurehead, important so that the ship “can see where it is going” and some gold leafing on top of the quarterdeck and poop deck stanchions.

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. Her particulars were: tons burthen: 1615 bm: Length: 168 ft. on the gundeck and 138 ft. keel; Beam: 47 ft.; Draught: 21 ft.; Depth of hold: 20 ft.; Complement: 650 officers and men; armament: Lower gundeck: 28 x 32 pounders; Upper gundeck: 28 x 18 pounders; QD: 14 x 9 pounders; FC: 4 x 9 pounders.

Chris continues making progress on the HMS Bellona built from a plank on bulkhead Corel kit in 1:100 scale. Current work has been on the masts. He finds it interesting and challenging that the masts are much more complicated than the Surprise. There are as many as eight or nine more pieces to make up each mast. The foremast, foretopmast and topgallant are in place. The main and main topmast are done and currently the mizzen is

8 done up to the trestletrees. The rest of the top and mizzen topmast are next. Chris is using a laser level to keep the spars square and plumb however it was pointed out that masts will typically have some rake to them and that this can be fine tuned when installing the shrouds and stays. He is working out how to make mast hoops, photo etch or?

Clipper schooner Smuggler 1877 – Jim Ingersoll

Daniel Poland, Jr. and Charles C. Woodbury at Gloucester, Mass. built smuggler in 1887 for Gloucester interests. She was built for the mackerel purse-sein fishery. Her tonnage of 67.92 gross, 64.52 net was probably about average for a vessel in the seining fleet. (Erik A. R. Ronnberg, Jr.)

Jim is making good progress on his model of the mackerel schooner Smuggler, being built from a Bluejacket kit in 1:48 scale. When we last saw this model it was a basic finished and painted hull and deck. Since then, the deck furniture has been placed on board including the main cabin trunk with skylight and companion way, steering box, deck gratings and hatchways, forecastle cuddy and jumbo horse. He is interested in giving the schooner a used workaday appearance and there was some discussion about weathering and giving the schooner a realistic in use appearance. Lately, the bowsprit cheek scrollwork has been painted gold. The windless appears to be complete and in place. He is testing material for the mast hoops (see below). Some cutting trays were made and installed on the cabin top. Jim is also sourcing appropriately sized mesh netting for the sein.

Mast Hoops.

Your reporter wishes to point out to both Chris and Jim that scale mast hoops can be made out of wood, very much like the originals. I made a whole bunch for my 1:64 model of Bluenose using the following method. All this is required is a hand plane with a nice Sharp blade and some clear 1 by softwood such as pine. You set the plan iron so that it makes a nice thin shaving that comes off in a curl. The curl is what you are interested in. This can be wrapped around an appropriately sized dowel with some white or yellow wood glue in between the layers to form a tube. The number of layers determined by curl thickness, hoop thickness and robustness required – trial and error. The dowel should probably be wrapped with paper to keep your tube from sticking. Remove the tube and part off your mast hoops with a razor or coping saw. Clean them up a little (sandpaper flat on your desktop) ad finish with some Tung oil or Deft.

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David Okamura’s WWII Japanese Seaplanes Bob Penikas’s Japanese destoryer Yüdachi Chris Carl’s HMS Bellona 1760 Jim Ingersoll’s Smuggler 1877

John Bakker’s HMS Beagle 1780 Bill Schultheis’s Catalan ship “Nao”

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Michael Davis’s Warwick’s Carrack Michael Davis’s Revenge – 1577 Craig Coleman’s Sovereign of the Seas

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Swan Class sloops Plans Set By David Antscherl and Greg Herbert Seawatch books, LLC 19 Sea Watch Place, Florence, Oregon 97439 1:48 scale

These plans are authorized by David Antscherl and Greg Herbert, as they have announced that they will no longer have this set of plans available, so have contacted Sea Watch Books, who now is offering seven plans of the model build for a limited time as a very reasonable price of $60.00 plus $9.00 shipping and handling in the US/ $20.00 Canada/$30.00 all other locations. These are the same set of plans that is utilized along with the four volume set of books entitled British Swan Class Sloops of 1767-1780. This is a limited run of the plans, so once these plans are sold, no more will be available. The plans themselves are excellent, showing the high quality known by David. In addition, there is an excellent set of plans for masting, which was not normally supplied with David’s original plan set.

Highly recommended for those who may wish to build a scratch model of one of the Swan Class Sloops. Additional plans can be obtained from Greenwich for particulars on a specific Swan Class Sloop for greater detail. Check out www.admiraltymodels.com.

12 Mayflower Group By Don Dressel

Old Salts in Port: Steve Jones, John Bakker, Guy Bell, Tom Stellar, John Vanderneut, Don Leyman, Mike DiCerbo, David Okamura and Don Dressel.

Ships in Port: HMS Roebuck, Royal Lewis, an American Frigate, HMS Pegasus, U.S. Frigate, HMS Beagle and unknown model (possibly the Vasa).

The meeting started off with your reporter talking about his slow progress on the HMS Roebuck. Don first decided to remove the model from the Harold Hahn building board and mount it on an up-right stand to complete the interior work on the model, since the cannon will be problematic to install with the model upside down. However, upon starting to remove the model by cutting the top of the frames, Don changed his mind and decided to first complete the outside planking prior to removing the model from the Harold Hahn building board. This led to the requirement to again make more bamboo “treenails” for the model, so the draw plate had to again be employed after first sharpening it. Honing it on a sharpening stone sharpens the draw plate. Don has also decided that he is going to mast and rig the model, so it will probably require a few years to complete at the rate he is going. Don also talked about the unknown model that he brought in (shown in front of the Roebuck), which is probably the Vasa, but Don is not sure, since he “rescued” the model from the late Bob Beech’s estate (they were going to use it as fire wood). It appears to be scratch built from plans obtained from the Vasa Maritime Museum. At the meeting, Don gave the model to Guy Bell, as he indicated he would like to work on it and complete it. John Bakker gave Guy a set of plans from the Vasa Museum of the ship. When comparing the plans from the museum with the unknown model, it appears to be a “match”. You can never tell what may happen at a Mayflower Group meeting! Don also brought in his pair of proportional dividers to show the group, since there was a presentation from a disk of spilling techniques shown at last Wednesdays club meeting presented by Bob Filipowskie of the Midwest Model Shipwrights. Some discussion ensued relating to acquiring this tool and its uses. The next presenter was Don Leyman, who gave detailed accounts of the progress he has made on his HMS Pegasus (scratch built Swan Class Sloop). He has completed much of the masting and rigging, although he did not put the course sheets and tack on the model since he does not plan to have sails installed. He discussed the gun port hinges and how he made them without using the detailed information supplied in David Antscherl’s book The

13 Fully Framed Model, HMN SWAN CLASS SLOOPS 1767-1780, Volume II. He has yet to put a name on the ship model on the stern, make the stern lantern, threads in the keel to mount the ship on a permanent stand, make the flags for the model and put it in a case. Don has reached the point where he wants to complete the model and move on to another project. It seems that when one is building a model it never stops – there is always something else that COULD be added!

John Vanderneut discussed his progress on his American frigate – the kit that was the USS Constitution but did not match that ship at all. At least it does kind of match some of the American Frigates. John is now working on the under deck which will be planked over to look like the real thing. It is turning out to be one heck of a problem, since making the cardboard pattern does not always turn out the same when cutting the plywood copy to fit on the deck. Steve suggested that maybe he could use the cardboard pattern to plank over and not worry about making the plywood copy. John wished he would have suggested that earlier! He is also coping with the little details including the skylight, capstans, and other deck furniture, which he hopes to have completed by next month.

John Bakker first discussed the progress on his small model of the HMS Beagle, an Occre kit ion 1:60 scale with all the plans for the building of the model in pictures. The kit includes 4 lifeboats that also have to be constructed using plank on frame methods. The hull is being planked. John plans to fully mast, rig and install sails on this model. There were comments by the modelers in the Mayflower Group that they were surprised that John had not completed the rigging of this model already.

John also indicted that he is also working on his Royal Lewis model, the large French ship-of-the-line. The gratings on the ship are now complete and he is currently working on the stern, followed by the quarter galleries. Lots yet to be done.

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SMA Club Ship Model Plans

Our Treasurer, Larry Van Es, has offered to take on the task of cataloging our Club’s ship plans collection. This job has been attempted various times by others in the past with varying results. Larry promised to do his best. If you would like to help him with this endeavor, please contact him at: (714) 936-0389 or e-mail him at [email protected].

NRG Conference

The registration form for the 2019 NRG Conference is now available for downloading from the NRG web site www.thenauticalresearchguild.org

San Diego Ship Modelers Guild

For those SMA members who may be interested, the San Diego Ship Modelers Guild now has their meetings on the Berkley on the second Tuesday of each month. Your editor and reporter routinely attend the meeting that is usually very informative and enlightening.

Spiling Presentation at Future SMA meeting

For the interest of all SMA members there will be a second presentation on spiling planning at the next meeting, the second of four DVD’s presented to your editor with the complements of Bob Filipowski, president of the Midwest Model Shipwrights.

New SMA Editor

The president of the SMA made an announcement that Don Dressel is retiring as Editor of the SMA Newsletter after approximately 14 years as editor and an additional 19 years as assistant/article writer for the newsletter. Anyone who would like to fill this position should contact any of the SMA club officers.

Presentations

The president of the SMA also announced that the officers are looking for members who may be interested in presenting a short presentation of ship model construction at a meeting. Again, contact any SMA officer if interested.

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Michael Davis’s Warwick’s Carrack repaired

Donald C. Dressel 908 W. 22nd Street, Upland, CA. 91784-1220

NEXT MEETING WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, 7:30 PM, HILLCREST PARK RED CROSS BUILDING

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