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SMASMANewsletterNewsletter

Volume45,Number09,Sept.2018

ContactsPresident:MikeDiCerbo:(714)523-2518–mike.dicerbo@att.net.

VicePresident:Jean-PhilippeDalGobbo–jeanpinou@gmail.com

Secretary:PaulPayne:(310)544-1461

Treasurer:LarryVanEs:(714)936-0389–larry@uswheel.com

Editor:DonDressel:(909)949-6931–roebuckdres4@gmail.com.

WebManager:DougTolbert:(949)644-5416

SMAmailaddress:21520YorbaLindaBlvd,SuiteG234,YorbaLinda,Ca.

92887

www.shipmodelersassociation.org.

Meeting–Wed.,Jan.17,7PM,RedCrossBuilding,1207N.Lemon,

Fullerton,CA.92832

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WORKINPROGRESS

August15,2018

Reporter:DaveYotter

USSConstitution,ca.1802–PaulPayne

PaulGarnett’sbio:

A native of Massachusetts, Marine artist Paul Garnett is entirely self-taught. For

sevenyearsheservedastheshipwrightonMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer’stallshipreplicaofthe

famous “Bounty” that was built for M.G.M.’s 1962 production of Mutiny on the BountystarringMarlonBrando.HisartworkhasbeenfeaturedinNauticalWorldMagazine,Marine

ArtQuarterlyandSeaHistoryMagazine.,Quarterdeck, ‘Soundings,’,TheNauticalResearch

Journal,and“NorthCarolinaHistoricalReview,aswellastheNationalMaritimeHistorical

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Society’sChristmascard.HehasalsohadhispaintingsappearonA&E’sSeaTalesaswellas

TheHistoryChannel’sprogramHistory’sMysteriesandonehasbeenlicensedtobeusedin

thebackgroundofafilmduetobereleasedin2019.TheClintonCountyHistoricalSociety

inNewYorklicensed“BattleofValcourIsland”asaposterfortheirrecoveryprojectonthe

lake where the battle took place. This painting has also been used in Facts on File’s

RevolutionaryWarAlmanac. “Artof theSea”hasfeaturedtheartist’spaintingsfivetimes

over a number of years and the number 8 2006 edition of Denmark’s HistorieMagazine

included the artist’s ‘MenAgainst the Sea’ aswell as a painting of Joshua Slocum’sSpraybeingfeaturedintheir#112014issue. Mr.Garnett’spaintingshavealsobeenfeaturedas

thecoversofthetrilogybynavalhistorianWilliamH.Whiteaboutthewarof1812–APress

ofCanvas,AFineTops’lBreezeandTheEveningGunaswellasMr.White’sotherworksof

fiction and non-fiction. NicholasNicastro’sworkBetweenTwo Fires, a novel about John

PaulJones,usedMr.Garnett’sartforthecover.Hehascurrentlycompletedartworkforthe

firsttwobooksofWilliamWestbrook’sseafictiontrilogy–TheBermudaPrivateerandThe

Black Ring. He has also done CD cover art for the Telarc’s “Masters & Commanders”

recordedbytheCincinnatiPopsOrchestraconductedbythelategreatErichKunzelandfor

“Secret Signs” recorded by the Bow Triplets, an Irish/Celtic folk music group based in

Europe.

The artist’s originals can be seen at the J. Russell Jinishian Galley in Fairfield,

ConnecticutandtheCamdenFallsGalleryinCamden,Maine,aswellasonhiswebsite.They

haveappearedinsuchshowsas“ModernMarineMasters”atMysticSeaport,“WaterWays”

at Art of the Sea, “Charlestown – Then and Now” at the Charlestown Naval Museum,

“MastersandCommanders”attheUnionLeagueClubinNewYorkCity,“ArtoftheBoston

Waterfront” at the John Stobart Gallery in Boston, as well as in the Maritime Gallery at

MysticSeaportandtheMerchantMarineAcademyinKingsPoint,NewYork.

InJuly2005,Mr.GarnettwasinvolvedintheNationalJuriedExhibitionatthe12th

AnnualMaritimeArtExhibitionattheCoosArtMuseuminOregon.Mr.Garrett’sworkwas

alsofeaturedandauctionedattheDonCesarHotelonSt.PetersburgBeachinthesummer

of2002whenhewasOPSail’sfeaturedeventartistatthegatheringofTallShips.Boththe

ConstitutionMuseuminCharlestownandtheMarineMuseuminFallRiver,Massachusetts

have permanent exhibits of his work, as do theMinnesota MaritimeMuseum, the North

CarolinaMarineMuseuminBeaufortand,morerecently,theNationalCoastGuardMuseum.

TheartistisalsoalongtimememberoftheNationalMaritimeHistoricalSociety,the

International Society of Marine Painters, the Nautical Research Guild, as well as being

electedin2018asaSignatureMemberoftheAmericanSocietyofMarineArtists.Heworks

fromhisstudioinMarlborough,Massachusettsandwelcomesvisitors.

Paul Payne brought in the above

image by Paul Garnett of Constitutioncoming off the ways at Edmund Hartt’s

Shipyard,framedandreadytodisplayalong

withhismodelofUSSConstitutionwhenitis done. President John Adams and

Massachusetts Governor Increase Sumner

attendedconstitution’slaunchingceremony.

Upon launch, she slid down the ways only

27 feet before stopping; her weight had

caused the ways to settle into the ground,

preventing furthermovement. An attempt

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twodayslaterresultedinonlyanadditional31feetoftravelbeforetheshipagainstopped.

Afteramonthofrebuildingtheways,ConstitutionfinallyslippedintoBostonHarboron21October1797,withCaptainJamesSeverbreakingabottleofMadeirawineonherbowsprit.

PaperFigures–BobPenikasFiguresMadeFromPaper

If you wish to challenge your

craftsmanship here is a website where

realisticfiguresofthepropersizemayman

yourshipsinanyposeyoudesire;alloutof

paper:

http://paulestudios.com/en/projects_paper

human.html

Hispostingsarelocatedhere:

http://www.papermodelers.com/

Ofcourseyoumaypurchaseready-madeplasticNavalfigures;justsnipthemaway

fromthesprueandmountonyourmodel.Theyareofferedin1/700scalepaintedatScale

Hobbyist-$9.39orHOPreiserfigurines-$13.40oneBay,etc.Butifyouwantyoursailors

performingspecificjobspapermaybethewaytogo.

Bobdisplayedthepartspagethatheenlargedaswellasthepaperfigurehemade

withthetinyparts includingHanSolo’ssidearmincludingthepartspage fromwhichthe

parts were cut out. He also showed a page from Paul Sanchez’s site –

www.papermodelers.com that showed 1:200 & 1:250 sailors laser cut as well as Paper

Human Website tear-out strips. The figure he showed he made using thin wire at the

shoulderandhipjointstoallowbendingoftheextremities.

VenetianGondola–CrawfordWesterling Crawford has nearly finished his 1:24

scale yacht styled after a Venetian gondola.

Themodelkitcamefromayachtsurplusstore.

The kit featured a solid hull and scales out to

beabout48feetinthisscale.Crawfordlikesto

use traditional yacht buildingmaterials in his

models and so it is with this one using teak,

mahoganyandoak.Hescratchedthecabinand

addedtheteakdeck.Radarandradioantennas

were added to the cabin top, as was a

surfboard forusewhile inportand thesurf is

up.

The oar or rèmo is held in an oarlock

known as an fórcola. The fórcola is of a

complicatedshape,allowingseveralpositionsoftheoarforslowforwardrowing,powerful

forward rowing, turning, slowingdown, rowingbackwards, andstopping. Everydetailof

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the gondola has its own symbolism. The iron prow-head of the gondola, called “Fero da

prorà”or“dolfin”,isneededtobalancetheweightofthegondolaatthesternandhasa“Ƨ" shapesymbolicofthetwistsintheCanalGrande.Underthemainbladethereisa“sestieri”

ofVenice.Akindoftoothjutsoutbackwardstowardthecentreofthegondolasymbolizing

the IslandofGiudecca. The curved top signifies theDoge’s cap. The semi-circular break

betweenthecurvedtopandthesixteethissaidtorepresenttheRialtoBridge.Sometimes

threefriezescanbeseenin-betweenthesixprongs,indicatingthethreemainislandsofthe

city:Murano,BuranoandTorcello.(Wikipedia).

The Rémo and fórcola on Crawford’s yacht will be used as a steering oar and of

coursetheferomustbeincludedasadefiningfeatureofaVenetiangondolaandmakesfora

finefigurehead.TheItalianflagatthesternstartedoutasaMexicanflagandwiththeeagle

inthecenterstripepaintedout,becameItalian. Abrassrivetservesasaflagholder. The

yachtwillfeatureelectricpropulsion.

FriedrichWilhelmZuPferde–DonDressel

Don brought in a German

warship for Frederick William (“The

Great Elector”) of Brandenburg, the

State that became the heart of the

powerful Prussian Kingdom. Mr. G. C.

Peckelhering built this German frigate

between1660and1661intheshipyard

ofPillauPrincpauté.It’slengthwas125

feet, thewidth 32 feet and the tonnage

about900tons. Theshipwasdesigned

with50/60gunsandacrewof250men.

The Fredrich Wilhelm zu Pferde madeseveral trips. Theywere in 1685 from

Pillau to Emden, in September 1691

from Emden to Shetland Islands under

thecommandofCaptain JeanLeSageasanescort for theDerfflinger (amodelpreviouslybuiltby JohnBakkerandmastedand riggedbyDoncurrently inamuseum). On July25,

1692,alongwitha large fleet, theFredrichWilhelmzuPferde sailed fromEmden,headingtowardsGuinea.DuringthetripitandtheSalamanderwonavictoryoveraFrenchship.Atthis time inhistory,BrandenburgwasatwarwithFrance. In thenightofOctober30/31

1692,threeFrenchshipsfoughttheFriedrichWilhelmzuPferde.Withthefirstcannonades,CaptainJeanLeSagewaskilledandtheshipwassetonfire.

Don brought in the model as he was having difficulty with the La Real, whichdeveloped a twist in the hull due to the very hot and humid conditions in Don’s garage.

UntilDon figures outwhat to dowith the twistedhull and somehow straighten it (it has

neverhappenedbeforetoDon),hewillputtheLaRealonholdandworkonothermodels.DickRoos,aone-timememberoftheSMAandagoodfriend,originallybuiltthemodelhull.

Dick was no longer interested in building the model or finishing it, but wanted it to be

completed,soDonpurchasedthehullfromhim.Themodelwillbecompleted,butalotof

work has to be done. The deck furniture, cannons, and carvings including the quarter

galleries,figureheadandsterndecorationshavetobecarved.Thenthemastingandrigging

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hastobecompleted.ItistoobadthatSidSiegelisnolongerwithus,ashewouldhavebeen

abletodoamasterfuljobofpaintingthefigureonthesternoftheship.

Donalsomentionedthatapparentlysomeofthefiguresaremissingfromtheitems

obtained fromDick, soDon calledAgesof Sail to ask for anewset of castings. Thesehe

planstocarveeventuallyinwood,butthecastingswouldhelp. AgesofSailinformedDon

thatEuromodel, thekitmanufacturer, toldAgesofSail thattheydonotmakethecastings

for themodel, but farm it out to a casting company in Italy. Unfortunately, this casting

companyinItalycaughtfireandburneddown!ThereseemstobealotoffiresinItaly!The

castingsarestillbeingsought,sothismodelalsomaybeputonhold.

WappenVonHamburg–JohnBakker WappenVonHamburgwasstartedin1667andtookservicein1669.Shewasusedas an escort vessel on voyages to the Spitsbergen (aNorwegian archipelago in theArctic

Oceanthenusedasawhalingbase).OnOctober10,1683whileontheCadizroutfirebroke

outinthebowandspreadthroughoutthe

ship.Theshipexplodedwhenfirereached

the arsenal. The admiral lost 42 of 170

sailorsand22ofthe50soldiers.

Whatisknownisthattheshipwas

builtonthemodelofleadingDutchdesign.

Wolfgang Quinger, in Wappen VonHamburg I (1980), suggests that the pair(Leopoldus Primus & Wappen VanHamburg) may have been more or lessreplicasoftheDutchshipAemilia.Ifthisisso,WappenVonHamburgwouldhavehada length of about 130 feet and awidth of

almost 36 feet. To get over the shoals in

theriverElbe,thehullwasprobablybuiltafterthe“Rotterdamform”.Armament:54guns:

26X18-pounders,18X8-pounders,4X6-pounders,6X4-pounders.

Johnhas completed the1:40Corel kitmodel ofWappenVonHamburg. Thebuildrequiredovercomingmanykitproblemsincludingage.Thewalnutsuppliedinthis40-year

oldkitwasquiterough.Alotoffillerwasrequiredtogetittothepointwherehecouldjust

sanditsmoothandpaintthehull.Thefittingssuppliedwiththekitwereroughalso.Many

wereonesidedandtheguncarriages,madeofpot-metalandcamewithovalwheels(not

round).Johnhadtodevelopatemplatetoplacethegunportsallatthesameheightabove

the deck. The end result is quite pleasing with an abundance of Baroque carvings and

sculptures,ahighelaboratesternandthreeornatelanterns.

Johndoesnotplantomastorrig themodel,ashe indicatedthat themodelwould

thenbetoolargetobuiltacasefornottomentionthefactthatthewouldhavenoroomin

hishometoplacethemodel.Johndoescaseallhismodels,sothehullitselfwillalreadybe

quitelarge.AndYES,thegunportsARElinedupcorrectly.

CSSVirginia–BobZmuda CSSVirginiawasthefirststeam-poweredironcladwarshipbuiltbytheConfederateStates Navy during the first year of the American Civil War; she was constructed as a

casemate ironclad using the raised and cut down original lower hull and engines of the

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scuttled steam screw frigate USS

Merrimack. Virginia was one of theparticipants in the Battle of Hampton

Roads, opposing the Union’s USS

Monitor in March 1862. The battle ischieflysignificantinnavalhistoryasthe

firstbattlebetweenironclads.

Virginia’s battery consisted offour muzzle loading single-banded

Brookeriflesandsixsmoothbore9-inch

Dahlgren guns salvaged from the old

Merrimack. Two of the rifles, the bowand stern pivot guns, were 7-inch

caliber and weighed 14,500 pounds

each. They fireda104-pound shell. Theother twowere6.4-inch cannonof about9,100

poundsandcouldfirea72.5-poundshelluptoarangeof3,357yardsatanelevationof15

degrees. Both amidships Dahlgren’s nearest the boiler furnaces were fitted-out to fire

heated shot. Onherupper casematedeckwerepositioned twoanti-boarding/personnel

12-pounderHowitzers.

Bob’smodelofCSSVirginiaisbeingconstructedfromaLindberg“GreatMomentsinHistory”(vintage)kit.The“boxscale”sizedkitis1:245andincludedboththeCSSVirginiaandtheUSSMonitor.TheVirginiaismostlycompleteandneedsthescrewaddedandsomeweathering.Bobsaidthecurrentpaintschemeisspeculativeandthatmaychange.

MysteryShip–JimIngersoll Jimbrought in amodel thatwas a gift to him from a Czechoslovakian gentleman.

The scale andmethod of construction are

unknownandheisinterestedinfindingout

what ship themodel represents. To your

reporterthisappearstobeanicelybuiltkit

with sails typical of kit-built models. The

detailsaresimilartoa15th0r16thcentury

carrackornaoandinsomewayssimilarto

Columbus’ Santa Maria or Magellan’s NaoVictoria. However therearedifferences inthe details of each of these examples and

some additional searching on the Internet

is likely to provide a match. Jim did

indicate that thereweresomeareas in the

model that had to be repaired also,

especially in the rigging. Therewerehundredsof shipsof this type thatwere sailing the

oceansoftheworldinthe15thand16thcenturies,sofindinganexactmatchtoaparticular

shipmayprovetobeverydifficultwithouttheaidofthebuilderofthemodel,whichasyour

editorremembers,wasCzechoslovakian. AnysuggestionsfromreadersofthisNewsletter

wouldbeappreciated–contactanyofficerontheletterheadifdesired.

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PaperFigures–BobPenikasVenetianGondola–CrawfordWesterling

FriedrichWilhelmZuPferde–DonDresselWappenVonHamburg–JohnBakker

CSSVirginia–BobZmudaMysteryShip–JimIngersoll

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MayflowerGroup

ByDonDressel

OldSaltsinPort:SteveJones,JohnBakker,MikeDeCerbo,TomStellerandDonDressel.

ShipsinPort:WappenvonHamburg,LaReal,HMSPrince,littleHMSPrince.

John started off the meeting by

discussionhisWappenvonHamburg,whichhehasfinallycompletedasfarashewillgo.

He does not plan tomast or rig themodel

due to the fact that he has no room in his

hometocasethemodel ifhefullyriggedit.

AshealreadybroughtittotheregularSMA

meeting, it is shown in the firstpartof this

newsletteralongwiththewrite-upbyDave.

He did talk about the procedures he

followed inbuilding themodeland the fact

thathemountedthedrawingofthehullona

boardsothathecouldeasilytakeoffallthe

neededdimensionsand locate theexactpositionof thegunportsonhismodel. Healso

talkedabouthisprogressonhisHMSPrince, towhichhedidthesamethingbygluingthedrawingontoaflatboard.Therewasalsoa

discussionabout theerrors in the location

of the gunports, aswell as the size of the

lightson the frames,whichwere too large

forthepartssuppliedinthekit.Itisagood

thingthatJohncheckseverythingbeforehe

actuallystartscutting,asthescrollworkon

the frames would have resulted in very

large holes for the lights. There was also

some discrepancy with the location of

gangways and doors. It will be very

interesting next month to see what

solutions John has come up with to solve

theseproblems.Thekitheisbuildingisan

oldAmatikitwhich isno longer inproduction, sounlessamodelerhas collected thiskit,

manyoftheproblemswillnotbepresentedtoanothermodeler.Pleasenoteinthephotoof

the HMS Prince that John is building that he planks the decks before installing them, aprocedure that he likes. John stated that gun port locations on this model were also a

problem.

Donwasnextupwhichbeganwithadiscussionofhisongoingproject,theSpanish

GalleyLeRealbyDusek. It isa long,slimhull that,Donthought,wouldnotbendortwistduetotheextensivestructureofthehull,butithappenedanyway.Thehulltwisted!Until

he findsaway tocorrect the twist in thehull, thismodelwillbeputonhold. Oneof the

things that came out on the discussion that followedwas the fact that the high heat and

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humidity in the garage where Don does

his modeling probably had a lot to do

withthetwistingofthehull. Inaddition,

discussions on how to correct a twist in

the hull began, one good suggestion

coming from Steve,who had corrected a

twist on one of his models in the past.

There will be a lot of research and

thought given to this problem and a

methodfoundtocorrect thetwistbefore

themodelprogressesanyfurther.Donis

also in the middle of having his eye

cataractsurgeryonbotheyes,sothiswill

delaytheresearchforamonthormore.

Inthemeantime,sinceworking

onbuilding shipmodels cannotbeput

on a total hold by Don, he began the

construction of the HMS Prince, aMamolikitin1:144scale,thefirsttime

Donhasattempted tobuildamodel to

thisscale. Itwillresultinamodelthat

is of a ship-of-the-line but also small

enoughthathecanmastandrigit,case

it,andfindroomforitinhishome.The

sizeiskindofbetweenafullscaleHMS

Prince like John is building and aminiature model like Gus Agustin

would build. The photo shows the

model on a building board with the

framesanddeckbracesinstalled–butNOTglued.Correctionshadtobemadetothegroves

inthedeckboardsplusseveraloftheframestoalignproperly.Thenextstepwillbetoglue

theminplaceonceeverythingisalignedcorrectly.Donhadalsorepairedhisairconditioner

inthegaragetomakesurehedoesnothaveanothertwistinghullproblem.

Donalsoindicatedthathewasimpressedwiththeplansandinstructionswiththis

kit.Theyevenexplainthatyoushouldplankononesideofthehull,thenplankanidentical

plank on the other side

of the model to avoid

possible twisting of the

hull. Theseinstructions

are better than most

modeling instructions

supplied in European

kits.

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SMAClubShipModelPlans OurTreasurer,LarryVanEs,hasofferedtotakeonthetaskofcatalogingour

Club’sshipplanscollection.Thisjobhasbeenattemptedvarioustimesbyothersin

thepastwithvaryingresults. Larrypromisedtodohisbest. Ifyouwouldliketo

helphimwiththisendeavor,pleasecontacthimat:(714)936-0389ore-mailhimat

larry@uswheel.com.

InternationalConventionofModelShipBuilding There will be a ship model convention in France this coming October 17

throughOctober21inRochefort,France.Moredetailswillbeforthcominginfuture

issuesoftheSMANewsletterandaseparate“flyer”willbesenttoallSMAmembers

andassociatesatthesametimeasthisnewsletter.Staytunedformoredetails.

NRGConferenceinLasVegasTheNRGConferencewillbeinLasVegas,Nevada,October26th&27thandthereis

noconflictwiththeInternationalConventionisFranceabove,soanySMAmember

whodesireswillbeabletoattendbothconferences.

SMAMemberHonoraryAwardYasKomorita,forallhisextraordinaryeffortsgivenovertheyearstotheSMA,has

been awarded the first SMA member honorary lifetime award at the recent

MayflowerGroupmeeting.YaswillbeamemberoftheSMAfortherestofhislife,a

well-earnedhonor.

SanDiegoShipModelersGuild

ForthoseSMAmemberswhomaybeinterested,theSanDiegoShipModelersGuild

nowhastheirmeetingsontheBerkleyonthesecondTuesdayofeachmonth.Youreditor and reporter routinely attend themeeting that is usually very informative

andenlightening.

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MysteryShip–JimIngersoll

DonaldC.Dressel908W.22ndStreet,Upland,CA.91784-1220

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