θωερτψυιοπασδφγηϕκλζξχϖβνµθωερτψυι οπασδφγηϕκλζξχϖβνµθωερτψυιοπασδφγη ϕκλζξχϖβνµθωερτψυιοπασδφγηϕκλζξχϖβ νµθωερτψυιοπασδφγηϕκλζξχϖβνµθωερτψ υιοπασδφγηϕκλζξχϖβνµθωερτψυιοπασδφ γηϕκτψυιοπασδφγηϕκλζξχϖβνµθωερτψυι SMA οπασδφγηϕκλζξχϖβνµθωερτψυιοπασδφγη ϕκλζξχϖβνµθωερτψυιοπασδφγηϕκλζξχϖβ Newsletter νµθωερτψυιοπασδφγηϕκλζξχϖβνµθωερτψ Volume 46, Number 2, Feb. 2019 υιοπασδφγηϕκλζξχϖβνµθωερτψυιοπασδφ γηϕκλζξχϖβνµθωερτψυιοπασδφγηϕκλζξχ ϖβνµθωερτψυιοπασδφγηϕκλζξχϖβνµθωε ρτψυιοπασδφγηϕκλζξχϖβνµρτψυιοπασδφ Contacts President: Jean-Philippe Dal Gobbo jeanpinou@gmail.com γηϕκλζξχϖβνµθωερτψυιοπασδφγηϕκλζξχ Vice President: Brian Stein bstein1@cox.net Secretary: Paul Payne: (310) 544-1461 ϖβνµθωερτψυιοπασδφγηϕκλζξχϖβνµθωε Treasurer: Larry Van Es: (714) 936-0389 larry@uswheel.com Editor: Don Dressel: (909) 949-6931 roebuckdres4@gmail.com. Web Manager: Doug Tolbert: (949) 644-5416 ρτψυιοπασδφγηϕκλζξχϖβνµθωερτψυιοπα SMA mail address: 21520 Yorba Linda Blvd, Suite G234, Yorba Linda, Ca. 92887 σδφγηϕκλζξχϖβνµθωερτψυιοπασδφγηϕκλ www.shipmodelersassociation.org. ζξχϖβνµθωερτψυιοπασδφγηϕκλζξχϖβνµθ Meeting Thurs. Feb. 21, 7 PM, Red Cross Building, 1207 N. Lemon, Fullerton, CA. 92832 ωερτψυιοπασδφγηϕκλζξχϖβνµθωερτψυιο πασδφγηϕκλζξχϖβνµθωερτψυιοπασδφγηϕ κλζξχϖβνµθωερτψυιοπασδφγηϕκλζξχϖβν 1
Vasa, 1627 John Bakker WORK IN PROGRESS January 2019 Reporter: Dave Yotter Vasa was built during a time of transition in naval tactics, from an era when boarding was still one of the primary ways of fighting enemy ships to an era of the strictly organized ship-of-the-line and a focus on victory through superior gunnery. Vasa was armed with powerful guns and built when a high stern, which would act as a firing platform in boarding actions for some of the 300 soldiers she was supposed to carry, but the high sided hull and narrow upper deck were not optimized for boarding. She was neither the largest ship ever built, nor the one carrying the greatest number of guns. What made her arguably the most powerful warship of the time was the combined weight of shot that could be fired from the cannon of one side: 588 pounds, excluding stormstricken, guns used for firing anti-personnel ammunition instead of solid shot. This was the largest concentration of artillery in a single warship in the Baltic at the time, perhaps in all of northern Europe, and it was not until the 1630s that a ship with more firepower was built. This large amount of naval artillery was placed on a ship that was quite small relative to the armament carried. By comparison, USS Constitution, a famous Napoleonic era frigate built 169 years after Vasa, had roughly the same firepower, but was over 700 tonnes heavier. (Wikipedia). Vasa was laid down in 1626, launched in 1627 and sank in 1628. She was salvaged in 1961 and is currently a museum ship. Her general characteristics were: Tonnage: 1210 tonnes displacement Length: Sparred length: 69m (226 ft) Between perpendiculars: 47.5m (155.8 ft.) Beam: 11.7m (38 ft) Height: 52.5m (172 ft) Draft: 4.8m (16 ft) Propulsion: Sails, 1,275 sq m (13,700 sq ft) Crew: 145 sailors, 300 soldiers Armament: 64 guns, including: 24-pounders 48 3-pounders 8 3-pounders Howitzers - 6 2
handling gear including fish davits and catheads. John is continuing to make rapid progress on his 1:60 scale Sergal kit of the Vasa of 1627. Exterior hull planking is complete and finished with a Minwax product. All the weather decks are complete along with the main deck hatches, gratings and some other deck furniture. A good portion of the railings is done with some work to be completed along the main and forecastle decks. Main structure of the beak head is done along with a good start of the detailing of this structure. There was some discussion regarding some of the anchor Yacht Mary 1660 Don Dressel The Dutch gave the Yacht Mary to Charles Stuart upon his ascension to the English throne in 1660. King Charles had, while living in exile in the Netherlands, indicated to the Dutch that he liked the sport of yachting, which was then popular in the Seven Provinces (Holland). With this present from the Dutch, the English obsession with Yachting was born. The Yacht Mary is a typical Dutch single masted vessel of this period with fore and aft sails and a free topsail. The leeboards identify her as Dutch, since she was built for shallow water and required the leeboards to keep her from drifting to leeward. The model is a 1:64 Mamoli kit model with scratch modifications to sail and rig R. C. Andersons book The Rigging of Ships in the Days of the Spritsail Topmast 1600-1720. Wood supplied by Don, used to build the kit, include Holly for the decks and lemon wood for the spars. The mermaid figure in the case is cast metal from a kit, which was assembled and painted by Don. He thought it would be a good representation of the strong interest in the female by King Charles II. As it turned out, the female figure in the case along with the model of the Yacht Mary turned out to be a minor mistake. Don brought the model to a library as part of a model demonstration put on by the SMA a few years ago. When a young boy looked at the display, he indicated the Yacht Mary to his mother and said, Look mother, bare breasts. Needless to say, the model was subsequently removed from the ship model display at the request of the library personnel. The Yacht Mary, along with the little mermaid figure, has been on display in other ship model conferences in the past with no problem so it came as a surprise when I received the call from the library asking me to either cover the mermaid with a cup or remove the model from the display. You can get a good view of the little mermaid model in the case along with the Yacht Mary in the Members Models for Dec. in this issue, as it is a little to small to view clearly in the photo above. 3
Banks Schooner Bluenose II Brian Stein Name: Bluenose II Builder: Smith and Rhuland Launched: 24 July 1963 Status: in active service General characteristics Tonnage: 191 gross, 96 net Length: 150 ft 11 in. o/a 111 ft 7 in. lwl Beam: 26 ft. 3 in. Draft: 16 ft. 5 in. Propulsion: Sails 2 auxiliary 250 hp CAT diesel engines Mainmast, height from deck: 124 ft. 8 in. Foremast, height from deck 118 ft. 1 in. Sail area 11,150 sq ft Mainsail area 4, 150 sq ft Speed: 8 knots (15 km/h) engine 16 knots (30 km/h) under sail Crew: 5 Officers, Chief Cook, 12 Deckhands (Wikipedia) Brian has been working on the Artesenia Latina kit in 1:75 scale for the last 2 months, completing the hull and deck. During the last month a lot of work has been completed including the decks and all of the deck furniture, as well as the cabins and its companionways, the helm, a capstan aft, air ventilators, several more below deck access areas with companionways and skylights, the forward windlass, anchor davits, pin rails and cleats. The hull exterior is painted and the ships name and hawsehole scrollwork have been nicely done. The rigging has been started. The bowsprit is in and complete with stays and shrouds. Both main and foremasts are in place along with their respective topmasts. Shrouds are in place for all masts and both the fore and mainmast shrouds rattled down as is the main topmast. Plans are to rig her with sails in place. HMS Bellona 1760 Chris Carl HMS Bellona was a 74-gun Bellona-class third-rate ship-of-the-line of the Royal Navy. Designed by Sir Thomas Slade, she was a prototype for the iconic 74-gun ships of the latter part of the 18 th century. Her particulars were: Tons burthen: 1615 bm (British 4
measurement); Length: 168 ft. on the gundeck and 138 ft. keel; Beam: 47 ft.; Draught: 21 ft.; Depth of hold: 20 ft.; Complement: 650 officers and men; Armament: Lower gundeck: 28 X 32 pounders; Upper gundeck: 28 X 18 pounders; QD: 14 X 9 pounders; Fc: 4 X 9 pounders. Chris continues making progress on the HMS Bellona built from a plank on bulkhead Corel kit in 1:100 scale. The deck furniture has been completed including the belfry, skylight, ladders and the bitts and pin rails around each mast. The fore jeer capstan is in place as is the forecastle and quarterdeck railings and the stack for the galley stove. Fixtures and decorations around the bow now appear complete. Recently added are the outside ladders, scuppers, fenders and most of the stern items. Some decorative work remains to be done on the stern. Chris is working from three sets of plans and he estimates that about 80% of the time is spent on problem solving and the other 20% on actual building. Chris Craft Speedboat Kevin Pullin Chris-Craft Boats was an American manufacturer of boats that was founded by Christopher Columbus Smith (1861-1939). The Smith family sold the company in 1960 to NAFI Corporation, which changed its name to Chris-Craft Industries in 1962. The current successor is the Chris-Craft Corporation, which provides motorboats under the Chris-Craft name.. Kevin is making a start on a new model of a Chris-Craft speedboat by Dumas in 1:8 scale. Dumas markets several boats in 1:8 scale, most of them intended for R/C use and share the same basic construction materials including spruce plywood and mahogany. Your reporter failed to get enough information from Kevin to pinpoint which particular kit he has started work on. However, he has assembled the main frames on a construction backboard and started the first layer of bottom planking. In addition, the stern planking is in place and he noted that there was some difficulty in getting the curved planking in place. His intent if to complete the model as a display model with the possibility of making it R/C ready. Your editor would like to add that it was fortunate that so many fine modelers brought in their works in progress on such a very rainy night as was experienced at this meeting. Great work, guys! 5
Vasa of 1627 John Bakker Bluenose II Brian Stein Yacht Mary Don Dressel Chris-Craft Speed boat Kevin Pullin HMS Bellona Chris Carl 6
Mayflower Group By Don Dressel Old Salts in Port: Steve Jones, John Bakker, Don Dressel, John Vanderneut, Greg Wilcox, Tom Stellar and David Okamura. Ships in Port: HMS Roebuck, Vasa, HMS Prince, Derrfflinger (Dikar kit), Royal Louis (Mamoli kit). The meeting started off as usual with John discussing the progress made in the several models he is working on. John first talked about the progress on the Vasa that consisted of placing some of the ladders and the beginning installation of the railings. He also talked about his problems with the plans and just exactly where the fish davits were installed. There also was no indication of the tack runs below the bowsprit among other items that are apparently missing from the plans. You can see the forward railings installed, which John did not have completed a few days ago at the SMA regular meeting. There was a general discussion concerning the location of the fore tack lines that go through holes in the lower portion of the bow. John Vanderneut next discussed the progress he is making on the fixtures for his USS Constitution early kit model. Although he did not bring the model in, he did provide the fixtures and a copy of the Book he is using to assist him in building the model (see photo). The skylight is shown atop the book along with the oversized ships wheel that he scratch built, which turned out too big for the model. I think we all have, at one time or another, scratch built a fixture for a ship model we were constructing that turned out to be too large for the 7
model, requiring us to build another one to a proper scale. John indicated he would save the ships wheel that he built anyway he may have a good use for it on a subsequent model project. In the meantime, he was able to find a smaller, correct scale wheel for the model, so all was not lost. Don Dressel was the next presenter discussing his progress on the HMS Roebuck, which he has been working on for quite a long time, off and on, while building other models. Since HMS Roebuck is scratch built and the scale will not allow the masting and rigging to be completed, the hull is the main feature of this model. The other two models Don is working on are the La Real and the small HMS Prince, both of which are in the planking stages, so a few planks are laid as appropriate on each model, and while waiting for the Titebond glue to completely dry (or waiting for the wet plank to dry prior to gluing), a few gun deck beams are prepared and placed where the eventual gun deck will be. In addition, cannon and carriages of the appropriate size for the gun deck are being made to insure that the gun deck is located at the correct height for the cannon and carriages to fit properly through the gun ports. The photo above shows the first three gun deck beams installed with the lower orlop deck and beams already installed. Note the copper sheathing for the powder magazine as well as a few other details that may not be visible once the gun deck, upper deck and topsides are installed, but it was fun to put this small detail in. The orlop deck is only partially planked. The HMS Roebuck plans are by Harold Hahn with reference made to his book Ships of the American Revolution and Their Models. Greg Wilcox brought in his current projects that included two ship model kits that he acquired from the estate of Bob Beach. Since the Mamoli kit model of the Royal Lewis was really too large for Greg to build, he gave it to John Bakker (who now has another large model to build boy, is he happy). Greg did indicate that he would build the Derfflinger, which also looked like a very good kit. He also brought in some of his leather he uses to make purses, wallets, brief cases and other leather goods. The samples were elephant and giraffe hide very interesting. David brought in a paper model kit of the Vasa in 1/100 scale (see photo). Paper models are very interesting but, for me, not the ticket. I tried one once and did not enjoy the work, but for David and others it is a great challenge. As usual, a great meeting with lots of very interesting information shared with everyone. 8
The above article was written in the SMA Newsletter of May 1977 and shows the electrical lighting installed in a solid hull pirate ship model. The same procedure can be used in any wooden ship model. This model may be brought to the February SMA meeting depending on my recovery from surgery and is in response to a question asked by an SMA member. 9
SMA Club Ship Model Plans Our Treasurer, Larry Van Es, has offered to take on the task of cataloging our Club s ship plans collection. This job has been attempted various times by others in the past with varying results. Larry promised to do his best. If you would like to help him with this endeavor, please contact him at: (714) 936-0389 or e-mail him at larry@uswheel.com. Holidays The officers and editor of the SMA Newsletter hope everyone had a great and merry Christmas with family and friends as well as a wonderful New Years celebration. A bright future of great ship model building and realization of projects is hoped for. Dues are Due It is that time of year again where the club dues are due. It is still the same as in years past, for members it is $25.00 and for those over 100 miles distance it is $20.00. The current balance, according to Larry, is $4,428.16 as of the January meeting. San Diego Ship Modelers Guild For those SMA members who may be interested, the San Diego Ship Modelers Guild now has their meetings on the Berkley on the second Tuesday of each month. Your editor and reporter routinely attend the meeting that is usually very informative and entertaining with lots of ship modeling info exchanged. 10
John Bakker s HMS Vanguard under construction Donald C. Dressel 908 W. 22 nd Street, Upland, CA. 91784-1220 NEXT MEETING THURSDAY, FEB 21, 7:30 PM, HILLCREST PARK RED CROSS BUILDING 11