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WORK IN PROGRESS

May 15, 2019

Reporter: Dave Yotter

Sloop Coquillier – Jean-Philippe Dal Gobbo

The “sloop Coquillier” was a boat typical of the Anchorage of Brest, in the Department of Finistère in Brittany (on the north-west coast of France), used to collect shellfish, in particular Saint- Jacques shells (Pecten jacobaeus, the Venetian “cape sante”), and to a lesser extent, oysters and other types of shellfish. Attributable to the vast range of French boats with “cul carrè” and “quille tombante” (square bow and strongly sloping keel), the sloop, like all popular boats, were the result of complex historical evolution and structural adjustment to uses and environments. The hull, little immersed and rather full astern, proceeding from the main frame towards the bow, gradually took on a deep, net hollow V section, culminating in the peak fishing point.

Decked only at the bow and stern, the boat had a wide central zone rigged with movable planking, supported by thin beams, also removable. At the mast thwart, the planking presented, for access to the place below the stern, an opening called “tranchèe” (trench) and the arrow passage in the bow bulwark, fixed only latterly, were closed with boards, also mobile. The bulwarks of the aft sub-deck, used as a pantry, generally contained two openings with removable panels. The homonymous sloop, with small foremast, spanker, and often counter spanker, was least common; only the boats farthest from fishing places (like those of Logonna), to sail, used an outrigger and large jib, removing them, however, during collection; with numerous boats proceeding on the banks of shells with the bulwark almost in contact, the potential risk for the jib boom is evident. The partially compensate the absence of the jib, which moves the center of the sail astern, the mast was regulated with a strong aft curve, which gave the sloop its unmistakable profile (this solution was preferred to a simple advance of the mast which would have reduced both the foredeck and the surface of the small foremast thus over increasing the spanker). Another feature common to some French boats of the period was the outrigger “a rouleau” (with roller), with boom slewing on its axis, thanks to a device placed at the rowlock: to reduce sail surface, after loosening the throat halyard, the boom was made to slew several times

2 (generally three of four), causing progressive winding of the spanker around the boom, locking it in position. (From kit literature).

Jean-Philippe has a good start on his 1:25 model of a French shell-fishing boat. The model is a plank-on-bulkhead style and J-P has a large portion done. The keel and bulkheads have been planked up to the tops of the bulwarks. The central zone planking is in place. The bow and stern planked decks are also on. From the above description, it appears that there are lots of options for rigging this boat. Also, the color schemes vary depending on the era and fishery a particular boat was involved with. It will be interesting to see how this boat evolves.

German U-Boat U-9 – Bob Penikas

Her construction was ordered on 15 July 1908 and her keel was laid down by Kalserliche Warft in Danzig. She was launched on 22 February 1910 and commissioned on 18 April 1910. U-9 had an overall length of 188 ft., her pressure hull was 157.5 ft. long. The boat’s beam was 20 ft., while the pressure hull measured 12 ft. She had a draught of 10 ft. with a total height of 23 ft. The boat displaced 485 long tons when surfaced and 601 long tons when submerged. U-9 was fitted with two Körting 8- cylinder plus tow Körting 6-cylinder two- stroke petrol engines with a total of 986 bhp for use on the surface and two Siemens- Schuckert double-acting electric motors plus two electric motors with a total of 1,144 shp for underwater use. These engines powered two shafts each with a 4.8 ft. propeller, which gave the boat a top surface speed of 14.2 knots, and 8.1 knots when submerged. Cruising range was 1,800 nautical miles at 14 knots on the surface and 80 nmi at 5 knots under water. Diving depth was 164 ft. The U-boat was armed with four 20 in. torpedo tubes, two fitted in the bow and two in the stern, and carried 6 torpedoes. Originally, the boat was equipped with a machine gun, which was augmented with a 1.5 in Hotchkiss gun when war broke out in 1914. In 1915, an additional 2.0 in. gun was fitted. When U-9 underwent a major refit in 1916, two mine- laying rails were added, which were later removed again. The boat’s complement was 4 officers and 31 enlisted. On 16 July 1914, the crew of U-9 reloaded her torpedo tubes while submerged, the first time any submarine had succeeded in doing so. On 1 August 1914, Kapitänleutnant Otto Weddigen took command. On 22 September, while patrolling the Broad Fourteens, a region of the Southern North Sea, U-9 found a squadron of three obsolescent British Cressy- class armoured cruisers (HMS Aboukir, HMS Hogue, and HMS Cressy, sardonically nicknamed the “Live Bait Squadron”), which had been assigned to prevent German surface vessels from entering the eastern end of the English Channel. She fired four of her torpedoes, reloading while submerged, and sank all three in less than an hour. 1,459 British sailors died. It was one of the most notable submarine actions of all time. Members of the

3 Admiralty who had considered submarines mere toys no longer expressed that opinion after this event. On 15 October, U-9 sank the protected cruiser HMS Hawke. On 12 January 1915, Johannes Spieß relieved Weddigen, and commanded U-9 until 19 April 1916. During this period, she sank 13 ships totaling 8,635 GRT: 10 small fishing vessels and three British steamers (Don, Queen Wilhelmina and Serbino). After April 1916, she was withdrawn from front-line duties to be used for training. U-9 and the raider SMS Emden were the only ships that Kaiser Wilhelm II awarded the Iron Cross. (Wikipedia).

Bob writes: A yellowed parts page was downloaded from the Internet, http://www.papermodelers.com/ with no instructions. The image was cleaned up and detailed and the parts rendered in gray using Photoshop. It was printed on 110 lb Staples Card Stock and several coats of Krylon clear acrylic gloss applied throughout the build. I didn’t anticipate much of a challenge in constructing this simplified U-9 model from a single page that dated back to who knows when. However, on-line paper model fellows provided help when I found three left over parts on my hobby table. These turned out to be rolled posts.

A few Internet historic U-9 photos compelled me to include a few details. I was not happy with one of the three rolled parts simulating a periscope inserted into this simplified submarine model mainly because most subs were fitted with two periscopes: one for scanning the sky and taking navigation bearings and the other for targeting and attacking. I made two periscopes cut out from double layering found at the spiraling join to a TP roll that was just the thickness needed. Strengthened with Cyanoacrylate they were painted and inserted replacing that one tube. Wire imitating the rigging in the old photos was also added. Adding the detail may not have been the way to go; perhaps this model should remain pure. I just could not stop myself.

HMS Roebuck – Don Dressel

HMS Roebuck was a British 2- decker 44-gun ship rated just the same as a in the . Launched in 1774, she was employed in the American Revolution by the British and was involved in the capture of the Continental Frigate Confederacy. By 1793 five were still on the active list including HMS Roebuck. More information on this vessel can be obtained in Harold Hahn’s book Ships of the American Revolution and their Models. Don is still working on his 1:64 scratch model, which is taking a lot of time since there is no hurry to complete the model. Currently, the gun deck beams have been installed along with much of the deck furniture on that deck, the orlop deck already having been completed. Many of the gun deck cannon have been completed, there being plans to have the gun ports on the port side open with the cannon protruding from the ports, the starboard side gun ports being closed but with the cannon installed. The next step is to

4 complete the outer planking and remove the model from the Harold Hahn stand. Don currently plans to mast and rig the model.

1:16 Ships Guns – Dave Yotter

The Philadelphia’s main battery consisted of one 12-pounder long gun situated on a fixed sliding carriage in the bow of the boat facing forward. In the waist, were two long 9-pounders on truck carriages, one facing each direction. On the wreck, on ¾ pounder swivel gun was found. It is presumed that more of these were used during hostilities, as there are locations on the rails for eight swivels. The cannon barrels were sand cast in silicon bronze using a molding material called Petro Bond. This is oil wetted casting sand, which is very fine grained for preserving detail on the small castings. After acceptable castings were completed, files were used to sharpen up the details, boring was completed and the casting cleaned and then blackened to represent the finish found on a cast iron gun. The example I brought today was the 6-pounder on a truck carriage and one of the ¾-pound swivels. The carriage was constructed of beech wood and finished with tung oil. The swivels were lost was cast in brass for me by Harold McGee from my mold which was turned in cherry. The castings were cleaned of flash and mold marks, the surface texture reestablished, the bore drilled out, then cleaned with Tarn-X and blackened using Birchwood-Casey Brass Black. The swivel mounts were made from brass stock purchased from Special Shapes. The mounts are a construct of 4 separate pieces soldered together. The armature and wood handles (monkeys’ tail) that were used during loading, aiming and firing these weapons were attached. I cut out blanks for the wood handles from 3mm plywood and then shaped them by hand. The originals were steam bent oak and I didn’t have any luck bending any kind of wood I tried and so the shaping from plywood. Some of the originality is lost but they won’t break. The reinforcing bands for the monkey tails were made of wrought iron on the prototype and I puzzled for some time on an easy way to represent them. I finely hit on the idea of using heat shrink tubing which worked really well. They were a little shiny after shrinking with a flame but a little Floquil weathered black took care of that. Ship Ahoy Models and Miniatures is more known for their thickness sander and 6” disk sanders that they sell to the model community. Recently, I became aware of their offering of this kit, which represents a 24-pounder from the USS Constitution. This kit had two features that I liked. The first was that it was the same scale as my Philadelphia, 1:16, and second, that the barrel was cast in brass, not turned. I felt that it would make a nice companion for the extra 9-pounder that I made when equipping the Philadelphia with its ordinance. The 24-pounder American type gun from the USS Constitution was made from cast iron. It was 9’6” long and weighed 5000 pounds. The bore was a little less than 6” in diameter and used about 6 pounds of gunpowder for an estimated range of 1,200 yards. The carriage was made of oak and it took a crew of 6 to 14 men to fire each gun. The kit directions recommend painting the carriage parts flat red and the barrel, trucks and other fittings flat black. I blackened the barrel and other brass parts using

5 Birchwood Casey brass black. I used the walnut from the kit for the wheels and axletrees that were to be painted black, and rather strained them black with India ink. Since the original carriage was made from oak, I ended up remaking the rest of the wood parts from beech. I used scarlet red ink with a few drops of black added to stain the beech wood parts of the carriage a dark red. The red ink on the light beech didn’t go down as smoothly as the black and ended up looking a little streaky initially but with time it adds a nice patina to the finished model. I made a few other modifications such as making the quoin bed removable and making the bracket bolt heads from brass stock rather than using the escutcheon pins supplied with the kit. I felt these would have stood too proud of the brackets. The bolt heads and ringbolts were recessed slightly into the wood as shown in the engineering drawings. To supplement information in the kit I used the CD of engineering drawings of the USS Constitution available through the Naval Historical Center Detachment, Boston. The ink used was Speedball “super pigmented acrylic ink.” The word India does not actually appear on the label. Elsewhere on the label it is described as acid free, archival, waterproof and permanent. So I guess this is a good substitute India ink?

Catalan Ship “Nao” – Bill Schultheis

Bill has finished his Catalan Ship Nao, ca. 1540, a kit model by Woody Joe of Japan in 1:30 scale. This vessel would have existed somewhere on the continuum between the cog and caravel ship types. The hull and the standing rigging were recently completed. The sail features an embroidered-on bolt rope, leather reinforcing patches for bending the sail to the yard and sail cloth seams. The yard was newly fabricated 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. Posts have been added for the figureheads. 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.

French Ship Royal Louis – 1780 – John Bakker

The Royal Louis of 1780 was a 106-gun (110 guns from 1786) ship-of-the-line of the French Royal Navy. She was designed and built at Brest Dockyard by Léon-Michel Guignace. Laid down 8 March 1779; launched 20 March 1780, Commissioned June 1780. She was renamed Républicain in September 1792. Under this name, she took part in the Third Battle of Ushant, being the last ship of the French in the rear. She was attached, totally dismasted, and struck her colours; however, the British failed to cature her, and she returned to Rochefort.

6 On 24 December 1794, she took part in the Croisiére du Grand Hiver. As the fleet exited Brest harbour, she ran aground with the loss of 10 men. Her crew abandoned ship, and the wreck was destroyed in a tempest a few days later. (Wikipedia)

Her particulars were: Class and type: 106-gun ship-of-the-line Tonnage: 2,400 Displacement: 4,835 Length: 186 French feet Bean: 50 French feet Draught: 26 ½ French feet Depth of hold: 24 ½ French feet Complement: 1,035 – 1.150 officers and men Armament: 106 guns 30 X 48-pounders on the lower deck 32 X 24-pounders on the middle deck 32 X 12-pounders on the upper deck 12 X 8-pounders on the quarterdeck and forecastle 4 more 8-pounders were added in 1784.

John has a good start on a new kit from Mamoli. The 106-gun ship Royal Lewis is a plank-on-bulkhead model in 1:90 scale. Although he has some trouble with the building board the model has its framework fully assembled with the bulkheads in place on the keel structure. The main deck is planked up with the exception of a center area that has been left open. Stanchions and main deck beams are in place for the forecastle and quarterdecks.

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Sloop Coquillier – Jean-Philippe Dal Gobbo German U-boat U-9 – Bob Penikas HMS Roebuck – Don Dressel 1:16 ship’s guns – Dave Yotter

Catalan ship “NAO – Bill Schultheis French ship Royal Lewis – John Bakker

8 Mayflower Group By Don Dressel

Old Salts in Port: Steve Jones, John Bakker, Guy Bell, Bill Lindahl, Tom Stellar, Bill Schultheis, John Vanderneut, and Don Dressel.

Ships in Port: HMS Sovereign of the Seas, 38-gun frigate (U.S.S. Constitution?), HMS Roebuck, Royal Lewis, Jolle (Russian kit model), Pride of Baltimore and Chaperon sternwheeler steam packet (kit).

The Mayflower Group meeting (which was great fun and missed by your author last month due to Easter) was started off by Guy Bell. He brought in his kit model of the Sovereign of the Seas, a kit model in 1:78 scale by Mantua. The kit was acquired by Guy from Bob Beech’s sale upon his passing and included many brass fittings for the model with a lot of duplicates (an example, there were two brass stern lanterns). Guy is looking forward to planking the model and installing all the brass fittings. The photo at left shows the model with the bulkheads all in place and the plastic container filled with the brass parts. We are all looking forward to the progress that Guy will achieve with this model.

John Bakker showed us two models, the first being the Jolle circa 1801, a small model built from a Russian kit. John was very impressed with the kit, as the planks supplied were already cut to size and spilled, so that they fit together perfectly when installed on the bulkheads with no extra work required. This is undoubtedly one of John’s smallest

models every built, in my opinion, as well as one of the fastest. He already has it in a case, which is also fast for John. The second ship model is the Royal Lewis, a French ship-of-the-line, which John will kit bash, as this is also a kit obtained from Bob Beech’s estate. John stated that he is having a lot of fun using advice obtained from the Internet from other builders of the

9 same kit. There appeared to be a lot of problems with the stern lantern supplied in the kit, as several Internet builders have had problems with it. In John’s case the stern lantern is OK, as his part has slots in the part that make it easy to bend into shape. As usual, it will be interesting to see the progress John makes with the Royal Lewis, which again will probably not be masted and rigged.

Bill Schultheis brought in his 1:64 Model Shipways kit of the Pride of Baltimore, which he is now working on, having completed his Woody Joe kit (see details of this model in the Works in Progress above). The Pride of Baltimore has had her holes drilled for the masts and the top rail is finished. Bill indicated he used green dye instead of paint for the hull. The deck houses are still lose and work is continuing. The stand of two paper clips is being used to hold the model upright.

Bill Landahl talked about the Model Shipways kit of the Chaperon in 1:48 scale. Steve suggested he make the building board first, although the new, improved kit by Model Shipways may make things easier. There are six sheets of plans for this stern wheel steamer and Bill indicated he has to make room in his garage first before beginning construction. A picture of the box is shown with Bill Shultheis’s model and John Bakker’s Royal Lewis above.

John Vanderneut discussed his progress on what used to be the USS Constitution kit model by Steingraeber, which is no longer in production. Since the kit model does not resemble the real USS Constitution, John has opted to refer to the model as simply a U.S. frigate. The kit model sat in John’s garage for 30 years (started in 1974), but there are a lot of things wrong. For one thing, the model is cut for 36 cannon. John has been working on the model for a number of years now and has started planking the deck. John indicated he is having fun with the model despite the many things wrong with it and is looking forward to masting and rigging the model.

The last model discussed was Don Dressel’s HMS Roebuck, which Don has been working on for a number of years in between other ship models that Don has realized. He has had it in several times in the past and is now working on the gundeck with installation of the gundeck beams and details of the deck itself including hatches, gangways, capstans, and apparently some form of elm tree pump (as drawn on the Harold Hahn plans of the ship). For fun, the pump was made out of pink ivory wood with Degame barrels. The next step is to complete the outer rigging, since the cannon have to be installed on the gundeck prior to removing the hull from its building board. Once the outer planking is complete and the model removed from its building board, then the cannon can be installed on the

10 gundeck and the upper deck beams, carlings, ledges, lodging knee, hanging knee, clamps and other details can be installed. The capstans stack one on top of the other on both the gundeck and upper deck. How much will remain visible once the upper deck is installed remains a question, but there will be details below, even if they are not visible once the upper deck is installed. There was also a question about masting and rigging the model, but it has been decided to complete the model with all masting and rigging. This will make it even more difficult to see the detail in the lower decks, but it is something Don always wanted to do anyway. In the photo you can see some of the lower decking as well as a few barrels on the orlop deck along with a few figures. The cannon will all be installed correctly and fully rigged. The cannon on the port side will be set for firing with the gunports open while the starboard side gunports will be closed, but the cannon will still be there – installed as they were when not in use. At least that is the current plan. It will be another large model, so the case for the model may be rather large. Also, once the model is in a case, it will be even more difficult to see many of the details. Lighting up the model has been suggested, but the lower decks are already complete, so that is no longer an option, even with Neon lighting. Don has tried before installing light bulbs in a model with little success.

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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

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 presentation on spiling planning at a future meeting, one 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.

12 John Bakker at the Mayflower Group meeting with goodies!

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

NEXT MEETING WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19, 7:30 PM, HILLCREST PARK RED CROSS BUILDING

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