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SMASMA

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Volume44,Number10,October2017

ContactsPresident:BillSchultheis:(714)366-7602–bsmath@yahoo.comVicePresident:MikeDiCerbo:(714)523-2518-mike.dicerbo@att.netSecretary:PaulPayne:(310)544-1461Treasurer:LarryVanEs:(714)936-0839–larry@uswheel.comEditor:DonDressel:(909)949-6931–roebuckdres4@gamil.com.WebManager:DougTolbert:(949)644-5416

WEBPAGEwww.shipmodelersassociation.org.

Meeting–Wed.,Sept.20,7PM,RedCrossBuilding,1207N.Lemon,

Fullerton,CA.92832

WORKINPROGRESS

September20,2017

Reporter:DaveYotter

HMSSURPRISE–ChrisCarl The cutting out of the Hermione was a naval action that took place at PueertoCabello, Venezuela on 25October 1799. The formerly BritishHMSHermione, which hadbeenhandedovertotheSpanishbyitscrewfollowingaviciousmutiny, lay intheheavilyguarded seaport of Puerto Cabello nowunder the commandofDonRamonde Chalas. ABritish frigate,HMSSurprise,wassentunderEdwardHamiltontorecaptureHermione. Innaval terms this was called a cutting out operation – a boarding attack by small boats,preferablyatnight andagainst anunsuspectingandanchored target. Thishadbecomeapopular tactic during the later18th century. The Spanish lost 119killed,while 231weretakenprisoner,97ofwhomwerewounded. All but three includingDonChallas and twootherofficersweresubsequentlyreturnedtotheportthenextday.AnotherfifteenSpanishescapedby jumpingoverboardandswimmingashore,while20moreescaped ina launchthathadbeenguardingtheship.BycontrasttheBritishhadnotlostasingleman,andhadjusttwelvewounded,fourofthemseriously, OneofthemwasHamiltonhimself,whohadsufferedablowtotheheadfromamusket,andwoundsfromasaber,pikeandgrapeshot. For his daring exploit, Hamilton was made a knight by letters patent, a Knight

Commanderof theOrderof theBath(2January1815),andeventuallybecameabaronet(20October1818).TheJamaicaHouse of Assembly awarded him aswordworth 300 guineas, and the CityofLondonawardedhimtheFreedomoftheCityinapublicdinneron25October1800. In 1847, the Admiralty awardedHamiltonagoldmedalfortherecaptureof Hermione, and the Naval GeneralService Medal with the clasp, “SurprisewithHermione”, to the seven survivingclaimantsfromtheaction.(Wikipedia) Chris has been busy during the

lasttwomonthsandhasfinishedtheriggingonthis1:75scalemodelofSurprise. Mostofthe recentworkhasbeenrunning riggingonall threemastsand thebowsprit. Allof the

yards have been sent aloft and are complete with footropes, studding sail booms andrigging.Alloftherigginghastakenaboutfourmonthstocomplete.Gunandgunportlidsarenextasaretheanchorsandgroundtackle.EGYPTIANSOLARBOAT–DonDressel

The Egyptian Solar Boat is actuallythe Royal Ship of Cheops from the OldKingdom of Egypt, which is also known asthe SunBoat of Cheops. A pitwas openedalongside the pyramid of Cheops in 1952.Afteryearsofwork, in1955, theybegan tolift the ship out of the pit itwas buried in.TherestorationoftheshipwasentrustedtoEgypt’s chief restorer Ahmad YoussofMoustafa; it was like a giant building kit,with 407 parts in 13 layers. The shipwasfound to have 1,224 wooden parts, thelargestbeing22.72m. long, thesmallest10

cm. The Lebanese cedarwas found to be in excellent condition (some small partsweresycamore and sidder). Many details of the ship can be found in the books Ships of thePharaohsbyBjörnLandströmandTheBoatBeneaththePyramidbyNancyJenkins. DonisworkingontheWoodyJoekitmodelofthe“SolarBoat”in1/72scale,afunmodeltobuildwiththeusualJapanesecedarwood,whichsmellstogood.Theinstructions,althoughinJapanese,areeasytofollow,butitdoeshelptohavesometranslationavailableifpossible.DonhasdownloadedaJapanesetoEnglishtranslationsoftwareandinstallediton hisApple I pad,whichworks fairlywell. Dondoes prefer to useTitebondwood glueratherthanthe“hotstuff”,sothingsarea littledifferent inconstruction. Asshowninthepictureabove,thehulliscompletedandthedeckanddeckstructures,alongwiththeoars,havehettobeinstalled.TinplateToyandPainting–BobPenikas Bob showed a “tinplate” paddlewheelsteamer that was actually made from paper (seethephoto– the smallmodel isnext tohisarmonthe bench). The little kit was downloaded freefrom the internet athttp://alombredupommier.blogspot.com/. It wasprinted on 57lb cardstock and then coated withKrylon Gloss Acrylic. The gloss acrylic addednicelytoitstinplatetoyappearance.Themodelisabout5inchesby2¼inches. Bobalsobroughtinapaintinghehaddoneto keep busy while he was under orders to keepclear of his garage workshop. The painting wasdoneinacrylicon12X16inchstretchedcanvas.Thereferencewasaphotographsentbya

photographerfriend.Hewasinterestedinpotentialidentificationofthesubject.ThevesselwaseasilyidentifiedasabrigandDavidOkamurasuggestedthatit lookedverymuchlikethebrigPilgrimofDanaPoint.USSConstitution–PaulPayne

Paul is continuing construction ofhis scratch built 1:96 scale model ofConstitutioninheras-builtconfiguration,ca.1803. Paul has been doing a lot ofreworkingofthespardeck,bulwarks,sternand head details to conform to the bestavailable research of Constitution’sappearancefromlaunchto1903.ThemainsourcehadbeenKarlMarquardt’sAnatomyof the Ship monograph. A second sourcewas a book written by William Bass titledThe Constitution, Super Frigate of manyFaces, a limited edition published in 1981.

AnadditionalresearchsourceisapaintingbyMichel FeliceCornèofConstitutionc,1803-04andtheearliestknownphotographofConstitutionundergoingrepairsattheNavyYard,Portsmouth in 1858 showing what appear to be airports on the birth deck and thepresumed tie rod ends.Paul thinkshe is donewithdisassembly at this point.The spar deck has beenremoved so that the gunscan be remounted morepermanently. He wants tocomplete the stern and itscarvings first and thenreinstall the spar deckbeams and planking. Thestern is going to be aproblem however becauseit isdifficult toseehowthecarvingswillfitinthespaceavailable for them. This isreally a long term projectwhich is taking longer thanPaulthoughtitwould.DutchFluytDerfflinger–DonDressel A fluyt (archaic Dutch: fluijt “flute”) is a Dutch type of sailing vessel originallydesignedbytheshipwrightsofHoornasadedicatedcargovessel.OriginatingintheDutchRepublicinthe16thcentury,thevesselwasdesignedtofacilitatetransoceanicdeliverywiththemaximumofspaceandcrewefficiency.Unlikerivals,itwasnotbuiltforconversioninwartimetoawarship,soitwascheapertobuildandcarriedtwicethecargo,andcouldbe

handledbyasmallercrew.Constructionbyspecializedshipyardsusingnewtoolsmadeithalf the cost of rival ships. These factors combined to sharply lower the cost oftransportationforDutchmerchants,givingthemamajorcompetitiveadvantage.Thefluytwasasignificantfactorinthe17thcenturyriseoftheDutchseaborneempire.In1670theDutchmerchantmarine totaled568,000 tonsofshipping -abouthalf theEuropean total.(Wikipedia). By the end of the 17th century the fluyt Derfflinger belonged to the fleet ofKurfuerstentumBrandenburg.Inthe“triangletrade”ofthattimeshetransportedrumandotherstufftoAfrica,tobuyslaves,whowerethenexchangedintheWestIndiesforsugar,whichwasthenbroughttoEurope. LatersheandotherBrandenburg shipswereusedintheWaroftheSpanishSuccession. TheshipwasnamedinhonorofcavalrygeneralGeorgvonDerfflinger,whoin1675wonaBrandenburgvictoryinthebattleofFehrbellinagainsttheSwedish. Heisdepictedonthesternoftheship.TheflagatthesternshowstheKurbrandenburgredeaglewithhat,scepter,swordandbreastshield.

The1:52scaleship’shullwasbuiltby JohnBakker, theArt AmFusta kitmodel havingbeen sold to him by Don Dressel, who hadpurchasedthekitabout25yearsagofromahobbyshopinHollywood,Ca.Johnfinishedthe hull but did not want to rig it, so itresided in John’shome forabout9months,beforeDonaskedifhewasevergoingtorigit. Don was particularly interested in therig of the Dutch Fluyt, so asked John if hecouldrigit.JohnsaidYES,takeitandrigit–he was no longer interested in the model.Thus,theriggingprocessisnowunderway.

Theforeandmainmastsareunderconstruction,withthemizzenbasicallycompleted.Thebowspritsparhadtobelengthened,soanaddedelementwasattachedtotheexisting“stubbowsprit” andnewgammoningwill be installed. Since the kit instructions are no longeravailable,DonwillusetheinformationobtainedfromthebookTheShipsofAbelTasmanbyAbHovingandCorEmkeashismainsourceofrigginginformation,alongwithsomeplanssuppliedbyJohnfromtheoriginalkit.MackerelSchoonerSmuggler–JimIngersoll EricA.R.Ronnberg, Jr.writes in hisGloucesterClipper Finishing Schooners: Themackerel purse sein fleets were generally active only during the schooling periods andfollowed the schools during their northward migrations. Since this was “fair-weatherfishing”withsafeanchoragesneververyfaraway,theseschoonershadenormoussailplans,particularlybetween1865and1880,whenthehullsweredevelopedtoextremes inwhatbecameknownasthe“clippermodel.”Thedemandforgreaterspeed,coupledwithshallowberthsWarfside,especiallyatGloucester,Mass.,forcedthedevelopmentofschoonerswithwide,shoalhulls,sharpbows,andlongflatwideruns.Theresultsproducedaschoonerthatwasmuchovercanvassedforitsdraughtandballastcarryingability,unabletorecoverfromknockdownsinsuddensqualls,andeasilytrippedbysuddenswellsinheavyquartering–orfollowingseas.Vesselsbuiltexpresslyformackerelseiningtendedtobethemostextreme

inthesequalities;however,aslongastheyfishedinthemoderateconditionsforwhichtheyweredesigned,therewererelativelyfewmishaps. Manyschoonersinthisclasswerelaidup over thewinters, their owners prudently realizing the types limitations; nevertheless,thismodelwaswidelycopiedbytheotherfisherieswhichworkedthroughthewinterandmanymackerelseinerswereriggeddownforthewinterfishingorforfreighting.Theseandvessels of similar model were the greatest single cause of accidents and the staggeringlossesenduredbythefishingfleetsinthe1870’sand1880’s.DanielPoland,Jr.andCharlesC.WoodburyatGloucester,Mass.builtsmugglerin1887forGloucesterinterests.

Jim ismaking good progress on hismodel of the mackerel schooner Smuggler,built from a Bluejacket kit. The hull isplanked over solid and he has worked tomake the hull planking more pronouncedcomparedwith thepartiallycompletedhullas received. Deck planking is on andpaintedasismostofthedeckfurniture.Heis still working on the final color schemeandmaytowndownthedecktoagray.Thekit anchorwaswhitemetal and hemade amore appropriate replacement thatincludedawoodstock.

GermanBattleshipGneisenau–SeanFallesen Gneisenau was a German capital ship, alternatively described as a battleship andbattlecruiser, of Nazi Germany’s Kriegsmarine. She was the second vessel of her class,which included one other ship, Scharnhorst. The ship was built at the Deutsche Werkedockyard in Kiel; shewas laid down on 6May 1935 and launched on 8December 1936.CompletedinMay1938,theshipwasarmedwithamainbatteryofnine28cm(11in)C/34gunsinthreetripleturrets,thoughtherewereplanstoreplacetheseweaponswithsix38cm(15in)SKC/34gunsintwinturrets. GneisenauandScharnhorstoperatedtogetherformuchoftheearlyportionofWorldWar II, including sorties into theAtlantic to raidBritishmerchant shipping. During theirfirstoperation, the twoshipssanktheBritishauxiliarycruiserHMSRawalpindi inashortbattle. Gneisenau and Scharnhorst participated in Operation Weserübung, the GermaninvasionofNorway.DuringoperationsoffNorway,thetwoshipsengagedthebattlecruiserHMSRenown and sank the aircraft carrier HMSGlorious. Gneisenau was damaged in theactionwithRenown and later torpedoed by a British submarine, HMS Clyde, off Norway.After a successful raid in the Atlantic in 1941, Gneisenau and her sister put in at Brest,France. The two battleships were the subject of repeated bombing raids by the RAF;Gneisenauwashitseveraltimesduringtheraids,thoughshewasultimatelyrepaired. In early 1942, the two ships made a daylight dash up the English Channel fromoccupiedFrancetoGermany.AfterreachingKielinearlyFebruary,theshipwentintodry-dock.Onthenightof26February,theBritishlaunchedanairattackontheship;onebombpenetratedherarmoreddeckandexplodedintheforwardammunitionmagazine,causingseriousdamageandalargenumberofcasualties. Therepairsnecessitatedbythedamage

weresotime-consumingthatitwasdeterminedtorebuildtheshiptoaccommodatethe38cmgunsasoriginallyintended.The28cmgunswereremovedandusedasshorebatteries.In1943,Hitlerorderedthecessationofconversionwork,andon27March1945,shewassunkasablockshipinGotenhafen(Gdynia)inGerman-occupiedPoland.Shewaseventuallybrokenupforscrapin1951.(Wikipedia.)

Seanshowedhis1:700modelofthebattleship Gneisenau made from a vintage70’sTamiyakit.HehasaddedaMk.1brandwood deck, Master gun barrels, and Tom’sModelworksphtoetch. ThemodelhasbeenbackdatedtoAugust1938fitbybluntingthebow and flattening the funnel cap. Alsochangedwas theanchorarrangement. Theoriginal had three anchors and this waschangedtoatwo-anchorarrangement.Thisnecessitated change in the cutouts aroundthe billboards and the wood deck waschoppedshortclosetothebowtoallowforworkingoftheanchors.

CatalanShip,“Nao”–BillSchultheis With Linguistic variation, these ships were called carraca or nau in Portuguese,Spanish andGenoese, caraque or nef in French, andKraak inDutch andFlemish. By theLateMiddleAgesthecog,andcog-likesquare-riggedvesselsequippedwitharudderatthestern,werewidelyusedalongthecoastsofEurope, fromtheMediterranean, totheBaltic.GiventheconditionsoftheMediterranean,galleytypevesselswereextensivelyusedthere,aswere various twomastedvessels, including the caravelswith their lateen sails. Theseand similar ship types were familiar to Portuguese navigators and shipwrights. As thePortuguesegraduallyextended their tradeever further southalongAfrica’sAtlantic coastduringthe15thcentury,theyneededalarger,moredurableandmoreadvancedsailingshipfor their long oceanic ventures. Gradually, they developed their ownmodels of oceaniccarracksfromafusionandmodificationofaspectsoftheshiptypestheyknewoperatinginboth the Atlantic andMediterranean, generalizing their use in the end of the century forinter-oceanictravelwithamoreadvancedformofsailriggingthatallowedmuchimprovedsailing characteristics in the heavy windsandwavesoftheAtlanticOceanandahullshape and size that permitted largercargoes.Inadditiontotheaveragetonnagenaus,somelargenaus(carracks)werealsobuiltinthereignofJohnIIofPortugal,butwereonlywidespreadaftertheturnofthecentury. The Portuguese carracks wereusuallyverylargeshipsfortheirtime,oftenover1000tons,andhavingthefuturelargenausof theIndiarunandof theChinaandJapantrade,alsoothernewtypesofdesign.(Wikipedia.).

BillisproceedingonisNaoofca.1450in1:30scale.ThemodelisbeingbuiltfromaWoody Joekit. He isnow finishedwith theplankingwhich is really a stripwoodveneerbeingappliedover the initial layerofplanking. Dueto theroundnessof thehull thiswaschallenging in theendsof theship. The technique thatworked thebestwas tocoatbothsurfaceswithTitebond,letthemdryandthenuseahotirontobondthestripsdowntothehull.

Nao–BillSchultheis

Smuggler–JimIngersoll

Painting–BobPenikas USSConstitution–PaulPayne

Derfflinger–DonDressel

HMSSurprise–ChrisCarl

Gneisenau–SeanFallesenEgyptianSolarBoat–DonDressel

ByDonDressel

Old Salts inPort: Steve Jones, JohnBakker,DonDressel,DonLeyman,BillRussell,GuyBell,HankTobar,TomStellar.Ships in Port: Derfflinger, HMS Vanguard. Philadelphia, Mayflower, Fair American,WashingtonGalley,HMSPegasus

Don Leyman was the firstMayflowerGroupmembertodiscusshismodeloftheHMSPegasus.Heindicatedthathehadnotdonetoomuchworkonthe model lately but did complete theshipswheelcompletewithrigging. Itisfully functional, although he does notactuallyuse it since theblocks involvedin the movement of the rudder via thewheeldonothaveanysheavesinthem.Don then went on to explain all thethingsthathestillhadtocompletepriortothemastingandrigging. Someoftherailings still have to be completed,

bumpkins installed among other things. The Loup (stirrup) for the fish davit has beeninstalledbutisquestionable.Donstillhasnotdecidedifheisgoingtofullymastandrigthemodelornot,but the figureheadstillhas tobe carved. IfDondecidesnot to full rig themodel,hewillatleastrigthelowermastsandyards.BelowaretwomorepicturesofDon’sHMSPegasusshowinghissterncarvingsandhisshipswheelinstallation.

DonDresselwas the next speaker,who gave the history of theArt AmFrusta kitmodelthathehadpurchasedmanyyearsago,themodelbeingofparticularinterestsinceitwasaDutchFluyt.Amongotherdetails,theremovalofthestubmastsandreplacementbythemastsassowninthephotowasdiscussed,alongwiththeeffortrequiredto“extend”thebowsprit to its proper length by adding a section of wood to make the spar the properlength. The“Woolding”at themidsectionof thespar iswhere theextradowel (with thecorrecttaper)wasadded,asshowninthephotographonthefollowingpage.Abrass“pin”

was installed between the two pieces ofwood to add strength. Hopefully, the sparwillstanduptothenecessary“pressure”ofthestayswhenriggingcommences. There were also a few other itemsthat John had from the kit that he gave toDon, which saves the necessity of makingthe missing blocks and deadeyes fromscratch. Thefactthatthe lowerDutchcapshadsheavesinstalledinthemwasanaddedbonus,asfarasDonwasconcerned. Itwillbe a funmodel to mast and rig! The onlyquestion now is what is Don going to do

withitoncethemodelhasbeencompleted! John talked first about hisPhiladelphia, which has been completed.Johnsaidittookhim2monthstobuildtheModel Shipways kit from Model Expo. Itappears as thought the kit model followstheSmithsonianplansprettyclosely. Johndid an excellent job on the rigging of thismodel, as the photo shows. John alsostated that thismodelwas a funmodel tobuild resulting in a very attractive andaccurate model. His next subject, theWashington Galley, a scratch built modelavailable from theNauticalResearchGuild (NRG) ismuchmoredifficult tobuild. John ishavingproblemswiththeinstructionsandthedetailsonthemodel. Heisnowconvincedthat the model, once completed, may not be the best representation of that ship. Also

discussedwastheHMSVanguard,anAmatikitmodelfromAgesofSail,whichJohnsaysis an excellent vendor to deal with. Hepaintedthe“Nelsonstrip”onthemodelbutis not that happy with the result. He alsomade the stove, which is not yet installed,butwill be. His next step is coppering thelowerhull–therearesomedifficultieswiththe coppering and John is not sure he isgoing to do the coppering. One of theproblems is the copper supplied with thekit. A photo of the Washington Galley isshown to the left with a lot of wood fillerusedon thehull tomake it smooth. Again,

Jonisnothappywiththeresultsofar,butitiswhatitis.TheHMSVanguardisshowninthenextpage. TheVanguard kit itself is aHUGEkit that is verywell packed in a numberofboxes insidethe largeboxwiththecoverart. Johnhasnot indicated ifhewill tryandrigthismodelornot,but ifhedoes, itwillbeavery largemodeloncecompletedrequiringaratherlargecasenottomentionthespacetokeepit. OnceyouhavebeentoJohn’shomeyouwillunderstand,asthereisalreadyalargecollectionofcompletedshipmodelsincases,

nottomentionthelargecollectionofscrollsawartwork that Johnhasmade. That isoneof the “fun” things to see andobservewhenyoucometo JohnBakker’shomeforoneoftheseMayflowerGroupMeetings. Bill Russell talked about theMayflower ship model that was scratchbuilt by a past SMAmember, JackMoffett.Many of the older SMA members willremember Jack and his fine art work thatheusedtocompletefortheclub. Billgavethemodel toHankTobar, sincehedidnotthink he would have tome to complete the model. Hank has completed the masts andhopefullywill righer, although therearenoauthenticplansof thevessel available today.Jackbuiltaplank-on-bulkheadmodelaccordingtoBill. Hank Tobar was the next presenter who discussed both the Mayflower and hiseffortstobuildtheGermanSteingraeberkitmodeloftheFairAmerican,bothmodelsshownin the photo here. It turns out that the Steingraeber model of the Fair American waspurchasedfromDonDresselafewyearsagoatoneoftheSMAauctionmeetings. Hankisdoingawonderfuljobonthemodelandisnowworkingontheanchorsandotherdetails.If

youcheckouttheplankingofthelowerhull,portandstarboard,thatmatchupverywell,showing how good a job Hank did spillinghis planking. The members of theMayflowerGrouparelookingforwardtotheprogress on both models and hope Hankwill return to show the progress he ismaking.The usual fun and camaraderie tookplace at the meeting and we all lookforwardtonextmonthsmeeting.

TheROPETokyoHonorarySMAMembers–PartVIII

ByDonDressel Mr.EtsuroTsuboi

This isacontinuationof lastmonthsarticleononeofROPE’S finest scratch building ship modelers. Again,allthescratchbuiltmodelsmadeandpresentedattheROPEExhibitionsfrom1979to1007were1/300scale,some of the earlier ones shown in last monthsnewsletter. Since this is a continuation, the followingmodels will be shown below starting with the 15thROPEExhibitionmodeloftheLeCoureur,thenthe18thROPEExhibitionHalifax,the27thROPEExhibitionHMSVictory,the31stROPEExhibitionLeRenommeeandthe32ndRopeExhibitionTheShipsofColumbus. One of the reasons why I could not completethisarticleinthelastnewsletterwasthelargenumberof scratchbuiltminiaturemodels thatMr. Tsuboi hasbuilt over theyears. Iwanted to showpicturesof allhismodels, thus thiscontinuationofhis life’swork inshipmodelbuilding.

Toavoidconfusion,thephotototheleftaboveistheLeCoureur–evidentlytherearetwoofthemdisplayedasasortofdiorama.ThemodeltotherightaboveistheHalifax,Ibelievebasedon the information fromHaroldHahn’sbookTheColonialSchooner1763-1776aswellasthemonography(plans)drawnbyMr.Hahn.

Since theHMSVictory is, aspartof thisarticle,a separateandspecial story, Iwillskip the photo of that model and show photos of the last two models mentioned inparagraphoneofthisarticle.

The picture to the left above is the Le Renommee, I believe based on information frombooksandplansby JeanBoudriot (ANCRE) inFrench(IdonotknowifanyofhisbookswerepublishedinJapanese–someofthemarepublishedinEnglish).Ialsobelievethatalltheplanswereoriginallyin1:48scale,whichindicatedthattheplanshadtoberescaledto1/300byMr.Tsuboi.ThephotototherightshowsallofColumbus’sshipsatsee,againinadiorama.

Mr. Tsuboi’s side story ofmaking theHMSVictory follows: He states: “If someoneasked me to pick out my symbolic modelamongtheminiaturemodelsIworkedon,IwouldchoseHMSVictory.AsIhaveworkedonminiaturemodelsofrelativelysmallsizeships, I decided to make a challenge onmaking the ship of the line. I purchasedmonographs and plans prior to mymodeling.IwonderedifIshouldmakeitat1/192scaleorat1/384scalebutImadeupmy mind to build the model at the same

1/300scaleasIpreferredtobeconsistentwiththeotherminiaturemodels. Mydecisionturned out to be a tremendous amount ofworkrequired to finish it. It finally turnedout to be about 10 years of hard work.WhileIwasworkingonit,thereweresomeparts which I could not understand verywell. IdecidedtovisitPortsmouthtoclearmy doubts. By observing HMS Victory atPortsmouth, I tried to make my model asauthenticaspossible.

The1/300scalemadetheactuallengthofmymodel224mm.Thelengthofthefourboatsonboardwere18mm,28mm,32mmand36mmrespectively.Thesizeoftherigginglinebecame0.04mmfortheratlines,themainlowerstaybeing0.51mm.Theactualsizeoftheriggingresultingin20differentsizesofline,allofwhichhadtobemadefromscratch,sinceline that smallwasunavailable. Therewerealso6differentkindsandsizesofdeadeyesranging from0.8mm to1.3mm. Gratingshad a thickness of 0.25mm. All of this scratchworkrequiredmetostartmakingproperjigsfirst.”Hedescribeslaterinthisarticlejust

how he made the model and jigs, but first there are a number of photos below of the

completedHMSVictoryincloseup:

Alongwith thepicturesonthepreviouspage, thereareacouplemorehereof themastingandriggingeffortplusaphotoofthecompletedmodelalongsidemuchlargerscalemodelmadebyMr.Shirai. Itwasarealprivilege forseveralmembersof theSMAinthe

past to have seen both models on display atoneoftheROPEExhibitionsinthepastthatwewerefortunatetoattend. Mr.BillRussellandMr.YasKomoritaweretheleadersofthefirstseveral trips to Japan to visit the ROPEExhibitionsandourmanyfriendsintheROPE. Inthe33rd.ROPEExhibitionMr.TsuboiexhibitedhisNaniwamaruat1/150scale,the34thROPEExhibitionfeaturedhisFrench74GunShipreliefbasedonthebookTheSeventyFourGunShipbyMr.JeanBoudriot,whichisavailable in a4 volume set inEnglish. There is also a single volume, LeVaisseauDe74CanonsbyJeanBoudriot inprint–French. Bothofthesemodelsarepicturesbelow. AnadditionalreliefwasmadeoftheGoldenHind,alsoshownatthe34thExhibition,whichisalsoshownbelowthe74-gunrelief.

The 36thROPE

Exhibitionfeatured one of

my favorite models, La Fleur De Lis, which is a French galley in 1/96 scale based on amonographandbookbyGerardDelacroix.Thismodelhasinspiredmetoonedaybuildamodel of a galley, although it will not be in the same scale, since the carvings are verydifficult tocomplete in thatscale. JohnBakkerhasbuilt theCorelversionof theRealDe

Francegalleyinamuchlargerscale,buthavingseenJohn’smodel,Idecidedthatitwastoobig.Hopefully,thegalleyofLaRealbyDusakwillbeabetterscaleandsmallerinsize,somaybeIcanfindroomforit.PicturedherearefourphotosofLaFleurDeLismodelmadebyMr.Tsuboi.

Therewas a “gap”between the34th to

the 36th ROPE Exhibition, which is easilyexplainedbythephotoshereofthegalley.Therewasanothergapbetweenthe36thROPEExhibition and the 40th ROPE Exhibition, thatwas necessary to build the 1/19 scale LeFrancois of 1683, which again is available inbookformalongwithamonographoftheship,unfortunatelyonlyinFrench,asfarasIknow.This one is a fifth rate vessel of the FrenchNavybyJean-ClaudeLemineurandisavailablefrom www.ancre.fr as are a number of otherbooks, theLa Fleur De Lis being another titleobtainable from the same source. I do notknow if Mr. Tsuboi is able to read andunderstand French, but he sure can built

excellentshipmodelsfromthesesources.ShownbelowarefoursnapshotsofhismodelLeFrancoisin1/96scaleshownatthe40thROPEExhibition.

I would like to thank Mr. Tsuboi forsupplyingmewithsomanyfinepicturesofhiswork that is an inspiration to us all. He is aworld-classshipmodeler.HehasprovidedmewithmuchmoreinformationandpicturesthatI will share with the SMA membership in afurther installment of his work, showing firsthisoriginaldesignstudio,anexplanationonhisrealization of the model of the HMS Victoryalong with his methods of making rope andmany of his jigs necessary to fabricate hismodels.Heprovidesmorephotosofhiseffortsin making the items for his ship models thatmaybeofgreatassistancetoshipmodelers inallscales.

UpcomingShipModelingEvents–AuctionNextmonth,October,willbetheannualSMA auction night. Bring all SHIPRELATED items such as kits, tools,plans, books, etc. to the meeting thatyou no longer want to auction off toyour fellow shipmodelers. YouMUSTbeamemberof theSMAtoparticipatein the auction. You CAN purchasemembership at the auction in order tomeet that requirement if you are notalreadyanSMAmember. Don will bring in three kits forsalewiththebeginningbidof$50.00foreachkit: Amati’sXebec,ModelShipwaysGladTidings(pinkyschooner)andEuromodelsPincoGenovese.Inaddition,therewill be the Swedish gun station, completely built in a case (see photo) – alsobeginningat$50.00. Iamsuretherewillbemanytoolsandotheritemsalsofromothermembers.Treasurer’sReportLarry Van Es reports that there is $4,787.53 in the SMA account for the end ofAugust2017.WebManager’sReportDougTolberthas indicatedthatall thepastSMANewslettersareontheSMAwebpage for access tomembersonly. Dougposts the latest SMANewsletteronto thewebpageassoonasitispublished.IfthereareanycommentsconcerningtheSMAWebpagepleaseinformoneoftheSMAofficers.SanDiegoShipModelersGuildForthoseSMAmemberswhomaybeinterested,theSanDiegoShipModelersGuildnowhastheirmeetingsontheBerkleyonthesecondTuesdayofeachmonth.Youreditorandreporterroutinelyattendthemeetingwhichisusuallyveryinformativeandenlightening.

PaulPayne’sUSSConstitution

DonaldC.Dressel908W.22ndStreet,Upland,CA.91784-1229

NEXT MEETING WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 7:30 PM, HILLCREST PARK RED CROSS BUILDING