SCUTTLEBUTTNEWSLETTER OF THE CANBERRA December 30th Year 2018 MODEL SHIPWRIGHTS ʼ SOCIETY Established 21 April 1988. Incorporated 16 January 1991 OBJECTIVES: To foster and maintain interest in building model ships, boats, associated fittings, gear, equipment, armaments and relevant items and structures and the pursuit of excellence in this field. Scuttlebutt: 1. A drinking fountain on PRESIDENTʼS LETTER a ship. 2. A cask on a ship that It seems I was a little too enthusiastic and contains the dayʼs supply of drinking shared my wife’s unshakeable faith that water. 3. Gossip or rumour. our home would be snapped up as soon as it appeared on the market. Not so!!! As a result I am still here to make December’s Letter. Our resolve remains though and as soon as we have a buyer we will be off, sometime in the New Year. You will have seen the works in progress on the models being built by students of the Mount Rogers School. I am pleased to say that these models of the Duyfken have now been completed and hopefully reside proudly in their builders’ homes. Ray Osmotherly and I had the pleasure of presenting Certificates to the young modellers at a School Assembly in November. Thanks to Elizabeth Hodsdon for the Certificates and of course again to Steve INSIDE Batcheldor for producing the kits and also to those who assisted during the term. 4,5 - We Visited Which brings me to Expo 2019. I have been able to secure Mount 6 - Tribute to Nobby Clark Rogers again for 2019 and their continued support is greatly 7 - SA Maritime Museum appreciated; without it there would not be an Expo. Please put the 9 - HMS Janus dates (September 21-22) in your diary so that 2019 can see yet another great week-end. We will try to entice more people through 13 - Small Riverʼs Big History the door, though the general opinion among the modelling 16 - Lady Nelson Sails On fraternity was that the occasion allows like-minded people to get 18 - At Sea in HMB Endeavour together to share ideas and catch up with those they may not see 19 - Member Profile - Warwick during the year. Riddle The ACTSMS again held their Expo at the Kaleen School, and 21 - Building the John Oxley again it was a real pleasure to attend and to admire the work of 26 - Moving Moments in proponents of plastic modelling. The usual temptations were there with the abundance of traders in attendance as well as the ever Modelling popular swap and sell. Again I didn’t see a great deal of swapping! 28 - Restricted Modelling In the last Newsletter I bemoaned the fact that only Bruce Kirk and 30 - The Fiji Gas I manned the CMSS display at Malkara. I was delighted when nine 32 - Dornier Flying Boats volunteers put their hands up for the ACTSMS Expo, sincere thanks to you all. Not only does this considerably lighten the load, but it also allows us to spend quality time absorbing the great models on display. ` 2 COMMITTEE MEMBERS - 2018-19 EDITORʼS NOTE President Bob Evans Vice-President Edwin Lowry I seem to remember that Christmas was the Secretary Bill Atkinson time of ‘bumper editions’, when magazines and As.Secretary Ray Osmotherly periodicals arrived with the promise of plenty Treasurer Peter Hateley Members Bruce George, Bruce Kirk, Rod Carter of reading to tide one over the holiday season. Appointments: Well, I didn’t set out to produce this edition of Member Liaison Max Fitton ‘Scuttlebutt’ with that in mind especially, but as Web site – Steve Batcheldor it turns out that’s what we have to offer, with 35 MEETINGS pages of material to entertain, amuse and even The Society will meet until further notice, at the instruct. I am sure you will join me in thanking Menʼs Shed at Melba on the third Tuesday of our contributors and you will notice some new each month (except December and January) ones along with the tried and true. commencing at 7.30 pm. Visitors are welcome. Society Web-page CMSS members are encouraged to visit our website at: http:/ / www.canberramodelshipwrights.org.au. Instructions for using this website are on the site itself where members will need to register. The webmaster will help you in any way possible. We seek content for the website - everything from photographs of your models through And, of course, without wanting to whip a dead interesting web-links and chat. horse, I do ask you, dear reader, to consider Society Facebook Page sending me an email with your own story (and The Society has a Facebook group to promote pictures too if you can), or even just a picture, a the Society and to attract new members. So drawing, a plan. I have made suggestions please feel free to post items on the page and before about what might interest our readers share it with your Friends. and won’t repeat them now, as I’m sure they are stuck on your fridge door to keep in the Subscriptions forefront of your mind. My email address is: Annual Membership: [email protected] or Phone: 6238 1446. a. Canberra Area-Single $30.00, Couple $45.00. b. Country/Interstate-Single $15.00, Finally, in this 30th anniversary year, it is timely Couple $22.50. to thank those who through happenstance came Payment Details: together three decades ago to establish this By Cash to treasurer at meetings/gatherings; society - and one of them, Nobby Clark, passed Post by cheque/Money Order to PO Box 158, away recently and is remembered in this issue Fyshwick, ACT, 2609; or in a tribute compiled by Warwick Riddle, Bank Deposit to another foundation member. Beyond Bank - BSB 325185 Acct Name - Canberra Model Shipwrights Society Seasons greetings to all of you and best wishes (or CMSS) for a memorable and safe Christmas and New Acct No 03452396. Year. - Brian Voce Scuttlebutt, December 2018 3 Continued, page 3 A special thanks goes to the news hound, Brian President’s Letter Continued from page 1) Voce, who has produced some stunning Newsletters We have a few new Members now and it was great which I am sure you all enjoy. Brian has the uncanny to see them participate. The aim of our attendance at knack of eliciting articles from Members (or is it other events is not to teach people how to make harassing?) and putting them together to make such models, but rather to let people know what the a varied and professional Newsletter. CMSS is all about and how newcomers to the hobby Thanks Brian for your great efforts in showcasing can get as much advice as they want and a helping the CMSS. hand where needed. Overall I think it has been another good year. The At the beginning of November we attended the “show and tell” format of the meetings appears to be Wagga Wagga Model Railway and Hobby working and the venue is working out well with Exhibition. good attendances at meetings. It was great to catch up with our Wagga Members If you are not a CMSS Member, think about joining Phill and Steve and of course the stalwarts of Task us, you will be most welcome and I am sure you Force 72. A good time is always had by all and the won’t be disappointed. exchange of ideas, different approaches by the It remains now only for me to wish all CMSS railroad people and the great company makes the Members a fantastic Christmas, a wonderful New relatively short trip to Wagga Wagga well worth the Year and safe travels. effort. This time we were also joined by Bruce and Best wishes Sue George with Peter doing his usual railway stuff Bob as well as lending a helping hand at our display. It’s President CMSS. always good to see the venerable Murray Burfitt at these events; a new tool never goes astray! Scuttlebutt, December 2018 4 WONDERFUL WAGGA WAGGA Another great week-end with our colleagues at the Wagga Wagga Model Railway and Hobby Exhibition. This year the CMSS was well represented by our local Members Steve Batcheldor and Phil Murray in addition to myself, Peter Hately (half ship, half train man!), Bruce and Sue George and of course the venerable Murray Burfitt selling his great tools. Thanks to all of you. For those who have never been, try it, you’ll like it. Bob Evans Clockwise from top: Murray on coffee break; ʻWhatʼs this doohickey, Bruce?ʼ; Bruce ponders a visitorʼs model; Action stations for Task Force 72; Bob Evansʼ models of Pacific Gas and John Oxley; Phil and Steve man the CMSS stand. Photos: Bob Evans and Elizabeth Hodson. Scuttlebutt, December 2018 5 And after Wagga Wagga, it was Scale ACT ʼ18 in Canberra ScaleACT is the ACT Scale Modelling Societyʼs Annual Competition and Exhibition. Clockwise from top: Bruce Kirk demonstrates modelling techniques; Crowded tables in the main hall; Bob Evans in deep conversation; Task Force 72 out in force; Part of the CMSS exhibit. Photos: Brian Voce. Scuttlebutt, December 2018 6 Nobby Clark 1938 to 2018 Tribute by Warwick Riddle Nobby and I had the same interests in models h i s m o d e l s and we would often meet at his or my house to needed life rings, discuss the problems we were having with our s o t o f i x t h e models. Nobby rang me one day in 1988 and problem Nobby told me about an article in the ‘Canberra found that the Chronicle’ about a chap (Roy Vizard) wanting ‘Lifesaver’ lollies to start up a model shipbuilding society in were the ideal Canberra.