Subject: SMML VOL 843 Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2000 00:06:37 +1100 shipmodels@tac.com.au -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MODELLERS INDEX 1: USS Saratoga (CV-3) 2: Re: Movies 3: Re: Preventing dullcoat yellowing 4: Book checks 5: Re: Making masts 6: Ship models as art - or just for recreation and fun. 7: Re: Resin odor 8: Re: Materials Longevity 9: IJN Weapons Sets 10: IJN Weapons Sets 11: Help wanted 12: Re: Arleigh Burke Class ships 13: Scharnhorst camo & more 14: 1/96 Revell CSS Alabama Re-Release 15: Re: Steve's book collection 16: Re: Steve's book collection 17: Re: USS Ward/ Decatur camo 18: Iron Shipwright Service 19: WOW!! Spruance to Kidd Conversion 20: Re: Tamiya Fletcher & Cimmaron kit 21: Scharnhorst 22: 80's USN Uniforms 23: Paint 24: BRITISH SUBMARINES (The T-Class) 25: Re: Revell CSS Alabama Re-release 26: Scharnhorst camouflage 27: K.u.K. Radetzky -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TRADERS, ANNOUNCEMENTS & NOTICEBOARD INDEX 1: [Fwd: Samek Models]...NEW KITS! 2: Wanted: Replacement Part for Tamiya 1/700 KGV/PoW 3: historic sail -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MODELLERS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) From: "Edward F Grune" Subject: USS Saratoga (CV-3) Good morning SMMLies: This week's posting at the US Naval Historical Center features photos of the Saratoga. See the page at: http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-s/cv3.htm One of the photos is a color shot of her underway with a meager deckload of planes - the caption gives the date as Circa 1942. (hey John, I got the date right! - no fumble-thumbs). The deck is an obvious yellowish-brown and she has the twin 5"/38 cal guns fore& aft of the island. I'd guess that the ship is painted Blue, but with the sun-angle its hard to be sure. Its also hard to make out the color of the topworks because if the signal flags - but I get the impression that they may be lighter than the hull/stack. The paint job is not worn/chalked In my estimation, that dates the photo to early spring-to-early summer of 1942. (Got the date right again). In January, '42 was torpedoed and went into the yard for repairs. She came out with the new guns replacing the 8-inch cruiser guns. The January 1941 & September 1941 issues of SHIPS-2 refers to ongoing experiments with carrier flight deck colors. The June '42 issue of SHIPS-2 identifies the flight deck stain color "matched" to Deck Blue. The September '42 issue of SHIPS-2 refers to Sea Blue (5-S). The June 1942 issue of SHIPS-2 includes Navy Blue (5-N). Other photos at the USNHC site show Battle of Midway (June 1942) participants with dark flightdecks - so the stain was forward deployed to Pearl Harbor in late-May (at least). What's the collective opinion of the Paint Guys. Is this the Sara coming out of the yard after her repairs, freshly painted in Sea Blue. Ed Mansfield, TX where the girl's high school basketball team is now the back-to-back state champions -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2) From: Mark Shannon Subject: Re: Movies Marc Flake brought up the problems with Heston's last flight in the movie Midway. That F9F Panther ramp strike footage has shown up all over the place. I like the movie "Hunt for Red October". It isn't as good as the book, it's compressed, and all kinds of other problems, but it is fun to watch. I can forgive the 'beavertail' stern on the October, I can forgive the impression that the Alpha subs were anything more than failures and experiments -- those were the best guesses public information, and the Alpha sub was the specified 'top Soviet sub' in the 80's descriptions. I can even forgive Sean Connery's accent -- after all, most of the Russian scientists I have worked with or talked to at conferences give the impression of trying to speak with an Oxford accent through a Slavic one. But to have the F-14 coming in damaged turn into that tired old F9F ramp strike footage -- that's stretching the forgivable. Mark L. Shannon -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3) From: SHIPMDLR@aol.com Subject: Re: Preventing dullcoat yellowing Some time back I read in FSM that if you put a couple of drops of dark blue in a full bottle of clear it would never yellow. The explanation as I remember, was that the blue tint would "trick" the human eye not to see the yellow tint. To say the least I had my doubts, so I set up an experiment to test this. I already had a yellowed B-70 vac-form model so I used that as a control. It was white so it would be a perfect candidate. I then built a little vac-form X-2. I stuck with vac-form to make the materials were identical. It wouldn't make any difference but I wanted to leave no doubt in my mind. The X-2 was painted with the same color white as I used on the B-70. The only difference between the two as far as paint goes was that I added a couple of drops of Model Master Insignia Blue to the same bottle of clear used on the B-70. That was 7 years ago, and to this day the little X-2 is as bright white as the day I painted it! Since I had the yellowed B-70 to compare it to, there is no doubt that the blue tint works. Incidentally, the clear will have a noticeable blue tint, but when applied in thin coats the blue tint is unnoticeable. Hope this helps. Rusty White Flagship Models Inc. http://www.okclive.com/flagship/ "Yeah I want Cheesy Poofs" -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4) From: Puckhead93@aol.com Subject: Book checks Hey everyone, funny thought just came to me. I work in a bookstore and I thought if you want to check on the availbility of books give me the ISBN number and I'll check for ya......at least as far as Waldenbooks and Borders are concerned. Josh Mayne Davenport, Ia -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5) From: SHIPMDLR@aol.com Subject: Re: Making masts A mast that size (1/96) could be made from brass rod using a metal or wood lathe. I was discussing with a friend of mine (who owns a metal lathe) he turning the gun barrels for my upcoming 1/35 Bofors quad gun kit and he said it would be no problem at all. I would consider making the yards from brass as well. Brass is much stronger than wood or plastic and fair better on temperature changes R/C model go through. Rusty White Flagship Models Inc. http://www.okclive.com/flagship/ "Yeah I want Cheesy Poofs" -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6) From: =?windows-1252?Q?Bergsch=F6ld_Pelle?= Subject: Ship models as art - or just for recreation and fun. >> Everyone can afford a resin kit, some just have to realize this. << Dear mr Wiper. Although your conception of your own production is understandable, I have to disagree a bit with above caption. Yes, if you see the resin kits as only and exclusively artwork, their cost is trifling to what you have to pay for work in other genres of corresponding class. However, if your purpose with the kit not is to make a replica worthy a museum, then the pricing will have to be viewed in another light. If I may use myself as an example, I am not primarily building to show off in front of others. I build "boats" as a part of a general maritime interest, also extending into the "what-if" area. I do it exclusively for my own amusement and has neither the ambition nor the patience to deal with super detailing or nitty gritty accuracies. Thereby definitely not casting any shadows on those who do. For my purposes, the injection kits are relatively easy to build, fairly surmountable from a financial view and produces into nice kits with acceptable accuracy. The only drawback is the availability of different ships, and this is where the you are showing up in this story. You, and your competitors make a substantially wider range of ships available as models. That is beautiful, but the price vs value (seen from my described point of view) is horrendeous. I do not want a sculpture worthy Leonardo da Vinci. I want a fairly nice boat! However, knowing the amount of work it takes to put a resin kit on the market, I realize that the cost is defendable. But it would be appreciated by those of us (me, at least) not being absolute purists if the other part of the group would understand our hesitation in front of a five-inch FFG at a cost of some 60 pounds when you can get a good battleship at a third of the cost, same scale. My sincere hopes for a better, cheaper, and broader selection of available kits in the future. Keep up the good work, lads. P Bergschold Sweden PS: Joe Poutre. I am preparing a shipment. Please forgive the delay. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7) From: SHIPMDLR@aol.com Subject: Re: Resin odor >> The fact that there is always a strong resinous odor when I open a resin kit box leads me to suspect that it is "outgassing"-- a degenerative process. << After producing a resin kit I believe I can help out I'm still new at this someone jump in if I'm wrong. My resin guy told me that some resins have a noticeable odor. However, you can buy resin that has no odor at all. It's bit more expensive, so most resin companies choose the cheaper, ordorous (is that a word?) resins. Resin is a plastic. Plastic lasts for a very long time. Hey, 50 years from now who's gonna care anyway? I doubt that my models will be gracing the auction block at Christie's. Rusty White Flagship Models Inc. http://www.okclive.com/flagship/ "Yeah I want Cheesy Poofs" -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8) From: "Vincent Mccullough" Subject: Re: Materials Longevity GrafSpee34@aol.com >> Thanks for bringing this up! I would like to hear what other people have to say on this topic of materials longevity, as it has been something worries me a bit ever since I read that chapter on materials in McCaffery's excellent book. Mc Caffery even says he will not use plastics due to unknown longevity. << Dana Wegner, who is the curator of ship models for the US Navy, has provided a copy of the guidelines that the Navy uses in procuring and maintaining their models (there are several thousand of them, I believe, dating back over a century). This material is posted on the Nautical Research Guild's web site at: http://www.naut-res-guild.org/usn-spec.html One statement that is highlighted at the beginning of the Navy's specification is: It is advised that fiberglass resins, styrene, expanding foams, casting resins, and cyanoacrylate glues be avoided when other materials can possibly be used. I believe that this guidance is issued because the longevity of these materials is unknown or suspect. However, Dana also did a presentation at the last NRG conference in San Diego on this subject, and is following up with a paper in the Nautical Research Journal, in which he characterizes the longevity of materials. There were a few surprises in his presentation (i.e., materials that had much longer predicted life spans than I expected). I don't have access to my notes from the presentation, so I can't say just what they were, but the article should appear in one of the next two issues of the NRJ. I'll pass the word along when it goes to press. Vince McCullough NRG Webmaster -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9) From: Ismail Hassenpflug Subject: IJN Weapons Sets Hi Richard (Franz Aigner GmbH" ), Regarding the IJN Skywave sets: I just picked up my set E-5 (IJN Weapons II), to look at the instructions. This consists mainly of 8" and 5" turrets, directors, boats and some aircraft, davits, depth charges, etc. The instructions are double sided, with the front side showing the assembly and colour information, together with ship class incase of alternative pieces. The back side describes for each item, its use in the IJN (i.e. class of ship). The back side contains the same information printed twice, once on each half of the page, no idea why! Example: the top entry is labelled as follows: 50 caliber Year 3 No.1 20cm single turret (A Type) Furutaka and Kako were the first cruisers to mount 20cm guns, but in order to minimize the diameter of openings in the deck they were housed in single turrets. In addition, the 20cm guns mounted on both sides of the aft hull of the aircraft carrier Akagi were, seen in plan view, not of a casemate-style, but a type of turret resembling this one. I hope that gives an idea of the contents of the instructions. Translation is not difficult, so please let me know what you are interested in. I am a little busy this week, so I can't do a complete translation of all the sets, but I will sit down and do it on Sunday morning, and submit it to the list. Perhaps the listmaster will find a good site where it may find a permanent home.... Happy modelling! Regards, Ismail Hassenpflug PS: Anyone with pictures of the Osumi after early 1999? I have only two from that period, lots of earlier, if someone is interested, I'll scan them and send them, there seems to be some interest in building this ship accurately, apart from just myself :-) (I was not at all impressed with the build-ups in the japanese modelling journals like MOdel Art and Model Graphix - minimal corrections, the kit still ends up looking like a toy). Ismail Hassenpflug, MSc.Eng PhD 1st year: Ionospheric Physics Kyoto University, Radio Atmospheric Science Center Hi Ismail, Your translations of the sets would be most welcome on the SMML site. Heck, it'll give Mike something to do ;-ž Shane -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10) From: Argee96@aol.com Subject: Help wanted Hi all I'm looking for a modeller who lives in California to help me put together a 1935 passenger ship, the Batory, of the Gdynia-Americna Line, that I purchased from WEM. Any suggestions? Rita Greenwood -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11) From: louellet@uism.bu.edu Subject: Re: Arleigh Burke Class ships SMML, To correct a previous post: The first of the Fight IIA Arleigh Burke class ships is the USS Oscar Austin (DDG 79). There were many improvements to the Burke class as they were built, but the Flight IIA is the first major change to the design. The hangers are the most obvious change, but there are many more. I had the privilege to be part of a group of people from the USNSM (USS Salem) that participated in the launching by being part of the wedge driving crew. Early in the morning of launch day, the workers start driving large wedges into the launching cradle to snug it close to the ship's hull. The sledge hammers used are about 7 feet long and have 20 pound head. They are used horizontally to drive the wedges. Each session lasts about 2-3 minutes with 5 minutes rest in-between. When it was our turn, 1 or 2 of us would replace the same number of workers in each 3 person sledge hammer team. The workers were friendly and showed us what to do. One person guides the sledge head to each of about 15-20 wedges for which the team is responsible. The other two people are the muscle to drive the sledge home. Three minutes might not seem like much, but it is very hard work and very tiring. Larry Ouellette Volunteer, USS Salem (CA 139) U.S. Naval & Shipbuilding Museum, Quincy, Massachusetts http://www.uss-salem.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12) From: SAMI ARIM Subject: Scharnhorst camo & more The photo is taken from the bow with an angle, so it's impossible to reproduce the scheme just from this one. It is clearly showing however that there is a camo scheme on her hull. I will try to put the picture on the message board tomorrow if i can. On another side note, i was on the USS Hornet last friday evening for our monthly meeting and Duane Fowler brought his freshly printed decals. i got the allied and axis flags set, which was printed beautifully. Duane said that he is trying to catch up with the logged decals he promised for a long time now. All the orders will be available through Tom's Modelworks by the end of this month. Duane is also working on a first world war set and a minor navies of ww2 set. He also has plans for communist Europe,which Bulgaria, Albania and Poland finished, only Romania and USSR to go. He finished a set of Brazilian flags with the correct number of stars garanteed. I have seen Duane's work in person and they are real beauties. Definitly a collectors item. Sami Arim -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13) From: Joel Labow Subject: 1/96 Revell CSS Alabama Re-Release In Winston Churchill's words, "Interesting.....if true!" I will be watching for this kit as well. I am under the impression that the initial release years ago was a paired offering of the USS Kearsarge/CSS Alabama.....with both models really based on the drawings of Kearsarge but with different box art and plastic color. Revell did something similar with a paired Cutty Sark/Thermopylae as I recall. Hopefully this will be the case again as it's the Kearsarge that I am really interested in. Are my memories correct? Also, I have seen the Kearsarge/Alabama pair referred to as 1/96 and also as box scale.....does anyone know which is correct? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14) From: SteveWiper@aol.com Subject: Re: Steve's book collection Who needs friends?, especially like these two troglodyte, knuckle dragging, tree swinging, glue sniffing, butt scratching, finger smelling, burping, farting, grunting, Cousin It must have had sex at least once, great friends. Oh yeah, did I mention that they are ship modelers. What a bonus! Your friend, Steve Wiper -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 15) From: SteveWiper@aol.com Subject: Re: USS Ward/ Decatur camo Pre War is not quite specific enough, but if you are asking about the month or two before Pearl Harbor, then the Ward was in, I believe, a Ms. 1c, which is Navy Blue (5-N) from the waterline to the top of the funnels, or to an imaginary horizontal line level with the top of the bridge. I have seen photos of both (big surprise!). From there up, Light Gray (5-L) was applied. The decks were Deck Blue 20B. I highly recommend the Snyder & Short Paint Chip Set for color reference, call Pacific Front Hobbies (541) 464-8579. Also, I believe both Badger and Model Expo make the appropriate colors, available at PFH. Dont forget about scale effect, you dont want to you these colors directly, they are the actual tones, and would be to dark. Steve Wiper Classic Warships -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 16) From: "Mike Leonard" Subject: Iron Shipwright Service Recently started working on the Iron Shipwrights USS PC-461 class in 1/350 scale. I soon realized that I'd misplaced the photoetched parts, and e-mailed Commander Series with a request to purchase a replacement set. A few days later a set arrived in the mail, free of charge, free postage. That's some outstanding customer service. I happened to notice in assembling this kit that there were no bilge keels molded on the one-piece hull. A couple of strips of Plastruct made that an easy fix. William Viegele's book has been a marvelous reference and I look forward to the announced PC in "N" gauge. Mike Alexandria, VA USA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17) From: "Ralph & Karen Batykefer" Subject: WOW!! Spruance to Kidd Conversion Hey Gus, Glad to see you on board as a modeler and a brother. In the July 1995 issue of Fine Scale Modeler there is a rather definative article on how to convert a 1/350th DML Spruance to a Kidd. The author also mentions that most of the information can be used for 1/700th scale too. If you need some of the info let me know. In His Service, Ralph -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18) From: Ed Grune Subject: Re: Tamiya Fletcher & Cimmaron kit Derek on the Fletcher -- In addition to getting the Squadron or WR Press Fletcher book, go to the SMML website and search on keyword Fletcher. There was a set of reviews of all the extant Fletcher kits, resin & styrene. Included were pros & cons. Your probably looking at something about 18 months back. TWIMC regarding the Cimmaron kit. I saw one of the Jim Shirley Cimmaron kits at a hobby shop during my travels this weekend. Mail me off-list and I'll give you the shop name and e-mail address. Ed Mansfield, TX -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19) From: "Jorma Huuhtanen" Subject: Scharnhorst The Warship Fotofax photo of Scharnhorst can be found also from Schiffer book (booklet) Siegfried Breyer: "The german battleship Scharnhorst", page 39 (a bit larger reproduction). I think Scharnhorst has in that photo the same camourflage as in an other photo in Garzke & Dulin: "Axis and neutral batleships in WW2" page 175 and in Marine Arsenal band 24 "Die Schlachtschiffe der Scharnhorst klasse" page 32. All the books date the photos in Norway early1943 (except Marine Arsenal falsely in 1942 Norway). The other photo shows clearly that C turret is partly light and partly dark coloured. It is very hard to say anything about the turret tops ( A & B turrets). They can be light coloured, but it can also be the light coming from the sky and reflecting from the sloped turret front. It is same problem with Scharnhorst´s last camourflage. Koop & Schmolke (Vom original zum modell) state that the turret tops were light grey, but several photos leave me uncertain, is it light colour or light from the sky? Does anyone know Scharnhorst´s last camourflage colours (dark grey and light grey). Can they be found from "Anstriche und tarnanstriche der deutschen Kriegsmarine" RAL colours, or should I wait for colour charts from Snyder & Short Enterprises? Earlier there was some discussion in SMML about Scharnhorst´s classification. US and British books often, not always, state her as a battlecruiser. German sources usually state her as schlachtschiff, battleship. At least she had about 1600 tons more total armour than HMS Duke of York, though Scharnhorst was over 6000 tons lighter (deep load). Her beam was only 5ft (1,5m) narrower than DoY. Jorma Huuhtanen -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20) From: Suvoroff@aol.com Subject: 80's USN Uniforms I too was issued the suit coat (I think that was the official name; we called it the "bus driver's uniform) but I lost interest in it after a woman at the airport asked me to show her to the "white courtesy telephone." I threw mine away when they made me buy the "crackerjacks" later on, but I too remember the buttons being the same as the officer's and chief's, except being a sort of a darkish white metal finish. The chin-strap on the combination cap was black instead of gold. Yours, James D. Gray -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 21) From: "J. Lamontagne" Subject: Paint I am building an Airfix Vosper Motor Torpedo Boat in l:72 scale. The directions do not indicate what type of paint to use on this model. I have some Testors automotive colours that indicate one should not use for "vinyl, polyethylene, or polypropylene plastics". Of what is the Airfix made please, and can the Testors paints be used? Thanks John L. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 22) From: Dengar Subject: BRITISH SUBMARINES (The T-Class) Can anyone help me to locate part two, of the John Lambert article published in Military modelling January 1977. Please contact me off line thanks Gary. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 23) From: "Steve Sobieralski" Subject: Re: Revell CSS Alabama Re-release Revell's Alabama is similar in vintage and level of detail to their Cutty Sark and Constitution kits. It was essentially a retool of the earlier Kearsarge kit and shares many common parts (boats, masts, spars, guns, fittings, etc. - even the hulls below the waterline are identical) with her Union nemesis. That being said, its probably a fairly accurate kit. The deck layout is pretty close to that published in Charles Summersell's "CSS Alabama - Builder, Captain, and Plans", the Alabama and the Kearsarge were of similar size, type and purpose, and since contemporary evidence of the actual appearance of the ship is pretty scant, who's to say wheteher specific details are exactly correct or not? BTW, there was a very interesting technical analysis of the Alabama and the design features that made her successfull in the Summer 1990 edition of Naval History magazine. Steve Sobieralski -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 24) From: "Pletscher-Lenz-Schneider" Subject: Scharnhorst camouflage I know of 3 different photos showing SCHARNHORST in a Ms.12 like mottled camouflage pattern. They were published as follows: 1) Jung/Abendroth/Kelling: Anstriche und Tarnanstriche der deutschen Kriegsmarine, 2nd revised edition, pic.19 2) Breyer/Koop: Von der Emden zur Tirpitz Vol.1, p.96 3) Koop/Schmolke: Die Schlachtschiffe der Scharnhorst-Klasse a) p.158 = identical to 1) b) p.159 c) p.160 = identical to 2) 4) Breyer: Schlachtschiff Scharnhorst (Marine-Arsenal Vol.3), p.39 = identical to 3b) Is that photo in the Warships Fotofax a copy of one of them? According to Jung/Abendroth/Kelling, Anstriche..., the colors are those of the Norwegian coastal camouflage schemes: Stone gray, olive drab and brown red, but I strongly doubt this. Falk Pletscher -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 25) From: "Pletscher-Lenz-Schneider" Subject: K.u.K. Radetzky Just got news from WSW that their RADETZKY kit is ready to be delivered. The delay was caused by their model of FERDINAND MAX which is issued simultaneously. The master of FERDINAND MAX had some errors which had to be corrected. Both kits are now ready. The NNT model of RADETZKY has nothing to do with the WSW model. As far as I could see, it is a Samek-built kit which is only labelled as a NNT model. Falk Pletscher -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TRADERS, ANNOUNCEMENTS & NOTICEBOARD -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) From: Bill Gruner Subject: [Fwd: Samek Models]...NEW KITS! The following message/list was received today from Samek Models in response to an inquiry we sent to Mr. Michal Samek recently. These are all 1/700 resin kits with photoetch. Samek has really been responding to the needs of you shipmodelers, and this list should make you happy! How about those British battleships? And French battlecruisers and cruisers? If that's not enough, and talk about responding to customer "WANTED" lists, WSW of Germany has several new items planned, including French battlecruiser Strasbourg, destroyer LeTriomphant, and several exciting new WW 1 subjects, including German armored cruiser Blucher. White Ensign has a new caster, and hopefully will be able to clear a major logjam, and have lots of new 1/700 and 1/350 resin kits available in the near future. You guys have never had it so good...remember, take the time to tell us and the manufacturers what you want. We are in the business of selling models, and are anxious to know what subjects you would like to see. This goes for the book publishers as well. One of our good customers, Brad Barker, has been in contact with the management of Pitroad for some time, and has convinced them that the U.S. market in particular is anxious for new releases in plastic of US Navy warships, and they are indicating they are ready to make a major shift in their new planning agenda. This shows what an influence you can have on manufacturers if you make the effort! We are now the exclusive distributors for Samek Models in the United States. Some of these models are now listed in our new FEB. 2000 UPDATE....see our website, which now also features our entire catalog online! Thank you, Bill Gruner Pacific Front Hobbies http://www.pacificfront.com >> From: "Michal Samek" Subject: Samek Models Dear Mr.Grłner, The forthloming new items are: Russian Navy: S700/025 battle ship OKTABRSKAJA REVOLJUCIA 6/2000 S700/026 light cruiser CAPAJEV 9/2000 France Navy: S700/027 battle cruiser STRASBROUG 4/2000 S700/028 battle ship RICHELIEU WE PREPARE S700/029 battle ship JEAN BART WE PREPARE S700/030 heavy cruiser ALGERIE 9/2000 S700/031 light cruiser LA GALISONNIERE 11/2000 Royal Navy: S700/019 destroyer HMS ESKIMO 4/2000 S700/032 battle ship ROYAL SOVEREIGN 5/2000 S700/033 battle cruiser RENOWN 10/2000 S700/034 battle ship VANGUARD WE PREPARE S700/035 heavy cruiser EXETER 11/2000 S700/046 battle ship RAMILLIES WE PREPARE S700/047 battle ship REVENGE WE PREPARE German Navy: S700/018 heavy cruiser PRINZ EUGEN 3/2000 S700/023 flottentender HELA 3/2000 S700/036 heavy cruiser ADMIRAL HIPPER 5/2000 S700/037 heavy cruiser BLUCHER 5/2000 S700/038 light cruiser EMDEN WE PREPARE S700/039 battle ship SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN 8/2000 S700/040 nachtjagdleitschiff TOGO 9/2000 S700/041 U-BOOT U-81 type VII C U-BOOT U-237 type VII C 5/2000 S700/042 U-BOOT U-119 type X B U-BOOT U-377 type VII C 7/2000 S700/043 U-BOOT U-675 type VII C FLAK U-BOOT U-441 type VII C FLAK 6/2000 US-Navy: S700/044 battle ship CALIFORNIA 1944-45 12/2000 S700/045 battle ship TEXAS WE PREPARE The order of single items may be changed. Yours sincerely Michal Samek << -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2) From: Michael Eisenstadt Subject: Wanted: Replacement Part for Tamiya 1/700 KGV/PoW Folks: Would anyone out there have a spare of the following part from a canabilized Tamiya 1/700 King George V or Prince of Wales kit sitting in their closet? I'm in need of part A9 (the fo'cs'l deck) from either the KGV or PoW kit.(It's the same part for both kits.) Will gladly pay postage and modest reimbursement for the part. Greatful for any help anyone can provide. Yours truly, Mike Eisenstadt -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3) From: editorial Subject: historic sail ANNOUNCING A LAVISH NEW BOOK THE GLORY OF THE SAILING SHIP – IN 91 COLOUR PLATES HISTORIC SAIL The Glory of the Sailing Ship from the 13th to the 19th Century Plates by Joseph Wheatley Text by Stephen Howarth This special, large format book presents magnificent colour artwork by Joseph Wheatley and text by the leading naval historian Stephen Howarth. Combining full-colour, large-scale images with a narrative which lucidly presents the rise, development and fall of the sailing ship, this is a delightful book and a wonderful testament to man’s maritime achievements. For more than five thousand years men have harnessed the wind to sail the sea for trade, commerce, exploration and conquest. HISTORIC SAIL covers the key period in the history of the sailing ship from the Middle Ages to the end of the nineteenth century, with particular emphasis on the golden age of sail during the years of exploration and discovery (1450 to 1700). The vessels covered include merchantmen, trading vessels and warships, and HISTORIC SAIL sets the famous – such as the Mary Rose, Revenge, Ark Royal, Vasa, Mayflower, Endeavour and Victory – alongside the unusual and extraordinary. This superbly illustrated book is a brilliant panorama of some of the most elegant ships ever built and an essential addition to literature on this captivating subject. Joseph Wheatley has spent more than thirty years researching and illustrating the history of sailing vessels. He currently acts as a volunteer guide aboard the HMB Endeavour. Stephen Howarth is a leading expert on maritime history and the author of numerous books, including an acclaimed biography of Nelson. HISTORIC SAIL (ISBN 1-85367-399-4) will be published in four weeks’ time, measuring 319 x 326mm and priced £40.00. It has 208 pages, 91colour plates and ten other illustrations. GREENHILL BOOKS Park House 1 Russell Gardens London NW11 9NN Tel: 020 8458 6314 Fax: 020 8905 5245 E-mail: LionelLeventhal@compuserve.com www.greenhillbooks.com Distributed in the USA (priced $85.00) by Stackpole Books. 5067 Ritter Road, Mechanicsburg, PA 17055. Tel: 717 796 0411. Fax: 717 796 0412. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for having SMML at your home, why not stop by our home at: http://www.smml.org.uk -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Volume