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SMASMANewsletterNewsletter

Volume45,Number02,February2018

ContactsPresident:MikeDiCerbo:(714)523-5218–[email protected]:Jean-PhilippeDalGobbo–[email protected]:PaulPayne:(310)544-1461Treasurer:LarryVanEs:(714)936-0839–[email protected]:DonDressel:(909)949-6931–[email protected]:DougTolbert:(949)644-5416

WEBPAGEwww.shipmodelersassociation.org.

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

Fullerton,CA.92832

WORKINPROGRESS

January172018

Reporter:DaveYotter

HMSBellona1760–ChrisCarl

HMS Bellonawas a 74-gun Bellona-class third-rate ship of the line of theRoyalNavy. Designed by Sir Thomas Slade, shewas a prototype for the iconic 74-gun shipsof the latter part of the 18th century. Herparticulars were: Tons burthen: 1615 bm;Length: 168 ft (gundeck), 138 ft (keel);Beam:46ft11in;Draught:21ft6 in;depthofhold:19ft9in:Complement:650officersand men; Armament; Lower gundeck: 28 X32 pounders; Upper gundeck: 28 X 18pounders; QD; 14 X 9 pounders; Fc: 4 X 9pounders.

ChrisismakingprogressonhisnewmodelofHMSBellona.ThisisbeingbuiltfromaplankonbulkheadCorelkitin1:100scale.Allbulkheadframesareinstalledonthekeeland themain, forecastle andpoopdecks are in place. Also installed are thedecks in thegreat cabinandheadareas. There is somephotoetchsupplied for the forwardbulkheadundertheforecastledeck.Thishasbeeninstalledanditneedstobepaintedbutitisundertheforecastledeckplanking.Hewasthinkingaboutdoingthepaintingintwolayers-afterthefirstcolorandthenremovingthefirstlayerofpaintfromthehighspotsusingafingerortoothpick. It was also suggested to just remove the forecastle deck planking for betteraccess to the photo etch when painting. The hull planking is 25% completed. Gunportboxes are inplacewherehalf gunbarrelswill be installedon the lower gundeck and thedeckedoverportionsof theuppergundeck. Theexposedareaof theuppergundeckwillhavefullyriggedcarriageguns.ConfederatePicketBoat–BobPenikas BobbroughtinapapermodelofaConfederatePickedBoat.Themodelrepresentsaboatofabout28feetlongwithplacesfor10sweeps.Boathowitzerscouldbemountedinthe bowof ship’s launches for usewhen going ashore. Bronze boat howitzers came in anumberofcalibersandsomewererifled.Thisoneisa12-poundersmoothbore.Itcouldbe

loadedwith rounds of shot, shell or grape.Picketboats couldalsobearmedwith spartorpedoes. A spar torpedo is a weaponconsistingofabombplacedat theendofalongpole,orspar,andattachedtotheboat.Theweapon is used by running the end ofthe spar into the enemy ship. Spartorpedoes were often equipped with abarbedspearattheend,soitwouldsticktowoodenhulls. Afusecouldthenbeusedtodetonate it. E. C. Singer invented the spartorpedo during the American Civil War, aprivate engineer who worked on secret

projects for the benefit of the Confederate States of America. Singer’s torpedo wasdetonatedbymeansofa triggermechanismadapted froma rifle lock. Thespring-loadedtrigger was detonated by means of a long cord attached to the attacking vessel. Theattacking vessel rammed its target, embedding the barbed torpedo in its hull, and thenbacked off. When the attacker reached the limit of the trigger cord, the torpedo wasdetonated. Unlike ample Civil War Union Picket Boat coverage, researching historicinformation on Confederate Picket Boats rendered nothing useable from the internet orBob’sCivilWarenthusiastfriends. Themodelwasdownloadedfreefromwww.papermodelers.comandprintedon67lb Weusau Exact Vellum Bristol paper. The parts were given a protective acrylic glosscoating(Krylonspraycan)priortocuttingoutandbuild.Thecompletedmodelis4.5incheslong(makingthescaleapproximately1:21). SeveralcoatsofFutureacrylicfloorwaxwasthenappliedduringthebuildandonthefinishedmodel.Thehowitzerbarrelwasfinishedwith metallic copper watercolor that was helped along with some yellow and green forpatina.USACoastalCannon1780-1812–DonDressel

Don brought in a little model of acoastal cannon made from an ArtesaniaLatinakitthatheobtainedfromayardsalefor$10.00.Donindicatedthatthekitwasafun project that was relatively simple tobuild and provided a “break” from thelarger and more complicated ship modelkits. In a similar vane, Don also obtainedanother Artesania Latina cannon kit whileattending the NRG Conference in Floridalast year – a 24 lb. Naval cannon – whichwill also be another “easy build” in thefuture. The cannon kits are fun little kits,inexpensive,andcanbebuiltratherquickly.

ForDon,itwillbeinterestingtoseeifthissparksanyinterestintheSMAmembershipinthefuture. The cannon provided with the kit is already cast and the cannon carriage andwheelsareprovidedaspartofthekit.Allthatisrequiredisassembly.

DutchFluytDerfflinger–DonDressel

Don also brought in his ongoingproject of masting and rigging the Dutchfluyt Derfflinger. Progress has been madeon the standing rigging and all the ratlineshave been completed on the shrouds. Thelowerstayshavebeeninstalledonthefore,mainandmizzenmasts.Thereisalotmorestanding rigging that has to be completedincludingthetopmaststay,thecrowsfeetonforeandmainandthebackstays.Oneofthedifficulties with this rigging is the lack ofdetailedplans,but fortunatelythere isa lotof information available on Dutch fluyt

ships. The just releasedbook17thcenturyDutchMerchantShipsbyA. J.Hoving(see lastmonthsSMANewsletter)aswellastheplansandbookTheShipsofAbelTasmanbyHovinggivealltheinformationneededtocompletethemastingandriggingprocessofaDutchfluyt.Donisusinglinenlineinhis“stash”thathasbeencollectedovertheyearstocompletetheriggingalongwithLloydWarnerblocksaswellasblocksandriggingdetails fromtheoldArt Am Fuesta kit, which is no longer in production. The closest kit model currentlyavailable of this ship is by Euromodel. The plans provided in both books listed abovesupplyalltheinformationrequiredtoscratchbuildaDutchfluytifdesired.USSSwordfish(SSN-579)–DaveYotter Your reporter brought back his1:96 scale model of the boat he servedaboardinthemid‘60s,USSSwordfish(SSN-579). Swordfish, the second of a class offourSkate-classsubmarines,wasthefourthnuclearsubmarinebuiltandcommissionedin theUnitedStatesNavy. Thecontract tobuild herwas awarded to the PortsmouthNavalShipyardofKittery,Maineon18July1955, and her keel was laid down on 25January 1956. She was launched on 27August 1957 sponsoredbyMrs. EugeneC.Ridersandcommissionedon15September1958with Commander ShannonD. Cramer, Jr., in command. MelDouyette of ColdWarSubmarinesmadethismodelofSwordfishin1:192scale.Thehullismadeofcastresinwithaluminummasts. As delivered the model was mounted on a red oak base with a routed edgetreatment, anameplateandapairofdolphins (the insigniawarnbyqualified submarinesailors) tocomplete thedisplay. Iwantedtoupgradethemodel’spresentationandaddacover tokeepoff thedust andgrime. Ididn’thaveabig slabofhardwood inmy lumberstashthatIwantedtouseasabaseforthecase.Instead,Iusedtwopiecesof½inchBalticbirch plywood, one of the top of the otherwith the top one cut in from the edge of thebottombythewidthoftheacryliccoverthickness.Ihadsomeredgunstripwoodobtained

fromLloydWarner some timeback. Fourpieceswereplaced around theoutsideof thebottomofthebaseandthenthetopwas“planked”withmorestripsoftheredgum. TheacryliccoverwascustommadebyourfriendsofPlexiDisplayswww.PlexiDisplays.cominLaHabra. The nameplatewas done forme at Tustin Awards (closer to home forme thanPlexiDisplays) https://tustinawards.com/ laser etched on birch ply. I added hulldimensionsandcommissioninginformationtotheinfothatMelhadplacedontheoriginalnameplate. To finishoff thepresentation I added thedolphinsandaSwordfishchallengecointothebase.Theonlychallengewiththewholeprocesswasthattheredgumplankingwasrelativelythinandthegluemoisturecausedsomewarpingoftheindividualplanks. Someoftheredgumwillbeavailableatthenextmeetingformembers.Lloydonlyasksthatproceedsfrompurchasegototheclub.EssexClassAircraftCarriers–SeanFallesen

The Essex class was a class ofaircraft carriers of the United States Navythat constituted the 20th century’s mostnumerous class of capital ships. The classconsisted of 24 vessels, which came in“short-hull” and “long-hull” versions.Thirty-two ships were originally ordered,butasWorldWar IIwounddown,sixwerecancelledbeforeconstructionandtwowerecancelledafterconstructionhadbegun. NoEssex-classshipswere losttoenemyactiondespite several vessels sustaining very

heavy damage. The Essex-class carriers were the backbone of the U. S. Navy’s combatstrengthduringWorldWarIIfrommid-1943on,and,alongwiththeadditionofthethreeMidway-class carriers just after thewar, continued to be the heart of U.S. naval strengthuntil the supercarriers began to come into the fleet in numbers during the 1960’s and1970’s.(Wikipedia). SeaniswellintobuildingacollectionofTHEENTIRECLASSofEssexcarriers.Allcarriers thatwereassignedhullnumbers are included in the collectioneven if theywerecancelledbeforebeinglaiddown. ThegroupincludesCV-9throughCV-21,CV-31throughCV-40,CV-45throughCV-47andCV-50throughCV-55,foratotalof32ships.Sevenofthemodelsarecompleteand25wereondisplay.Themodelsareall1:700scaleandwerebuiltusinginjectionmoldedplastickitsfromHasegawa,DragonorTrumpeter.Thedeckswillbepopulatedwithdecaled3Dprintedaircraft and the ships fittedwithphotoetchdetailing.Eachoftheshipsisbeingbuilttoitsmostdistinctiveconfiguration.Numerousshipspecificmodificationsandmarkingsareinprogress.Allhullswereappropriatewillreceivedazzlepaintjobs.USSKearsarge(CV-33)willreceiveanangledeckconversion.Sevenoftheshipswillbeconverted to1950s to1960sconfiguration. Sean ishoping tocomplete theentiregrouptoshowattheOctoberIPMSNationalConventioninPhoenixthisyear. Wedidgetagoodtipregardingglue thatSeanuses forattachingphotoetch. Theproduct is Gator’s Grip Hobby Glue. There are several favorable reviews on line and itdoesn’t have some of the shortcomings of CA glues giving a quick grab plus somepositioningtime.TheproductisavailablefromGatorMask&More,www.gatorsmask.comandotherhobbysites.

BattleCruiserSMSSeydlitz–DavidOkamura

SMS Seydlitz was a 24,988 metricton battlecruiser of the Imperial GermanNavy,builtinHamburg.Shewasorderedin1910 and commissioned in May 1913, thefourth battlecruiser built for the High SeasFleet. She was named after FriedrichWilhelm von Seydlitz, a Prussian generalduringthereignofKingFredericktheGreatand the Seven Years’ War. Seydlitzrepresented the culmination of the firstgeneration of German battlecruisers,whichhad startedwith theVon der Tann in 1906andcontinuedwiththepairofMoltke-class

battlecruisers ordered in 1907 and 1908. Seydlitz featured several incrementalimprovementsovertheprecedingdesigns,includingaredesignedpropulsionsystemandanimprovedarmorlayout.Theshipwasalsosignificantlylargerthanherpredecessors–shewasapproximately3,000metrictonsheavierthantheMoltke-classships.Seydlitzwas656ft. long at the waterline and 658 ft. overall. The ship had a beam of 93 ft., which wasincreasedto94ft.withanti-torpedonetsequipped.Shehadadraftof30ft.forwardand29ft. aft. Seydlitzdisplaced 24,593 long tons as designed and carrying a full load, the shipdisplaced28,100longtons.(Wikipedia). Davidbroughtinthestartofhisnextproject.TherearetwokitsofthebattlecruiserSMSSeydlitz.ThereisaHobbyBossplastickitofSeydlitzin1:350scaleandanotherModelKartonowy cardstockmodel kit in 1:200 scale. The paper cardstock kitwill be used as areferencematerialtohelpinaddingdetailtotheplastickitversion.IcebreakingEmergencyEvacuationVessel–BurtGoldstein Petroleum exploitation companiesoperate a fleet of Ice Breaking EmergencyEvacuationVessels(IBEEV)ontheCaspianSea,toservicetheextensiveoilfieldsthere.Thevesselsaredesignedtoevacuateupto338individualspertrip.Theyaredesignedto functionusingcompressedair topowertheir engines, if they are passing throughpools of burning oil, or oxygen poorenvironments – carrying enoughcompressedairtofunctionfor50minutes.Every evacuee is issued a rebreather, forpassing through anoxic environments, ifthe airtight evacuation capsules arecompromised. The vessels are insulated so passengers and crew can survive transitingthrough pools of burning oil. Since the Caspian freezes during winter the vessels aredesignedtobreakupto2.0ft.ofice.AKACINC.andRobertAllanLimited,afirmofCanadiannavalarchitects,designedthevessels.Initially,in2005,Romontowabuiltfourvessels.By

2012 the fleet contained ten vessels. There are provisions to carry ten stretcher-bound,woundedevacuees,whiletheremaining328evacueesareseatedinoneofthreeevacuationcapsules.Onlytwocrewmembersarerequiredtooperatethevessels.(Wikipedia). BurtbuiltthismodelofanIBEEVincardstockfromaJSCkit.Themodelisin1:100scale.ContinentalFrigateHancock1776–HenryBikhazi

The secondHancockwas one ofthe first 13 frigates of the ContinentalNavy. A resolution of the ContinentalCongress of British North America 13December 1775 authorized herconstruction; she was named for JohnHancock. In her career, she servedunder theAmerican,BritishandFrenchflags.Herparticularsare:Tonsburthen:763bm,Length:136ft.7in.;keel115ft.10 in.; Beam: 35 ft. 6 in.; Depth: 11 ft.;Complement: 290 officers and men:Armament:24X12–pounderguns,10X6-pounderguns.

Hancockwasbuilt atNewburyport,Massachusetts, andplacedunder commandofCaptain John Manley 17 April 1776. After a long delay in fitting out and manning, shedepartedBoston,MassachusettsincompanywithContinentalfrigateBoston,21May1777.On29May they captured a small brig loadedwith cordage andduck. Thenext day theyencounteredaconvoyoftransportsescortedbyBritish64-gunshipSomersetthatsetsailtocloseHancock. Manley was saved by the clever and well-timed action of Boston, whichforced Somerset to give up the chase by taking on the transports. After escaping fromSomerset,thetwofrigatessailedtothenortheastuntil7JunewhentheyengagedtheRoyalNavy’s28-gun fox,whichtriedtooutsailherAmericanenemies. Hancockgavechaseandsoon overhauled Fox, which lost hermainmast and suffered other severe damage in theensuingbattle.Aboutanhourlater,BostonjoinedthebattleandcompelledFoxtostrikehercolors. Hancock spent the next few days repairing the prize and then resumed cruisingalong the coast ofNewEngland. East of Cape Sale she took aBritish coal sloop that shetoweduntilthenextmorningwhentheapproachofaBritishsquadronpromptedManleytosetthecoalsloopablazeandleaveheradrift.TheBritishfrigateHMSFlorarecapturedFoxafter a hot action. Boston became separated from Hancock, which tried to outsail herpursuers. Early in themorning of 8 July 1777 the Britishwerewithin striking distance.HMSRainbowbegantoscorewithherbowchasersandfollowedwithaseriesifbroadsides.Hancockwasthusfinallyforcedtostrikehercolorsafterachaseofsome39hours.Shehad239menofhercrewaboard,50somebeingonFox.ShealsohadCaptainFotheringhamofFox and 40 of his people on board. The rest of Fox’s complement was onBoston and acoupleoffishingvessels. Henryappearstobereadytocontinueworkonhisscratchbuilt1:96scalemodeloftheHancock of 1776. Themodel was started five to six years ago. Wood used for hullframingismapleandpaumarfimforexteriorhullplanking.Mapleisusedforthemastsand

tops. Allof themajorhullworkanddeck furnitureappear tobe inplace. Capstan, shipswheel,fiferails,bitsandpinrailsarein.Gunsareinplace.Allthreelowermastsandtheirrespective tops completed with a start on the topmasts. Rigging has just been started.Bowsprit gammoning and bobstays are in as is the anchor cable. Chains, channels andlowerdeadeyesarein.Nextupappeartobelowershroudsandstays.HMSVictory–HenryBikhazi

HMSVictory isa104-gunfirst-rateshipofthelineoftheRoyalNavy,orderedin1758,laiddownin1759andlaunchedin1765. She is best known for her role asLord Nelson’s flagship at the Battle ofTrafalgar on 21 October 1805. Sheadditionally servedasKeppel’s flagship atUshant, Howe’s flagship at Cape Sparteland Jervis’s flagship at Cape St. Vincent.After1824,shewasrelegatedtotheroleofharborship. In1922,shewasmovedtoadry dock at Portsmouth, England andpreservedasamuseumship.Shehasbeen

theflagshipoftheFirstLordsinceOctober2012andistheworld’soldestnavalshipstillincommission.Herparticularsare:Displacement:3,500tons,tonsburthen;2,142tonsbm,Length:186ft.ongundeck,227ft.6in.(overall),Beam:51ft.10in.,Draught:28ft.9in.(8.76m),Depthofhold:21ft.6in.,Propulsion:Sails–6,510sq.yd.,Sailplan:full-riggedship,Speed:upto11knotsmaximum,Complement:approximately850,Armament:atTrafalgar:Gundeck:30X2.75 ton long pattern Bloomfield 32 pounders, Middle gundeck: 28 X 2.5 ton long 24pounders,Uppergundeck:30X1.7tonshort12pounders,Quarterdeck:12X1.7tonshort12pounders,Forecastle:2Xmedium12pounders,2X68poundcarronades.InspiredbytheworksofminiaturistLloydMcCaffery,HenrybuiltthisscratchmodelofHMSVictory in1:136scale. Thehull ishandcarvedmahoganywithmaplemastsandholly forthedeck. Once themodel iscomplete itwillbemountedatoptheclockstandmade fromburlwood.USSConstitution–PaulPayne USSConstitutionisathree-mastedheavyfrigateoftheUnitedStatesNavy,namedbyPresidentGeorgeWashingtonaftertheConstitutionoftheUnitedStatesofAmerica.Sheisthe world’s oldest commissioned naval vessel still afloat. Constitutionwas launched in1797,oneof thesixoriginal frigatesauthorized forconstructionbytheNavalActof1794andthethirdconstructed.JoshuaHumphreysdesignedthefrigatestobetheyoungNavy’scapital shipsandsoConstitution andhersisterswere largerandmoreheavilyarmedandbuiltthanstandardfrigatesoftheperiod.Herparticularswere:Tonnage:1,576,Displacement:2.200tons,Length:207ft.billetheadtotaffrail,175ft.atthewaterline,Beam:43ft.s6in.,Height:mainmast:220ft.,Draft:21ft.

forward,23ft.aft,Depthofhold:14ft.3in.,Sail plan: 42,710 sq. ft. on three masts,Speed: 13 knots, Complement: 450including 55 Marines and 30 boys,Armament:30X24-pounderlongguns,20X32-pounder carronades, 2 X 24-pounderbowchasers.Paul is continuing construction of hisscratch built 1:96 scale model of USSConstitutioninheras-builtconfiguration,ca.1803. Paul has been doing a lot ofreworkingofthespardeck,bulwarks,stern

andheaddetailstoconformtothebestavailableresearchofConstitution’sappearancefromlaunch to 1903. The main source has been Karl Marquardt’s Anatomy of the shipmonograph. AsecondsourcewasabookwrittenbyWilliamBasstitledTheConstitution,SuperFrigateofmanyFaces, a limitededitionpublished in1981. Anadditional researchsourceisapaintingbyMichelFeliceCornèofConstitutionc.1803-04andtheearliestknownphotographofConstitutionundergoingrepairsattheNavyYard,Portsmouthin1858. Aftersubstantialreworkingdototheadditionalinformationabovethereplankingofthespardeckiswellunderway. Thisisbeingdoneovera1/64aircraftplysubdeck. Theheadwork and stern configuration can then be completed. The gundeck armament is inplace and currently there will be no gunport covers. A small repair was needed in thecoppering of the hull. The repair platesweremade from stained glass copper stripwithdetailaddedusingaponcewheel.“SovereignoftheSeas”-RichBlumenthal

Rich came to theSMAMeetingwiththismodeltotryandascertainexactlywhatshe was. Rich says the nameplate says“SovereignoftheSeas”butthatdoesn’tseemright tohim. Of the threeSovereigns listedin Wikipedia the closest seems to be theDonaldMcKayclipperof1852andeventhatone isn’t close, since there are too manymasts on his ship model with the wrongshape to the hull among other problems.The other two ships listed in Wikipediawere the 17th century Royal Navy warship

anda1988moderncruiseship. Anyway, therewereanumberofsuggestions fromthosepresent that itseemedsimilar tosomesail trainingshipssuchas theAmerigoVespucciortheGorchFock,thesimilaritiesthereseemtobeprettymuchrelatedtothewhitehullwithportholes.Thelargestproblemseemstobewiththefourequallengthmastscrossedwithtoo many yardarms. So the naming of the vessel seems to be an affectation and theconclusionreachedmustbe that themodel ismeant tobeadecorativeoneor somethingclassifiedasfolkart.Richwashappytoconcludethatthemodelwasa“folkart”modelanddidnotactuallyrepresentanyspecificsailingship.

RoyalBargecirca1700–JonSanford

TheShipModelersAssociationhadafew guests at the January meeting – threemembers of the San Diego Ship ModelersGuild. Theywere JonSanford,EdTorrenceand Guy Lawrie, who introducedthemselves. Iwasapleasure tohave themattend our meeting, as your reporter andDonDresselattendtheirmeetingthatareonthesecondTuesdayofeachmonth.JonSanford,whohappenstobetheSDSMGGuild Master, gave a presentation of his

modeling of the Royal Barge circa 1700, a model designed for master ship modelers byChuckPassaroin½”=1footscale.TheSDSMGisconductingacommunitybuildeffortwithseveraloftheirmembers,whoareallbuildingthismodel. Thekit isavailablefromSyrenShipModelsatwww.syrenshipmodelcompany.com. Jontalkedabouthiseffortswiththemodelandtheprogressheismaking.ThiskitisaplankonframeshipmodelkitofaQueenAnnestyleRoyalBargecompletewitheverythingyouwillneed,madefromallcherrywoodandboxwoodaccents.Pedestalsandsweepracksarealsoincludedwiththekitalongwithafinelymadeflag. Theinstructionsare available off the internet. A very excellent and strongly recommended kit model ofthosewhowishto“getstarted”withscratchbuilding.CatalanShip“NAO”–BillSchultheis BillbroughtinhismodeloftheNaobutdidnottalkaboutitatthemeetingduetothefactthatthereweresomanymodels.Itwasthere,however,andIthoughtitshouldbementioned.IhopeBilltalksaboutthemodelnextmonth!ItisaratherlargeanddifferentmodelbyWoodyJoeat1/30scale.

ChrisCarl’sHMSBellonaBobPenikasConfederatePicketBoat DonDressel’scoastalCannonDonDressel’sDutchfluytDerfflinger

DaveYotter’sUSSSwordfish(SSN-579)SeanFallesen’sEssexclasscarriers

DavidT.Okamura’sSMSSeydlitzBurtGoldstein’sIBEEVHenryBikhazi’sHancock1776HenryBikhazi’sHMSVictory

PaulPayne’sUSSConstitutionRichBlumenthal’sfolkartmodel

MayflowerGroup

ByDonDressel

Old Salts in Port: Steve Jones, John Bakker, Don Dressel, Tom Stellar, Guy Bell, DonLeyman.ShipsinPort:HMSPegasus,Derfflinger.ToolsandBooks:17thCenturyDutchMerchantShipsbyAbHoving,Seizingmachineplusothers.

JohnBakker startedoff themeetingwith a brief discussion of his newCorel/Movo kit model of theWoppen VonHamburg, which is a large ship-of-the-lineprobablyconstructedbytheDutch.Heusedthe plans to cut out two “stands” for hismodel to start the kit, based on thedrawings bulkhead #6 and #9, but thendiscovered that the “cut outs” were toosmall–heforgotthatthebulkheadswillbeplanked, so the opening to form the cradlewillbelargerthanthebulkhead.So,hehas

towidenthecutoutbythedimensionsofthedoubleplanking–thenitwillfitthecompletedhullonceplanked.ThisshouldbeeasyforJohntodo,asheisanexpertusingthescrollsaw.Healsoshowedustheplans–themodelwillbeaLARGEmodel. John showed Guy Bell hisWashington Galley that he was building and has lostinterest incompleting. Guyindicatedhewouldliketohaveitandfinishit,alongwiththeplansthatJohnpurchasedfromtheNauticalResearchGuild. Johngavehimthehullofthemodelandtheplans. Don Dresselwas next up and began by showing the crew the new book that hasbeenpublishedbySeaWatchBooks,17thCenturyDutchMerchantShipsbyAbHoving.SinceDon isworking on the Art Am Fusta kitmodel of theDerfflinger (no longer available), aDutch Fluit, this bookwas of particular importance andhelp, sinceDonhadno completeplansofthemastingandrigging. IncludedwiththebookisaportfolioofDutchmerchantshipplans,inseveralscales,ofanumberofDutch merchant ships including the fluit.The crew showed a lot of interest in boththebookandalltheplans. Don then went on to discuss hisprogressonthemastingandriggingof theDerfflinger. Sincehe showed themodel attherecentSMAmeetinglastWednesday,hehas completed all the stays and only hasthe installation of the crow’s-feet at theforeandmainlowermaststocompletethestandingrigging.Thisledtoadiscussionof

theeuphroeinrelationtothecrow’s-feetandthepurposeofsame.Oncethecrow’s-feetarecompleted,thestandingriggingwillbedoneandtherunningriggingcancommence. Don

plans to install sails on this ship that wasalsodiscussed. Steve brought in another tool thathehad foundwhilegoing toestateauctionof tools and other things. He showed thetooltoallthecrewwhowerepresentatthemeetingandtherewereseveralsuggestionsas towhat it purposewas, butnoonewascompletely sure. If anyone reading thisnewsletter can identify the tool, please letyour editor know so he can pass theinformation along to the SMA members.The tool was made in England and mayhave something to do with knitting,

leatherworkorsailwork. JohnalsotalkedabouthisworkontheHMSVanguardandhiseffortstocopperplatethe lowerhull. Thecopperplatessupplied in thekithave tobecut into individualplatesfromthephotoetchcoppersheet.Johnhasfoundthatplainscissorsseemtoworkverywellincuttingouttheseplates.Thetypeofglueusedtoinstallthesecopperplatesontothehullwasalsodiscussed,withseveralchoices.ItwillbeinterestingtoseejustwhatJohndecidestodo.

Don Leyman then showed us theprogress he is making on his scratch builtSwan classmodel of the HMSPegasus. Hediscussedserving the lines for thestandingrigging,whilealso indicating thathewouldnotmastandrigtheshipbeyondthe lowermast caps. He showed us his “servingmachine” (seephoto) thatheused to servethelinesasrequired.Healsodiscussedtheforth book in the Swan Class sloop series,which discusses rigging on the sloops thathe has found very helpful. He alsopurchasedadditionalriggingplansfromtheSwanGroup.Burtonpendantshroudswerediscussed along with the use of mattmediumtocoattheservedlines,themakingof rings by cutting off 1/16 inch diameterrings from copper tubing and making thegussets on the rings using a hammer, thenserving. TheuseofElmer’s cleargluewasalsodiscussedasamethodofmaking sureclove hitches and servings do not comeadrift on the model. The crew spentadditional time closely looking at Don’smodel and the fine detail he is installing.

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