Subject: SMML VOL 2573 Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2004 01:59:43 +1000 SMML is proudly sponsored by SANDLE http//sandlehobbies.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- MODELLERS INDEX 1 Re Torpedo Nets 2 Re US Battleship Hulls in 1/96th Scale 3 KBismarck.com News! 4 Re Torpedo Nets 5 More photos ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- MODELLERS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) From "lamkeel" <lamkeel@ntlworld.com> Subject Re Torpedo Nets Hi Russ and any other interested Torpedo Nets, where as described, nets of wire rope, swung out from the ships side, and hanging like a curtain, down into the water away from the ships side. The theory being that any torpedo, aimed at the hull, would strike the net first and be prevented from contacting the hull. I believe that they did on occasion work, stopping the torpedo, but the penalty was a reduction in speed, and the effort required to rig the nets along the ships side prt and starboard. If I recall "Warship" published a few years ago described the system and its usage. I would have to look it all up though. Yours "Aye" John Lambert ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2) From Graham Preston <prestoncm@shaw.ca> Subject Re US Battleship Hulls in 1/96th Scale Graeme, I have Loyalhanna's hull for the USS ARIZONA. As far as detail is concerned, it has all the port-hole locations, docking keels (not bilge keels), armour belts, propeller A-frame locations, and hawse pipe locations moulded on. I am going to have to rework the hull casemate positions, to get them to match the photos in Paul Stillwell's book on the ARIZONA, but overall, it's a very nice hull, and the customer service from Loyalhanna is really first rate! I don't know where the hull is produced, but as you have said, it looks like it's made somewhere in the UK. Cheers, Chris Preston, Victoria, B.C. Canada ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3) From "José M. Rico" <jmrico@kbismarck.com> Subject KBismarck.com News! Hello everybody, This is just to inform you that Bismarck Survivor, BRUNO RZONCA, the only Survivor residing in the United States, passed away on July 23, 2004, after battling cancer. Pruzin & Little Funeral Service, 811 East Franciscan Drive, Crown Point,Indiana, is handling arrangements (www.pruzinfuneralservice.com). Visitation 2 pm to 8 pm Sunday (July 25). Funeral Services Monday (July 26) at 1030 am from the Pruzin & Little Chapel. Funeral Notice in the (Hammond, Indiana) TIMES, July 24. If anyone wants to send something to Bruno's family, you can do so through Carl Wesolowski. He knows Bruno's daughter and son. --- Carl Wesolowski 15404 W.88th Ave Dyer, IN. 46311 USA Best regards to all, José M. Rico http//www.kbismarck.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4) From Marc Flake <mflake@airmail.net> Subject Re Torpedo Nets ...were made of steel links--kinda like chain mail. I'm not saying I've got the final answer, but I mixed some black into some silver for a dark metalic gray. I think it would match Humbrol's gunmetal. ModelMaster's Gunmetal would be too dark for my taste. Marc Flake ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5) From "David N. Lombard" <dnl@speakeasy.net> Subject More photos I added pictures of MSC(o) 47, FULMAR MSC(o) 49, LORIKEET DE-369, THADEUS PARKER LST-938, MARICOPA COUNTY http//www.lombardsnest.com/cgi-bin/photo/index.cgi?mode=view&album=/Ships You can download various size versions of each picture, click on a picture and adjust the control as needed in the lower-left corner. David N. Lombard Rossmoor, Orange County, CA N 33 deg, 48', W 118 deg, 5' ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the SMML site for the List Rules, Backissues, Member's models & reference pictures at http//smmlonline.com Check out the APMA site for an index of ship articles in the Reference section at http//apma.org.au/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Volume